Lesson 3

20 Kanji

80 of 89 Vocabulary

having a headache ②racking one's brains
with the exception of
number one ②best ③game ④as a test ⑤song (e.g. in noh)
to ask ②to implore (a god for an oracle) ③to visit ④to speak to (a large crowd at a theater, etc.)
many ②large amount of ③frequent
extent ②limit ③(span of) time ④about ⑤as much as ...
good ②sufficient ③profitable (deal, business offer, etc.) ④OK
to send (a thing) ②to take or escort (a person somewhere) ③to bid farewell (to the departed) ④to spend (time)
request ②please
chief ②main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to lend ②to rent out
mechanization ②computerization
return to one's country ②return to one's hometown
stamp (postage)
hope ②(bright) prospects
classroom ②department (in a university) ③class ④school (for a particular discipline)
economy ②finance ③being economical
laboratory ②seminar room ③professor's office
program (of events, music, etc.) ②program (booklet) ③(computer) program
negotiations ②connection
international ②diplomatic intercourse
thing ②incident ③nominalizing suffix ④pretending to ... ⑤alias ⑥necessity
there's no (other) way ②cannot be helped ③it's no use (doing) ④hopeless (person)
automatic (e.g. door, gun, etc.)
deadline ②cofferdam ③closed (door, window, etc.)
religion ②religious activity
information ②information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
to advance ②to precede ③to make progress ④to deepen
character (of a person) ②characteristics
the rest ②in addition (to that) ③and so forth
generally ②general ③outline ④in the first place
attitude ②attitude (towards an issue, etc.)
to save ②to help ③to support (financially) ④to facilitate
right ②proper
to request ②to call ③please
unit ②credit (in school) ③in units of (e.g. "in thousands")
particularly
as (much) as possible
admission (to a school or university)
heat ②fever ③zeal
clearly ②to be clear
to pay (e.g. money, bill) ②to brush off ③to drive away (e.g. one's competitors) ④to sell off (something unneeded)
wonderful ②strangely enough
almost ②hardly ③large majority
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper) ②counter for positions or roles ③counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba) ④counter for ranking level
to recognize ②to deem ③to approve ④to admit
interview (e.g. for a job)
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.