A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary, Volume 2 |
Common terms and phrases
ancient aruku become Buddhist caust child Chinese clothes color cont daimyō deru Emperor feel fish flower fune gozarimasu hair hana hataraki hito horse i.v. coll ichi inochi kakeru kaku kami kane kara kata katana kawa kaze kimono kind kiru kodomo kokoro koku kono kore koto kotoba kuchi kuge kuni kuru kusuri look manner medicine ment michi Mikado mind miru miya mizu mono month o.c. naku nani nari naru nashi natta omou one's onna person priest pron prov rain rice sake shina ship shita shite shō Shōgun speak species suru sword tatsu teki temple Tenshi thing tion toki Tōkyō toru toshi tree tsukeru tsuki tsuku tsumi uchi utsu verb warui watakushi wind wo suru word worn yama yoku yori yuku
Popular passages
Page xi - ... is pronounced like sh in shall, ship shop. f has a close resemblance to the sound of the English /, but differs from it, in that the lower lip does not touch the upper teeth ; the sound is made by...
Page xi - Nagasaki, and the southern provinces it has the hard souud of;/ in go, gain. т in ra, re, ro, ru, has the sound of the English r ; but in ri is pronounced more like d. But this is not invariable, as many natives give it the common r sound.
Page xii - Капа, the following table will be iound useful to those who may wish to consult it, and who may have the Капа only, without the voice of the living teacher/ to direct them to proper sound. .{ ,¡ The system of orthography adopted in the previous edition of this work has been modified in a few particulars so as to conform to that recommended by the Romajikwai. Thus the...
Page 24 - The wound of exit embraced all that portion of the sole of the foot which does not touch the ground in standing.
Page xi - ... but in the body of a word, when followed by a syllable beginning with b, m or p, it is pronounced like m, as, ban-min = bamming ; mon-ban, VI = mombang ; shin-pai = shim-pai.
Page 224 - As the guide for conduct he chose the idea of "reciprocity". From this comes the well-known saying: "Refrain from doing to others what you would not have them do to you.
Page xi - ... of u pronounced with the vocal organs fixed in the position they are in just after pronouncing the letter s.
Page 398 - ... of her rock-cave. She is there said to have been divinely inspired. This divine inspiration has always been common in Japan. The inspired person falls into a trance, or hypnotic state, in which he or she speaks in the character of some God. Such persons are now known as Miko, defined by Hepburn as 'a woman who, dancing in a Miya, pretends to hold communication with the Gods and the spirits of the dead,
Page xi - Í, w, y, and z do not differ from their common English sounds. THE SYLLABLES IX COMBINATION. The syllables commencing with the soft aspirates h and/", and y, when preceded by another syllable, for the most part lose their consonants, and their vowels combine with the vowel of the preceding syllable, sometimes forming a diphthong; as, a-hi becomes...
Page 329 - KOMI, n. The odds given to a poor hand at draughts ; in the lump ; several things of different kinds or values at once. Komi ni kau, to buy in the lump or gross.