Lesson 2

25 Kanji

71 Vocabulary

now ②another
today ②these days
today ②these days
afternoon
in front (of) ②before ③(the) front ④forward ⑤previous (e.g. page) ⑥portion ⑦front (of one's body or clothing)
name ②given name
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)
above ②top ③before ④superiority ⑤on top of that ⑥honorable
skillful ②flattery
upper reaches of a river
to raise ②(of the tide) to come in ③to vomit ④to do for (the sake of someone else)
ascent ②up-train ③upbound (esp. toward Tokyo) ④upstream
to ascend ②to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun) ③to go to (the capital) ④to be promoted
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.)
below ②inferiority ③trade-in ④preliminary
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.) ②under (a flag, the sun, etc.) ③(someone's) side
underground train
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.)
to hang ②to lower ③to demote ④to clear (plates)
to descend (e.g. a mountain) ②to alight (e.g. from bus) ③to step down ④to be granted
down-train ②down-slope ③downbound (esp. away from Tokyo) ④downstream
unskillful ②imprudent
inside ②among ③middle ④during ⑤interval ⑥second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes) ⑦red-light district
China ②Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane) ③central part of a country ④province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical) ②side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back) ③side (of a box, etc.) ④beside
right ②afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing)
left and right ②(asserting) control ③one's attendants ④(serving at someone's) side
book ②this ③main ④counter for long, cylindrical things
north ②the North ③North Korea ④north wind
north-east ②Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)
direction ②side (of an argument, etc.) ③type ④field (of study, etc.)
black ②dark ③suspicious ④darkened and dirty
red ②Red ③beautiful
blue ②green ③pale ④unripe
teacher ②sensei ③intimate or teasing form of address ④one's elder
point ②future ③destination ④rest (e.g. of a story)
student (esp. a university student)
whole life ②(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to live ②to make a living ③to be in effect ④to come to life
to grow ②to cut (teeth)
cloth ②dough ③inherent quality ④unglazed pottery
growth ②one's early life
to study (in depth)