第121回 Flashcards
溶岩
ようがん
lava
**(1st) melt: water….contain….
When the snow finally melts into water it sometimes contains all kinds of nasty trash. 854
**(2nd) boulder: mountain…rock…
Climbing the mountain’s large rocks is an activity called bouldering. 832
**ALL: melt…boulder…
lava
溶岩
ようがん
**(1st) melt: water….contain….
When the snow finally melts into water it sometimes contains all kinds of nasty trash. 854
**(2nd) boulder: mountain…rock…
Climbing the mountain’s large rocks is an activity called bouldering. 832
**ALL: melt…boulder…
溶ける
とける
melt, dissolve (as in salt in water)
**melt: water….contain….
When the snow finally melts into water it sometimes contains all kinds of nasty trash. 854
melt, dissolve (as in salt in water)
溶ける
とける
**melt: water….contain….
When the snow finally melts into water it sometimes contains all kinds of nasty trash. 854
雨漏り
あまもり
leaking of rain (through the roof)
**(2nd) leak: water…flag…rain…
There was water leaking from my ceiling because I decided to put up a pride flag with nails and it made a hole. The rain from outside is leaking in. 1149
leaking of rain (through the roof)
雨漏り
あまもり
**(2nd) leak: water…flag…rain…
There was water leaking from my ceiling because I decided to put up a pride flag with nails and it made a hole. The rain from outside is leaking in. 1149
漏電
ろうでん short circuit **(1st) leak: water...flag...rain... There was water leaking from my ceiling because I decided to put up a pride flag with nails and it made a hole. The rain from outside is leaking in. 1149 **ALL: leak...electricity... (pronunciation) there is some ろうgue でん
short circuit
漏電 ろうでん **(1st) leak: water...flag...rain... There was water leaking from my ceiling because I decided to put up a pride flag with nails and it made a hole. The rain from outside is leaking in. 1149 **ALL: leak...electricity... (pronunciation) there is some ろうgue でん
漸次
ぜんじ
gradually, step by step
**(1st) steadily: water…chop off….
The woman they rescued from the car by chopping off parts of the car was steadily losing blood and other bodily fluids. 1217
(right side) chop off: car…ax…
The rescuers had to chop off the car door and seat belt with an ax to get the woman out of the car wreck. 1215
**ALL: steadily…next…
(pronunciation) you will get to the point of being totally zen(ぜんじ)by going gradually.
gradually, step by step
漸次
ぜんじ
**(1st) steadily: water…chop off….
The woman they rescued from the car by chopping off parts of the car was steadily losing blood and other bodily fluids. 1217
(right side) chop off: car…ax…
The rescuers had to chop off the car door and seat belt with an ax to get the woman out of the car wreck. 1215
**ALL: steadily…next…
(pronunciation) you will get to the point of being totally zen(ぜんじ)by going gradually.
水滴
すいてき
waterdrop
**(2nd) drip: water…antique….
“Picture water dripping on what you thought were precious antiques, only to find that the artificial aging painted on them is running!”
waterdrop
水滴
すいてき
**(2nd) drip: water…antique….
“Picture water dripping on what you thought were precious antiques, only to find that the artificial aging painted on them is running!”
滴
しずく a drop (of rain, etc.) **drip: water...antique.... "Picture water dripping on what you thought were precious antiques, only to find that the artificial aging painted on them is running!" **ALL (pronunciation): 静かにしずく
a drop (of rain, etc.)
滴 しずく **drip: water...antique.... "Picture water dripping on what you thought were precious antiques, only to find that the artificial aging painted on them is running!" **ALL (pronunciation): 静かにしずく
滴る
したたる
drip, drop, trickle
**drip: water…antique….
“Picture water dripping on what you thought were precious antiques, only to find that the artificial aging painted on them is running!”
drip, drop, trickle
滴る
したたる
**drip: water…antique….
“Picture water dripping on what you thought were precious antiques, only to find that the artificial aging painted on them is running!”
漆器
しっき
lacquer ware
**(1st) lacquer: water…tree…umbrella…grains of rice….
When they discovered lacquer in the old days they got obsessed with it and started lacquering everything. Their water buckets, the trees outside their houses, their umbrellas (that then dripped on them), and even individual grains of rice. 1001
**ALL: lacquer….utensil….
lacquer ware
漆器
しっき
**(1st) lacquer: water…tree…umbrella…grains of rice….
When they discovered lacquer in the old days they got obsessed with it and started lacquering everything. Their water buckets, the trees outside their houses, their umbrellas (that then dripped on them), and even individual grains of rice. 1001
**ALL: lacquer….utensil….
漆
うるし
lacquer
**lacquer: water…tree…umbrella…grains of rice….
When they discovered lacquer in the old days they got obsessed with it and started lacquering everything. Their water buckets, the trees outside their houses, their umbrellas (that then dripped on them), and even individual grains of rice. 1001
lacquer
漆
うるし
**lacquer: water…tree…umbrella…grains of rice….
When they discovered lacquer in the old days they got obsessed with it and started lacquering everything. Their water buckets, the trees outside their houses, their umbrellas (that then dripped on them), and even individual grains of rice. 1001
漬物
つけもの
pickled vegetables
**(1st) pickling: water…blame…
You can blame the old-ass water the food has been sitting in for it becoming pickled. 1665
pickled vegetables
漬物
つけもの
**(1st) pickling: water…blame…
You can blame the old-ass water the food has been sitting in for it becoming pickled. 1665
漬ける
つける
pickle, salt, soak, preserve
**pickling: water…blame…
You can blame the old-ass water the food has been sitting in for it becoming pickled. 1665
pickle, salt, soak, preserve
漬ける
つける
**pickling: water…blame…
You can blame the old-ass water the food has been sitting in for it becoming pickled. 1665
漂白
ひょうはく
bleach
**(1st) drift: water….ballot…
The water wouldn’t stop flowing from my eyes as I watched the ballots come in and the points drift in Trump’s direction. 1733
**ALL: drift…white…
(pronunciation) the ひょう(か)goes up the whiter(はく)it is.
bleach
漂白
ひょうはく
**(1st) drift: water….ballot…
The water wouldn’t stop flowing from my eyes as I watched the ballots come in and the points drift in Trump’s direction. 1733
**ALL: drift…white…
(pronunciation) the ひょう(か)goes up the whiter(はく)it is.
漂う
ただよう
drift, float
**drift: water….ballot…
The water wouldn’t stop flowing from my eyes as I watched the ballots come in and the points drift in Trump’s direction. 1733
drift, float
漂う
ただよう
**drift: water….ballot…
The water wouldn’t stop flowing from my eyes as I watched the ballots come in and the points drift in Trump’s direction. 1733
風潮
ふうちょう
public trend, the current of the times
**(2nd) tide: water…morning…
The tide looks so beautiful when it comes in during the morning hours. 152
**ALL: wind…tide…
The way that the wind blows is where the tide turns.
public trend, the current of the times
風潮
ふうちょう
**(2nd) tide: water…morning…
The tide looks so beautiful when it comes in during the morning hours. 152
**ALL: wind…tide…
The way that the wind blows is where the tide turns.
潮
しお
tide, sea water
**tide: water…morning (53)…
The tide looks so beautiful when it comes in during the morning hours. 152
tide, sea water
潮
しお
**tide: water…morning (53)…
The tide looks so beautiful when it comes in during the morning hours. 152
潤滑油
じゅんかつゆ
lubricant
**(1st) wet: water….gates…king….
What gets me wet? When a woman opens her gates wide for me and acts like the king of the world. 1755
**(2nd) slippery: water…skeleton…
The floor was slippery with water, and the skeleton slipped and fell, scattering his bones everywhere. 1384
**ALL: wet…slippery….oil….
lubricant
潤滑油
じゅんかつゆ
**(1st) wet: water….gates…king….
What gets me wet? When a woman opens her gates wide for me and acts like the king of the world. 1755
**(2nd) slippery: water…skeleton…
The floor was slippery with water, and the skeleton slipped and fell, scattering his bones everywhere. 1384
**ALL: wet…slippery….oil….
潤う
うるおう
be moistened, profit from, benefit from
**wet: water….gates…king….
What gets me wet? When a woman opens her gates wide for me and acts like the king of the world. 1755
be moistened, profit from, benefit from
潤う
うるおう
**wet: water….gates…king….
What gets me wet? When a woman opens her gates wide for me and acts like the king of the world. 1755
潤む
うるむ
be moist, be emotional/teary-eyed
**wet: water….gates…king….
What gets me wet? When a woman opens her gates wide for me and acts like the king of the world. 1755
be moist, be emotional/teary-eyed
潤む
うるむ
**wet: water….gates…king….
What gets me wet? When a woman opens her gates wide for me and acts like the king of the world. 1755
澄む
すむ
become clear
**lucidity: water…ascend…
When you become lucid it is like ascending out of the water where everything was muffled into the open air where everything is clear and makes sense. 1839
become clear
澄む
すむ
**lucidity: water…ascend…
When you become lucid it is like ascending out of the water where everything was muffled into the open air where everything is clear and makes sense. 1839
濁る
にごる
be muddy, became impure, have a voiced/flat sound
**voiced: water…eye….bound up….insect….
There is more spit (water) involved in a voiced consonant, peoples eyes turn toward you because they can hear you better, and the vibration of your vocal cords sound like there is an insect bound up in your throat. 898
be muddy, became impure, have a voiced/flat sound
濁る
にごる
**voiced: water…eye….bound up….insect….
There is more spit (water) involved in a voiced consonant, peoples eyes turn toward you because they can hear you better, and the vibration of your vocal cords sound like there is an insect bound up in your throat. 898
濁流
だくりゅう
muddy stream
**(1st) voiced: water…eye….bound up….insect….
There is more spit (water) involved in a voiced consonant, peoples eyes turn toward you because they can hear you better, and the vibration of your vocal cords sound like there is an insect bound up in your throat. 898
**(2nd) current: water…infant…flood…
Something seemed to be floating in the water. Taking a closer look, it turned out a baby had been swept up in the current of the flood! 826
**ALL: voiced…current….
(pronunciation) a muddy stream is so thick it seems to hug(だく)you in place.
muddy stream
濁流
だくりゅう
**(1st) voiced: water…eye….bound up….insect….
There is more spit (water) involved in a voiced consonant, peoples eyes turn toward you because they can hear you better, and the vibration of your vocal cords sound like there is an insect bound up in your throat. 898
**(2nd) current: water…infant…flood…
Something seemed to be floating in the water. Taking a closer look, it turned out a baby had been swept up in the current of the flood! 826
**ALL: voiced…current….
(pronunciation) a muddy stream is so thick it seems to hug(だく)you in place.
濫伐
らんばつ
cut down trees indiscriminately
**(1st) overflow: water….oversee…
Because the overseer was not paying attention, he didn’t notice the slaves were letting the water overflow out of the damn as part of their plot to escape. 1563
(right side) oversee: slaves…reclining…floor/one…dish…
The man who was supposed to oversee the slave’s work was reclining on the floor with a plate of food resting on his belly. 1562
**(2nd) fell: person…fiesta….
Cara Delevingne was at a fiesta, as she always is, and some guy was pushing her to fell a tree, so she says “I’ll fell you tree”, and cuts off his D instead. 1069
**ALL: overflow…fell….
(pronunciation) らん wild doing things that are ばつ
cut down trees indiscriminately
濫伐
らんばつ
**(1st) overflow: water….oversee…
Because the overseer was not paying attention, he didn’t notice the slaves were letting the water overflow out of the damn as part of their plot to escape. 1563
(right side) oversee: slaves…reclining…floor/one…dish…
The man who was supposed to oversee the slave’s work was reclining on the floor with a plate of food resting on his belly. 1562
**(2nd) fell: person…fiesta….
Cara Delevingne was at a fiesta, as she always is, and some guy was pushing her to fell a tree, so she says “I’ll fell you tree”, and cuts off his D instead. 1069
**ALL: overflow…fell….
(pronunciation) らん wild doing things that are ばつ
熱狂的な
ねっきょうてきな
enthusiastic, ardent
**(1st) heat: rice seedlings…ground…fat man…oven fire…
Two things a lot of heat is bad for: rice seedlings growing in fields (rice seedlings) and pregnant women. 1634
**(2nd) lunatic: wild dogs…king….
A poor man went loony (lunatic) at the sight of the moon one day and turned into a werewolf permanently. He set himself up as king of a local wild dog pack. 277
**ALL: heat…lunatic….
When someone is enthusiastic about something they become heated and turn into a lunatic.
enthusiastic, ardent
熱狂的な
ねっきょうてきな
**(1st) heat: rice seedlings…ground…fat man…oven fire…
Two things a lot of heat is bad for: rice seedlings growing in fields (rice seedlings) and pregnant women. 1634
**(2nd) lunatic: wild dogs…king….
A poor man went loony (lunatic) at the sight of the moon one day and turned into a werewolf permanently. He set himself up as king of a local wild dog pack. 277
**ALL: heat…lunatic….
When someone is enthusiastic about something they become heated and turn into a lunatic.
狂う
くるう
go mad, get out of order
**lunatic: wild dogs…king….
A poor man went loony (lunatic) at the sight of the moon one day and turned into a werewolf permanently. He set himself up as king of a local wild dog pack. 277
**ALL (pronunciation) going mad must be pretty くる(しい)
くるう
狂う
go mad, get out of order
**lunatic: wild dogs…king….
A poor man went loony (lunatic) at the sight of the moon one day and turned into a werewolf permanently. He set himself up as king of a local wild dog pack. 277
**ALL (pronunciation) going mad must be pretty くる(しい)
狩り
かり
hunting
**hunt: wild dogs…guard…
The poor boy had only just learned how to hunt, so he forgot that the wild dogs would take his catch if he didn’t guard it. 258
hunting
狩り
かり
**hunt: wild dogs…guard…
The poor boy had only just learned how to hunt, so he forgot that the wild dogs would take his catch if he didn’t guard it. 258
狩猟
しゅりょう
hunt
**(1st) hunt: wild dogs…guard…
The poor boy had only just learned how to hunt, so he forgot that the wild dogs would take his catch if he didn’t guard it. 258
**(2nd) game hunting: pack of wild dogs…owl…wind…cornstalk….
This was a special round of game hunting. A pack of wild dogs were being used to track a rare owl, but the wind kept rustling the corn stalks making it hard to find. 2090
**ALL: hunt….game hunting…
Hurry up and 終了(しゅうりょう, finish)your しゅりょう
hunt
狩猟
しゅりょう
**(1st) hunt: wild dogs…guard…
The poor boy had only just learned how to hunt, so he forgot that the wild dogs would take his catch if he didn’t guard it. 258
**(2nd) game hunting: pack of wild dogs…owl…wind…cornstalk….
This was a special round of game hunting. A pack of wild dogs were being used to track a rare owl, but the wind kept rustling the corn stalks making it hard to find. 2090
**ALL: hunt….game hunting…
Hurry up and 終了(しゅうりょう, finish)your しゅりょう
猟師
りょうし
hunter
**(1st) game hunting: pack of wild dogs…owl…wind…cornstalk….
This was a special round of game hunting. A pack of wild dogs were being used to track a rare owl, but the wind kept rustling the corn stalks making it hard to find. 2090
**(2nd) expert: maestro…ceiling…towel….
The maestro was such an expert conductor, he was able to utilize sound vibrations to dislodge a towel that had gotten caught on something on the ceiling. 1361
**ALL: game hunting….expert….
hunter
猟師
りょうし
**(1st) game hunting: pack of wild dogs…owl…wind…cornstalk….
This was a special round of game hunting. A pack of wild dogs were being used to track a rare owl, but the wind kept rustling the corn stalks making it hard to find. 2090
**(2nd) expert: maestro…ceiling…towel….
The maestro was such an expert conductor, he was able to utilize sound vibrations to dislodge a towel that had gotten caught on something on the ceiling. 1361
**ALL: game hunting….expert….
勇猛な
ゆうもうな
valiant, brave
**(1st) courage: chop-seal….man….
It take courage for a woman to steal the hanko of a man so she can do what she wants. 1509
**(2nd) fierce: wild dogs…child…dish….
The child that was raised by wild dogs became particularly fierce when it came to protecting his dish of food. 1566
**ALL: courage…fierce…
(pronunciation) it takes a ゆうもうな person to have a strong sense of ユーモア
valiant, brave
勇猛な
ゆうもうな
**(1st) courage: chop-seal….man….
It take courage for a woman to steal the hanko of a man so she can do what she wants. 1509
**(2nd) fierce: wild dogs…child…dish….
The child that was raised by wild dogs became particularly fierce when it came to protecting his dish of food. 1566
**ALL: courage…fierce…
(pronunciation) it takes a ゆうもうな person to have a strong sense of ユーモア
猶予
ゆうよ
postpone, delay, grant a reprieve
**(1st) waver: wild dogs…animal horns…whiskey bottle…
A semi-pictograph of a drunk guy wavering between becoming a total wild dog, or just a little more wild than usual (represented by the animal horns) while drinking. 1546
**ALL: waver…beforehand….
postpone, delay, grant a reprieve
猶予
ゆうよ
**(1st) waver: wild dogs…animal horns…whiskey bottle…
A semi-pictograph of a drunk guy wavering between becoming a total wild dog, or just a little more wild than usual (represented by the animal horns) while drinking. 1546
**ALL: waver…beforehand….
地獄
じごく
hell
**(2nd) prison: pack of wild dogs….words…dog/St. Bernard….
“The prison here depicts a pack of wild dogs (the long-timers and hardened criminals) into which the poor St. Bernard (first offender) has been cast. The only thing he has to protect himself against the pack are his shrill and frightened words.” 361
**ALL: ground…prison…
hell
地獄
じごく
**(2nd) prison: pack of wild dogs….words…dog/St. Bernard….
“The prison here depicts a pack of wild dogs (the long-timers and hardened criminals) into which the poor St. Bernard (first offender) has been cast. The only thing he has to protect himself against the pack are his shrill and frightened words.” 361
**ALL: ground…prison…
阻止
そし obstruct, hinder, prevent **(1st) thwart: pinnacle...shelf... I was once again thwarted in trying to finish a series because the pinnacle book (last) was not on my shelf...I didn't have it... 1919 **ALL: thwart...stop...
obstruct, hinder, prevent
阻止 そし **(1st) thwart: pinnacle...shelf... I was once again thwarted in trying to finish a series because the pinnacle book (last) was not on my shelf...I didn't have it... 1919 **ALL: thwart...stop...
阻む
はばむ
obstruct, hinder, prevent
**thwart: pinnacle…shelf…
I was once again thwarted in trying to finish a series because the pinnacle book (last) was not on my shelf…I didn’t have it… 1919
**ALL (pronunciation): my brain going はばはば at a cute girl hindered me going to talk to her.
obstruct, hinder, prevent
阻む
はばむ
**thwart: pinnacle…shelf…
I was once again thwarted in trying to finish a series because the pinnacle book (last) was not on my shelf…I didn’t have it… 1919
**ALL (pronunciation): my brain going はばはば at a cute girl hindered me going to talk to her.
附属
ふぞく
be attached to (as in a hospital attached to a university)
**(1st) affixed: pinnacle…adhere…
At the pinnacle of any grand building there should be a flag affixed/adhered to a pole. 1400
**(2nd) belong: flag…gnats (just a drop of a bug)….belt…
The gnats were tired of others invading their swampy pond, so to show it belonged to them they planted a flag and belted themselves to it. 2103
**ALL: affixed…belong….
be attached to (as in a hospital attached to a university)
附属
ふぞく
**(1st) affixed: pinnacle…adhere…
At the pinnacle of any grand building there should be a flag affixed/adhered to a pole. 1400
**(2nd) belong: flag…gnats (just a drop of a bug)….belt…
The gnats were tired of others invading their swampy pond, so to show it belonged to them they planted a flag and belted themselves to it. 2103
**ALL: affixed…belong….