Lesson 15

15 Kanji

72 Vocabulary

death ②(an) out ③death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
race (of people) ②type of person
white person ②beginner ③unlicensed prostitute
enough ②sufficiently ③division into ten
to divide (into) ②to share ③to distinguish ④to break up (a fight)
to reach ②to be delivered ③to be attentive ④to be realized (of a desire)
companion ②group ③member of the same category (family, class)
to stretch ②to straighten out ③to spread (of paint, cream, etc.) ④to stretch out (e.g. of a hand)
to return ②to turn over ③to become extremely
abundant ②rich ③open (mind) ④(well) over
manual labor ②Labour Party
putting money aside ②accumulated surplus of wins
to starve ②to be starved of (e.g. love)
to be thirsty ②to thirst for
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.) ②to fill (e.g. a cup)
to hold in one's arms ②to have (problems, debts, etc.) ③to employ
surely ②sternly ③having no slack ④suddenly
winning (a prize)
to spread ②to broaden
wasteful ②too good ③impious
exercise ②appeal ③motion
common ②to be common (to) ③-wide
betterment ②kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
farmer ②farmhouse
destruction ②(application) crash
poor ②lacking (quantity and quality-wise)
protection ②preservation
to plant ②to insert ③to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent) ④to instill (idea, value, etc.)
free (of charge)
contribution
green ②greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
surface ②face (i.e. the visible side of an object) ③front (of a building, etc.) ④outside
opposite side ②rear ③lining ④in the shadows
coolness ②all right
to lick ②to taste ③to experience (esp. a hardship) ④to look down on (someone)
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.