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Ch 2. Vocab
Adventures in Japanese 3
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| N1 という N2 | N1 called N2 [modifying clause derived from N1はN2といいます] |
| へいわ | peace (noun) peaceful (な adj.) |
| 二度[ど]あることは三度ある | "If something happens twice, it will happen three times" |
| N1 とか N2 | N1 and N2 (among others) [similar in meaning and usage to や, used to name several nouns as samples of other similar nouns] |
| 私立 | [しりつ] private |
| 公立 | [こうりつ] public |
| 男子校 | [だんしこう] boy's school |
| 女子校 | [じょしこう] girl's school |
| (男女[だんじょ])きょう学 | co-educational |
| きょういく | education |
| じゅうぎょうりょう | tuition |
| くさ | grass |
| しば生[ふ] | lawn |
| かよう | to commute |
| 行事 | [ぎょうじ] event |
| ほうか後[ご] | after school |
| ぶかつ(どう) | club activity |
| けんどう | kendo |
| じゅく | cram school |
| (お)小[こ]づかい | allowance |
| りゅう学する | to study abroad |
| やる | to do [informal form of する] |
| N1としてN2 | as~; for~ [N1 represents a category to which N2 belongs] |
| パーマをかける | to perm one's hair |
| (お)化[け]しょうをする | to apply makeup |
| ねぐ | to remove clothing [i.e., shoes, dress, hat] |
| はきかえる | to change [i.e., shoes, pants, etc. derived from はく, かえる is attached to suggest that an action is being redone] |
| いじめ | bullying |
| いじめる | to bully; to treat someone harshly |
| じゅう | gun |
| まやく | drugs |
| カンニング | cheating |
| ほとんど | almost; mostly |
| ところ | point |
| 学[がっ]き | semester |
| 一学き | first semester |
| 今学き | this semester |
| 来学き | next semester |
| 先学き | last semster |
| 毎学き | every semster |
| そつぎょうしき | graduation ceremony |
| 文化 | [ぶんか] culture |
| 海外旅行 | [かいがいりょこう] overseas (foreign) travel |
| 止[や]める | to quit; discontinue |
| -かな | I wonder if~ [used by males] |
| -かしら。 | I wonder if~ [used by females] |
| 入[にゅう]学しき | school entrance ceremony |
| うんどう会[かい] | (elementary and intermediate school) sports meet |
| たいいくさい | (high school) sports meet |
| 文化[ぶんか]さい | cultural festival |
| しゅう学旅行[りょこう] | study tour |
| Clause + 時[とき] (に) | At the time when/When... [に is generally used when the speaker wishes to point out the specificity of the time. The subject of the 時 clause is followed by が when it is different from the main clause. The informal form precedes 時.] |