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Lesson 142

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20 Kanji

乙 the latter 丙 third class 厘 rin 壱 one (in documents) 弐 II 坪 two-mat area 斤 axe 升 measuring box 屯 barracks 隻 vessels 斗 Big Dipper 凸 convex 凹 concave 但 however 且 moreover 嚇 menacing 隆 hump 坑 pit 呉 give 艇 rowboat

26 Vocabulary

おつ
乙
second (party to an agreement) ②stylish ③strange ④thank you ⑤see you
しょう
少
じょ
女
little girl ②female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
へい
丙
third rank ②third sign of the Chinese calendar
りん
厘
one-hundredth ②rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
いち
一
まん
万
えん
円
10,000 yen
に
二
two
まん
万
10,000 ②myriad ③everything ④various
えん
円
yen (Japanese monetary unit) ②circle
つぼ
坪
tsubo ②tsubo ③tsubo ④cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic meters)
きん
斤
kin ②pound (unit of weight) ③loaf (of bread)
しょう
升
shō
ます
升
measuring container ②box (seating at a theater, etc.) ③square on a grid ④square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
ちゅう
駐
とん
屯
ち
地
garrison
せき
隻
counter for ships (large boats) ②counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen) ③counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
ほく
北
と
斗
しち
七
せい
星
the Big Dipper (asterism)
とつ
凸
　
レ
　
ン
　
ズ
convex lens
おう
凹
　
レ
　
ン
　
ズ
concave lens
おう
凹
とつ
凸
unevenness ②imbalance
でこ
凸
ぼこ
凹
unevenness ②inequality
　
た
　
だ
　
し
but
　
か
　
つ
and
い
威
かく
嚇
threat
りゅう
隆
せい
盛
prosperity
たん
炭
こう
鉱
coal mine ②coal-mine shaft
ご
呉
ふく
服
cloth (for Japanese clothes) ②silk fabrics
きょう
競
てい
艇
kyōtei