単語表8 Flashcards
影
かげ shadow, silhouette, figure, shape; reflection, image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace, shadow (of one’s former self)
視力
しりょく eyesight
不定期
ふていき irregular, indeterminate, tramp (steamer)
藩主
はんしゅ feudal lord, daimyo
相違
そうい difference, discrepancy, variation
怒り
いかり anger, rage, fury, wrath, indignation
歩調
ほちょう pace, step, cadence
玉
たま ball, sphere, globe, orb; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet; bulb (i.e. a light bulb); lens (of glasses, etc.); bead (of an abacus); ball (i.e. a testicle); gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl; female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); person (when commenting on their nature), character; item, funds or person used as part of a plot; egg; coin; precious, beautiful, excellent
祭る
まつる to deify, to enshrine; to pray, to worship
ごっこ
playing at (something), game of make-believe, something done together
暗がり
くらがり darkness
幕藩体制
ばくはんたいせい the feudal system characteristic of the shogunate
小声
こごえ low voice, whisper
品質
ひんしつ (material) quality
収まる
おさまる to be in one’s place, to be installed, to settle into; to be delivered, to be obtained, to be paid; to be settled, to be sorted out; to lessen (e.g. of storms, pain), to calm down; to be fit tightly into (e.g. a frame), to be sheathed (in a scabbard)
天罰が下る
てんばつがくだる to receive divine punishment
墓石
ぼせき tombstone, gravestone
無条件
むじょうけん unconditional
一貫性
いっかんせい consistency
興醒め
きょうざめ kill-joy, wet-blanket, skeleton at the feast
忖度
そんたく surmise (about somebody’s feelings), guess, conjecture
隔世の感がある
かくせいのかんがある to be poles apart
渇水
かっすい water shortage
気安い
きやすい relaxed, familiar, easy to access, friendly
言いなり
いいなり doing as one is told, yes-man
特定
とくてい specific, particular, designated, special; to specify, to identify, to pinpoint
補語
ほご complement
庭園
ていえん garden, park
記述
きじゅつ description, descriptor
月灯かり
つきあかり moonlight
古木
こぼく old tree
立て役者
たてやくしゃ leading actor, person who acts as driving force behind something, key figure, leading spirit, central figure
穴だらけ
あなだらけ hole, aperture, opening, orifice; fault, flaw
実況
じっきょう actual state (of things), real state, actual condition, real condition, actual scene; live, on-the-scene; reporting live, live coverage, live broadcasting
油断
ゆだん negligence, carelessness, inattention, unpreparedness
紛争
ふんそう dispute, trouble, strife
かつ
yet, moreover, and
激怒
げきど rage, indignation, exasperation
摩擦
まさつ friction, rubbing, rubdown, chafe
群れ
むれ group, crowd, flock, herd, bevy, school, swarm, cluster (e.g. of stars), clump, pack (e.g. of dogs)
ワンパターン
predictable, repetitive, being in a rut, set in one’s ways
犠牲
ぎせい victim, sacrifice, scapegoat
娼婦
しょうふ prostitute, harlot
ややこしい
puzzling, tangled, complicated, complex
公務員
こうむいん government worker, public servant, civil servant
好結果
こうけっか good results or outcome
多発
たはつ repeated occurrence
途切れる
とぎれる to pause, to be interrupted
ひのき
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), Japanese cypress
親切心
しんせつしん kindness
区別がつかない
くべつがつかない unable to tell apart
探偵
たんてい detective, sleuth, investigator
杉
すぎ Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
どこからともなく
suddenly (appears) out of nowhere
回転数
かいてんすう number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed), number of rotations, speed of revolution, speed of rotation
いたいけ
innocent, helpless, tender
傾く
かたむく to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to; to go down (sun), to wane, to sink, to decline
口実
こうじつ excuse, pretext
息遣い
いきづかい breathing, respiration
町中
まちじゅう the whole town, all over the town, throughout the town
持ち堪える
もちこたえる to hold out (e.g. against pressure), to withstand, to endure
仕上げる
しあげる to finish up, to complete, to finish off, to get through, to polish off
折れ曲がる
おれまがる to bend, to wind, to twist, to zig-zag
奮発
ふんぱつ strenuous exertion, spurt; splurge
健在
けんざい in good health, well, going strong
畳屋
たたみや matmaker, mat dealer
横転
おうてん toppling sideways, turning sideways, falling over sideways; barrel roll
並行
へいこう (going) side-by-side, abreast; concurrent, occurring together, at the same time; parallel
付加価値
ふかかち added value, value added
全力を挙げる
ぜんりょくをあげる to use all one’s strength (ability)
本来なら
ほんらいなら by all rights, properly speaking, legally speaking
緩やか
ゆるやか loose, slack; gentle, easy, slow; lenient, liberal, lax
造り
つくり make-up, structure, physique
足して二で割る
たしてにでわる to combine parts of two different things into a new thing, to compromise, to balance out
内情
ないじょう internal conditions, true state of affairs
厠
かわや privy, toilet
暴く
あばく to disclose, to divulge, to expose; to open (and rob) a grave
奇跡
きせき miracle, wonder, marvel
口調
くちょう tone (e.g. of voice, etc.), (verbal) expression
力づける
ちからづける to encourage (someone), to cheer (someone) up, to give someone a charge, to empower
あの世
あのよ the other world, world of the dead, netherworld
足す
たす to add (numbers); to add (something), to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one’s business)
収める
おさめる to dedicate, to make an offering, to pay (fees); to supply; to store; to finish, to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place); to achieve (e.g. a result)
山の手
やまのて hilly section of a city (usu. residential), Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
六角穴付き
ろっかくあなつき hexagon socket head, allen socket head
引き合う
ひきあう to pay, to be profitable; to pull against each other
揺れる
ゆれる to shake, to sway, to waver
揃える
そろえる to collect, to gather, to get together, to complete (a collection); to arrange, to put in order, to prepare, to get ready; to make uniform, to make even, to match
欠ける
かける to be chipped, to be damaged, to be broken; to be lacking, to be missing; to be insufficient, to be short, to be deficient, to be negligent toward; (of the moon) to wane, to go into eclipse
斜面
しゃめん slope, slanting surface, bevel
遅効
ちこう delayed effect
中刳り
なかぐり boring
懸け橋
かけはし suspension bridge, viaduct, temporary bridge; mediation, go-between
飛躍
ひやく leaping, activity; leapfrog (over a problem), making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides, making rapid progress; emerging; becoming active, playing an active part
博物館
はくぶつかん museum
さかのぼる
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin), to date back to, to trace back to, to make retroactive
歴然
れきぜん evident, plain, distinct, clear