Lesson 14
15 Kanji
妻
wife
夫
husband
収
income
企
undertake
既
previously
労
labor
昇
rise up
未
un-
低
lower
児
newborn babe
共
together
努
toil
公
public
否
negate
損
damage
85 of 135 Vocabulary
一般職
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service), general office work
いわゆる
what is called, as it is called, the so-called, so to speak
うらやましい
envious (feeling, etc.), jealous
縁
fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
重荷
load, heavy burden, encumbrance, heavy freight, heavy responsibility
介護
nursing, care, caregiving, caring
苦しみ
pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship
苦労
trouble, hardship, difficulty, labour, labor, toil, pains
支える
to support, to prop, to sustain, to underlay, to hold up, to defend
寂しい
lonely, lonesome, solitary, desolate
さらに
furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more
三重苦
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
実情
real condition, actual circumstances, actual state of affairs
示す
to (take out and) show, to demonstrate, to tell, to exemplify, to make apparent