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Lesson 14

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15 Kanji

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85 of 135 Vocabulary

相[あい]棒[ぼう]
partner, pal, accomplice
上[あ]げる
to raise, to elevate
厚[あつ]焼[や]き
frying or baking something thick (e.g. omelette)
式[しき]
equation, formula, expression
合[あ]わせる
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
合[あ]わせる
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
生[い]き方[かた]
way of life, how to live
育[いく]児[じ]
childcare, child-rearing, nursing, upbringing
意[い]見[けん]
opinion, view, comment
一[いち]部[ぶ]
one part, one portion, one section, some
一[いっ]般[ぱん]職[しょく]
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
内[うち]
inside, within
生[う]む
to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs)
うらやましい
envious (feeling, etc.), jealous
縁[えん]
fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
応[おう]じる
to respond, to satisfy, to accept, to comply with, to apply for
終[お]える
to finish
お茶[ちゃ]汲[く]み
serving tea (esp. at a company), tea server, tea lady
夫[おっと]
husband
おとなしい
obedient, docile, quiet
お弁[べん]当[とう]
bento, Japanese box lunch
重[おも]荷[に]
load, heavy burden, encumbrance, heavy freight, heavy responsibility
介[かい]護[ご]
nursing, care, caregiving, caring
学[がく]歴[れき]
academic background
家[か]事[じ]
housework, domestic chores
課[か]題[だい]
subject, theme, issue, matter
勝手[かって]
one's own convenience, one's way, selfishness
カバー
cover, covering, dust jacket
カルチャーセンター
cultural center, cultural centre
機[き]械[かい]
machine, mechanism
企[き]画[かく]
planning, project, plan, design
企[き]業[ぎょう]
enterprise, undertaking, corporation, business
起[き]業[ぎょう]
starting a business, promotion of enterprise
既[き]婚[こん]者[しゃ]
married person
期[き]待[たい]
expectation, anticipation, hope
逆[ぎゃく]に
conversely, on the contrary
強[きょう]
a little over, a little more than
くせに
and yet, though, when, in spite of
組[くみ]
set (of items)
苦[くる]しみ
pain, anguish, distress, suffering, hardship
苦[く]労[ろう]
trouble, hardship, difficulty, labour, labor, toil, pains
継[けい]続[ぞく]
continuation
減[げん]
reduction
兼[けん]業[ぎょう]
side line, second business
厚[こう]生[せい]労[ろう]働[どう]省[しょう]
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
漕[こ]ぎ着[つ]ける
to row (a boat) up to (a pier)
個[こ]人[じん]
individual, private person, personal, private
戸[こ]籍[せき]
family register
コピー
copy, photocopy
撮[と]る
to take (a photo)
ごめん
your pardon, declining (something), dismissal, permission
支[ささ]える
to support, to prop, to sustain, to underlay, to hold up, to defend
寂[さび]しい
lonely, lonesome, solitary, desolate
さらに
furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more
三[さん]重[じゅう]苦[く]
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
賛[さん]成[せい]
approval, agreement, support, favour, favor
自[じ]身[しん]
by oneself, personally
下[した]積[づ]み
goods piled beneath, lower layer
実際[じっさい]に
virtually, practically, in practice, actually
実[じつ]情[じょう]
real condition, actual circumstances, actual state of affairs
示[しめ]す
to (take out and) show, to demonstrate, to tell, to exemplify, to make apparent
自[じ]由[ゆう]
freedom, liberty, as it pleases you
柔[じゅう]軟[なん]
flexible, lithe, soft, pliable
収[しゅう]入[にゅう]
income, receipts, revenue
順[じゅん]番[ばん]に
in turns, in series, in number order, by rotation
上[じょう]昇[しょう]
rising, ascending, climbing
書[しょ]類[るい]
documents, official papers
身[しん]長[ちょう]
height (of body), stature
捨[す]てる
to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard
背[せ]負[お]う
to carry on one's back
世[せ]代[だい]
generation, the world, the age
専[せん]業[ぎょう]主[しゅ]婦[ふ]
housewife
先[せん]輩[ぱい]
senior (at work or school), superior, elder, older graduate, progenitor, old-timer
層[そう]
layer, seam, bed, stream, class, stratum
増[ぞう]加[か]
increase, rise, growth, addition, increment
総[そう]合[ごう]職[しょく]
regular position, position with a prospect of promotion
育[そだ]てる
to raise, to rear, to bring up
尊[そん]敬[けい]
respect, esteem, reverence, honour, honor
損[そん]
loss, damage, harm, unprofitable
対[たい]して
for, in regard to, per
対[たい]して
for, in regard to, per
耐[た]える
to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with
力[ちから]
force, strength, might, vigour (vigor), energy
超[ちょう]人[じん]的[てき]
superhuman
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.