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Question | Answer | Definition |
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製造 | せいぞう | manufacture; production |
伝統 | でんとう | tradition; convention |
限界 | げんかい | limit; bound |
少なくとも | すくなくとも | at least |
油 | あぶら | oil |
曜日 | ようび | day of the week |
なさる | to do | |
神経 | しんけい | 1. nerve (anatomical term) 2. nerves; sensitivity |
保存 | ほぞん | preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk); maintenance |
体育 | たいいく | physical education; gymnastics; athletics |
そろそろ | 1. slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually 2. soon; momentarily; before long; any time now | |
議員 | ぎいん | member of the Diet, congress or parliament |
雰囲気 | ふんいき | 1. mood; ambience; ambiance; aura; feel 2. a certain air; presence 3. air; atmosphere |
国土 | こくど | country; territory; domain; realm |
事態 | じたい | situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances |
信用 | しんよう | confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence; trust |
依頼 | いらい | 1. request; commission; dispatch; despatch 2. dependence; trust |
自殺 | じさつ | suicide |
大使 | たいし | ambassador |
年月 | としつき | months and years |
温泉 | おんせん | spa; hot spring; onsen |
息 | いき | 1. breath; breathing 2. tone; mood |
日中 | にっちゅう | daytime; during the day |
私立 | しりつ | private (establishment) |
裁判 | さいばん | trial; judgement; judgment |
基準 | きじゅん | standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum |
贈る | おくる | 1. to give (as a gift); to present 2. to confer; to bestow; to award |
たまに | occasionally; once in a while | |
水分 | すいぶん | water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap; juice |
整備 | せいび | 1. maintenance; servicing 2. putting in place; establishment; development; preparation; provision; outfitting |
世の中 | よのなか | society; the world; the times |
読者 | どくしゃ | reader |
観察 | かんさつ | observation; survey |
操作 | そうさ | 1. operation; management; processing 2. manipulating to one's benefit 'suru' verb 3. to operate 4. to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books) |
憲法 | けんぽう | constitution |
民間 | みんかん | private; civilian; civil; popular; folk; unofficial |
通過 | つうか | 1. passage through (e.g. train skipping a station); transit 2. passing (e.g. exam, bill through parliament) |
過程 | かてい | process; course; mechanism |
一切 | いっさい | 1. all; everything; the whole; lock, stock, and barrel 2. absolutely not (with negative); without exception; entirely not |
体力 | たいりょく | 1. stamina; endurance; physical strength 2. strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential) |
痛み | いたみ | 1. pain; ache; soreness; grief; distress 2. damage; injury; wear; bruise; break |
武器 | ぶき | 1. weapon; arms; ordnance 2. weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset |
承認 | しょうにん | recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement |
文書 | ぶんしょ | document; writing; letter; paperwork; note; records; archives |
ください | 1. please give me 2. please do for me | |
改正 | かいせい | revision; amendment; alteration |
断る | ことわる | 1. to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline 2. to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance 3. to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from) |
流行 | りゅうこう | 1. fashion; fad; vogue; craze 2. prevalence (e.g. of a disease) |
気温 | きおん | atmospheric temperature |
現金 | げんきん | 1. cash; ready money; money on hand; currency 2. mercenary; self-interested; calculating |
グラム | gram | |
注 | ちゅう | annotation; explanatory note; comment |
手続き | てつづき | procedure; (legal) process; formalities |
人工 | じんこう | artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality |
撮影 | さつえい | photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording |
孫 | まご | grandchild; grandson; granddaughter |
姿勢 | しせい | attitude; posture; stance; approach; carriage (of the body) |
親友 | しんゆう | close friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend; buddy; crony; chum |
ただ | 1. ordinary; common; 2. free of charge 3. unaffected; as is; safe 4. only; merely; just; simply 5. but; however; nevertheless | |
望む | のぞむ | 1. to desire 2. to wish for; to expect 3. to see; to command (a view of) |
暮らし | くらし | life; living; livelihood; life circumstances |
面倒 | めんどう | trouble; difficulty; care; attention |
深刻 | しんこく | serious; severe; grave; acute |
現地 | げんち | actual place; local; on-site |
抵抗 | ていこう | 1. resistance; opposition; standing up to 2. reluctance; repulsion; repugnance |
不明 | ふめい | 1. unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous 2. anonymous; unidentified 3. ignorant; lack of wisdom |
物理 | ぶつり | physics; law of nature |
複数 | ふくすう | several; plural; plurality; multiple |
かつ | yet; moreover; and | |
編集 | へんしゅう | editing; compilation; editorial (e.g. committee) |
課題 | かだい | 1. subject; theme; issue; matter 2. homework; assignment 3. task; challenge; problem; question |
日曜 | にちよう | Sunday |
中身 | なかみ | contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade |
罪 | つみ | 1. crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion 2. penalty; sentence; punishment 3. fault; responsibility; culpability 4. thoughtlessness; lack of consideration |
模様 | もよう | 1. pattern; figure; design 2. state; condition |
支持 | しじ | 1. support; holding up; propping 2. support; backing; endorsing |
広がる | ひろがる | to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space) |
恋 | こい | (romantic) love |
わたし達 | わたしたち | we; us |
姉 | あね | older sister; elder sister |
喜び | よろこび | joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations |
下ろす | おろす | 1. to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge 2. to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off |
我々 | われわれ | we |
苦労 | くろう | troubles; hardships |
香り | かおり | aroma; fragrance; scent; smell |
破る | やぶる | 1. to tear; to break; to destroy 2. to break through (opponent's defense etc.); to breach 3. to defeat; to beat |
増やす | ふやす | to increase; to add to; to augment |
死体 | したい | dead body; corpse; cadaver |
すでに | already; too late | |
まもなく | 1. soon; before long; in a short time (often written with kana only) 2. lacking time to ...; without time to ... | |
分かりにくい | わかりにくい | hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible |
影 | かげ | 1. shadow; silhouette; figure; shape 2. reflection; image 3. ominous sign |
付き合う | つきあう | 1. to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with 2. to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise |
あそこ | 1. there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder 2. genitals | |
保証 | ほしょう | guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty |
猿 | さる | 1. monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate (see also: ニホンザル; often written with kana only) 2. sly person |
傷 | きず | 1. wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar 2. chip; crack; scratch; nick 3. flaw; defect; weakness; weak point 4. stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour 5. (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings |
ダメ | 1. no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken 2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless | |
当たる | あたる | 1. to be hit; to strike (opposite: 外す) 2. to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed 17. to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison) 18. to shave |
元 | もと | 1. origin; source (usu. 元) 2. base; basis; foundation; root (esp. 基) 3. cause (also 因, 原) 4. ingredient; material 9. former ~; originally a ~ 11. handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip |