Lesson 1

19 Kanji

74 Vocabulary

day ②sun ③(the) day ④date
story ②stairs ③stage (in chronostratigraphy) ④counter for stories and floors of a building
island ②one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Metropolis (of Tokyo) ②counter for cities and towns ③capital
road ②way ③Buddhist teachings ④Taoism
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto) ②the center or seat (of) (center) ③(government) office ④fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
prefecture (Japan)
capital city
air temperature
difference ②difference
cherry tree ②fake buyer ③hired applauder ④horse meat
end ②end of (one's) life
famous place ②name of a part (of an instrument, etc.) ③name and address
in front (of) ②before ③(the) front ④forward ⑤previous (e.g. page) ⑥portion ⑦front (of one's body or clothing)
form ②visage
photography (still or motion)
inspection ②sitting out (e.g. PE class)
continent ②continental Asia (esp. mainland China) ③continental Europe
people ②each person
to enjoy ②to look forward to
wall ②barrier ③Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)
to enter ②to break into ③to join ④to contain
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
picture ②image (TV, film, etc.)
very ②immense ③serious ④major incident
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
severe ②hard (to do) ③intense (e.g. cold)
beginning ②first (in line, etc.) ③origin
terrible ②amazing (e.g. of strength) ③awfully
I ②you ③manservant
rural area ②hometown
New Year (esp. first three days) ②first month of the year
old tale ②reminiscence
various ②various colors
truth ②proper ③genuine
district ②the country ③civilian society
year ②age ③past one's prime
nature ②natural ③naturally
feeling ②preparedness ③slightly
festival ②harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob ③galore (as in "goals galore")
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.