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クーリエジャポン:北欧—その光と影
Japanese vocabulary from Courrier Japon article "北欧—その光と影" (2010/07)
| kanji | reading (hiragana) | english |
|---|---|---|
| いかなる | any kind of (with neg. verb) | |
| かつて | once, before, formerly, former, ex-; never (with negative verb) | |
| シック | chic; sick; thick | |
| ゼネスト | general strike | |
| つつましい | modest, reserved, quiet, humble | |
| とはいえ | though, although, be that as it may, nonetheless | |
| もたらす | to bring, to take, to bring about | |
| やって来る | やってくる | to come along, to come around, to turn up |
| 一致団結 | いっちだんけつ | solidarity, working together as one for a common cause |
| 一面 | いちめん | one face, one surface; the whole surface; one aspect, one side; on the other hand |
| 不平 | ふへい | complaint, discontent, dissatisfaction |
| 中央集権 | ちゅうおうしゅうけん | centralized authoritarian rule |
| 主張 | しゅちょう | claim, request, assertion, emphasis, contention, opinion, tenet |
| 伝統 | でんとう | tradition, convention |
| 住み着く | すみつく | to settle (in a place), to settle down |
| 何もかも | なにもかも | anything and everything, just about everything |
| 作り出す | つくりだす | to manufacture, to produce, to raise (crops); to invent, to dream up |
| 信仰 | しんこう | (religious) faith, belief, creed |
| 先進国 | せんしんこく | advanced/developed country, advanced nations |
| 入れ墨 | いれずみ | tattoo |
| 典型的 | てんけいてき | typical, representative, stereotypical, model, ideal |
| 刺繍 | ししゅう | embroidery |
| 則る | のっとる | to conform to, to be in accordance with, to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.) |
| 創設 | そうせつ | establishment, founding, organization, organisation |
| 労使協調 | ろうしきょうちょう | labor-management cooperation |
| 協働 | きょうどう | cooperation |
| 協調 | きょうちょう | cooperation, conciliation, harmony; firm (market) tone |
| 厚い | あつい | thick, deep, heavy; kind, cordial, hospitable, warm, faithful; abundant |
| 厚生大臣 | こうせいだいじん | Minister of Health and Welfare |
| 厳格 | げんかく | severe, rigid, strict, rigor, rigour, austere |
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう | income, receipts, revenue |
| 収容施設 | しゅうようしせつ | reception center (e.g. for refugees) |
| 口下手 | くちべた | defective speech, poor talker, tongue-tied person |
| 合間 | あいま | interval, break, pause, spare moment |
| 同一 | どういつ | identity, sameness, similarity, equality, fairness |
| 同性 | どうせい | same sex, homosexuality, homogeneity, congeniality |
| 同質 | どうしつ | same quality, same nature, homogeneous |
| 啓蒙 | けいもう | enlightenment, instruction |
| 善人 | ぜんにん | good people |
| 囁く | ささやく | to whisper, to murmur |
| 四苦八苦 | しくはっく | being in dire distress, being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering |
| 困窮 | こんきゅう | poverty, distress |
| 国民性 | こくみんせい | national traits or character, nationality |
| 地区 | ちく | district, section, sector |
| 基準 | きじゅん | standard, basis, criterion, norm, reference, datum |
| 堂々 | どうどう | grand, impressive, majestic, imposing, stately; fair, square, open; grandly; unreservedly, without apology |
| 壁 | かべ | wall, lining (stomach), fence |
| 夏至 | げし | summer solstice |
| 大いなる | おおいなる | big, large, great |
| 太平洋 | たいへいよう | Pacific Ocean |
| 夫妻 | ふさい | man and wife, married couple |
| 夫婦 | ふうふ | married couple, spouses, husband and wife, couple, pair |
| 奇跡 | きせき | miracle, wonder, marvel |
| 学業 | がくぎょう | studies, schoolwork, classwork |
| 宣言 | せんげん | declaration, proclamation, announcement |
| 容易 | ようい | easy, simple, plain |
| 審査 | しんさ | judging, inspection, examination, investigation |
| 尊重 | そんちょう | respect, esteem, regard |
| 小国 | しょうこく | small country |
| 少数民族 | しょうすうみんぞく | minority peoples |
| 屋根 | やね | roof |
| 崩壊 | ほうかい | collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in; decay (physics) |
| 左翼 | さよく | left-wing |
| 帝国 | ていこく | empire, imperial |
| 平凡 | へいぼん | common, commonplace, ordinary, mediocre |
| 平等 | びょうどう | equality, impartiality, evenness |
| 広大 | こうだい | huge, very large, vast, extensive, magnificent, grand |
| 座 | ざ | squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit |
| 当局 | とうきょく | authorities; this office |
| 快適 | かいてき | pleasant, agreeable, comfortable |
| 思わせる | おもわせる | to make somebody believe (something), to give somebody the impression |
| 愛国心 | あいこくしん | patriotic feelings, patriotism |
| 慎重 | しんちょう | discretion, prudence, caution, care |
| 懐疑 | かいぎ | doubt, skepticism, scepticism, disbelief |
| 成し遂げる | なしとげる | to accomplish, to finish, to fulfill |
| 成り立つ | なりたつ | to consist of; to be practical (logical, feasible), to be concluded, to hold true |
| 成立 | せいりつ | coming into existence, arrangements, establishment, conclusion, completion; to come into existence, to be true, to hold (i.e. hold true) |
| 手を差し伸べる | てをさしのべる | to hold out one's hand, to extend one's arm |
| 手厚い | てあつい | courteous, cordial, warm |
| 打開 | だかい | break in the deadlock |
| 扱い | あつかい | treatment, service |
| 拠点 | きょてん | position, location, base, point |
| 振る舞い | ふるまい | behavior, behaviour, conduct |
| 控えめ | ひかえめ | moderate, reserved, conservative, humble, mild-mannered, self-effacing, unassuming, well-behaved, low-key, temperate, in small quantities |
| 援助 | えんじょ | assistance, aid, support |
| 支給 | しきゅう | provision, supply, payment, allowance, grant |
| 支配 | しはい | rule, control, direction |
| 改善 | かいぜん | improvement (Japanese business ideal of continuous improvement) |
| 政権 | せいけん | (political) administration, political power |
| 政治評論家 | せいじひょうろんか | political commentator (journalist, columnist) |
| 故郷 | ふるさと | home town, birthplace, old village, historic village, native place, one's old home |
| 敗者 | はいしゃ | the defeated, vanquished, loser |
| 教授 | きょうじゅ | professor; teaching, instruction |
| 方針 | ほうしん | objective, plan, policy |
| 施す | ほどこす | to donate, to give, to conduct, to apply, to perform |
| 明くる | あくる | next, following |
| 服装 | ふくそう | garments, attire |
| 本来 | ほんらい | originally, primarily; essentially, naturally, by nature, in (and of) itself; proper, legal |
| 枠組み | わくぐみ | frame, framework |
| 架空 | かくう | aerial, overhead, fiction, fanciful |
| 栄え有る | はえある | splendid, glorious |
| 根ざす | ねざす | to come from, to have roots in |
| 模索 | もさく | groping (for), exploring for a solution |
| 欠点 | けってん | faults, defect, weakness |
| 気質 | きしつ | spirit, character, trait, temperament, turn of mind, disposition |
| 水準 | すいじゅん | level, standard; water level |
| 決断力 | けつだんりょく | decisiveness |
| 治安維持 | ちあんいじ | maintenance of public order, maintaining security |
| 沿い | ぞい | along |
| 法則 | ほうそく | law, rule |
| 波 | なみ | waves, billows, Poland |
| 流入 | りゅうにゅう | afflux, influx |
| 海岸 | かいがん | coast, beach |
| 海峡 | かいきょう | channel (e.g. between two land masses), strait |
| 海洋 | かいよう | ocean |
| 海賊 | かいぞく | pirate, sea robber |
| 済し崩し | なしくずし | paying back in installments; gradual reduction, little by little |
| 満たす | みたす | to satisfy, to fulfill, to appease; to fill (e.g. a cup), to pack; to reach (a certain number) |
| 満喫 | まんきつ | have enough of, fully enjoy |
| 満足 | まんぞく | satisfaction; sufficiency |
| 源 | みなもと | source, origin |
| 無縁 | むえん | unrelated, without relations, unidentified, indifferent |
| 煽り | あおり | influence, gust (of wind) |
| 煽る | あおる | to fan, to agitate, to stir up |
| 特徴 | とくちょう | feature, trait, characteristic, pecularity |
| 独自 | どくじ | original, peculiar, characteristic, proprietary |
| 獲得 | かくとく | acquisition, possession |
| 生計を立てる | せいけいをたてる | to make a living |
| 町並み | まちなみ | street (of stores and houses), townscape, (look of) stores and houses on street |
| 疑い深い | うたがいぶかい | doubting, distrustful, incredulous, suspicious |
| 皮肉 | ひにく | cynicism, sarcasm, irony, satire |
| 監視 | かんし | observation, guarding, inspection, surveillance |
| 着実 | ちゃくじつ | steady, sound, trustworthy, solid |
| 知恵 | ちえ | wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment) |
| 石工 | いしく | mason, stonemason |
| 研修 | けんしゅう | training (esp. in-service), induction course |
| 確保 | かくほ | guarantee, maintain, ensure, insure, secure, reservation |
| 称える | たたえる | to extol, to give praise |
| 移住 | いじゅう | migration, immigration |
| 移民 | いみん | emigration, immigration; emigrant, immigrant |
| 穀物 | こくもつ | grain, cereal, corn |
| 立ち上がる | たちあがる | to stand up, to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action, to start; to make the initial charge (in sumo); to start up, to boot up |
| 立国 | りっこく | founding of a nation |
| 築き上げる | きずきあげる | to build up, to establish (one's reputation) |
| 籍 | せき | enroll, domiciliary register, membership |
| 組合 | くみあい | association, union |
| 経営者 | けいえいしゃ | manager, proprietor |
| 経緯 | けいい | details, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, particulars, how it started, how things got this way; complications, position |
| 統一 | とういつ | unity, consolidation, uniformity, unification, compatible |
| 統計 | とうけい | statistics |
| 絶望的 | ぜつぼうてき | desperate, hopeless |
| 維持 | いじ | maintenance, preservation, improvement |
| 綻び | ほころび | open seam, seam that has come apart, tear |
| 縁遠い | えんどおい | lately married; having little prospect of marriage; unconnected, weakly related |
| 群れ | むれ | group, crowd, flock, herd, bevy, school, swarm, cluster, clump |
| 羨む | うらやむ | to envy |
| 聖 | せい,ひじり | holy, saint, sage, master, priest |
| 職人 | しょくにん | worker, mechanic, artisan, craftsman |
| 職種 | しょくしゅ | type of occupation, occupational category |
| 肉牛 | にくぎゅう | beef cattle |
| 育む | はぐくむ | to raise, to rear, to bring up |
| 背ける | そむける | to turn one's face away, to avert one's eyes |
| 脅かす | おどかす | to threaten, to menace; to startle, to surprise |
| 自治区 | じちく | territory, autonomous region |
| 自覚 | じかく | self-consciousness, self-awareness |
| 航海 | こうかい | sail, voyage |
| 航行 | こうこう | cruise, navigation, sailing |
| 芝居掛かった | しばいがかった | affected, theatrical, pompous |
| 芽生える | めばえる | to bud, to sprout |
| 著作 | ちょさく | writing, book |
| 薄明るい | うすあかるい | slightly bright |
| 薪 | たきぎ, まき | fuel, firewood, kindling |
| 藁葺き | わらぶき | thatched roof |
| 行き詰まり | いきづまり | deadlock, stalemate, impasse, dead end |
| 行き詰まる | いきづまる | to reach the limits, to come to the end of one's tether |
| 補佐官 | ほさかん | aide |
| 要素 | ようそ | component, factor, item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array) |
| 規則 | きそく | rules, regulations, conventions |
| 視察 | しさつ | inspection, observation |
| 視野 | しや | field of vision, outlook |
| 親友 | しんゆう | close friend, bosom (old, intimate) friend, buddy, crony, chum |
| 観点 | かんてん | point of view |
| 解禁 | かいきん | lifting a ban |
| 解説 | かいせつ | explanation, commentary, exposition, elucidation |
| 解雇 | かいこ | discharge, dismissal |
| 訴える | うったえる | to sue (a person), to take someone to court; to resort to (e.g. arms, violence); to appeal to, to call for; to raise, to bring to (someone's attention); to complain |
| 証拠 | しょうこ | evidence, proof |
| 評価 | ひょうか | valuation, estimation, assessment, evaluation |
| 評論家 | ひょうろんか | critic |
| 誘惑 | ゆうわく | temptation, allurement, lure, seduction |
| 説く | とく | to explain, to advocate, to preach, to persuade |
| 警戒 | けいかい | vigilance, precaution, watch, lookout; to be vigilant, to be cautious, to guard (against) |
| 象る | かたどる | to model on, to make in the shape of, to represent, to pattern after, to imitate; to symbolise |
| 賢い | かしこい | wise, clever, smart |
| 起源 | きげん | origin, beginning, rise |
| 路線 | ろせん | route, line, alignment |
| 転じる | てんじる | to turn, to shift, to alter, to distract |
| 転換 | てんかん | convert, divert |
| 輝く | かがやく | to shine, to glitter, to sparkle |
| 迎え入れる | むかえいれる | to show in, to usher in |
| 追い込む | おいこむ | to herd, to corner, to drive |
| 送り迎え | おくりむかえ | seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person) |
| 連帯 | れんたい | solidarity, collective; joint |
| 連帯感 | れんたいかん | feeling of solidarity |
| 過度 | かど | excess, immoderation |
| 道徳 | どうとく | morals |
| 郊外 | こうがい | suburb, outskirts |
| 鈍い | にぶい | dull (e.g. a knife), thickheaded, obtuse, slow, stupid |
| 開放 | かいほう | open, throw open, liberalization, liberalisation |
| 開放的 | かいほうてき | open, frank |
| 闘士 | とうし | fighter (for), militant, champion (of), boxer |
| 陥る | おちいる | to fall, to trap, to cave in, to collapse |
| 難民 | なんみん | refugees |
| 静寂 | せいじゃく | silence, stillness, quietness |
| 順調 | じゅんちょう | favourable, favorable, doing well, OK, all right |
| 領土 | りょうど | dominion, territory, possession |
| 風習 | ふうしゅう | custom |
| 飾る | かざる | to decorate, to ornament, to adorn |
| 首相 | しゅしょう | Prime Minister, Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), Premier |
| 駆け出し | かけだし | novice, beginner |
| 駐屯地 | ちゅうとんち | garrison |
| 魔女 | まじょ | witch |