Lesson 1

55 of 112 Vocabulary

man ②masculine gender
to differ (from) ②to be wrong ③isn't it?
near ②nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year") ③shortly
to arrive at ②to sit on
to work (for) ②to serve (as) ③to conduct a religious service
to take (someone; to a place)
polite ②careful
suitable ②perfunctory
thank you ②much (thanks) ③quite ④greetings
place ②address ③district ④whereupon ⑤about to
very ②(not) at all
next (to) ②house next door
to stay at (e.g. hotel) ②to be docked
to give shelter to
to take ②to pass ③to get ④to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to sleep ②to die ③to lie idle (e.g. of resources) ④to close one's eyes
only ②approximately ③just (finished, etc.) ④as if to
for the first time ②only after ... is it ... ③first time
to address (someone) ②to begin to talk
to be surprised ②surprise (e.g. surprise party)
culture ②Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
fluently (speaking a foreign language) ②incessantly (speaking) ③one after the other (flipping through pages) ④thin (paper, cloth, etc.)
I ②you ③manservant
still ②still a long way to go
town ②downtown ③street ④109.09 m
to discover ②to locate ③to be used to seeing
to go out to meet ②to receive ③to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family) ④to call for
daughter ②girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
business card
to say ②to do
to call out (to) ②to summon (a doctor, etc.) ③to invite ④to designate
studying abroad ②studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
young ②immature ③low (number)
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.