#nusutto

I don’t remember if I’ve mentioned this before, but I find this series to be a really easy read! There’s furigana, and a very nice balance of known words and context such that looking up words doesn’t usually slow you down from getting into the story. I really recommend it! Plus there’s an anime coming Oct. 2020!

打算的; ださんてき; calculating, mercenary

背教者; はいきょうしゃ; apostate, renegade

作り替える; つくりかえる; to remake, to remold, to remould, to convert, to reconstruct, to adapt, to parody, to alter

罪悪感; ざいあくかん; feelings of guilt

拭う; ぬぐう; to wipe

容態; ようだい; condition (usually animate)

蟠り; わだかまり; cares, ill feeling, reserve

賛同; さんどう; approval, endorsement

土煙; つちけむり; cloud of dust

持ち切り; もちきり; hot topic, talk of the town

チャンバラ; sword fight

末っ子; すえっこ; youngest child

相続; そうぞく; succession, inheritance 

召し使い; めしつかい; servant, menial 

クロスボウ; crossbow     [I could NOT figure out this katakana, haha]

好み; よしみ; friendship, friendly relations, connection, relation, intimacy 

野次馬 ;やじうま; curious onlookers, rubbernecks 

羽振りのいい; はぶりのいい; powerful, influential, prosperous, popular 

枠; わく; frame, slide, border 

地道; じみち; steady, honest, sober, straightforward 

腹違い; はらちがい; (brother and sister) born of a different mother [see also: 種違い、たねちがい、half-sibling (by a different father); uterine sibling; maternal half-sibling; half-brother; half-sister

暗渠; あんきょ; subterranean drain, culvert, conduit 

献身; けんしん; dedication, devotion 

せき止める; せきとめる; to dam up, to hold back, to keep back, to bring to a halt, to intercept 

ノルマ; (one's) quota, assignment 

瓜坊; うりぼう; wild boar piglet 

捏ち上げ; でっちあげ; fabrication, put-up job, trumped-up story, frame-up, hoax 

介抱; かいほう; nursing, looking after

蠢く; うごめく; to wriggle, to squirm, to crawl like a worm 

鏃 ;やじり; arrowhead 

茶番; ちゃばん; farce 

染みる; じみる; to have a touch of, to look like 

子守; こもり; babysitter, nursemaid    [like 子守唄、ころいうた、lullaby]

一丁前; いっちょうまえ; becoming an adult or full-fledged member of (a) society             [this is the second time I’ve seen this word this week]

長丁場; ながちょうば; long (stretch of) distance 

殲滅; せんめつ; extermination, annihilation 

自我; じが; self, the ego 

野営地; やえいち; camp site, campground 

当てにする; あてにする; to count on, to expect someone to (provide help, etc.) 

加護; かご; divine protection 

搬入; はんにゅう; taking in, bringing in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture), carrying in 

集る; たかる; to gather, to crowd round, to swarm, to flock 

諸共; もろとも; (all) together 

寸断; すんだん; cut (tear) to pieces 

腑甲斐無い; ふがいない; disappointing, weak-minded, spiritless, cowardly, worthless, pusillanimous, feckless, faint-hearted, shiftless, tame, timid 

根刮ぎ; ねこそぎ; root and branch, thoroughly, by the roots 

兆し; きざし; signs, omen, symptoms 

適さない; てきさない; unsuited, unfit, ill-fitted 

形勢逆転; けいせいぎゃくてん; the situation reverses itself, the table is turned, the shoe is on the other foot 

一枚上手; いちまいうわて; one step higher, one better, cut above, one up 

そびえ立つ; そびえたつ; to stand towering over the surrounds 

困惑; こんわく; bewilderment, disturbance 

ざる; not, un- 

器用; きよう; skillful, handy 器用貧乏; きようびんぼう; Jack of all trades and master of none 

教典; きょうてん; scriptures, canon, teaching guide 

窃盗罪; せっとうざい; theft, stealing, larceny 

豚箱; ぶたばこ; police cell, lockup 

崩御; ほうぎょ; death of the Emperor, demise 

洛陽の紙価を高める; らくようのしかをたかめる; to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work), to raise the price of paper in Luoyang

道程; みちのり; distance, journey, itinerary 

揉み合い; もみあい; jostle, struggle, scuffle 

空似; そらに; accidental resemblance 

盗人; ぬすっと; thief, robber  [OK WHAT KIND OF WORD IS THIS]

自棄っぱち; やけっぱち; desperation 

制覇; せいは; conquest, domination, mastery 

漠然; ばくぜん; obscure, vague, equivocal 

緩やかに進む; ゆるやかにすすむ; to proceed slowly 緩やか; ゆるやか; loose, slack 

足踏み; あしぶみ; stepping, stamping, marking time (for a soldier)    [reminds me of undoukai/sports festival] 足踏み状態; あしぶみじょうたい; standstill 

体たらく; ていたらく; state of affairs, predicament 

持ち合せる; もちあわせる; to happen to have on hand or in stock

This rip-off manga series, titled "Nusutto" (ヌスット) and created by Bancho Kano, apparently ran for only 17 chapters across 33 issues of Weekly Shonen Jump in 1970 and has seemingly not been reprinted since. It shares (read: copies) the premise of a group of outlaws stealing things and hijinks ensuing.