Ulysses — Page 10

Vocabulary

私

watashi — First-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'.

に

ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or indirect object.

とっ

totte — Conjunctive form of 'toru'; here used in 'ni totte' meaning 'for'.

て

te — Conjunctive particle connecting clauses or actions.

は

wa — Topic-marking particle highlighting the subject of discussion.

すべて

subete — Everything; all; the whole of something.

が

ga — Subject-marking particle identifying the grammatical subject.

茶番

chaban — Farce; ridiculous or absurd performance or situation.

で

de — Particle indicating location of action or means/method.

忌まわしい

imawashii — Detestable; abominable; ominous and deeply unpleasant.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer for verb phrases.

だ

da — Copula; plain-form equivalent of 'is' or 'are'.

彼女

kanojo — She; her; also used to mean 'girlfriend'.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle linking nouns.

機能

kinō — Function; ability to perform a specific operation.

し

shi — Conjunctive verb ending listing reasons or states.

い

i — Stem of adjective or verb 'iru' (to exist/be).

な

na — Sentence-final particle expressing emotion or prohibition.

医者

isha — Medical doctor; physician.

を

wo — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object.

卿

kyō — Lord; honorific title for a nobleman or knight.

と

to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker.

呼び

yobi — Calling; addressing someone by a name or title.

上

ue — Above; on top; upper part of something.

から

kara — From; because; starting point in time or space.

摘ん

tsunde — Picking; plucking flowers or small items by hand.

いる

iru — To exist; to be (for animate beings); ongoing action.

終わる

owaru — To end; to finish; to come to a close.

まで

made — Until; up to; as far as a point in time or space.

合わせ

awase — Combining; matching; adjusting to fit together.

やれ

yare — Imperative form of 'yaru'; do it; carry it out.

お前

omae — You; informal or rough second-person pronoun.

臨終

rinjū — Deathbed; moment of death; one's final moments.

望み

nozomi — Hope; wish; desire for something to happen.

背い

somuī — Disobeying; going against; betraying a wish or order.

おき

oki — At intervals of; keeping something in a state.

ながら

nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions.

雇わ

yatowa — Being hired; employed by someone to do a job.

れ

re — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.

泣き女

nakionna — Professional mourner; woman hired to wail at funerals.

よう

yō — Like; as if; resembling; expresses intention or likeness.

泣き

naki — Crying; weeping; shedding tears in grief.

わめか

wameka — Screaming; shouting loudly and incoherently.

ない

nai — Negative auxiliary; does not; is not present.

いっ

itte — Conjunctive form of 'iku' (go) or 'iu' (say).

すね

sune — Sulking; pouting resentfully; being in a sulk.

馬鹿馬鹿しい

bakabakashii — Utterly stupid; absurd; completely ridiculous and foolish.

確か

tashika — Certain; sure; if I recall correctly.

そう

sō — That way; so; expressing agreement or acknowledgment.

言っ

itte — Saying; having said; conjunctive form of 'iu'.

た

ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating completed action.

かも

kamo — Maybe; perhaps; expressing uncertainty or possibility.

しれ

shire — Part of 'kamoshirenai' meaning 'might be; possibly'.

母

haha — Mother; one's own mother (humble/plain form).

思い出

omoide — Memory; recollection; cherished remembrance of the past.

傷つける

kizutsukeru — To wound; to hurt someone physically or emotionally.

つもり

tsumori — Intention; plan; meaning to do something.

なかっ

nakatta — Negative past form; did not have or was not.

彼

kare — He; him; also used to mean 'boyfriend'.

語る

kataru — To speak; to narrate; to tell a story or account.

うち

uchi — While; during; one's home or in-group.

大胆

daitan — Bold; daring; audaciously courageous in action.

気持ち

kimochi — Feeling; emotion; one's mental or physical sensation.

なっ

natte — Conjunctive form of 'naru' meaning 'to become'.

その

sono — That (near listener); the aforementioned thing or person.

言葉

kotoba — Word; language; expression used in speech.

心

kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; one's inner emotional self.

残し

nokoshi — Leaving behind; allowing something to remain.

ぽっかり

pokkari — With a gaping hole; floating lightly; wide open emptily.

傷

kizu — Wound; scratch; scar; emotional or physical injury.

覆い隠し

ōikakushi — Concealing; covering up; hiding something from view.

きわめて

kiwamete — Extremely; exceedingly; to the utmost degree.

冷淡

reitan — Cold; indifferent; showing lack of warmth or interest.

へ

e — Directional particle indicating movement toward something.

侮辱

bujoku — Insult; humiliation; act of treating someone with contempt.

考え

kangae — Thought; idea; opinion; one's way of thinking.

何

nani — What; which thing; used in questions about identity.

尋ね

tazune — Asking; inquiring; seeking information from someone.

答え

kotae — Answer; reply; response to a question or problem.

くるり

kururi — Spinning around quickly; turning with a swift rotation.

かかと

kakato — Heel; the back lower part of the foot.

向き

muki — Direction; facing; orientation toward a certain side.

変え

kae — Changing; altering direction, state, or form.

ああ

ā — Ah; oh; exclamation of realization or resignation.

手

te — Hand; arm; move in a game; means or method.

負え

oe — Can handle; able to manage; imperative of 'ou'.

人

hito — Person; human being; individual.

叫ん

sakende — Shouting; crying out loudly in emotion or urgency.

回っ

mawatte — Going around; circling; rotating or walking around.

さっさと

sassato — Quickly; briskly; hurrying without delay.

歩き去っ

arukisatte — Walking away; departing on foot from a place.

持ち場

mochiba — One's post; assigned station or position of duty.

立ち

tachi — Standing; stopping; taking a position upright.

穏やか

odayaka — Calm; gentle; serene and undisturbed in manner.

海

umi — Sea; ocean; large body of saltwater.

向こう

mukō — Over there; the other side; beyond or across.

岬

misaki — Cape; promontory; point of land jutting into the sea.

眺め

nagame — View; gazing at; a scenic sight observed from afar.

いま

ima — Now; the present moment; at this time.

や

ya — Sentence-final particle expressing exclamation or listing.

霞ん

kasunde — Becoming hazy; blurring with mist or obscurity.

脈動

myakudō — Pulsation; rhythmic throbbing beat of life or energy.

眼

me — Eye; eyeball; one's vision or gaze.

中

naka — Inside; middle; among; the interior of something.

打ち

uchi — Striking; hitting; beating against something.

視界

shikai — Field of vision; range of sight visible to the eye.

覆い

ōi — Covering; something that overlays or obscures a surface.

頬

hoho — Cheek; the fleshy side of the face.

熱

netsu — Heat; fever; passionate warmth or high temperature.

感じ

kanji — Feeling; sensation; impression one perceives.

塔

tō — Tower; tall slender structure or spire.

大きな

ōkina — Big; large; great in size or scale.

声

koe — Voice; sound produced by the vocal cords.

呼ん

yonde — Calling out; summoning someone by voice or name.

そこ

soko — There; that place; location near the listener.

か

ka — Question particle placed at the end of a sentence.

今

ima — Now; currently; the present time.

行く

iku — To go; to move toward a destination.

方

kata / hō — Direction; way; person (honorific); side or method.

向き直っ

mukinaotte — Turning back to face; redirecting one's body toward.

見ろ

miro — Look!; imperative command to direct one's gaze.

など

nado — Et cetera; and so on; such things as.

もの

mono — Thing; object; something with physical or abstract existence.

とも

tomo — Even if; certainly; of course; emphatic agreement.

じゃ

ja — Colloquial contraction of 'dewa'; well then; informal copula.

ほっ

hotte — Leaving alone; letting be; ignoring something or someone.

おけ

oke — Imperative of 'oku'; leave it; keep it as is.

さあ

sā — Come on; well now; interjection urging action or thought.

下り

kudari — Descending; going down stairs or a slope.

こい

koi — Come here; imperative command to approach.

朝

asa — Morning; the early part of the day.

ベーコン

bēkon — Bacon; cured pork meat typically eaten at breakfast.

欲し

hoshi — Wanting; desiring something; craving.

がっ

gatte — Showing desire; craving; conjugated form of '-garu'.

ぞ

zo — Emphatic sentence-final particle conveying assertion or warning.

頭

atama — Head; top of the body; intellect or mental capacity.

屋根

yane — Roof; the covering on top of a building.

同じ

onaji — Same; identical; equal in nature or quality.

高さ

takasa — Height; the measurement of how tall something is.

階段

kaidan — Staircase; steps connecting different floor levels.

もう

mō — Already; anymore; soon; expressing exasperation or completion.

一度

ichido — Once; one time; on one occasion.

しばし

shibashi — For a moment; briefly; for a short while.

止まっ

tomatte — Stopping; coming to a halt; ceasing movement.

一日中

ichinichijū — All day long; throughout the entire day.

それ

sore — That; that thing; referring to something near the listener.

ふさぎ込む

fusagikomu — To mope; to become despondent; to brood in gloom.

よ

yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or informing the listener.

俺

ore — I; me; rough masculine first-person pronoun.

いい加減

iikagen — Irresponsible; half-hearted; enough already; careless attitude.

やつ

yatsu — Guy; fellow; thing; informal or contemptuous reference.