Study Set: 新世界より [‘From the New World’] Vol. 4: episodes 11 t

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新世界より [‘From the New World’] Vol. 4: episodes 11 to 15

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Vocab for episodes 11 to 15 of the animated series ‘新世界より’ [‘From the New World’]. This is volume 4/6. Vocab already listed in past volumes is not included. Check out the ‘Most Common Vocab’ set (vol 0) for a list of the most common terms throughout the series.

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⑤ ええ • ① yes, that is correct, right ② um, errr ③ huh? ④ grrr, gah, Must I? ⑤ good

⑤ どうも • ① thanks ② much (thanks), very (sorry), quite (regret) ③ quite, really ④ somehow ⑤ no matter how hard one may try ⑥ greetings, hello, goodbye

⑤ 安い【やすい】 • ① cheap, inexpensive ② calm, peaceful, quiet

⑤ どうぞ • ① please, kindly ② by all means

⑤ 口【くち】 • ① mouth ② opening, hole, gap, orifice ③ mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece ④ gate, door, entrance, exit ⑤ speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip) ⑥ taste, palate ⑦ mouth (to feed) ⑧ opening (i.e. vacancy), available position ⑨ invitation, summons ⑩ kind, sort, type ⑪ opening (i.e. beginning) ⑫ counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords

⑤ 七つ【ななつ】 • seven

⑤ 女の子【おんなのこ】 • girl

⑤ 男の子【おとこのこ】 • boy, male child, baby boy

⑤ 天気【てんき】 • ① weather, the elements ② fair weather, fine weather

⑤ 母【はは】 • mother

⑤ 北【きた】 • north

⑤ 八【はち】 • eight

⑤ 暗い【くらい】 • ① dark, gloomy ② dark (in colour), dull ③ depressed, dispirited ④ sorrowful, bitter (as in a dark past) ⑤ unclear, unfamiliar, unknown

⑤ 近い【ちかい】 • near, close, short (distance)

⑤ 月【つき】 • ① moon ② month

⑤ 建物【たてもの】 • building

⑤ 元気【げんき】 • health(y), robust, vigor, vigour, energy, vitality, vim, stamina, spirit, courage, pep

⑤ 姉【あね】 • older sister, elder sister

⑤ 姉さん【ねえさん】 • ① elder sister ② (vocative) young lady ③ miss (referring to a waitress, etc.) ④ ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors)

⑤ 借りる【かりる】 • ① to borrow, to have a loan ② to rent, to hire

⑤ 弱い【よわい】 • weak, frail, delicate, tender, unskilled, weak (wine)

⑤ 重い【おもい】 • ① heavy, massive ② serious, important, severe, oppressed

⑤ 少ない【すくない】 • few, a little, scarce, insufficient, seldom

⑤ 短い【みじかい】 • short

⑤ 冬【ふゆ】 • winter

⑤ 薬【くすり】 • ① medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs ② efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.) ③ (pottery) glaze ④ small bribe

⑤ 荷物【にもつ】 • ① luggage, baggage ② burden ③ payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

⑤ 次【つぎ】 • ① next, following, subsequent ② stage, station

⑤ 部屋【へや】 • ① room ② sumo stable

⑤ 一昨日【おととい】 • day before yesterday

⑤ お祖母さん【おばあさん】 • ① grandmother ② female senior-citizen

⑤ お腹【おなか】 • stomach

⑤ 甘い【あまい】 • ① sweet, delicious ② fragrant (smelling), sweet (music) ③ lightly salted ④ naive, overly optimistic, soft on, generous, indulgent, easy-going ⑤ half-hearted, not finished properly ⑥ tempting (e.g. words), promising

⑤ 困る【こまる】 • to be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to be embarrassed, to be stumped

⑤ 若い【わかい】 • young

⑤ 辛い【つらい】 • painful, bitter, heart-breaking

⑤ 痛い【いたい】 • ① painful, sore ② exceeding

⑤ 渡る【わたる】 • ① to cross over, to go across ② to extend, to cover, to range, to span

⑤ 彼女【かのじょ】 • ① she, her ② girl friend, girlfriend, sweetheart

⑤ 冷たい【つめたい】 • ① cold (to the touch), chilly, icy, freezing ② coldhearted, unfeeling

⑤ 降りる【おりる】 • ① to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount ② to quit, to withdraw, to pull back (from a position, a job) ③ to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.)

⑤ 風邪【かぜ】 • cold (illness), common cold

⑤ あちら • ① that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener), over there, yonder ② that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener), that ③ that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) ④ there (place distant from both speaker and listener), over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

⑤ いかが • how, in what way, how about

④ 遠く【とおく】 • far away, distant, at a distance, distant place, by far

④ 上手い【うまい】 • ① skillful, clever, expert, wise, successful ② delicious, appetizing, appetising ③ fortunate, splendid, promising

④ 出発【しゅっぱつ】 • departure

④ 食事【しょくじ】 • ① meal ② to eat

④ 用【よう】 • ① task, business ② use, duty, service ③ call of nature, excretion

④ 用意【ようい】 • preparation

④ 一度【いちど】 • ① once, one time, on one occasion ② temporarily, for a moment ③ one degree, one tone, one musical interval

④ 工場【こうじょう】 • factory, plant, mill, workshop

④ 代わり【かわり】 • ① substitute, deputy, proxy, alternate, relief, compensation, second helping ② in place of, as a substitute for

④ 首【くび】 • ① neck ② head ③ unemployed person

④ 泣く【なく】 • to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl

④ 坂【さか】 • slope, hill

④ 焼ける【やける】 • ① to burn, to be roasted, to be heated, to be sunburnt, to fade (in the sun), to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset) ② to be jealous, to be envious

④ 昔【むかし】 • olden days, former

④ 相談【そうだん】 • consultation, discussion

④ 打つ【うつ】 • ① to hit (something inanimate), to strike, to beat (on something) ② to type, to tap (e.g. a key) ③ to inject ④ to indulge in gambling ⑤ to visit (on a pilgrimage)

④ 道具【どうぐ】 • implement, tool, means

④ 悲しい【かなしい】 • sad, sorrowful

④ 落ちる【おちる】 • ① to fall down, to drop ② to fail (e.g. exam) ③ to crash, to degenerate, to degrade ④ to fade, to come out (e.g. a stain)

④ 理由【りゆう】 • reason, pretext, motive

④ 両方【りょうほう】 • both sides, both parties

④ 引っ越す【ひっこす】 • to move (house), to change residence

④ 割れる【われる】 • ① to break, to be smashed ② to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn ③ to be divided, to cleave ④ to come to light

④ 間違える【まちがえる】 • ① to make a mistake (in), to commit an error (e.g. in calculation) ② to confuse, to mistake something for something else

④ 固い【かたい】 • ① hard, solid, tough ② stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing) ③ strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved) ④ safe, steady, honest, steadfast ⑤ obstinate, stubborn ⑥ bookish, formal, stuffy

④ 原因【げんいん】 • cause, origin, source

④ 郊外【こうがい】 • suburb, outskirts

④ 召し上がる【めしあがる】 • to eat

④ 専門【せんもん】 • speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert

④ 亡くなる【なくなる】 • to die

④ 娘【むすめ】 • ① (my) daughter ② girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

④ 約束【やくそく】 • ① arrangement, promise, appointment, pact, engagement ② convention, rule

④ 優しい【やさしい】 • tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable, suave

④ 冷える【ひえる】 • to grow cold, to get chilly, to cool down

④ 腕【うで】 • ① arm ② skill

④ ご存じ【ごぞんじ】 • ① knowing ② (an) acquaintance

④ 舟【ふね】 • ① ship, boat, watercraft, vessel, steamship ② tank, tub, vat, trough ③ counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

④ お祝い【おいわい】 • congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival, congratulatory gift

④ お嬢さん【おじょうさん】 • ① daughter ② young lady

④ 挨拶【あいさつ】 • ① greeting, greetings, salutation, salute ② speech (congratulatory or appreciative), address ③ reply, response ④ a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark) ⑤ (orig. meaning) dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

④ 為さる【なさる】 • to do

④ 壊す【こわす】 • ① to break, to destroy, to demolish ② to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage ③ to break (a bill, etc.)

④ 滑る【すべる】 • ① to glide, to slide (e.g. on skis), to slip ② to bomb (when telling a joke)

④ 尋ねる【たずねる】 • ① to ask, to enquire, to inquire ② to search, to look for, to look into, to investigate

④ 踏む【ふむ】 • ① to step on, to tread on ② to experience, to undergo ③ to estimate, to value, to appraise ④ to rhyme ⑤ to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

④ それに • besides, moreover

④ それほど • to that degree, extent

④ びっくり • ① to be surprised, to be amazed, to be frightened, to be astonished ② surprise (e.g. surprise party) ③ surprise

④ のど • ① throat ② singing voice

③ しつこい • insistent, obstinate

③ たっぷり • full, in plenty, ample

③ だけど • however

③ どんなに • how, how much

③ 何とも【なんとも】 • nothing (with neg. verb), quite, not a bit

③ 外出【がいしゅつ】 • outing, trip, going out

③ 気に入る【きにいる】 • to be pleased with, to suit

③ 大半【たいはん】 • majority, mostly, generally

③ 男子【だんし】 • youth, young man

③ 長【ちょう】 • chief, head

③ 本人【ほんにん】 • the person himself

③ 友【とも】 • friend, companion, pal

③ 年月【としつき】 • months and years

③ なんて • ① such as, (things) like ② exclamation

③ 意思【いし】 • intention, purpose

③ 楽【らく】 • comfort, ease

③ 起こる【おこる】 • to occur, to happen

③ 見事【みごと】 • ① splendid, magnificent, beautiful, admirable ② praiseworthy act, feat, commendable deed

③ 言わば【いわば】 • so to speak, so to call it, as it were

③ 公正【こうせい】 • justice, fairness, impartiality

③ 作業【さぎょう】 • work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty

③ 出来事【できごと】 • incident, affair, happening, event

③ 場【ば】 • ① place ② occasion, situation ③ field (physics)

③ 世の中【よのなか】 • society, the world, the times

③ 多少【たしょう】 • more or less, somewhat, a little, some

③ 地下【ちか】 • ① basement, cellar, underground place ② underground, below ground ③ secret, under cover

③ 度【たび】 • time (three times, each time, etc.), times

③ 動かす【うごかす】 • ① to move, to shift, to operate, to set in motion, to mobilize, to mobilise ② to inspire, to rouse, to move (e.g. feeling), to influence ③ to deny, to change

③ 不足【ふそく】 • insufficiency, shortage, deficiency, lack, dearth

③ 母親【ははおや】 • mother

③ 野【の】 • ① plain, field ② hidden (structural) member ③ wild ④ lacking a political post

③ 話題【わだい】 • topic, subject

③ 品【しな】 • ① thing, article, goods ② dignity, class, quality ③ counter for meal courses ④ flirtatiousness, coquetry

③ 思い出【おもいで】 • memories, recollections, reminiscence

③ 少なくとも【すくなくとも】 • at least

③ 安定【あんてい】 • stability, equilibrium

③ 羽【はね】 • ① feather, plume, wing ② blade (fan, propeller, etc.)

③ 感情【かんじょう】 • emotion, feeling, feelings, sentiment

③ 逆らう【さからう】 • to go against, to oppose, to disobey, to defy

③ 求める【もとめる】 • to seek, to request, to demand, to want, to wish for, to search for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to buy

③ 旧【きゅう】 • ex-, former, old

③ 決定【けってい】 • decision, determination

③ 号【ごう】 • ① number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group ② sobriquet, pen-name

③ 今回【こんかい】 • now, this time, lately

③ 残り【のこり】 • remnant, residue, remaining, left-over

③ 試す【ためす】 • to attempt, to test, to try out

③ 事情【じじょう】 • circumstances, consideration, conditions, situation, reasons

③ 自然【しぜん】 • ① nature, spontaneity ② naturally, spontaneously

③ 手術【しゅじゅつ】 • surgical operation

③ 受け取る【うけとる】 • ① to receive, to get, to accept ② to take, to interpret, to understand

③ 進歩【しんぽ】 • progress, development

③ 人類【じんるい】 • mankind, humanity

③ 正式【せいしき】 • due form, official, formality

③ 組合【くみあい】 • association, union

③ 相当【そうとう】 • ① befitting, becoming, worthy of, proportionate, in keeping with, suitable ② considerable, substantial ③ to be worthy of, to be proportionate to ④ to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.), to be equivalent ⑤ extremely, considerably

③ 代表【だいひょう】 • representative, representation, delegation, type, example, model

③ 単なる【たんなる】 • mere, simple, sheer

③ 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)

③ 知能【ちのう】 • intelligence, brains

③ 都市【とし】 • town, city, municipal, urban

③ 当たる【あたる】 • ① to be hit, to strike ② to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed ③ to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to ④ to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.) ⑤ to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win ⑥ to be successful, to go well, to be a hit ⑦ to face, to confront ⑧ to lie (in the direction of) ⑨ to undertake, to be assigned ⑩ to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted ⑪ to be called upon (by the teacher) ⑫ to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at ⑬ to be unnecessary ⑭ (in baseball) to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak ⑮ (in fishing) to feel a bite ⑯ (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil ⑰ to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison) ⑱ to shave

③ 当てはまる【あてはまる】 • to apply (a rule), to be applicable, to come under (a category), to fulfill

③ 配る【くばる】 • to distribute, to deliver, to deal (cards)

③ 部分【ぶぶん】 • portion, section, part

③ 物質【ぶっしつ】 • material, substance

③ 分類【ぶんるい】 • classification, categorization, sorting

③ 平和【へいわ】 • peace, harmony

③ 望み【のぞみ】 • ① wish, desire, hope ② prospect, expectation, (one's) hopes

③ 満足【まんぞく】 • ① satisfaction ② sufficiency

③ 無し【なし】 • without

③ 流す【ながす】 • ① to drain, to pour, to spill, to shed (blood, tears) ② to wash away ③ to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.), to circulate, to broadcast, to beam ④ to cruise (e.g. taxi) ⑤ to float, to set adrift

③ 量【りょう】 • quantity, amount, volume, portion (of food)

③ 例外【れいがい】 • exception

③ 例【れい】 • ① custom, practice, habit, usual ② said, aforementioned ③ instance, example, case, illustration, usage ④ precedent ⑤ annual

③ 様々【さまざま】 • varied, various

③ 幸せ【しあわせ】 • happiness, good fortune, luck, blessing

③ 次々【つぎつぎ】 • in succession, one by one

③ 残す【のこす】 • to leave (behind, over), to bequeath, to save, to reserve

③ 満ちる【みちる】 • ① to be full ② to wax (e.g. moon) ③ to rise (e.g. tide) ④ to mature, to expire

③ 依頼【いらい】 • ① request, commission, dispatch, despatch ② dependence, trust

③ 一種【いっしゅ】 • species, kind, variety

③ 過去【かこ】 • the past, bygone days, the previous

③ 議長【ぎちょう】 • chairman, speaker (e.g. of assembly), president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)

③ 議論【ぎろん】 • argument, discussion, dispute, controversy

③ 詰める【つめる】 • ① to pack, to fill, to plug, to stop up ② to shorten (length or distance), to move over, to make room (for someone) ③ to work out (details)

③ 共通【きょうつう】 • ① commonness, community ② -wide

③ 掘る【ほる】 • to dig, to excavate

③ 権利【けんり】 • right, privilege

③ 現実【げんじつ】 • reality

③ 好み【このみ】 • liking, taste, choice

③ 差す【さす】 • ① to raise (e.g. hands, umbrella), to stretch out ② to be tinged ③ to wear at one's side (e.g. sword) ④ to shine ⑤ to provoke a feeling

③ 最高【さいこう】 • highest, supreme, the most

③ 賛成【さんせい】 • approval, agreement, support, favour, favor

③ 示す【しめす】 • to denote, to show, to point out, to indicate, to exemplify

③ 手段【しゅだん】 • means, way, measure

③ 住民【じゅうみん】 • citizens, inhabitants, residents, population

③ 述べる【のべる】 • to state, to express, to mention

③ 順番【じゅんばん】 • turn (in line), order of things, sequential order

③ 除く【のぞく】 • to remove, to exclude, to except

③ 招く【まねく】 • to invite

③ 伸びる【のびる】 • ① to stretch, to extend, to lengthen, to spread ② to make progress, to grow (beard, body height) ③ to grow stale (soba) ④ to be straightened, to be flattened, to be smoothed ⑤ to be exhausted ⑥ to be postponed, to be prolonged

③ 信用【しんよう】 • confidence, dependence, credit, faith, reliance, belief, credence

③ 神経【しんけい】 • nerve, sensitivity

③ 生産【せいさん】 • production, manufacture

③ 精神【せいしん】 • mind, soul, heart, spirit, intention

③ 積む【つむ】 • to pile up, to stack, to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack

③ 積もる【つもる】 • ① to pile up, to accumulate ② to estimate

③ 責任【せきにん】 • ① duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff) ② liability, onus

③ 跡【あと】 • ① trace, tracks, mark, sign ② remains, ruins ③ scar

③ 説【せつ】 • theory

③ 孫【まご】 • grandchild

③ 損【そん】 • loss, disadvantage

③ 担当【たんとう】 • (in) charge (of an area of responsibility, but not necessarily supervision of staff)

③ 倒す【たおす】 • ① to throw down, to bring down, to blow down, to fell, to knock down ② to kill, to defeat, to beat ③ to overthrow, to trip up, to ruin ④ to leave unpaid, to cheat

③ 判断【はんだん】 • judgement, judgment, decision, adjudication, conclusion, decipherment, divination

③ 悲劇【ひげき】 • tragedy, disaster

③ 非常【ひじょう】 • emergency, extraordinary, unusual

③ 幅【はば】 • width, breadth

③ 変更【へんこう】 • change, modification, alteration, revision, amendment

③ 暮らす【くらす】 • ① to live, to get along ② to spend (time)

③ 方針【ほうしん】 • objective, plan, policy

③ 埋める【うめる】 • ① to bury (e.g. in the ground) ② to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall), to fill (a seat, a vacant position) ③ to plug gaps, to stop a gap ④ to make amends, to cover up for something ⑤ to put cold water in a bath ⑥ to cover, to scatter something over

③ 役割【やくわり】 • part, assigning (allotment of) parts, role, duties

③ 余る【あまる】 • to remain, to be left over, to be in excess, to be too many

③ 預かる【あずかる】 • ① to look after, to take care of, to keep, to hold on to, to keep in custody ② to take charge of, to be entrusted with, to receive on deposit ③ to reserve (judgment), to leave undecided

③ 容易【ようい】 • easy, simple, plain

③ 理解【りかい】 • understanding, comprehension, appreciation, sympathy

③ 涙【なみだ】 • ① tear, tears, lachrymal secretion ② sympathy

③ 連想【れんそう】 • association (of ideas), suggestion

③ 最中【さいちゅう】 • in the middle of, height of, in course of, midst

③ 凍る【こおる】 • to freeze, to be frozen over, to congeal

③ 軒【けん】 • houses, buildings

③ 汚染【おせん】 • pollution, contamination

③ 応じる【おうじる】 • to respond, to satisfy, to accept, to comply with, to apply for

③ 穏やか【おだやか】 • calm, gentle, quiet

③ 悔やむ【くやむ】 • ① to mourn, to lament ② to be sorry, to regret, to repent

③ 感謝【かんしゃ】 • thanks, gratitude

③ 基本【きほん】 • foundation, basis, standard

③ 救助【きゅうじょ】 • relief, aid, rescue

③ 撃つ【うつ】 • ① to shoot (at) ② to attack, to defeat, to destroy, to avenge

③ 貢献【こうけん】 • contribution, services

③ 主義【しゅぎ】 • doctrine, rule, principle

③ 従って【したがって】 • therefore, consequently, in accordance with

③ 診る【みる】 • to examine (medically)

③ 誓う【ちかう】 • to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge

③ 説得【せっとく】 • persuasion

③ 操作【そうさ】 • ① operation, management, processing ② manipulating to one's benefit ③ to operate ④ to manipulate, to fiddle (e.g. the books)

③ 騒がしい【さわがしい】 • noisy

③ 徹底【てってい】 • thoroughness, completeness, consistency

③ 投票【とうひょう】 • voting, poll

③ 当然【とうぜん】 • natural, as a matter of course

③ 評価【ひょうか】 • ① valuation, estimation, assessment, evaluation ② to value, to assess, to estimate value ③ to appreciate, to value highly, to acknowledge the value (of something)

③ 敷く【しく】 • ① to spread out, to lay out ② to take a position ③ to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

③ 文句【もんく】 • ① phrase ② complaint

③ 無視【むし】 • disregard, ignore

③ 礼儀【れいぎ】 • manners, courtesy, etiquette

③ 丘【おか】 • hill, height, knoll, rising ground

③ 陰【かげ】 • ① shade, shadow ② other side, back, background

③ 退屈【たいくつ】 • tedium, boredom

③ 保証【ほしょう】 • guarantee, security, assurance, pledge, warranty

③ ますます • increasingly, more and more

③ 恵まれる【めぐまれる】 • to be blessed with, to be rich in, to abound in

③ それとも • or, or else

③ いつか • sometime, someday, one day, some time or other, the other day, in due course, in time

③ つながる • to be tied together, to be connected to, to be related to

③ そこで • so, accordingly, now, then, thereupon, therefore

③ 誰か【だれか】 • someone, somebody

③ 諦める【あきらめる】 • to give up, to abandon

② 何分【なにぶん】 • anyway, please

② 出来上がる【できあがる】 • ① to be completed, to be finished, to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) ② to be very drunk

② 上り【のぼり】 • ① ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb ② up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo) ③ northward (towards Tokyo)

② 一々【いちいち】 • one by one, separately

② 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 ③ to withdraw money from an account ④ to wear (clothing) for the first time ⑤ to fillet (e.g. a fish)

② 死体【したい】 • dead body, corpse, cadaver

② 代わる【かわる】 • to take the place of, to relieve, to be substituted for, to be exchanged, to change places with, to take turns, to be replaced

② 真っ青【まっさお】 • deep blue, ghastly pale

② お早う【おはよう】 • Good morning

② 一定【いってい】 • fixed, settled, constant, definite, uniform, regularized, regularised, defined, standardized, standardised, certain, prescribed

② 原【はら】 • field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness

② 公式【こうしき】 • ① formality, formal, official ② formula

② 実力【じつりょく】 • ① (real) ability, true strength, merit, efficiency, competency ② arms, force

② 消化【しょうか】 • ① digestion ② thorough understanding ③ selling accumulated (excess) products, dealing with a large amount of work ④ losing one's form and turning into something else

② 心当たり【こころあたり】 • having some knowledge of, happening to know

② 通路【つうろ】 • passage, pathway

② 当番【とうばん】 • being on duty

② 予防【よぼう】 • prevention, precaution, protection against

② 当てはめる【あてはめる】 • to apply, to adapt

② 落ち着く【おちつく】 • to calm down, to settle down, to be steady, to settle in, to take up one's residence, to harmonize with, to harmonise with, to match, to restore presence of mind

② 話し合い【はなしあい】 • discussion, conference

② 集まり【あつまり】 • gathering, meeting, assembly, collection

② 覚ます【さます】 • ① to awaken ② to disabuse ③ to sober up

② 機関【きかん】 • ① engine ② agency, organisation, organization, institution, organ ③ system, facility, facilities

② 議員【ぎいん】 • member of the Diet, congress or parliament

② 呼びかける【よびかける】 • to call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal

② 接近【せっきん】 • getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching

② 泉【いずみ】 • spring, fountain

② 探る【さぐる】 • to search, to look for, to sound out

② 頭脳【ずのう】 • head, brains, intellect

② 突く【つく】 • ① to prick, to stab ② to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike ③ to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.) ④ to attack ⑤ to brave (the rain, etc.)

② 背負う【せおう】 • to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder

② 複数【ふくすう】 • several, plural, plurality, multiple

② 枚数【まいすう】 • ① the number of flat things ② win-loss difference which influences the ranking of sumo wrestlers

② 有り難い【ありがたい】 • grateful, thankful, welcome, appreciated, evoking gratitude

② 溶かす【とかす】 • to melt, to dissolve

② 冷める【さめる】 • ① to become cool, to come down (fever) ② to cool down (interest), to abate, to subside, to dampen

② 足跡【あしあと】 • footprints

② 造る【つくる】 • ① to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct ② to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol) ③ to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train ④ to till ⑤ to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write ⑥ to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose ⑦ to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found ⑧ to have (a child) ⑨ to make up (one's face, etc.) ⑩ to fabricate (an excuse, etc.) ⑪ to form (a line, etc.) ⑫ to set (a record) ⑬ to commit (a sin, etc.)

② 挟む【はさむ】 • to interpose, to hold between, to insert

② 現【げん】 • present, current

② 家【か】 • -ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.), -er

② 恩【おん】 • favour, favor, obligation, debt of gratitude

② 確率【かくりつ】 • probability, likelihood, chances

② 勘違い【かんちがい】 • misunderstanding, wrong guess

② 仰ぐ【あおぐ】 • ① to look up (at) ② to look up (to), to respect, to revere ③ to ask for, to seek ④ to turn to someone, to depend on ⑤ to drink, to take

② 校舎【こうしゃ】 • school building

② 紺【こん】 • navy blue, deep blue

② 鎖【くさり】 • chain, chains

② 殺人【さつじん】 • murder

② 市場【しじょう】 • (the) market (as a concept)

② 自衛【じえい】 • self-defense, self-defence

② 取り戻す【とりもどす】 • to take back, to regain, to get back, to recover

② 受け入れる【うけいれる】 • to accept, to receive

② 就任【しゅうにん】 • inauguration, assumption of office

② 純粋【じゅんすい】 • pure, true, genuine, unmixed

② 素質【そしつ】 • character, qualities, genius, the makings of

② 素直【すなお】 • ① obedient, meek, docile, unaffected ② honest, frank

② 典型【てんけい】 • type, pattern, archetypal

② 縄【なわ】 • rope, hemp

② 膨大【ぼうだい】 • huge, bulky, enormous, extensive, swelling, expansion

② 堪える【こらえる】 • ① to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with ② to support, to withstand, to resist, to brave ③ to be fit for, to be equal to

② そば • ① buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) ② soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles)

② 頂戴【ちょうだい】 • ① receiving, reception, getting, being given ② eating, drinking, having ③ (also used after -te forms) please, please do for me

① いざ • now, come (now), well

① 答【こたえ】 • response, reply, answer, solution

① 一部【いちぶ】 • ① one part, one portion, one section, some ② one copy (e.g. of a document)

① 演習【えんしゅう】 • practice, practise, exercises, manoeuvres, maneuvers, practicum

① 指示【しじ】 • indication, instruction, designation, directions

① 衛生【えいせい】 • health, hygiene, sanitation, medical

① 黄金【おうごん】 • gold

① 家出【いえで】 • running away from home, leaving home

① 果てる【はてる】 • ① to end, to be finished, to be exhausted, to die, to perish ② indicates an extreme has been reached

① 介抱【かいほう】 • nursing, looking after

① 改良【かいりょう】 • improvement, reform

① 核【かく】 • ① pit (of a fruit), stone ② core ③ nucleus, nuclear ④ nuclear weaponry

① 獲物【えもの】 • game, spoils, trophy

① 慣らす【ならす】 • to accustom

① 観【かん】 • ① look, appearance ② spectacle, sight ③ observation meditation ④ outlook on ..., view of ...

① 丸ごと【まるごと】 • in its entirety, whole, wholly

① 危害【きがい】 • injury, harm, danger

① 気品【きひん】 • ① elegance, refinement, grace, dignity ② aroma

① 協調【きょうちょう】 • ① cooperation, conciliation, harmony ② firm (market) tone

① 強いて【しいて】 • by force

① 恐れ【おそれ】 • fear, horror, anxiety, concern, uneasiness

① 驚異【きょうい】 • wonder, miracle

① 務まる【つとまる】 • to be fit for, to be equal to, to function properly

① 均衡【きんこう】 • equilibrium, balance

① 愚痴【ぐち】 • ① idle complaint, grumble ② moha (ignorance, folly)

① 軍事【ぐんじ】 • military affairs

① 系【けい】 • ① system, lineage, group ② corollary ③ (geological) system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) ④ (taxonomical) series

① 経過【けいか】 • passage, expiration, progress, transition

① 決意【けつい】 • decision, determination

① 結晶【けっしょう】 • crystal, crystallization, crystallisation

① 結成【けっせい】 • formation, combination

① 権力【けんりょく】 • (political) power, authority, influence

① 原則【げんそく】 • principle, general rule

① 源【みなもと】 • source, origin

① 交渉【こうしょう】 • ① negotiations, discussions ② connection

① 工作【こうさく】 • work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering, manoeuvering

① 巧み【たくみ】 • skill, cleverness

① 荒っぽい【あらっぽい】 • rough, rude

① 告白【こくはく】 • ① confession, acknowledgement, acknowledgment ② profession of love ③ confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

① 細胞【さいぼう】 • cell (biology)

① 残酷【ざんこく】 • cruelty, harshness

① 思い付き【おもいつき】 • plan, idea, suggestion

① 支持【しじ】 • support, maintenance

① 若干【じゃっかん】 • some, few, number of

① 取り除く【とりのぞく】 • to remove, to deinstall, to take away, to set apart

① 狩り【かり】 • hunting

① 出産【しゅっさん】 • (child)birth, delivery, production (of goods)

① 処置【しょち】 • treatment, measure, step

① 衝撃【しょうげき】 • shock, crash, impact, ballistic

① 証言【しょうげん】 • evidence, testimony

① 乗り込む【のりこむ】 • ① to board, to embark on, to get into (a car), to ship (passengers), to man (a ship), to help (someone) into ② to march into, to enter

① 嬢【じょう】 • ① unmarried woman ② (after a name) Miss ③ (after a line of work) -ess, -ette

① 振り返る【ふりかえる】 • to turn head, to look over one's shoulder, to turn around, to look back

① 申し出る【もうしでる】 • to report to, to tell, to suggest, to submit, to request, to make an offer, to come forward with information

① 申し分【もうしぶん】 • objection, shortcomings

① 人格【じんかく】 • personality, character, individuality

① 雛【ひな】 • ① young bird, chick ② doll ③ green, wet behind the ears, juvenile

① 成り立つ【なりたつ】 • ① to consist of ② to be practical (logical, feasible, viable), to be concluded, to hold true

① 清濁【せいだく】 • ① good and evil, purity and impurity ② voiced and unvoiced consonants

① 設ける【もうける】 • to create, to establish

① 雪崩【なだれ】 • avalanche

① 先行【せんこう】 • preceding, going first, leading, going ahead, taking priority

① 促す【うながす】 • to urge, to press, to prompt, to suggest, to demand, to stimulate, to quicken, to incite, to invite (attention to)

① 体力【たいりょく】 • physical strength

① 知性【ちせい】 • intelligence

① 昼飯【ひるめし】 • lunch, midday meal

① 直面【ちょくめん】 • ① confrontation ② to face, to confront, to encounter

① 適性【てきせい】 • aptitude

① 天災【てんさい】 • natural calamity, disaster

① 転換【てんかん】 • convert, divert

① 登校【とうこう】 • attendance (at school), going to school

① 投げ出す【なげだす】 • to throw down, to abandon, to sacrifice, to throw out

① 逃亡【とうぼう】 • escape, flight, running away, elopement, fleeing

① 同士【どうし】 • fellow, mutual, companion, comrade, bonding

① 独自【どくじ】 • original, peculiar, characteristic, proprietary

① 内緒【ないしょ】 • ① secrecy, confidentiality, privacy, secret ② one's circumstances (esp. fiscal) ③ inner realization, personal enlightenment ④ kitchen

① 爆弾【ばくだん】 • bomb

① 品種【ひんしゅ】 • ① kind (of goods), brand ② (taxonomical) form ③ breed, cultivar

① 侮辱【ぶじょく】 • insult, contempt, slight

① 復興【ふっこう】 • revival, renaissance, reconstruction

① 分担【ぶんたん】 • apportionment, allotment, share

① 分裂【ぶんれつ】 • split, division, break up

① 紛らわしい【まぎらわしい】 • confusing, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous

① 保つ【たもつ】 • to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to support, to sustain, to last, to endure, to keep well (food), to wear well, to be durable

① 保管【ほかん】 • charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage

① 奉仕【ほうし】 • attendance, service, ministry, church work

① 放り込む【ほうりこむ】 • to throw into

① 方策【ほうさく】 • plan, policy

① 暴力【ぼうりょく】 • violence, mayhem

① 本質【ほんしつ】 • essence, true nature, substance, reality

① 名誉【めいよ】 • honor, honour, credit, prestige

① 滅亡【めつぼう】 • downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction

① 目論見【もくろみ】 • plan, scheme, project, program, programme, intention, goal

① 矢【や】 • arrow

① 役職【やくしょく】 • post, managerial position, official position

① 養成【ようせい】 • training, development

① 惑星【わくせい】 • planet

① 脅かす【おびやかす】 • ① to intimidate, to scare ② to jeopardize, to endanger, to imperil

① 合併【がっぺい】 • combination, union, amalgamation, consolidation, merger, coalition, fusion, annexation, affiliation, incorporation

① 人目【ひとめ】 • public gaze, public notice

① 文書【ぶんしょ】 • document, writing, letter, paperwork, note, records, archives

① 埋まる【うまる】 • to be buried, to be surrounded, to overflow, to be filled

① 生かす【いかす】 • ① to make (the best) use of, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc) ② to let live, to keep alive ③ to revive, to resuscitate

① 威力【いりょく】 • power, might, authority, influence

① 産む【うむ】 • to give birth, to deliver, to produce

① 傷つく【きずつく】 • ① to be wounded, to get injured ② to get hurt feelings ③ to chip, to scratch, to damage

① 粉々【こなごな】 • in very small pieces

① 心【しん】 • ① heart, mind ② spirit, vitality, inner strength ③ Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

① 建前【たてまえ】 • ① face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ② ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house ③ tea ceremony procedures, tea ceremony etiquette

① 滅びる【ほろびる】 • to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed

① 世【よ】 • world, society, age, generation

① 汚れ【よごれ】 • dirt, filth

① 嘘つき【うそつき】 • liar (sometimes said with not much seriousness), fibber

① あえて • dare (to do something), venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure), take upon oneself, challenge, presume, (there is no) need to, (don't) go as far as, definitely (not)

① 腫れる【はれる】 • to swell (from inflammation), to become swollen

① さほど • not so, not particularly, not very, not that much

① 辻褄【つじつま】 • coherence, consistency

① ありのまま • the truth, fact, as it is, frankly

① さぞ • I am sure, certainly, no doubt

① くぐる • ① to drive, to pass through, to pass under ② to evade, to hide ③ to survive

ガタガタ • rattle, clatter

ぎりぎり • ① at the last moment, just barely ② grinding sound

それら • those over there

イブ • eve (esp. Christmas Eve), the night before

イン • ① in ② inn

エネルギー • energy

ショック • shock

タッチ • ① touch ② being involved in

ダメージ • damage

ハウス • ① house ② plastic greenhouse ③ house music

プリント • handout, flyer

ペニシリン • penicillin

ホームルーム • homeroom

リスト • ① list ② wrist

外れ【はずれ】 • ① end, verge, extremity, tip, outskirts ② miss, failure

気さく【きさく】 • frank, sociable, good humored, good humoured, candid, openhearted, ready, willing

生後【せいご】 • post-natal, since birth

大まか【おおまか】 • ① rough (e.g. sketch, approximation), broad ② generous, openhanded

男女【だんじょ】 • man and woman, men and women

北西【ほくせい】 • northwest

行い【おこない】 • deed, act, action, conduct, behavior, behaviour, asceticism

生々しい【なまなましい】 • lively, green, fresh, raw

長生き【ながいき】 • longevity, long life

見とれる【みとれる】 • to be fascinated (by), to watch something in fascination, to be charmed

かむ • to blow (one's nose)

高【たか】 • quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money

フォックス • fox

下【もと】 • under (esp. influence or guidance)

そうね • Oh well

ひょっとしたら • possibly, by some possibility, perhaps

も • ① also, too, words of similar weight ② about (emphasizing an upper limit), as much as, even ③ more, further, other, again

なり • ① or, whether or not ② (after dictionary form verb) as soon as, right after ③ (after past tense verb) while still, with previous state still in effect

っぽい • -ish, -like

かまくら • mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house

やあ • ① Yo! (greeting) ② Wow! (expression of surprise)

すっぽり • ① entirely, completely ② cleanly, snugly

おば • (used with suffix -san or -sama) endearing term for unrelated older woman, (with suffix -san) term used by a child to address unrelated adult female

一手【いって】 • move (in game), method, single-handed, monopoly

下手くそ【へたくそ】 • ① extreme clumsiness, severe lack of skill at a task ② You're hopeless!, Give it up!

間近【まぢか】 • proximity, nearness, soon, nearby

言動【げんどう】 • speech and conduct

作り出す【つくりだす】 • ① to manufacture, to produce, to raise (crops) ② to invent, to dream up

自体【じたい】 • itself

重心【じゅうしん】 • ① centre of gravity (center) ② centroid, barycenter ③ (one's) balance

正教【せいきょう】 • orthodoxy, (Greek) orthodox church

早まる【はやまる】 • to be hasty, to be rash

茶【ちゃ】 • ① tea ② tea plant (Camellia sinensis) ③ tea preparation, making tea ④ brown

動じる【どうじる】 • to be perturbed, to be agitated

肉【しし】 • ① flesh ② meat ③ the physical body (as opposed to the spirit) ④ thickness ⑤ ink pad

服用【ふくよう】 • taking medicine, dosing

北の方【きたのかた】 • ① northward, facing the north ② nobleman's true wife

ひと言【ひとこと】 • single word

入口【いりぐち】 • entrance, entry, gate, approach, mouth

明く【あく】 • ① to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) ② to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) ③ to come to an end ④ to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

重み【おもみ】 • importance, weight, dignity, emphasis

大目【おおめ】 • large eyes, magnanimity

待たす【またす】 • to keep (a person) waiting

度目【どめ】 • (after a number N) the Nth time

道【どう】 • ① road ② way ③ Buddhist teachings ④ Taoism ⑤ modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido) ⑥ historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.) ⑦ province (Tang-era administrative region of China) ⑧ province (modern administrative region of Korea)

一命【いちめい】 • (a) life, (a) command

快楽【かいらく】 • pleasure

苦しみ【くるしみ】 • pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship

元通り【もとどおり】 • as before, as ever

後ろ向き【うしろむき】 • back facing, turning one's back to, pessimistic

仕組む【しくむ】 • to devise, to arrange, to plan, to plot

思い当たる【おもいあたる】 • to come to mind, to recall, to think of

指数【しすう】 • index, index number, exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation), characteristic

指名【しめい】 • name, nominate, designate

事例【じれい】 • example, precedent

自活【じかつ】 • self-support

取り残す【とりのこす】 • to leave behind

人一倍【ひといちばい】 • more than others, redoubled, unusual

想定【そうてい】 • hypothesis, supposition, assumption

短時間【たんじかん】 • short time

断じて【だんじて】 • absolutely, positively, decidedly

まかせる • ① to entrust (e.g. a task) to another, to leave to ② to passively leave to someone else's facilities ③ to leave to take its natural course ④ to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim) ⑤ to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

農園【のうえん】 • plantation

不安定【ふあんてい】 • instability, insecurity, crankiness

平行【へいこう】 • (going) side by side, concurrent, abreast, at the same time, occurring together, parallel, parallelism

命運【めいうん】 • fate, doom

明朝【みょうちょう】 • tomorrow morning

立ち直る【たちなおる】 • ① to regain one's footing, to get back on one's feet ② to recover, (of the market) to improve

人数【にんずう】 • the number of people

面【つら】 • ① face (often derog. or vulg.), mug ② surface

悲しみ【かなしみ】 • sadness, sorrow, grief

仕向ける【しむける】 • to induce, to tempt, to treat, to act toward, to handle (men), to send, to forward to

手当て【てあて】 • ① allowance, compensation ② treatment, medical care

取り組み【とりくみ】 • ① bout (in sports, etc.), match ② effort, initiative, dealing with, grappling with, wrestling with

反逆【はんぎゃく】 • treason, treachery, mutiny, rebellion, insurrection

表れ【あらわれ】 • embodiment, manifestation, materialization, materialisation, expression, indication

根っこ【ねっこ】 • root, stub, stump

その物【そのもの】 • the very thing, itself

日直【にっちょく】 • day duty, day shift

数少ない【かずすくない】 • few in number

こく • ① to let loose (e.g. a fart) ② to utter (e.g. a lie)

ぶつ • ① stock, products ② stolen goods, loot, spoils

それどころか • on the contrary

圧政【あっせい】 • ① despotic administration, tyrannical rule ② power politics, political pressure

圧倒的【あっとうてき】 • overwhelming

ちなみに • by the way, in this connection, incidentally, in passing

かなう • ① to come true (wish) ② to be suited ③ to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)

居残る【いのこる】 • to stay behind, to remain, to work overtime

掘り出す【ほりだす】 • to dig out, to pick up

形容【けいよう】 • form, figure, qualification, description, modifying, figure of speech

見失う【みうしなう】 • to lose sight of, to miss

言い寄る【いいよる】 • to court, to woo, to approach defiantly

呼び水【よびみず】 • pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

最低限【さいていげん】 • minimum

際限【さいげん】 • limits, end, bounds

財力【ざいりょく】 • assets

察し【さっし】 • consideration, guess, conjecture, judgment, judgement

自由自在【じゆうじざい】 • free, unrestricted, (with) complete mastery, completely in control

集約【しゅうやく】 • ① intensive ② collect(ed), summarize(d), summarise(d)

初心者【しょしんしゃ】 • beginner

消極【しょうきょく】 • negative, conservative

信念【しんねん】 • belief, faith, conviction

吹き飛ばす【ふきとばす】 • ① to blow away, to blow off, to blow up ② to dispel, to drive away ③ to talk big

数値【すうち】 • ① numerical value, numerics ② reading (on a meter, etc.)

性急【せいきゅう】 • impatience, a quick temper

生き延びる【いきのびる】 • to survive, to live long

積極【せっきょく】 • positive, progressive

先制【せんせい】 • preempt, head-start (of several runs) (baseball)

占有【せんゆう】 • exclusive possession, occupation, monopolization

洗練【せんれん】 • polish, refinement

担任【たんにん】 • ① in charge (of something) ② homeroom teacher

仲良く【なかよく】 • making friends with, getting along well with, on cordial terms

直接的【ちょくせつてき】 • direct

痛む【いたむ】 • to hurt, to feel a pain, to be injured

痛める【いためる】 • to hurt, to injure, to cause pain, to worry, to bother, to afflict, to be grieved over

突きつける【つきつける】 • to thrust before, to thrust at

非公開【ひこうかい】 • private

不可解【ふかかい】 • mystery, baffling, inexplicable, incomprehensible

不可能【ふかのう】 • impossible

変形【へんけい】 • transformation, variation, metamorphosis, modification, deformation, variety, deformity, monster

放課後【ほうかご】 • after school

すり減らす【すりへらす】 • to wear away, to rub down, to abrade

民主【みんしゅ】 • ① democracy, popular sovereignty ② democratic

幼なじみ【おさななじみ】 • childhood friend, friend from infancy, old playmate

欲求【よっきゅう】 • desire

令【れい】 • command, order, dictation

連れ戻す【つれもどす】 • to bring back

強固【きょうこ】 • firmness, stability, security, strength

使い捨て【つかいすて】 • throwaway, disposable

引き続き【ひきつづき】 • continuing for a long time, in succession, without a break

人並み【ひとなみ】 • being average (capacity, looks, standard of living), ordinary

目覚ましい【めざましい】 • brilliant, splendid, striking, remarkable

寝ぼける【ねぼける】 • to be half asleep, to be still only half awake

見過ごす【みすごす】 • to let go by, to let pass, to overlook, to miss

可笑しな【おかしな】 • ridiculous, odd

薄氷【はくひょう】 • thin ice, danger

補習【ほしゅう】 • supplementary lessons

辛抱強い【しんぼうづよい】 • patient, persevering

総員【そういん】 • the entire strength, all hands, all the members

均し【ならし】 • average, leveling, levelling

所存【しょぞん】 • opinion, intention, thought

職責【しょくせき】 • one's duty, responsibilities pertaining to one's work

町議会【ちょうぎかい】 • town council

置き手紙【おきてがみ】 • letter left behind by someone who has departed, farewell letter

目覚め【めざめ】 • waking

愛し合う【あいしあう】 • to love one another

すり減る【すりへる】 • to be worn down, to be reduced

更なる【さらなる】 • even more, still more, further

そもそも • in the first place, to begin with, from the start, originally, ab initio

囲炉裏【いろり】 • sunken hearth, sunken fireplace

異例【いれい】 • exception, illness, singular, exceptional, unprecedented

一貫【いっかん】 • ① consistency, coherence, integration ② one kan (8.333 lbs)

隠し事【かくしごと】 • secret

渦巻く【うずまく】 • to whirl, to eddy, to swirl, to curl (smoke)

恩人【おんじん】 • benefactor, patron

仮称【かしょう】 • temporary name

壊滅【かいめつ】 • destruction, annihilation, devastation, catastrophe

核兵器【かくへいき】 • nuclear weapons

滑り落ちる【すべりおちる】 • to slip off

機微【きび】 • ① subtleties, niceties, delicate signs, inner workings ② subtle, sensitive

帰還【きかん】 • ① repatriation, return ② (electrical) feedback

駆る【かる】 • to drive (car), to spur on, to impel

激怒【げきど】 • rage, indignation, exasperation

激動【げきどう】 • terrible shock, agitation, upheaval

源泉【げんせん】 • source

胡散臭い【うさんくさい】 • suspicious looking, shady

併せる【あわせる】 • ① to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ② to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up ③ to face, to be opposite (someone) ④ to compare, to check with ⑤ to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ⑥ to place together, to connect, to overlap ⑦ to mix, to combine ⑧ to put blade to blade, to fight

削り取る【けずりとる】 • to shave off, to scrape off

傘下【さんか】 • affiliated with, under jurisdiction of, under the umbrella

残虐【ざんぎゃく】 • cruelty, brutality

司書【ししょ】 • librarian

至極【しごく】 • very, extremely, exceedingly

執務【しつむ】 • performance of one's official duties

射る【いる】 • to shoot

取り柄【とりえ】 • worth, redeeming feature, merit, gain, profit

修復【しゅうふく】 • repair, mending

松【まつ】 • ① pine tree ② highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

嘱望【しょくぼう】 • (having great) expectation, pinning one's hopes on

振り分ける【ふりわける】 • ① to divide in two, to divide in half ② to apportion, to divide among, to portion out, to allot, to assign

尽力【じんりょく】 • efforts, assistance

生殖【せいしょく】 • reproduction

戦艦【せんかん】 • battleship

扇【おうぎ】 • folding fan

染色【せんしょく】 • staining, stain, dyeing

潜在【せんざい】 • potentiality, dormancy, latency

繊細【せんさい】 • delicate, dainty, fine, slim, sensitive, subtle

騒ぎ立てる【さわぎたてる】 • to make a fuss (outcry, uproar)

損傷【そんしょう】 • damage, injury

打ち砕く【うちくだく】 • to smash, to crush

胆力【たんりょく】 • courage, nerve, grit

致死【ちし】 • lethal, fatal

逐一【ちくいち】 • one by one, in detail, minutely

忠誠【ちゅうせい】 • loyalty, sincerity

丁【ちょう】 • ① counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc. ② counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant ③ counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc. ④ even number ⑤ 109.09 m

聴取【ちょうしゅ】 • listening, hearing, audition, radio reception

徹底的【てっていてき】 • thorough, complete

踏み抜く【ふみぬく】 • to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot, to tread through (the floor)

いかなる • any kind of (with neg. verb)

拍車【はくしゃ】 • (riding) spur

発祥【はっしょう】 • origin, appearance of auspicious omen

端【たん】 • ① variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length ② 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres) ③ six ken (10.91 m)

評議【ひょうぎ】 • conference, discussion

複製【ふくせい】 • reproduction, duplication, reprinting

併用【へいよう】 • using together (jointly), used at the same time

ひとえに • earnestly, humbly, solely

暴虐【ぼうぎゃく】 • tyranny, outrage, atrocity, cruel

抹消【まっしょう】 • erasure, delete (e.g. DEL character)

末端【まったん】 • end, tip, extremities, terminal

様態【ようたい】 • form, situation, condition

分泌【ぶんぴつ】 • secretion

妄想【もうそう】 • wild idea, delusion

揚げ句【あげく】 • in the end, finally, after all, at last

過酷【かこく】 • rigour, rigor, severity, cruelty, harsh

かわいそう • poor, pitiable, pathetic, pitiful

従順【じゅうじゅん】 • obedient, gentle, meek, submissive, docile

反覆【はんぷく】 • repetition, iteration, recursion, recurrence, recapitulation

錠【じょう】 • ① lock, padlock ② tablet, lozenge, pill

賜物【たまもの】 • gift, boon, result, fruit

しばし • for a short while, for a brief period

おら • first person pronoun (usually male)

隠蔽【いんぺい】 • concealment, suppression, hiding

鏖【みなごろし】 • massacre, annihilation, wholesale slaughter

狐【きつね】 • ① fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes) ② fox (i.e. a sly person) ③ soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu ④ light brown

所詮【しょせん】 • after all

洞窟【どうくつ】 • cave

復讐【ふくしゅう】 • revenge

要塞【ようさい】 • fort, stronghold, fortification

已む無く【やむなく】 • reluctance, unwillingness, unavoidably, out of necessity

拉致【らち】 • taking captive, carrying away, kidnapping, kidnaping, abduction

朦朧【もうろう】 • dim, hazy, vague, indistinct, ambiguous, faint, obscure

猜疑【さいぎ】 • suspicion, jealousy

竦む【すくむ】 • to cower, to be cramped

罠【わな】 • ① snare, trap (for catching wild game, etc.) ② trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

そり • sleigh, sled, sledge

酩酊【めいてい】 • drunkenness, intoxication

韲える【あえる】 • to dress vegetables (salad)

臆測【おくそく】 • guess, speculation, supposition

賭け【かけ】 • betting, gambling, a gamble

捉える【とらえる】 • ① to seize, to capture, to arrest ② to grasp, to perceive, to treat (as)

塞ぎ込む【ふさぎこむ】 • to mope, to brood, to be in low spirits, to have the blues

いささか • a little, a bit, somewhat

吹き溜まり【ふきだまり】 • ① drift of snow or leaves ② hangout for drifters

こうした • such

鐶【たまき】 • bracer (for the elbow of an archer)