Lesson 4

24 Kanji

53 Vocabulary

what ②penis ③(not) at all ④what?
name ②given name
person's name
high ②expensive ③high (level) ④loud
senior high school
cheap ②calm
old ②long ③of the distant past ④stale
big ②loud ③extensive ④important
university ②former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators) ③the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
large country ②province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
small ②slight ③low (e.g. sound) ④unimportant
long (distance, length) ②long (time)
company president
short ②brief
short temper
morning ②breakfast ③next morning
this morning
noon ②daytime ③lunch
lunch ②food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
evening ②dinner
middle of the night
this evening
Star Festival (held in July or August)
spring ②New Year ③prime (of life)
Vernal Equinox Day (national holiday; March 20 or 21)
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
Autumnal Equinox Day (national holiday; September 22, 23 or 24)
mountain ②mine (e.g. coal mine) ③crown (of a hat) ④climax ⑤wild
river ②River
upper reaches of a river
stone ②jewel ③flint (in a lighter) ④stone (in go)
(water-filled) paddy field