Lesson 2

26 Kanji

74 of 92 Vocabulary

greeting ②speech (congratulatory or appreciative) ③a fine thing to say ④dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) ⑤relationship (between people) ⑥intervention
companion ②other party ③opponent (sports, etc.)
morning ②breakfast ③next morning
head ②hair (on one's head) ③mind ④leader
to be hit ②to touch ③to feel (something) out ④to shave
guidance ②information ③announcement (of one's arrival) ④invitation
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude) ②consideration
funny ②strange ③improper ④suspicious
to be late ②to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.) ③to be bereaved of ④to be slow (of a clock or watch)
face ②look ③honor ④influence
cute ②dear ③innocent ④dainty
to be decided ②to be unchanging ③to be a fixed rule ④to be well executed (of a maneuver in a sport, game, etc.)
guest ②customer ③counter for containers used to entertain guests
carrying (on one's person or in the hand) ②mobile phone
this morning
method ②appearance ③tendency ④folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
voice ②singing (of a bird) ③voice ④sound
language ②word ③speech ④words
to be troubled ②to be bothered ③to be badly off
(raining) heavily ②with white noise
rainfall ②alighting
previously ②first ③beforehand
to hang ②to lower ③to demote ④to clear (plates)
cold (e.g. weather) ②uninteresting (esp. joke)
nothing but
moreover ②nevertheless
a long time (since the last time)
photograph ②moving picture
to take out ②to put out ③... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out) ④to begin ...
in front (of) ②before ③(the) front ④forward ⑤previous (e.g. page) ⑥portion ⑦front (of one's body or clothing)
outside ②the open (air) ③other place
very ②immense ③serious ④major incident
perhaps ②generous
to do completely ②to do accidentally
that is to say ②in short ③clogging ④shrinkage
to meet (by chance) ②to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) ③to emerge and engage (an enemy)
same room ②sharing a room
very ②by no means ③middle ④excellent
Japan and the United States
to sleep (lying down) ②to go to bed ③to lie down ④to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold) ②bad habit ③crazy
normal ②normally ③local train
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.) ②to form (of frost) ③to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight) ④to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
room ②apartment ③stable
strange ②unexpected ③flat
direction ②side (of an argument, etc.) ③type ④field (of study, etc.)
again ②and ③really ④indirect
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.