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署名
しょめい
signature
消防署
しょうぼうしょ
fire station
部署
ぶしょ
one’s post, one’s station, department, bureau, section
税務署
ぜいむしょ
tax office
依頼
いらい
request, commission, entrusting (with a matter)
信頼
しんらい
reliance, trust, faith, confidence
頼む
頼みます
たのむ
to request, to beg, to ask
頼もしい
たのもしい
reliable, trustworthy
頼る, 頼ります
たよる
to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)
頼りない
たよりない
unreliable, undependable, indefinite, vague
都道府県
とどうふけん
prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
京都府
きょうとふ
Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area)
到着
とうちゃく
arrival
希望
きぼう
hope, wish, aspiration
失望
しつぼう
disappointment, despair
望遠鏡
ぼうえんきょう
telescope
望む
望みます
のぞむ
to desire, want, hope for
申請
しんせい
application, request, petition
申し込み
もうしこみ
application, entry, request, subscription, offer, proposal, overture, challenge
申し込む
申し込みます
もうしこむ
to apply for, to make an application, to propose (marriage), to offer (mediation), to make an overture (of peace), to challenge, to lodge (objections), to request (an interview), to subscribe for, to book, to reserve
申す
申します
もうす
to say, to be called
申し上げる
もうしあげる
to say, to tell, to state, to express, to offer, to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.)
姓
せい
surname, family name
姓名
せいめい
(full) name, family name and given name
年齢
ねんれい
age, years
高齢
こうれい
advanced age, old age
男性
だんせい
man, male
女性
じょせい
woman, female
性別
せいべつ
gender, distinction of sex
性質
せいしつ
nature, property, disposition
安全性
あんぜんせい
safety, security
可能性
かのうせい
potentiality, likelihood, possibility, availability
お宅
おたく
your house, your home, your family
自宅
じたく
one’s home, one’s house
住宅
じゅうたく
residence, housing, residential building
帰宅
きたく
returning home, going home, coming home, getting home
勤務
きんむ
service, duty, work
通勤
つうきん
commuting to work
出勤
しゅっきん
going to work, leaving for work, attendance (at work), being at work, presence (in the office), reporting for work
勤める
つとめる
to work (for), to be employed (at), to serve (in)
全部
ぜんぶ
all, entire, whole, altogether
部分
ぶぶん
portion, section, part
部長
ぶちょう
head (chief, director) of a section or department
学部
がくぶ
department of a university
部屋
へや
room, chamber
結婚
けっこん
marriage
未婚
みこん
unmarried, not yet married
婚約
こんやく
engagement, betrothal
新婚
しんこん
newly-wed, newly married
招待
しょうたい
invitation
招く
まねく
to invite, to ask
現状
げんじょう
present condition, existing state, status quo, current state
状態
じょうたい
state, condition, situation, appearance, circumstances
年賀状
ねんがじょう
New Year’s card
欠席
けっせき
absence, non-attendance
出欠
しゅっけつ
attendance or absence
欠点
けってん
fault, defect, flaw, weak point, weakness, shortcoming, drawback
喜ぶ
よろこぶ
to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased
喜んで
よろこんで
with pleasure …
政治
せいじ
politics, government
自治会
じちかい
neighborhood council, neighbourhood council, residents’ association
自治体
じちたい
municipality, local government, self-governing body, autonomous body
治す
なおす
to cure, to heal
委員
いいん
committee member
委員会
いいんかい
committee, commission, board, panel, committee meeting
祝日
しゅくじつ
national holiday, public holiday
祝う
いわう
to celebrate, to congratulate, to observe (a festival)
お祝い
おいわい
congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival
舞台
ぶたい
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.), (stage) performance
舞う
まう
to dance (orig. a whirling dance)
お見舞い
おみまい
calling on someone who is ill, enquiry, inquiry
お礼
おれい
thanks, gratitude
失礼
しつれい
discourtesy, impoliteness
礼儀
れいぎ
manners, courtesy, etiquette
多忙
たぼう
being very busy, busyness
忙しい
いそがしい
busy, occupied, hectic
夫妻
ふさい
husband and wife, married couple
妻
つま
wife
主張
しゅちょう
claim, insistence, assertion, advocacy, emphasis, contention, opinion, tenet
頑張る
がんばる
to persevere, to persist, to keep at it, to hang on, to hold out, to do one’s best
張る
はる
to stick, to paste, to affix
to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten, to put up (tent)
出張
しゅっちょう
business trip, official trip
引っ張る
ひっぱる
to pull, to draw, to pull tight
奥様
おくさま
wife, your wife, his wife, married lady, madam
奥
おく
inner part, inside, interior, depths (e.g. of a forest), back (of a house, drawer, etc.), bottom (e.g. of one’s heart), recesses, heart