Remembering the Kanji, Volume 3_ Writing and Reading Japanese Characters for Upper-Level Proficiency

394 | index v: japanese readings 962
2909
32 2627
739 1302
2286 2597
739
740 962
2388
2556
2953 2
1111 697
2628 212
1213
811 1606
502 1001
2381 2926
1328 2873
1328 1621
1328 538
2370 1815
2101 1168
2254 875
467
1197 2
2392 355
2911 1168
1588 1372
1588 2966
1719 2325
1719 903
1923 2602
271 2556
2883 943
2837 120
1251 828
694 120
2679 2825
1078 1868
2432 1874
1366 2675
2006 1868
2920 1874
1321 1870
2214 2068
1321 1287
2856 1725
1464 1826
1464 692
327

index v: japanese readings | 395

1567 406

1287 909

1286 2850
2839 816

811 2170
502 2792
427 207
2011 961
1308 111

16 1469
35 2439
333 2277
2011 1225
2010 33
565 1244
662 2670
2010 2790
16 1556
1813 792

2616

1648

2218 1363

284 1363

1845 2658

1056 518

33 2754
93 792
60 2984
1312 894
1312 1965
2617 964
1355 2957
519 1045
492 1204
754 2871
2633 1288
1607 162
1372 2546
2422 2153
1360 2217
366 1939
1914 2546
376 1939

998

2794

161 843

396 | index v: japanese readings 2472
2816
796
2711 63
181 1172
2306 1393
1062 602
1710 363
1061 765
2277 2920
410 2710
485 2290
365 969
365
75
15 2279
75 1097
1978 2290
1620 2710
1774 2383
2738
80 379
1720 765
2715 2892
2950
1774 25
290 2489
1912 2489
1003 607
63
1003 731
80 2865
1172 1209
329 2433
1207
2395 852
1503 1275
2492 450
1358 1275
1358 2169
1358 1275
1358 450
1207 562
2271 1185
2395 1275
2262
2084 42
2814
1881
502
248
769
782

1275 index v: japanese readings | 397
450
1730 2583
696 1880
2454 2864
2914 2525
2127 924
2094 2787
2932 2532
216
2744 44
817 44
2556 1811
92 582
890 44
785 2611
1718 1489
879 2894
1165 294
263 511
187 586
1102 317
2992 586
381 2886
1102
2992 3
2663 1248
2421 1572
69 1572
749 2643
2663 2986
614
1467 57
324 2285
1972 594
650 2560
979 2595
2581 2559
1862
2125 435
452 1654
1440
186 78
700 1263
1646 2312
2391
157
2305
2930
1439
342
1667

398 | index v: japanese readings 449
1800
2012 2309
671 1613
1115
1518 142
2020
1442 1562
1721 2228
130 2354
2563 1572
148 2609
1427
36 2607
588
1839 818
2975 2109
1013 1033
1819 1846
2297
1169 312
72 2887
2257 1907
2336 2948
2298 2948
487
2336 57
830 1724
1454 638
72 572
2298 1093
1454 1453
277 855
1661
1282 6
2412 6
1821 183
278 1726
1169 1702
761 1184
1533
3 2752
1778 183
895 2145
378 2474
1507
81 1432
3 2707
598 2915
1371
2863
2588

2874 index v: japanese readings | 399
183
395 98
15
2910 1467
2373 1905
1431 563
1889
183 2201
2961 2622
612
517 486
2800 285
2933
834 2886
2397 1871
2408 318
1193 1046
1900 2781
1580 1473
1351 2551
1340 563
2856 86
1471 2678
1530 887
300 1723
2783 126
948 1830
1514 2377

6 1926
6 2035
1514 800
1514 2118
1491 708
505 2118
455 1117
1491 1085
505 2715
1100 2377
2460
208 510
2180 2377
1163 1684
1375 844
1900 223
1163
1900
1163
754

400 | index v: japanese readings 1457
1068
510 2849
800 1068
2775 2849
1718 1261
2802 2462
1181 1261
1182 1027
660
1028 8
821 1220
2087 1058

46 541
2567 2704
2558 2636
2241
50 2731
59 788
1532 2680
211 2538
1767
134 84
473 1478
1137 2980
1767 2163
2187 1637
1767 1222
934 1200
32 2202
1365 2544
1165 2195
1081 2545
1050 2537
1256 2535
1732 2508
2651 1200
236 1051
2454 993
38 2524
510 1841
987 1479
2737 1092
2737 2283
1068 2960
186 2621
197
2500
2529

index v: japanese readings | 401

190 1773
1051 1226
1570 470
1159 1226
2735 470
834 897
2621 897
2888
2283 546
2621 109
965 1351
965 333
965 592
2442 2862
2621 1143
2577 1214
873
8 1132
702 1214
880
8 881
995 441
1083 2970
2128 1886
1004 1967
995 2486
995 1967
316 1528
1421 1930
2473 2422
456 1443
2403 2311
806 2609
806 793
331 913
1041 659
768 1231
1682 1878
1686 305
2106 1967
2777 1967
1682 1952
370 1967
1686 569
1497 2210
2937
2516
2767

402 | index v: japanese readings 2008
2603
2434 1716
790 2602
1744 2852
1952 2719
2242
1952 192
1952 2211
1967 398
1351 923

4 4
28 4
269
1037 2330
189 2300
1468
1035 2330
320 1485
970 1042
641 2852
2852 2380
2719 2940
2710 345
1159 348
1435 542
1135 2375
104 1214
2004 2266
1751 1037
1645 583
1906 192
2194 2266
1245 971
1245 669
1105 2211
2411 2076
1161 619
765 1445
1755 2001
2364 2888
2852 868
320 570
2888 1783
970 2969
25
64
1403
1236
1236

1236 index v: japanese readings | 403
1236
604
4 163
163
17 163
640 596
836 2512
1822 1367
223 902
896 902
223 1195
1237 288
781 2985
781 1195
781 2985
90 32
2714 2484
90 2241
870 1870
742 372
200 2824
1237 2721
2284 2721
1237 2721
1073 1042
781 2400
1229 892
783 938
478 2405
712 436
1792 2622
2122 1553
421 1001
2112 1553
2005 1810
1291 1490
167 2337
2834 640
2116 17
681 2027
17
1553

index vi

Key Words and Primitive Meanings

Index vi contains a cumulative list of all the key words and primitive meanings
used in vols. 1 and 3. The key words are listed with their respective kanji and
frame number. Primitive meanings are listed in italics and are followed only by the
number of the volume and page on which they are first introduced.

i (one) 457 accusation 1139 again, or 696
ii (two) 627 age 1403
355 accustomed 863 aged woman 2204
A 1437 aggression 330
achievement 598 aglow 2438
a 1.326 agony 2775
abacus acid 1901 agreement 374
abandon 1.31 agriculture 2014
abbreviation 2091 acknowledge 867 aid 839
abdomen 1.307 acorn 2679 aim at 2344
abet 758 acquiesce 1417 air out 2447
abide by 293 acupuncturist 1000 alienate 1668
ability 464 add 1729 all 449
abolish 1951 addiction 2126 alliance 1450
abounding 2031 address 1643 alligator 2824
about that time 2004 adhere 336 allot 761
above 1706 adjusted 1101 almost 2871
above-stated 2311 1241 alms 1045
abrupt 2791 adjutant 561 altar 1.264
abundant 2722 alternate 847
abuse 49 admirable 1.129 amass 1385
abyss [0ld] 1522 admonish 959 ambition 489
abyss 2110 adore 1372 ambrosial 2925
accept 793 adroit 2736 ancestor 1779
accept humbly 1041 advance 1303 ancestral shrine 2601
accidentally 604 ancestral tablet 2599
accolade 2966 advise 1295 anchor 2765
accompany 1815 ancient harp 2637
accomplished 2325 aerosol can
accumulate
735 affair

2702 affinity

1955 affix

2794 affixed

877 afflicted

552 Africa

1364 again

404

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 405

Andromeda 2932 art 1525 B
angel
angle 1.158 artificial 1.45 babble 2958
angling 1693 babe, newborn 58
angry 1812 artisan 2281 baboon
animal 2125 back [old] 2346
animal legs 273 as if 1703 back 2973
animal offspring 168 backpack 399
animal sacrifice 703 as is 1809 bad 2644
animal tracks 1188 badge 1810
annexed 1933 ascend 1698 bag 433
ant 2732 baggage 1547
anti- 1.34 ashes 1.255 bake 1013
antique 473 balancing scales 1200
anus 2113 Asia 2209 bald 2604
anxiety 952 bale 2606
apologize 1559 aside, set 1776 ball 2518
appear 2253 ball 1.107
appellation 1.385 assault 567 ballot 935
applaud 634 assemble 924 bamboo 1606
apple 2686 assembly line 1738 bamboo blinds 937
apple 722 assets 2851 bamboo cane 2630
apple of the eye 1.160 assiduous 2028 bamboo grass 2642
apply 2459 assistant 2025 bamboo hat 940
apprehend 163 association 960 banana 939
apprehensive 1250 assortment 2677 banner 2367
approve 1789 assurance 398 banner 1.259
apricot 905 astray 2005 banquet 2232
apron 2852 astringent 2429 barbarian
arc 1.359 astute 430 bargain 191
ardent 2050 452 barking 1747
argument 2580 atmosphere 811 barley 1601
arm 2103 baron 2170
arm 607 attack 2343 barracks 1533
armor 1160 attend 2781 barrel 1463
armpit 2569 attentive 1088 bartending 2033
armrest 843 attire 2184 baseball (team) 2506
army 203 attitude 571 bases 1429
aroma 1.154 attract 900 bash 1.18
aroused 1878 attractive 1299 basin 1734
arrest 814 audience 2750 bathe 2166
arrival 1820 augment 334 bay 1449
arrow 1.348 beach 789
arrow shaft 1.211 augury 2760 beaded hairpin 1837
arrowhead 1125 beaming 1653
arrowhead 1418 a-un 1112 bean jam 2963
2934
1113 auspices 2998

870 auspicious

2469 authochthonous

301 authority

2147 autumn

1199 auxiliary

654 awakening

755 awe

1.137 awl

2636 awl

1.137 ax

2758 axis

406 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

beans 1440 bladder 2457 bosom 1491
bear 2003 bladder, gall 31 both 1168
bear fruit 2607 blade 84 bottom 1833
beard 2047 blame 713
beat 709 blaspheme 1541 bough 2978
beautiful woman 1950 Bldg. 2297 boulder [old] 770
beauty Bldg. [old] 1478 boulder 1.236
beckon 548 bleaching 2980 boulevard 890
bed 650 blemish 2444 boulevard 1.35
bee 592 blessing 2187 bound up 484
before 2687 blind 1090 boundary 2287
beforehand 248 bliss 486 bounding main 1443
beg 1593 block up 2119 bountiful 1231
beg pardon 462 block, printing 2214 bow 271
beginning 2721 blocks, building 1213 bowl 1386
beguile blood 1.284 bowstring 1.351
behind 59 blood relative 1448 box 942
behind the scenes 614 blossom 2921 box
bell 1379 blow 2018 box, measuring 42
bell, small 2374 blue 467 boy 492
bellflower 438 blue, navy 1534 bracing 2855
belong 1406 blue-black 1758 bracken 2405
below 2499 blue-green 2864 brahman 2954
belt 1953 bluffs 2588 brain 1934
bemoan 50 bo tree 2227 brains 1.19
bend 1.154 boar 2957 branch 711
benefit 2859 board 1262 branch off 772
benevolence 1172 boast 646 branding 2545
bequeath 1.1881 boat 1244 brandish 662
beseech 885 bodhisattva 1868 break 2067
best regards 1772 body 2956 breasts 1.53
bestow 2598 body [old] 957 breath 610
bewitched 1783 body cavity 2986 breed 329
biased 1246 boil 2465 brew 1527
Big Dipper 2078 boisterous 1257 briar 472
bin 2117 bold 1985 bribe 80
birch 1177 bomb 2936 bridegroom 395
bird 1902 bond 1802 bridge 429
bird, sign of the 2515 bone 1544 bridle’s bit 2965
bird, white 1941 bonito 1.228 briefcase 2785
birdhouse 1427 bonsai 2822 bright 20
biwa 1.28 book 1.333 brimming 2315
black 1.217 bookmark 759
black ink 2912 boom 211 bring up 740
black kite 174 bore 2523 broaden 411
175 borrow 1457 brocade 1.273
2836 2066 broom 103
1186 brother, elder

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 407

brother, younger 1240 button 2754 carpenter’s square 2585
brown 831 carpet yarn 2657
brush 453 buy 1028 carrier 1871
brush, writing 1.45 carry 303
brush tip 1.131 by means of 1015 cart 1.120
brush-stroke 1710
brushwood 943 by one’s side carve 1040
bubble cash 2945
bubble up 2790 bystander 1.334 cast a spell 1566
bucket 1173 casting 362
buckle C1170 2638 castle 244
buckwheat 1291 cat 1498
bud 2044 946 catalpa 1836
Buddha 213 catch 2669
Buddhist priest 533 cabbage 1.401 catgut 1.73
Buddhist temple 2284 cadet 1485 cauldron 2332
build 2530 cage 495 cauldron
building blocks 1.154 calamity 1.372 cause 583
bull’s eye 2369 calculate 1147 cave 1.197
bullet 1905 calendar 1569 cavern 2615
bullhead 964 calf, golden 2053 caverns 1.280
bullrush 982 call 1305 cavity
bullying 1614 cedar 96
bump into 158 call on 93 ceiling 1713
bumper crop 391 calling card 1.129 celebrate 1.15
bundle 1.284 calm 1965 celery 1089
bungling 69 camellia 2285 cell 1.327
burdensome 1931 camelopard 2576 censure 1.331
bureau 2823 camp 1.58 center 1523
bureaucrat 1838 camphor tree 2408 centimeter 1740
burglar 2373 can 2539 cereal 2947
burn 2245 can, aerosol 1.110 cereals 1.239
burnish 2609 can, tin 2504 ceremony 917
bury 1664 canal 532 chafe 984
bush clover 769 cancer 410 chain 639
bushel basket 1986 candle 1.80 chain 1.35
bushes 1066 candle rush 408 chair 1937
bustle 1271 candlelight 153 challenge 2480
bustling 357 candlestick 312 chamber, public 658
busy 510 cane 2887 change 798
but of course 2559 cannon 1611 chant 1008
butcher 179 canopy 1991 chaos
butchering 1018 chapter 21
butterbur 2351 canopy, glass 286 char 2326
butterfly 2885 character 1123
buttocks 1.361 cap 2770 charcoal
176 chariot 557
1.382 cape 185
771
1196 capital 1.124

2739 capital suburbs

618 capsize

145 captive

1.121 captured

2217 car

2370 carefree

521 carillion

2220 carp

408 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

chase 1268 city walls 1.374 collapse 1315
chastise 340 city walls 2180 collar 1099
chatter 2158 clam 1.37 colleague 1707
cheat 2806 clam 2695 collect 2263
checkup 1724 clamor 2163 collector 2409
cheek 2792 clan 1912 collide 1680
cheerful 1642 clap 652 color 1753
cherry tree 1932 class 1353 coloring 1714
chess piece 1763 claw 727 column 1.236
chestnut 1609 clay 2183 column 1628
chestnut, horse 514 clean 1155 comb 1.276
chew 2172 cleanse 2316 comb 2476
chic 2442 come 1884
chick clear skies 651 come apart at
chicken 925 clear the land 1538 the seams 2670
chief 2085 clear up 2234 come in 1.223
chieftain 1947 cleaver 459 comely 2109
chihuahua 967 cleverness 1.56 comet 2850
child 2906 cliff 1640 comfortable 1182
child, with 1.101 climate 753 comma-design 2096
chime 95 climax 1619 commander 1270
chin 2012 clique 1.150 commandment 676
Chinese black 2554 cloak 1.336 commence
2795 clock 2024 committee 747
pine 2842 commoner 913
Chinese panpipe clod 1623 commotion 1191
chink 2492 close the eyes 1.377 companion 2268
chinstrap 2628 closed 1.345 company 19
chirp 2426 clothes hanger 1399 compare 1092
chivalry 2662 clothesline 423 compass 447
choose 1942 clothing 1.155 compensation 1.172
chop 2107 cloud 424 compilation 476
chop off 1074 cloud of, rising 2772 complete 1825
chop-seal 1126 cloudy weather 2249 complete a job 97
chopsticks 2092 cluster 872 compliment 2062
Christmas tree 1.309 clutch 719 computer 2711
chronicle 2640 co- 1777 comrade 1.77
chrysanthemum 1.332 coach 2382 concave 1637
churn up 1354 coarse 2524 conceal 33
cicada 1.306 concentrated 1313
cinnabar 927 cocklebur 1880 concept 2015
circle 2819 concerning 609
circling 2257 coconut tree 1827 concubine 1969
circumference 1272 concurrently 2622
citron 2692 cocoon 368 condolences 1597
citrus tree 1526 condor 1233
2038 cocoon 1.393

1811 cod

2886 code

317 coffin

2486 coin

2482 cold

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 409

confectionary 1122 cornstalk 1.333 crock, lidded 1.128
confer 1660 cornucopia 279
confront 648 corpse 1.324 crossing 1.212
Confucian 1166 correct 1944
confused 1185 corridor 2222 crotch 2939
congeal 1412 cosmetics 780
conglomerate 2895 cottage 379 crow 1.124
congratulations 868 cotton 304
conjecture 663 cough 1852 crowd 2825
connection 2017 counsel 207
consent 923 crowded 1431
consider 351 countenance 774
considerate 1252 counter for tools 316 crown 432
consign 2279 counterfeit 2528
consolation 1917 country [old] 1367 crown 2048
consort 1096 country 2566
conspire 1203 country, home 2162 crucian carp 477
constancy 1760 county 2424
constitution 620 courage 2705 crude 2324
consult with 1554 courtesan 2337
consume 475 courtesy 2733 cruel 1.278
consummate 1550 courts 1219
contact 540 courtyard 2267 crumble 764
contain 1813 cover over 376
contend 790 cow 2151 cry 2169
continent 1154 cow, sign of the 409
continue 2289 cowardice 2988 cryptomeria
contraption 1345 cowl 85
contrast 677 crab 581 crystal 944
control 1277 crabgrass 2883
convenience 1552 craft 1848 crystal stone
convex 991 crag 1.47
conveyor 1843 cultivate 1363
cook 34 cram school 1433
cooking fire 1873 cramped 1407 cultured 2191
cool 468 crane 666
copious 1.73 crash 2199 cumulation 2668
copper 1404 crawl 1788
copy 2529 create 2425 cunning 2511
coral 272 creek 1774
coral reef 1247 crest, family 508 cup, measuring 1416
cord 2561 cricket, game of 2171
core 2562 Cricket, Talking 590 cupfuls 826
cormorant 1365 crime 2384
corner 928 crimson 2358 current 480
cornerstone 2832 criticism 1335
1958 critters 245 curriculum
394 crock
2040 curse

2460 curtain

1.80 cut

2682 cylinder

2608 cyst

76 D

2586

309 dagger

1266 dainty

1943 dairy products

1307 dam

2414 damage

281 damask

139 damp

1727 damson

1.59 dance

1.392 dangerous

1414 dangle

1355 daring

649 darken

2098 darkness

2904 darning

410 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

dart 1220 descend 1308 dislike 1598
daughter 1471 descendants
dawn 2448 design 448 dispatch 1773
day
daybreak 12 desk 1021 display 262
daytime 1201 despicable
dazzling 1075 despondent 210 dispose 297
deafness 2543 destitution
deal with 2983 destroy 2735 disseminate 2262
death 2256 detach
decameron 815 detailed 2149 dissolve 1044
decay
deceased 67 detain 1215 distant 402
deceit 1243 determine
decide 485 detour 365 distinction 554
decline 1762 devil
decorate 1641 devote 1492 distract 1358
decrease 1890 dew
dedicate 1477 diagonal 550 distress 901
deed, meritorious 1914 diameter
deep 1573 diamond 1423 distribute 1436
deer 1677 diarrhea
deer 1328 dice 382 disturb 491
deer, painting of 1.398 diced
defeat 1999 difference 2415 ditch 1062
defense 1.399 difficult
defer 1.174 ditch reed 2411
defile 63 dig
degenerate 1646 dike 2265 dither 2994
degrees 1528 dilate
deliberation 2319 diligence 1283 divide 478
delicate 1314 dilute
delicious 1194 dining tray 1662 divining rod 1.32
delight 642 direction
deliver 889 director 882 dizzy 2581
deluge 455 dirt
delusion 570 dirty 1517 do 1918
demand 1110 disaster
demolition 1799 discard 1687 doctor 1694
den 487 discharge
departed 1165 discipline 1.385 document 601
department 400 disclose
deposit 1.17 dog 238
depressed 181 disconcerted
depression 1132 discontinue 1644 dog, sign of the ( ) 1.404
derision 1179 discreet
1595 discriminating 1580 dog tag 1.373
2856 discuss
1323 disguise 1061 dollar 1.287
2155 dish
390 domburi 2884

1923 domesticate 1866

1577 don 555

227 donkey 2810

2468 door 1076

490 door, front 1638

1863 dormitory 1708

1.70 dose 1730

1245 doth 756

167 double 992

655 double back 1.165

1705 doubt 1410

1722 douse 2293

1085 dove 1.28

624 downspout 2520

1754 Dr. 47

1576 draft 892

482 drag 1.375

350 drag 2848

2246 dragon [old] 2981

1447 dragon 536

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 411

dragon, sign earlybird 2141 empress 1861
of the 893 empty 1317
2008 earnings 1.322 emulate 979
drama 504 enclosure 1842
draw near 1997 earthworm 1051 encompassing 2055
draw water 1472 encounter 1174
dreadful 192 east 1656 encourage 866
dream 2881 encroach 1148
drench 2322 easy 1850 end 1352
dribble out 2800 endure 597
dried meat 623 eat 619 enemy 443
drift 2330 England 1741
drill 305 eaves 1167 engrave 1521
drink 342 enjoyment 2522
drip 2329 ebisu 1.185 enlarge 2282
drive 2811 enlightenment 622
droop 2849 echo 3.146 enroll 1567
drop of 2450 enshrine 2992
drop, to 2130 eclipse 1422 enter 779
drought 2372 entertain 1426
drown 1607 ecstasy 640 entice 916
drowning 851
drowsy 2616 eddy 8 entrails 2896
drum 2888 entreat 1954
drum 1474 edge 1.217 entrust 1350
drunk 2464 entwine 553
dry 442 edict, imperial 103 envious 284
dry field 413 environs 2202
dry weather 1983 eel 1804 envy 1689
ducks, migrating 1695
dugout 1582 eel 535 epidemic 1981
dull 1532 equal 891
dumbfounded 1.27 eels [old] 1976 equestrian 1183
duplicate 2449 equilibrium 2437
dusk 1.233 effulgent 2531 equip 869
dust 2717 equivocal 2858
duty 463 egg 1973 erect 1197
dwell 707 eggplant 2009 erection 283
dwindle 2308 ego 645 erupt 2513
dye 1583 eight 2665 escape 933
1.315 elation 2458 escutcheon 2094
E 1444 elbow 2120 Esq. 708
1435 elbow 184
each 1648 elder brother 51 est 945
eagle 2916 elder sister 615 establishment 132
ear 2441 elect 2931 esteem 1821
ear of a plant 1.391 electricity 261 etc.
early 2186 elementary 1083 eternity
1495 elephant 56 ethics
2181 elevate
465 ellipse
2451 elucidate
2838 elude
884 embarrass
954 embrace
366 embroidery
509 embryo

emigrant

eminent

291 emotion

2834 empathetic

818 emperor

909 employ

26 employee

412 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

Europe 1699 eyebrow 2583 fell 994
evade 1501 eyedropper 563
evaluate 1.27 female 2551
even 1487 F 1056
evening female animal 1.357
eventide 1484 fabricate 2597
evergreen oak 109 fabrication fence 1430
every 110 face 950 fenceposts 1756
everywhere 2491 faceup 2331 fend off 1988
evidence 458 facsimile 1717 fermentation 106
evil 1824 faction 1701 fertilizer 2167
exam 380 failure 1211 fervent 1341
examination 2853 faint 1855 few 2899
example 1278 fair 331 fib 14
exceedingly 1673 faith 1380 fiber 1456
excel 972 fall 2200 fiddle with 1.139
excellent 2793 fallible 969 field, rice 1629
exchange 914 falsehood 299 fierce 474
exclamation 970 familiarity 2720 fiesta 812
exclude 842 family crest 1919 fight 1253
excrement 2680 family name 2304
excuse 1658 fan 2719 659
exertion 2653 fanning 1.311
exhaust 1972 far off figure 1.205
exhort 1975 faraway 1731
exist 1071 fare 1727 161
exit 732 farm 1.73
exorcism 685 fart 1828 file 1503
expand 767 fascination 1079 filial piety 2542
expecting 2993 fasten 2540 filter
expense 1118 fat 2418 finger 2846
expert 2208 fat man 2419 fingerprint 404
explanation 1238 fate 1004 fingers 2432
exploits 166 finish 171
expose 1269 father 2218 fire 2827
exquisite 2023 fireplace
extensive 499 father-in-law 661 firewood 71
extent 456 firing 1.43
extinguish 1542 fathom 1.30 first day of 172
extract 1400 the month 1.210
extremity 805 favor 1274 first time 2917
eye 2064 firstborn son 253
eye of a needle 123 fear 149 fish 2229
eyeball 612 fish fin
eyeball 2212 feast 613 fish guts 5
2799 fishhook 1.260
894 feathers 573 fishing 1764
1.386 fist
144 feathers, tail
2108 fist
647 fed up
1178 fit
217 fee
2797 fit into
15 feed
1537 five
1.44 feelings
2953 flag
1.20 foot
2603 flag, national
1467 felicitation

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 413

flames 2546 forest 197 game hunting 1940
flash 1.59
flat 2774 forge 1860 game of cricket 1419
flats 2288
flavor 2188 forget 596 garden 2404
flea 396
fledgling 1652 fork in a road 2127 gargle 1616
flesh 559
flexed 219 forked 2914 garlic 1342
flip 1366
float 2681 formerly 501 garment
floating 28
flock 1.216 formidable 2990 gates 1631
flood 1.19 fort 1.209
floor 2148 fortunate 2045 gather 1.209
flour 1911 fortune-telling 681
flourish 1.142 foster 2563 gauze 728
flower 730 founding 319
flower 1163 four 48 general 1494
flower pot 1.63 fowl 918
fluid 1.15 fox 1479 generation 2377
flustered 920 foxtail millet 2737
flute 326 fragile 2893 genesis 2749
fly 1.93 fragrant 2019
flying horse 1009 frame 4 genie 856
focus 1032 free, set 2672
foe 1038 freight 2049 genie in the bottle 2840
fog 2340 frequently 2483
foil 1111 fresh 2342 genius 820
fold 1887 friend 1897
folding screen 1.193 frog 2654 gentle 2716
follow 124 frolic 2466
following, the 2114 from 2462 gentleman 1.80
fond 1228 front door 2927
food 1681 genuine 2286
foolish front, in 2440
foot of a 200 germ 2997
2634 1755
mountain 496 germinate 1.31
footgear frost 1.183
foothold 1130 frozen 1010 get 1766
footnote 2223 frugal 1.223
footprint 1298 fruit 2221 ghee 2847
forces 575 full 1.392
ford 551 ghost 956
forehead 99 fundamentals 704 gigantic 1630
1.319 funnel 2693 gimp
1957 fur 1994 giraffe
686 girder
furball 1638 gist
2839 furrow 290 give
1057 fuse metal 426 give up
506 gland
669 1674 glass canopy
1121 glimpse
2727 G 1169 glistening
1767 glitter
1.143 gain 1.370 glossary
1913
1515 gall bladder 2533 glossy

372 gallop 1017 glue
2547 gnats
295 gamble Go

go in

876 go upstream

31 goat, mountain

2809 go-between

1264 godown

414 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

gods 1119 grindstone 2590 hands, outstretched 1.210
going 873 grip
gold 269 grope 1059 hands, two 1.208
golden calf 1.401 ground
gone 750 ground 1327 handsaw 2759
good 1468 groundbreaking
good luck 320 group 1.70 hang 674
goods 23 grove
goodwill 1097 grow late 515 hanging scroll 407
gorge 1265 grow plentiful
gorgeous 2664 grow up 1971 happenstance 333
gossamer 2673 grow wild
gossip 2161 grudge 582 happiness 1505
gouge out 2274 guard
gourd 2911 guess 196 harbor 1800
government office 591 guest
grab 2090 guidance 694 hard up 1326
grace 606 guillotine
graceful 721 guilt 2406 harden 580
gracious 1907 gulf
grade 1859 gully 1.328 hare, sign of the 2041
gradually 1659 gun
graduate 1025 gunwale 2381 harlot 2198
graft 2738 gushing
grain rake 2501 gutter 1420 harm 1551
grains 922 guy
grains of rice 186 harmony 897
grains of sand H1.242
grandchild 1103 harp 1591
grandpa 2296
grant 294 harvest 908
grape 1393 hackberry
grape vine 2334 hackneyed 278 hat, bamboo 939
grapnel 1052 Hades
grasp 2378 haiku 1.344 hatchet 2333
grass 2379 hair
grass, bamboo 2587 hair, lock of 1636 hate 626
grass skirt 1752 hair of the head
grassy reed 224 hairpin 1749 haven 328
grate 940 halberd 1.225 hawk 2237
grave 1.327 half
graveyard 2385 hall 762 hawser 1963
greatness 1104 halo 2675 hawthorn 2349
green 231 halo 2295 hay 2084
green onion 1.95 halt 1819 haystack 1.281
grind 999 hammer 702 haze 2779
1371 hand 2475
3.19 handle hazel
594 handmaiden
he 883

2514 head 1.38

2901 head 1441

2841 head, place on the 94

1633 headland 1115

1.387 heal 1709

1.387 healing 2037

1924 healthy 974

1.387 hear 1626

1225 hearing 1910

1202 heart 595

798 hearth 1.73

1.318 hearth 1080

2439 heat 1516

977 heaven-high 2104

2769 heavens 428

637 heavy 1675

690 hedge 154

2196 hegemony 1895

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 415

Heights 1294 hoof 2741 immature 896
heir
helmet 1867 hop 1284 immediate 2788
helmet
help 1.80 hope 1489 immense 2089
helping hand
hem 2854 horizon 157 immersed 1149
hemlock
hemorrhoids 1782 horizontal 1645 imminent 2261
hemp
hermit 2919 horns 1.36 impart 736
hermitage
heron 2624 horse 1.192 imperial authority 2610
hesitate
hibernation 2488 horse 1978 imperial edict 342
hide
high mountain 2575 horse chestnut 514 imperial order 1667
highness
high-reaching 593 horse mackerel 2818 imperial seal 2075
hill
hill of beans 986 horse, sign of the ( ) 404 imply 2211
hillock
hinder 2056 horses, team of 1.396 impress 2250
hinge
hire 2833 hot water 546 in 39
history
hit 2996 hours, wee 189 in a row,
hoarse
hoe 2684 house 1.82 upside down 1.366
hog, sign of the
hoist 1692 house 541 in front 290
hold
hole 2226 housefly 2685 in the nick of time 2433
hollow reed
holly 1310 how many 1381 incandescent 2908
hollyhock
holy 2224 however 953 incense 911
home 1329 hug
home country 3.18 human legs 1387 inch 2952
homecoming 1039 humanity
hometown 1297 humility 1.34 incision 2703
hone 1697 hump
honey 2128 hundred 988 include 1588
honorable 692 hundred million
hooch 1153 hungry 630 income 1510
hood 454 hunt
2762 hunting, game 1561 increase 1.175
1519 hurry
664 husband 38 increase 502
660 husk
983 incur 807
1316
1475 indecent 2336
2364 I
243 indications 887

1940 indigo 2371

1146 individual 973

838 infancy 1378

710 infant 1.220

infatuation 2277

inferiority 862

2485 I 17 inflammation 162

2391 I beam 1.45 inflation 1989

825 I Ching 3.17 ingest 2182

1916 I wonder 2704 inherit 1370

1848 ice 1.157 ink, black 175

1230 icicle 131 inkstone 2589

1849 idea 608 inmost 1891

2560 ill 1682 inn 995

776 illuminate 170 inquire 1145

1398 illustrious 2593 inscription 275

2748 imitation 229 insect 517

1.80 immaculate 2318 insert 1116

416 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

inside 1019 Japanese cypress knot 1.260
insinuate 2153 [old] 1223
inspection 1093 Japanese cypress 2964 know 1647
Inst. 1304 Japanese Judas- 2398
instant 1462 tree 2495 Korea
instantaneously 2431 Japanese oak 2926
instead 1395 jasmine kudzu 860
instruction 341 javelin 466
insult 2699 jawbone L198 932
integrity 2123 jealous 1716
intelligent 852 jet 2493 2479
intention 600 jewel
inter- 209 jewel, squared 2348 label 68
intercept 1192 jeweled hairpin 2767 labor 1151
interchange 1043 join 1.295 lack 2039
interment 816 journey 2195 lacquer 488
interpretation 1908 jubilation 2565 lad 148
interrogative 2960 Judas-tree, 256 ladder 621
interval 1620 Japanese 2972
interview 1956 judgment 155 ladle 165
intestines 544 jump 2962 lady 2516
intimate 1514 junior 1030 lagoon 1.70
intimidate 364 jurisdiction 880 laid waste 1513
introduce 1359 just so 2001 lake 1.129
intuition 1769 juvenile 2623
inundate lament 2557
invariably 2317 K 107
inverted 1.198 lamp [old] 2313
investigate 635 1205 lamp 2928
iris 1409 lance 1530
iron 1959 kalpa 878 land
iron, pig 1781 kazoo 1405 land 2452
irrigate 2366 keg 388 lap 2570
island [alt.] 846 ketchup 436 lapel 694
island 270 key 2244
isolate 2079 key lapis lazuli 938
Italy 2976 kick
itch 1948 kidnap large 577
item 1312 kidney 2857 large goose 629
ivy 1161 kill 1.170 large hill 794
2572 kiln 2755 lass 731
J 2029 kilometer 1.323 last day of 228
1.71 kindle 1.343 the month 1068
jade green 1011
jail king 2761 lastly 1285
jail cell 574
jammed in kitchen 2742 late, grow 1893

2863 kitchen stove 656 lathe

2213 kite 2453 laugh

1.343 knee 1493 laundry

250 kneel 1325 lazy

2946 lead (metal)

2537 leader

255 leaf

2152 leak

2617 lean

2139 leap

2461 learn

2745 leather

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 417

lecture 1816 livelihood 232 lunar month 2070
leech 2696 lively 260
leek 2081 liver 143 lunatic 414
lees 2649 livestock 2913
left 1649 lungs 1337
leg 77 livraison 2867
leg, wooden 1279 load 1384 lute
legitimate wife 1.294 local god 2820
legs, animal 440 location 2645 luxuriant 2407
legs, human 1.34 lock of hair
legs, walking 1.34 lock 359 lye 419
leisure 1.121 locket 1.292
lend 1625 lofty M2600
length 1007 logic 545 1.33
lengthen 691 loins 2898
let it be 1921 loneliness 1.386 mackerel 1390
level 2074 long 383 madder red 2873
levy 160 long-distance 1847
lewd 378 long time 1.344 made in… 1.311
license 2298 longevity [old] 2095 maestro 2027
licensed quarters 765 longevity 265 magic wand 1142
lick 2235 longing [old] 1605 magistrate 439
lid 2870 longing 720 magnet 2118
lidded crock 2388 longness 1920 mahjong tiles 2059
lie 1.128 look after 1281 mail 2132
lie down 1141 look back 1016 mailbox 2269
life 1150 look to 2995 majestic plural 2552
lightly 1555 loose 1565 make
lightning bug 717 loosen 2984 make a deal 743
likeness 518 loquat 792 make a profit 2478
lily, water 100 lord 2618 make amends 2753
limb 1.321 lose 2115 make do
limit 714 lose weight 1084 make headway 101
limpid 1466 lot 854 male animal 859
line 2446 lottery 830 male 2877
line 1.236 lotus 2242 mallet 1.230
line up 1339 lotus blossom 2519 malt 2100
lineage 1301 lotus flower 266 mama 2494
lined kimono 1391 love 845 man 1.387
linen 2625 lovely 2577 Manchu dynasty 671
liner 405 lower 1529 mandala 801
link up 1869 lowly 1691
lion 2655 loyalty 2082 mandala 108
lips 2345 lucidity 1381
listen 2013 luck, good 2360 mandarin orange 1180
little 827 lull 2471
105 lumber 2362 mane 1.141
2555
2361 maneuver 412

737 manipulate

2002 mannerism

1831 many

1511 many, how

602 map

1704 maple tree

320 march

2140 marine blue

683 market

418 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

marketing 726 mid-air 1109 mosquito 1728
marquis 2356
marriage 1639 migrating ducks 1.391 moss 2694
marrow 2205
marry into 1830 mile 2950 moth 2876
marsh 680
martyrdom 1290 military officer 1095 mother-in-law 1961
mask 768
masses 542 milk 729 mottled 1.392
mat, tatami 773
mate 137 mill 2596 mould 840
matrimony 2228
matter 809 millet 2605 Mount 599
mausoleum 2065
me 1892 millimeter 2948 mountain
meadow 11
meal 1857 mimic 1411 mountain goat 1676
measles 2387
measurement 1784 mind, state of 1.198 mountain pass 2538
measuring box 1805
measuring cup 2124 mineral 741 mountain stream 1055
meat 698
mechanism 584 mingle 1275 mountaintop 1002
mediator 2843
medicine 1156 minstrel 2112 mourning 1.234
mediocre 941
meeting 1518 mirror 1.170 mouse 2394
meeting 1735
melancholy 1794 mirror 483 mouth 1571
mellow 1787
melodious 134 miscellaneous 562 move 2376
melon 2255
melt 1473 miso 2177 mow 757
membrane 1.169
memorial 2574 miss 1926 moxa 2131
memorize 2058
mend 45 missile 1.213 Mr. 1383
mending
mention 42 mist 1.33 mud 2260
mercy 1.50
merit 1.278 mistake 1899 mulberry 2766
meritorious deed 1124
metal 1022 mistress 2203 municipality 112
metallurgy 1828
method 1382 mix 450 murky 1094
metropolis 1764
1761 moat 2306 muscle

1736 mochi 2802 muscle

62 model 1960 mushroom

1.106 modest 2422 music

752 moisten 2320 music, play

616 moment 2144 musical score

310 monk’s cowl 1.80 mustard

1469 monk’s sash 2701 muster
1877 monkey 1.117 mutually

791 monkey 403 muzzle

233 monkey, sign ( ) 469 my son
2129 of the myself
325 monme 1027 mysterious
2073 month 13
1.146 moo N
2961

1524 moon 1.19 nab

1389 mop 1.275 nail

1276 more and more 2241 nail

1677 moreover 2034 naked

1.111 morning 52 name

2137 morrow 2443 name, family

751 mortar 2063 Nara

1846 mosaic 1.360 national flag

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 419

nativity 393 nourishing 1388 ooze 636
nautical mile
navigate 2951 now 1587 open 1622
navy blue
near 1870 nucleus 1520 open sea 138
neck
neck and throat 1758 numb 2355 or again 696
need
needle 1129 number 929 orchid 2363
needle
needle, eye of 70 nun 1054 order, imperial 1667
negate
negative 2796 O orders 1401
neglect
neighboring 1604 organize 1670
nephew 199 Oriental elm 2474
nest 1.18 oak
nestle
netting 274 oaken tub 1.363 ornate 2667
new
newborn babe 1.73 oar 2502 orphan 1879
next
nickname 1218 obeisant 2612 other 961
niece
nifty 1217 obese 494 ought 1718
night
nightbreak 745 obey 129 outburst 1801
nightfall
nightingale 1311 obscure 2445 outhouse 1.226
nine
nitrate 2910 obstacle 2592 outline 1482
No.
node 1927 obvious 2582 outlook 572
Noh chanting
noodles 2497 occasion 1296 outpost 2620
nook
noon 1373 occupation 1034 outside 111
north
nose 1502 ocean 549 outskirts 1844
nose
nostrils 58 octopus 2690 outstanding 2272
not
not yet 471 of 1214 outstretched hands 1.210
notebook
nothingness 1242 offering 1615 oven fire 1.73
notice, put up a
2201 office, overall 1347
2133 government
1037 officer 591 overarching 2435

30 officer, military 693 overcome 104
1974 offspring
2907 oil 1095 overdo 1293

9 ointment 2097 overflow 1454

1107 overgrown 360

2923 overhang 2236

115 old 16 overjoyed 2207
1239 old boy
1162 overnight 147

1464 old Kyoto 2302 overpowering 543

1968 old man 1251 oversee 1453

2752 old man, overthrow 980
2427 venerable
568 Old West 786 overturn 2789
445 old woman
1.28 olden times 1.339 owl 1.388

804 owl 2837

35 oyster 1.37

678 on the verge of 2305 oyster 2697

1.28 once upon a time 1184

1049 one 1P

216 oneself 36 pack of wild dogs 1.101

1922 one-sided 1212 packed 343

1775 onion 2389 paddy ridge 1204

673 only 53 paddy-field ridge 2571

420 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

page 60 pay respects 1864 pickling 1545
pagoda 254 peaceful 1570 picture 1346
pain 1690 peach tree 236 piebald 2804
paint 1663 peak, mountain 773 pierce 102
painting of a deer 1.399 pear tree 907 piety, filial 1253
pair 697 pearl 258 pig iron 270
palanquin 2860 peck at 2168 pigeon 1946
pale blue 2399 pedestal 744 piggy bank 1.187
palisade 2507 peek 2875 piglets 1.187
pan- 2327 peel off 2145 piled high 2185
panther 2734 peep 2613 pillage 2247
paper 1829 Pegasus 1.193 pillar 268
paper punch 1.300 pelt 802 pillow 2472
parable 2728 penal 888 pinch 657
parade 1.140 penalty 833 pine tree 785
paragraph 82 penetrate 886 pining 633
parakeet 2830 penitential 2083 pinnacle 1.296
paralysis 2579 pennant 2233 pioneer 2924
parcel post 1858 pent in 1.196 pipe 1273
parch 215 people 1834 pit 306
pardon 1744 pepper, red 1.323 pitch dark 2777
parent 1504 peregrine falcon 2879 pity 1187
park [alt.] 2974 perfect 187 place 1127
park 585 performance 2007 place on the head
parking 1982 performing artist 2122 placement 94
parrot 2831 perfumed 493 placenta 832
parsley 2396 period 1765 plaid 531
part 781 perish 1.171 plains [old] 1.356
part of the body 1.19 permit 569 plains 2979
partial 1823 persimmon 2481 plan 1596
particularly 810 person 951 plane 214
partition 783 person in charge 1392 plank 118
partner 2121 persuade 864 plant 724
parts of speech 1865 perusal 855 plant, rice 205
party 797 petition 135 plantain 910
pass through 2970 petting 2270 plantation 2386
paste 2650 phantasm 1862 play 358
patent 1715 pheasant 2584 play music 1047
path 1282 philosophy 1131 pleasure 1571
pathetic 401 phlegm 2573 pleated skirt 628
patrol 285 phoenix 2142 pledge 2626
patronage 2982 phosphorus 2052 plentiful 1549
pattern 1413 phrase 2943
paulownia 204 pick up 65 pliable 2786
pavilion 311 pick 667 plot 337
pay 738 picket 733 plow 1.256
2484 plow 2756

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 421

pluck 1106 precious 1771 publish 1650
plug 264 precious stone 1232
plug up 1321 precipitous 2553 pull 2136
plum 460 preface 679
plump 120 prefecture 1672 pull through 2341
plural, majestic 2027 pregnancy 1.353
pocket 828 present 1594 punish 437
podium 587 presents 1.291
poem 346 press down on 513 pup 1539
Point [old] 2987 pressing 1732
Point 1330 pressure 507 pup tent 1375
pointed 500 prevarication 2473
poison 1531 previously 259 pupil 1.363
pole 2632 price 539
pole, wooden 1.85 priest, Buddhist 503 puppet 2455
poles 1903 princess 1114
polish 675 printing 2259 pure 1.223
polite 2706 printing block 673
politics 381 prison 2420 purification 1.256
pond 516 private
ponder 2276 prize 152 purple 2403
pongee 2666 proceed 2080
pony 1979 proclaim 2718 purple willow 2010
pop song 2178 prodigal
pork 538 products 1481 purse 579
port 2309 profession 177
portable 687 profit 978 pursue 2160
portent 235 progress 1.283
porter 1.176 prohibition 982 pus 560
possess 79 prolong 527
possessed 2428 promise 849 push 2713
post 824 promontory 1617
post, parcel 1858 -proof 1069 put in 1669
posture 1818 property 2278
pot 2757 proportion 1213 put up a notice 1540
pot, flower 1032 propose 2780
potato 1.346 prosperous 338 puzzle Q 2231
potato 1655 prostrated 2032
pottery 1966 protect 902 1.138
pour 267 protein 2102
poverty 782 proverb 796
power 858 provisional 1.394
pox 1684 provisions 386 quack 2093
practice 1343 prudence 2338
praise 998 pruning 188 quaff
pray 1128 public 302
2357 quake

1560 quandary

1792 quantity

906 quarrel

2436 quarter

1098 quasi-

392 queen

1362 query

778 question

1164 quick

682 quickwitted

1553 quiet

665 quill

25 quire

962 quit

997 quiver

2683 quote R

2723

966

926 rabbit

1996 rabbit

2941 racoon dog

784 radiance

422 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

raft 2629 reformation 528 respects, pay 1864
rag 1.259 refreshing 313 responsibility 1003
railing 2192 refulgent 2544 rest 965
rain 422 regiment 1306 restore 875
rainbow 520 register 949 resucitate 2940
raise 1938 regularity 903 resurrect 2380
rake 1.274 reign 746 retainer 848
ram, sign of the reinforce 2730 retch 2999
range ( ) 404 reject 1138 retreat 1465
rank rejoice 1445 return
rapidly 356 relatives 2882 revelation 725
rapids 955 relax 190 revered 247
rare 1686 reliant 971 review 1439
rat, sign of the 1666 religion 1100 revile 1618
rather 1723 remainder 808 revise 2390
ratio remains 2874 revolve 339
rattan box ( ) 404 remonstrate 2708 rhinoceros 420
raw cotton remorse 631 rhyme 2069
ray 834 remote 958 rhythm 481
re- 1737 remove 760 ri 874
reach out 2631 rend 806 rib 173
read 2512 renowned 1258 rice 2463
reality 119 reparation 985 rice, grains of 919
reap 1081 repast 2798 rice bran 1.242
rebellion 688 repay 1432 rice field 2652
rebuke 348 repeatedly 373 rice-field footpath
rebuttal 1572 repel 857 rice gruel 14
receipt 1488 repent 625 rice plant 2072
receive 2902 report 1507 rice seedling 2243
receptacle 352 repose 2621 riddle 910
recess 2808 reprehend 2156 ride 1.325
recitation 1.312 repress 1700 ridge, paddy 2709
reclining 308 repudiate 1634 ridgepole 1585
recollection 2264 reputation 1939 ridicule 1204
recommend 611 request 934 right
record 345 research 1320 righteousness 505
recreation 1.164 resemblance 114 rin 829
recruit 632 resentment 1460 ring 78
rectify 2000 reserved 2868 rinse 641
red 1144 reside 1063 riot 178
red pepper 1898 residence 1841 rise up 836
redaction 861 resign 1497 rising cloud of 2292
reed 1221 resin 1.326 rising sun 72
reef 1743 resist 1832 risk 43
refined 1.323 respect 1803 ritual 1.155
reflect 2641 respect for elders 2283 river 27
242
558 18
1535 1102
1742 146

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 423

river pool 2323 rustling 2619 scarecrow 1.334
rivet 1.150
road 2763 rut 288 scarf, top hat and 2659
road-way 1189
roast 1.118 S scarlet
rob 277 314
robust 2548 saber scatter 948
roc 566 saber 1.83 scenery 309
rocksalt 321 sack 1671 scheme 1.130
rocky 2829 sacred Shinto tree 1006 school, cram 1.292
rocky beach sacrifice 2490 schoolhouse 2773
rod 2866 sacrifice, animal 643 scissors 2179
romance 2230 sad 1559 scissors 1787
roof 1635 scold 989
roofbeam 2594 saddle 2782 score, musical 1.181
room 1575 saddle straps 2784 scorn 2154
roost 1748 safeguard 700 scorpion 1.370
root 1058 sagacious 1014 scout 2252
roots 2299 sail 406 scrapbook 2691
rope 754 saké 1428 scratch 1.279
rope, straw 2496 salad 1.279 screw 529
rose of Sharon 1461 salarium 2602 screwdriver 1207
rot 1.267 salary 1349 scribe 407
rotation 1.35 saliva 2165 scroll 2086
rough seas 1377 salmon 2815 scroll, hanging 461
round 2915 salt 1458 scurry 138
rouse 1023 salutation 1087 sea 2812
route 1046 salvation 936 sea, open 1332
row 2321 same 180 sea bream 2828
rowboat 44 samurai 1.129 seacoast 156
rowing 526 sand 1120
rub 117 seagull 912
rubbing 1661 sandalwood 1193
rubbish 2525 seal 2035
rudder 1785 sandwiched 899
rue 1267 search 775
rugged mountains 1876 sane 904
rule 1159 seasons 2726
1175 Sanskrit ka 1845
ruled lines 2959 seat 2410
rumble 644 sapience 2300
run 2905 seaweed 86
run alongside 2258 sapling 3.19 second
rush 57
rush mat 2219 sardine 2813 secrecy 234
rust 2291
2674 sash 415 secret 1237
701
1483 sated 1480 secret agent

2225 savings 194 section

88 saw 1.272 sedge

2698 say 335 sediment

2729 sayeth 578 seduce

384 saying 1.134 see

795 scaffold 367 seedling

2805 scale 1.400 seep

2383 scaled 2054 seethe

2771 scar 2578 seize

424 | index vi: key words and primitive meanings

self 525 shimmering 2880 sign of the
self-effacing
sell 1600 shin 2989 monkey ( ) 404
semi-
send back 323 shingling 2392 sign of the ram ( ) 404
send off
sensitive 564 shining 87 sign of the rat ( ) 404
sentence
separate 837 shins 1396 sign of the snake 2042
sequential
set 2016 Shinto shrine 1033 sign of the tiger 2006
set aside
set free 2434 ship 1874 signature 1259
set straight
settlement 1725 shire 2238 signpost 1608
settlings
seven 90 shirk 2416 silage 1.335
severance
sew 1854 shish kebab 603 silence 240
sex
shade 1064 shoes 1894 silicon 2564
shadow
shake 1188 shoeshine 3.14 silk 1368
shaku
shakuhachi 496 shoot 1.267 silkworm 523
Shakyamuni
2892 shoot 1249 silver 1.317
Buddha
shallow 1356 shop [alt.] 2975 silver 1459
shalt
shame 2648 shop 1839 silverware 1.319
shape
shape 7 short 1442 similar 1029
shark
sharp 1136 should 2646 simple 1928
sharp point 1563 shoulder 1077 simplicity 1621
shave
sheaf 1558 shouldering 668 sincerity 363
sheep 1592 shout 1508 single 522
sheet of
sheik 1712 shove 2248 sink 1888
shelf
shelf 2011 shovel 1.276 Sino- 1578
shellfish 1070 show 1086 sire 1361
shells
shield 1.262 shredder 1.258 sister, elder 413
shift shrimp 2689 sister, younger 220

2955 shrine, Shinto 1033 sit 1024

369 shrink 1336 sitting in 2844
2105 shrouded 2057 meditation 1.161
823 sickle 1599 sitting on the
1.354 sickness 1.350 ground

1711 side 975 six 6

2821 side gate 2776 skeleton 1288

2134 sides of the sketch 670

2903 mouth 2174 skill 712

2146 sideways 1751 skin 1992

1.321 siesta 1.163 skirt 800

547 sieve 1.275 skirt, grass 1.327

332 sigh 1579 skunk 1.394

3.14 sign of the bird 1427 slacken 1952

1.364 sign of the cow 2040 slander 2724

202 sign of the dog ( ) 469 slap 1793

54 sign of the dragon 2008 slaughter 2143

1.37 sign of the hare 2041 slave 1.233

1853 sign of the hog 1519 slave 2036

898 sign of the horse ( ) 404 sled 2521

index vi: key words and primitive meanings | 425

sleep 1835 soup 140 sponsor 987
sleeve 1108 source 142 spool 1.214
slender 1790 souse 2314 spoon 444
slender bamboo 2639 south 1613 spot
sliding door 2627 southeast 2861 sprain 169
slingshot 1.289 sovereign 435 spray 2845
slip out 705 sow 1.186 spread 2307
slippery 1289 sowing 2395 spring 1883
slope 723 soy sauce 2746 springtime
slow 1067 span [old] 2985 sprinkle 133
sly 2335 span 32 sprout 1568
small bell 1406 spare time 1882 spy 2271
small craft 2068 spark 1.58 squad 1.267
smash 116 sparkle 22 squared jewel 981
smoke 1612 sparkler 1.357 squeeze 1229
snake 1.183 sparrow 2878 St. Bernard dog
snake 519 sparse 2611 stab 155
snake, sign of the 2042 spatula 2633 stagnate 1324
snapping turtle 3000 speaketh 1117 stalk 1.56
snapshot 822 spear 1.286 stalwart 1319
snare 1.288 special 246 stamen 416
snore 2944 specialty 46 stammer 715
snow 1143 species 1679 stamp 2889
so-and-so 1759 specimen 1455 stamp 2393
soar 2933 speckled 2556 stand up 2175
so-called 2725 speech 1.134 standard 1.308
sociable 1970 speech, parts of 1865 standstill 1425
soft 470 sphere 1208 staple gun 431
soil 150 spicy 1496 staples 841
soldier 1331 spike 1.50 star 2423
solely 556 spin a tale 2176 star-anise 1.376
solemn 1733 spinal column 2071 stare 1.313
solicit 1536 spindle 1584 start 1556
solitude 2310 spindle tree 2489 starve 2532
solution 947 spine 24 state 237
somebody 1248 spinning 1357 state of mind 2872
someone 1256 spiny 2498 stately 1476
son 1851 spirit 1885 station 128
song 469 spirits 1791 stationary 1.198
soot 2541 spit 151 statue 2138
soothe 2210 splash 218 stature 1984
sorceress 2930 splendor 1581 status 2991
sort 931 split 813 status quo 1977
sort of thing 241 split up 2714 steadily 446
soul 2021 spoils 2273 steal 292
sound 479 spoke 2731 stealth 239
1135
1451
1322

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steam 1900 stripe 2671 suppose 684
steed 2060 strong 1235 surface 1546
steel 1962 strong saké 2751 surname 1557
steep 2061 strung together 1.367 surpass 387
step 1287 strung together 2676 surplus 1586
stern 1936 stubborn 1807
stew 2549 study 61 surround 2826
sticky 324 sushi 1394
stiff 921 stuff up 2190 suspend 716
stimulate 695 stumble 2740 suspicious 1360
stinking 1280 stupid 1683 sūtra 2869
stipend 122 sturdy 1964 swallow 1072
stirred up 1574 sturdy oak 2509 swamp 1651
stitching 565 style 353 sweat 1152
stocks 3.17 subjugate 881 sweep 1757
stole 222 submerge 844 sweet 2505
stomach 2700 submit 1796 sweet oak 2402
stone 29 subscription 1817 sweet potato 2817
stop 113 substance 1137 sweet smelt 2801
stop short 370 substitute 1005 sweets 1719
store 2937 suck 689 swell 280
storehouse 588 suckling infant 2193 swift 136
storm 850 sue 787 swim 1967
story 777 suffering 225 swing 2290
straddle 1309 sugar 1158 swirling waters
straightaway 2744 suit of armor 2076 sword 83
strainer 73 suitable 441 sword’s point 2768
strand 2328 sulfur 763 symmetrically
strange 1263 sultry 1260 patterned 2897
strangle 126 sumac 2526 sympathize with 2051
stratum 1348 summarize 2663 symptoms 1685
straw 1065 summer 296 synthesis 2660
straw man 2400 summit [alt.] 2977 system 418
straw raincoat 1.282 summit
straw rope 2354 summons T1562 1.315
strawberry 1377 sun 212
stream 2350 sun, rising 2678 1915
stream, mountain 127 sunflower 1.386
street 840 Sung dynasty 1.19 table 397
streetwalker 91 sunglasses 27 tag 819
strengthen 3.16 sunglasses with 1.24 tail 287
stretch 2240 one lens out 2215 tail feathers 344
stretcher 1.148 sunshine 1.229 tailor 1.392
strict 2803 superfluous 307
strike 853 superintend take 2807
string 653 supinate 1.257 take along 1157
2661 supplement 1300 tale
300 Talking Cricket
1499 tall
2909 tame
1840 T’ang

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tariff 1778 thong 1344 tool 1.44
task 1227 thorn 417 tool 74
taskmaster 1.132 thornbush 2938 tooth
tassel 1078 thou 2303 top hat 1171
tatami mat 1784 thousand 40 top hat and scarf 1.125
tax 895 thread 1333 topic 1.150
tea 252 threaten 871 torch 389
teach 1254 three 2536
teacup 2591 throat 3 tortoise 534
team of horses 1.396 throw 2164 torture 1255
teardrops 2294 thunder 706 touch 672
tears 1082 thwart 425 tough 2971
technique [old] 2352 ticket 1780 towel 1.152
technique 421 tide 1206 towel 2101
teenager 1.54 tie 141 tower 1624
teepee 1.353 ties 1351 town 208
tempering 2030 tiger 2658 toy 2567
temple, Buddhist 158 tiger 1.397 track down 2413
temple grove 2500 tiger, sign of the 1990 tracks 1746
temporarily 1134 tight 2006 tracks, animal 1.385
tempt 766 tighten 2614 trade 1424
ten 1340 traffic 1408
ten thousand 10 tile 1031 training 2088
till 1808 tranquilize 276
[old] 1446 transcend 385
ten thousand 2969 timber-trees 159 transcription 2922
tenacious 64 time 1882 transit 1195
tender 586 transition 1610
tenderness 1506 time, spare 2764 translate 1073
tendril 1226 -times 1965 translucent 2920
tenebrous 993 tin 2558 transmit 963
tense 2359 tin can 2568 transparent
terminate 2935 tinker with 1688 transport 915
test 1374 tinkling 2347 tray 289
testicle 2787 tired 1795 tread 1872
texture 354 tobacco 865 treasure 1286
Thanksgiving 2929 together 1001 tree 257
thatching 226 tree trunk 195
thick 66 toil 1198 treetops 1654
thigh 1.139 token 2239 tremendously 201
thin 2397 tolerant 1512 tribe 1768
thing 125 tomb 1826 tribute 1222
think 2454 tomb sanctuary 2949 triceps
third class 164 tombstone 81
thirst 1050 tome 41 trickle 1.236
this 605 ton trifle 2778
this here 1020 tongue 2116
451 tongue wagging 1.19 trim 2353
2890 in mouth 1657 trip 1048
2043 too much

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tripod 2865 understandably 2087 verification 1980
triumph 2710
trouble 2077 undertake 375 verify
trout 221
true 1935 undress 498 vermilion 1589
trunk 1338
trunk, tree 2814 uneasiness 1995 versify 699
truss 2743
trust 75 unfold 1925 vertical 1739
tryst
tub, oaken 182 unhulled rice 2651 vessels 89
tucked under 1209
1654 United States 1.242 vestiges 434
the arm
tug 1376 universal 1786 vicarious 322
tumor 92
tuna 1665 unlucky 1415 vice- 1490
tune 1945
turf 2417 unravel 1814 victory 1434
turkey 2194
turkey house/coop 1.363 until 2421 vie 497
turn 2099
turn into unusual 1745 villa 1035
turnip 1726
turret 1.211 upbraid 2026 village 2456
turtle 1720
tusk 2550 upbringing 2942 villain 2715
twenty 1896
twig 2467 upright 55 vine 835
twine 1993
twinkle 2816 upside down vinegar 1543
twirl 1133
twist 349 in a row 1.366 violate 968
two 1.216
two hands 1216 urge 282 violent
two-mat area 1.19
tyrannize 1.190 urine 1053 violet 1.120
879
U 1.192 use 990 virtuous 976
1.320
ugly 1909 usual 799 vis-à-vis
umbrella 371
umbrella 361 Utamaro 2894 viscera 1.121
un- 1.27
uncivilized 2401 utensil 121 visit 1.219
uncle 1500
uncommon 2508 utilize 1181 visit a shrine 1.32
undefiled 1470
1.100 utmost 821 voice

1904 V voiced

1190 void
2967 volume
298 v
2656 v.i.p. 511 vow
2534 vague 230 vulgar
2266 valentine 1.198 vulture
1509 valley
788
2 value
1.208 valve 1603 W
1486 vapor
1998 various 742 wagging tongue
1886 in a mouth
vase
1261 wagon

1.158 wait

vast 1234 waiter

2020 vat 1176 waitress

1.115 vegetable 734 walk

1026 vegetable patch 2918 walking legs

1632 vehicle 1.120 walking stick

2470 vein 1856 wall

718 vendetta 2707 wall

1797 venerable old man 786 wand, magic

1548 venison 2216 wandering

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war 1929 whetstone 2595 wither 206
ward 1696 whey 2900
ward off 1302 whip 2747 within 2173
wardrobe 2635 whirlpool 2430
warehouse 589 whirlwind 2783 within my ability 1770
warm 1452 whiskey bottle 2339
warmth 1949 whisper 1292 without exception
warped 2862 whit 98
warrior 377 white 1.125 withstand 1950
warship 1875 white bird 748
wash 249 who 1.313 wolf 1987
waste, laid 488 whole 1.85
watch over 638 wholesale 2157 woman 2487
watchfire 2535 wick 2477
watchtower 930 wicked 2046 woman, beautiful 2510
water 130 wicker basket 1.254
water, hot 546 wide 37 womb 2503
water lily 1.321 widespread 1.85
water’s edge 2312 widow 1.28 wonder 2891
waterfall 537 wife 1.189
waver 1438 wife, legitimate 2712 wood 347
waves 803 wild dogs, pack of 263 wooden bowl 1.134
wax 2688 wild duck 1397 wooden hammer 1678
Way 2412 wild goose 2368 wooden ladle 2111
weak 1236 wild mulberry 1906 wooden leg
wealth 1.49 willow 1.361 wooden pestle 251
wealth 193 wilt 739 wooden pole 2375
weather 1.156 wince 2301 wooden spoon 1564
weather vane 1.35 wind 617 wool 996
weave 1334 wind 1889 word 530
wee hours 189 winding 440 words 2251
week 318 window 1.101 work 1721
weekday 576 windpipe 2835 work a field 327
welcome 1702 wing 2150 world 943
welfare 1091 wings 2517 wormwood
well 1806 wink 1421 worship 2968
well finished 2197 winnow 2135 wound
west 1602 winnowing fan 2275 wrap 2365
West, Old 1.339 winter 1.35 wrenching 2106
wet 1627 wipe 524 wretched 1.308
whale 1369 write 1.166
wharf 315 wisdom 749 writing brush 1036
what 2189 wish
wheat 1012 wisteria 2159 512
wheel 1.239 witch 2280
wherefore 1822 with child 1798 X 1042
1105 withdraw 1750
1.194 x

Y817

2647

2643 yam
427 Yamato
2254 yarn
1224 yawn

1590 year

1210 year-end

2022 yearn

2012 yell

1318 yellow

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yesterday 1140 younger sister 220
yield
yonder 1060 Z 2527
young 1930
young miss 183 zelkova 1402
younger brother 223 Zen 1.149
2206 zero
1240 zoo