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| Kanji | Spelling | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| だった | was | |
| どうしたらいい | what's the best thing to do? | |
| 休み中 | やすみちゅう | closed; on break; private party |
| 全体的 | ぜんたいてき | overall; on the whole |
| 五百円 | ごひゃくえん | 500 yen; five hundred yen |
| 勝負 | しょうぶ | victory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout |
| 与える | あたえる | 1. to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award 2. to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply 3. to assign 4. to cause |
| 奪う | うばう | to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal |
| 腹 | はら | 1. abdomen; belly; stomach 2. womb 3. one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive 4. courage; nerve; willpower |
| 講師 | こうし | lecturer |
| 扱う | あつかう | 1. to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain 2. to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage 3. to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work |
| 現実的 | げんじつてき | realistic; pragmatic |
| 地名 | ちめい | place name |
| 不幸 | ふこう | unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death |
| 天国 | てんごく | paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven |
| 訳す | やくす | to translate; to interpret |
| 応援 | おうえん | aid; assistance; help; reinforcement; rooting; barracking; support; cheering |
| 達する | たっする | to reach; to get to; to arrive at |
| 講演 | こうえん | lecture; address; speech |
| 減少 | げんしょう | decrease; reduction; decline |
| 大幅 | おおはば | big; large; drastic; substantial |
| 定員 | ていいん | 1. fixed number of regular personnel; staff quota; complement 2. capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.) |
| 板 | いた | 1. board; plank 2. sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab 3. cutting board; chopping board |
| 俳優 | はいゆう | actor; actress; player; performer |
| いいとも | of course; no problem; sounds good; sure thing | |
| 男の人 | おとこのひと | man |
| 街道 | かいどう | 1. highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road 2. highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) |
| 組む | くむ | 1. to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms) 2. to put together; to construct; to assemble |
| 区別 | くべつ | distinction; differentiation; classification |
| 購入 | こうにゅう | purchase; buy |
| 停止 | ていし | suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill |
| 電力 | でんりょく | electric power |
| 区 | く | ward; district; section |
| 通勤 | つうきん | commuting to work |
| 景気 | けいき | condition; state; business (condition) |
| 貯金 | ちょきん | putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank) |
| 働き | はたらき | 1. work; labor; labour 2. achievement; performance; ability; talent 3. salary; income; earnings |
| 回す | まわす | 1. to turn; to rotate; to gyrate 2. to circulate; to send around 3. to surround |
| 通知 | つうち | notice; notification; report; posting |
| 規定 | きてい | stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule |
| 肌 | はだ | 1. skin 2. body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) |
| 発電 | はつでん | 1. generation (e.g. power) 2. sending a telegram; telegraphing |
| 一見 | いっけん | 1. look; glimpse; glance 3. apparently; seemingly |
| 図る | はかる | 1. to plot; to attempt; to plan; to devise; to design 2. to take in; to deceive 3. to aim for; to have something in mind |
| 優秀 | ゆうしゅう | superiority; excellence |
| 体重 | たいじゅう | body weight; one's weight |
| 結論 | けつろん | conclusion |
| 互い | たがい | mutual; reciprocal |
| 導入 | どうにゅう | introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation |
| 資源 | しげん | resources |
| 化粧 | けしょう | make-up; makeup; cosmetics |
| 特色 | とくしょく | 1. characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour |
| 頑張る | がんばる | 1. to persevere; to persist; to keep at it 2. to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion) 3. to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge |
| 資産 | しさん | property; fortune; means; assets |
| 負担 | ふたん | burden; charge; responsibility |
| 成果 | せいか | fruits (of one's labors); results; outcome; accomplishment |
| 資金 | しきん | funds; capital |
| 囲む | かこむ | 1. to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in 2. to besiege; to lay siege to 3. to play (go, shogi, etc.) |
| しばらく | 1. little while; short while; moment; instant 2. a while; quite a time 3. it's been a long time | |
| 独特 | どくとく | 1. peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic 2. understood only by oneself |
| 相互 | そうご | mutual; reciprocal |
| 水準 | すいじゅん | 1. level; standard 2. water level |
| までに | by; not later than; before | |
| 非常に | ひじょうに | very; extremely; exceedingly |
| 世紀 | せいき | century; era |
| 成人 | せいじん | 1. adult 2. to grow up; to mature 3. to come of age |
| 愛情 | あいじょう | love; affection |
| 学部 | がくぶ | department of a university |
| 滞在 | たいざい | stay; sojourn |
| 血液 | けつえき | blood |
| 予防 | よぼう | prevention; precaution; protection against |
| 危機 | きき | crisis; danger; risk |
| 小学生 | しょうがくせい | elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student |
| 回数 | かいすう | number of times; frequency; count |
| 氏名 | しめい | full name; identity |
| 進歩 | しんぽ | progress; advance; improvement; development |
| 社員 | しゃいん | company employee |
| 可 | か | passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair |
| ビル | 1. multi-floor building; multi-storey building 2. bill | |
| 順 | じゅん | 1. order; turn 2. obedient; docile; submissive; meek |
| 定期 | ていき | 1. fixed period; fixed term 2. regular; periodic; periodical |
| 通行 | つうこう | 1. passage; passing 2. common usage |
| いやになる | to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with | |
| 主体 | しゅたい | 1. main constituent; core; nucleus 2. subject (philosophical); protagonist |
| 天皇 | てんのう | Emperor of Japan |
| 損害 | そんがい | damage; injury; loss |
| 特殊 | とくしゅ | special; particular; peculiar; unique |
| 減る | へる | to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate |
| 気候 | きこう | climate |
| 冷静 | れいせい | calm; composure; coolness; serenity |
| 帰国 | きこく | return to one's country |
| ごく | quite; very | |
| 狂う | くるう | 1. to go mad 2. to get out of order; to go amiss |
| 中世 | ちゅうせい | Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods ); medieval times; mediaeval times |
| かわいそう | poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful | |
| 女性的 | じょせいてき | feminine; effeminate |
| 小屋 | こや | 1. hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen 2. small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth 3. one's own house |
| 部品 | ぶひん | parts; accessories; components |
| 金属 | きんぞく | metal |
| 会長 | かいちょう | president (of a society); chairman |