Zipang - Episode 16 – Vocabulary list

二に尉い

first lieutenant (JGSDF)

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取とる

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

2

らしい

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

1

後あと

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

2

名めい

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

7

ほど

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

1

選せん出しゅつ

election; selection; choice

1

ほしい

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

1

あっ

ah; oh; hey!

2

立たてる

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

1

行いってくる

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

激はげしい

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

白はく兵へい戦せん

hand-to-hand combat

1

だった

was; were

3

ん

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

3

でしょう

it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

1

顔かおつき

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

1

分わかる

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

6

眼がん前ぜん

before one's eyes

1

敵てきを倒たおす

to kill one's enemy (opponent)

1

感かん想そう

impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

1

当とう然ぜん

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

1

陸りく戦せん

land war

1

経けい験けん

experience

2

初はじめて

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

よね

isn't that right?

1

彼かれら

they; them

6

敵てき

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

4

アメリカ人じん

American person

1

そりゃ

very; extremely; that is

2

平へい成せい

Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

1

そう

in that way; thus; so; so?

5

ここ

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

7

最さい

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

激げき戦せん地ち

site of a bloody battle

1

太たい平へい洋よう戦せん争そう

Pacific War (1941-1945)

2

日にち米べい

Japan and the United States; Japanese-American

1

戦せん局きょく

state of the war; war situation

1

分わける

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

悲ひ劇げき

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

4

島しま

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

5

島とう

Island; insula; island; islet

5

みたい

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

1

記き者しゃ

reporter; journalist

1

宝たから

treasure

1

この目めで

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

1

真しん実じつ

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

1

記き録ろく

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

2

再さい

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

1

なら

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

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Vocabulary list: Zipang - Episode 16