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Pera Pera Penguin

Words from Pera Pera Penguin column in Yomiuri Shimbun.

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⑤ 寒い【さむい】 • ① cold (e.g. weather) ② dull, uninteresting, lame

⑤ 暑い【あつい】 • hot (weather, etc.), warm

⑤ 病気【びょうき】 • illness, disease, sickness

⑤ 涼しい【すずしい】 • cool (of weather), refreshing

⑤ 暖かい【あたたかい】 • warm, mild, genial

⑤ 嫌い【きらい】 • ① dislike, hate ② suspicion, tendency, smack (of)

④ やっと • at last, at length

④ 火事【かじ】 • fire, conflagration

④ 間に合う【まにあう】 • ① to be in time for ② to serve (suit, meet) the purpose, to be good enough, to be enough

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 警察【けいさつ】 • police

④ 事故【じこ】 • ① accident, incident, trouble ② circumstances, reasons

④ 地震【じしん】 • earthquake

④ 天気予報【てんきよほう】 • weather forecast, weather report

④ 忘れ物【わすれもの】 • lost article, something forgotten

③ 好み【このみ】 • liking, taste, choice

② 偶数【ぐうすう】 • even number

② 消防署【しょうぼうしょ】 • fire station

② 好き嫌い【すききらい】 • likes and dislikes, taste

② 蒸し暑い【むしあつい】 • humid, sultry

① ふらふら • unsteady on one's feet, stagger, reel, totter, dizzy

① 緊急【きんきゅう】 • urgent, pressing, emergency

① 好評【こうひょう】 • popularity, favorable reputation, favourable reputation

① 奇数【きすう】 • odd number

からから • ① parched, dried-up ② rattle ③ loud laughter

がぶがぶ • gulping down, guzzling

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

どきどき • throb, beat (fast)

気がいい【きがいい】 • good-natured

気が重い【きがおもい】 • depressed, bummed out, down, heavy-hearted, heavy-spirited, feeling reluctant (to do)

気が強い【きがつよい】 • strong-willed, strong of heart

気が短い【きがみじかい】 • quick-tempered, having little patience, impatient

急がば回れ【いそがばまわれ】 • more haste, less speed, slow and steady wins the race

口が軽い【くちがかるい】 • having a loose tongue, being talkative, speaking without thinking

鼻が高い【はながたかい】 • proud

耳が早い【みみがはやい】 • being quick-eared, having sharp ears

頭が悪い【あたまがわるい】 • slow, weak-headed, dumb

頭がいい【あたまがいい】 • bright, intelligent

雨降って地固まる【あめふってじかたまる】 • adversity strengthens the foundations

雲泥の差【うんでいのさ】 • wide difference, a world of difference

下手の横好き【へたのよこずき】 • being crazy about something but being very bad at it

震度【しんど】 • Japanese earthquake scale (level 1: weak to level 7: devastation)

低気圧【ていきあつ】 • ① low (atmospheric) pressure, low-pressure system, depression, cyclone ② bad temper, foul mood, tense situation

暖かい【あったかい】 • warm, mild, genial

泥坊【どろぼう】 • thief, burglar, robber, theft

頭が痛い【あたまがいたい】 • having a headache, racking one's brains

気が若い【きがわかい】 • young at heart

好み【ごのみ】 • ① being fond of, having a liking for ② to the liking of, favored by, popular with

救急車【きゅうきゅうしゃ】 • ambulance

結婚式【けっこんしき】 • marriage ceremony, wedding

五里霧中【ごりむちゅう】 • totally at a loss, lose one's bearings, in a maze, in a fog, all at sea, up in the air, mystified, bewildered

弾ける【はじける】 • to burst open, to split open, to pop

油断大敵【ゆだんたいてき】 • Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy, He that is too secure is not safe

二日酔い【ふつかよい】 • hangover

口が堅い【くちがかたい】 • tight-lipped, able to keep a secret

備えあれば憂いなし【そなえあればうれいなし】 • well prepared means no worries (in time of need)

青天の霹靂【せいてんのへきれき】 • a bolt out of the blue