Lesson 22

16 Kanji

57 Vocabulary

companion ②other party ③opponent (sports, etc.)
reception (desk) ②receipt
English conversation ②school for English conversation
(another's) daughter ②young lady
housework ②family affairs
wind ②manner ③cold
tree ②wood
junior (at work, school, etc.)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata) ②sly person ③idiot ④sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
senior (at work or school)
subordinate person
ball ②ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone) ③bowl ④board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
waste (of money, time, etc.)
preparation for a lesson
noisy ②annoying ③shut up!
worry ②care
poverty-stricken
fluently (speaking a foreign language) ②incessantly (speaking) ③one after the other (flipping through pages) ④thin (paper, cloth, etc.)
strange ②unexpected ③flat
comfort ②easy ③raku pottery ④sukha (happiness)
wind ②manner ③cold
to blow (of the wind) ②to blow (one's breath) ③to emit (smoke, fire, etc.) ④to burst out laughing ⑤to brag
copy ②book jacket blurb ③(advertising) slogan
to take ②to pass ③to get ④to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to carry ②to come ③to wield (a tool, etc.) ④to go (well, etc.)
to run ②to run (of a vehicle) ③to rush (to) ④to retreat
to be in time (for) ②to serve (suit, meet) the purpose
to raise ②to train ③to promote the growth of
to save ②to help ③to support (financially) ④to facilitate
to lose ②to succumb ③to reduce the price
request ②please
staying up all night
opposition ②reverse
translation ②deciphering ③translation
method ②appearance ③tendency ④folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance) ②much (better, etc.) ③far away ④direct
and the like ②or something ③I hear that ...
many times over
Note: In order to match dictionary entries, some of the words listed here are shown in simpler forms than what you see in the book, and compound words may be split into multiple entries.
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