Homunculus - Volume 4 - Vocabulary

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magazine; journal; periodical

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list price; regular price; established price

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substance; true form; true character ; main part; main unit; body (of a machine) ; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.) ; noumenon ; base price; pre-tax price

円(えん)

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yen (Japanese monetary unit) ; circle

税(ぜい)

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tax

小(しょう)学(がく)館(かん)

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Shogakukan (publisher)

山(やま)本(もと)

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foot of a mountain; base of a mountain ; mine; colliery ; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

美(び)味(み)

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good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty

像(ぞう)

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image; figure; statue; picture; portrait ; figure; form; shape; appearance ; image

ホムンクルス

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homunculus; homonculus

本(ほん)番(ばん)

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performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take ; game; match ; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.); actual event (or celebration, etc.); real deal ; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie) ; production environment

好(こう)評(ひょう)

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favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

発(はつ)売(ばい)中(ちゅう)

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now on sale

しん

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honesty; sincerity; fidelity ; trust; reliance; confidence ; (religious) faith; devotion ; counter for received messages

ぽい

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-ish; -like

哲(てつ)

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sage; wise man; philosopher; disciple ; sagacity; wisdom; intelligence

花咲アキラ

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Hanasaki Akira (1956.3.1-)

り

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Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles ; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes) ; unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

細野不二彦

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Hosono Fujihiko (1959.12.2-)

目(め)

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eye; eyeball ; eyesight; sight; vision ; look; stare; gaze; glance ; notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.) ; an experience ; viewpoint ; discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality) ; (an) appearance ; chance (of success); possibility (of a good result) ; spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave

め

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eye; eyeball ; eyesight; sight; vision ; look; stare; gaze; glance ; notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.) ; an experience ; viewpoint ; discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality) ; (an) appearance ; chance (of success); possibility (of a good result) ; spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave

の

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indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion ; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis ; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

江川達也

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Egawa Tatsuya (1961.3.8-)

２０世紀

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twentieth century

少(しょう)年(ねん)

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boy ; juvenile; child

浦沢直樹

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Urasawa Naoki (1960.1-)

のりつける

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to arrive (by car, bike, etc.); to drive up to; to draw up at ; to get used to riding; to get used to driving

雅香

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Masakou

一(いち)

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one; 1 ; best ; first; foremost ; beginning; start ; a (single); one (of many) ; ace ; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

つゆ

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juice; sap ; soup; broth ; (dipping) sauce

だく

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poor poem

朔(ついたち)

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first day of the month

ゆき

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snow; snowfall

蔵(くら)

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator

て

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you said; he said; she said; they said ; even if ; do you seriously think that ; I already told you; you should know by now that; of course ; the said ...; said ... ; says that ... ; I hear that ... ; as for the term ... ; as for ...

土田

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Tsutaji ; Tsuchita ; Tsuchida ; Toda ; Dota ; Doda ; Hanita ; Hijita ; Tsutta

たく

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house; home ; one's house; one's home ; one's husband

明(めい)

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brightness ; discernment; insight; an eye (for) ; eyesight; vision ; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

てんねん

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nature; spontaneity ; natural airhead

吉田聡

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Yoshida Satoshi (1958.12.8-)

死(し)

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death ; (an) out ; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

パイ

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pie; tart ; palmier (pastry)

古(ふる)屋(や)

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old house; deserted house

兎丸

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Usamaru

東(とう)京(きょう)

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Tokyo

ず

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drawing; picture; diagram; figure; illustration; chart; graph; map ; sight; scene

た

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did; (have) done ; (please) do

馬(うま)

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horse ; horse racing ; promoted bishop ; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

鬼(おに)

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ogre; demon; oni ; spirit of a deceased person ; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ; it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) ; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ; very; extremely; super-

虫(むし)

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insect; bug; cricket; moth ; worm; roundworm ; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious ; nervousness; fretfulness ; person devoted to one thing; single-minded person ; valve core ; mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)

柏(かしわ)木(ぎ)

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oak tree ; imperial palace guard

団(だん)地(ち)

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multi-unit apartments; apartment complex

と

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if; when ; and ; with ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; promoted pawn ; indicates a question

もお

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unpopular man; man who isn't well-liked by women

小田扉

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Oda Tobira

宮藤官九郎

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Kudou Kankurou (1970.7-)

山田

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Ooshita ; Kumada ; Yamata ; Yamada ; Yayuda ; Yomada

これ

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this; this one ; this person ; now; this point (in time) ; here ; used to stress the subject of a sentence ; I; me

は

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indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis

これまで

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so far; up to now; hitherto ; that's enough (for today); it ends here

も

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too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence) ; both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) ; even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than ; even if; even though; although; in spite of ; further; more; again; another; the other

だけ

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only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

でも

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but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well ; even ; however; no matter how; even if; even though ; ... or something ; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... ; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only ; for lack of anything better to do

極(ごく)道(どう)

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wicked; evil; profligate; immoral ; wastrel; scoundrel; villain ; organized crime; yakuza; underworld

一(いっ)直(ちょく)線(せん)

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straight line

三(さん)

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three; 3

上(じょう)部(ぶ)

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top part; surface

中原裕

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Nakahara Yū (1962.5.5-)

神尾

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Kanao ; Kamio ; Kamuo ; Kan'o ; Kanno ; Kannoo ; Shinnoo

前(さき)

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point; tip; end; nozzle ; head (of a line); front ; first; before; ahead (of) ; (the way) ahead; beyond ; future ; previous; prior; former; recent; last ; destination; address; place where you do something ; rest (e.g. of a story); continuation; remaining part ; the other party

Ｃ(シー)Ｂ(ビー)

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Citizens' Band; CB (radio) ; convertible bond ; chronic bronchitis ; chemical and biological (weapons) ; center back; centre back ; community business

感(かん)

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feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression ; interjection

ルサンチマン

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resentment

石田衣良

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Ishida Ira (1960.3.28-)

海埜

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Umino ; Unno ; Kaino

ゆうこ

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superior (major) arc

キュー

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cue (billiards, pool); cue stick ; cue (music, theatre, etc.)

短(たん)編(ぺん)集(しゅう)

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collection of short stories; collected short stories

我(わ)が

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my; our; one's own

名(な)

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name; given name ; title ; fame; renown; reputation ; pretext; pretense; justification; appearance

海(うみ)

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sea; ocean; waters

師(し)

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teacher; master; mentor ; religious leader ; specialist ; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

小森陽一

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Komori Yōichi

し

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Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss ; clan ; he; him ; counter for people

倉科

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Kuraka ; Kurashina ; Kuratoshi ; Kuranashi

寮(りょう)

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hostel; dormitory ; bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system) ; tea-ceremony room ; villa

木(き)

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tree; shrub; bush ; wood; timber ; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

倫子

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Satoko ; Shinako ; Toshiko ; Nobuko ; Noriko ; Hiroko ; Michiko ; Motoko

１(いち)年(ねん)

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one year; some time ago

取(と)り扱(あつか)う

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to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use ; to deal with (an issue); to manage ; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone) ; to deal in; to carry; to sell

場(ば)合(あい)

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case; occasion; situation; circumstances

発(はつ)売(ばい)

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sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

著(ちょ)作(さく)

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writing (a book); book; (literary) work; writings

集(しゅう)

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collection; compilation