9章 Flashcards
日取り
ひどり - fixed date; appointed day
前途
ぜんと - future prospects; outlook; the journey ahead
前途洋々
ぜんとようよう - with a rosy future; offering promising prospects
前途多難
ぜんとたなん - having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
帰省
きせい - homecoming; returning home
隔月
かくげつ - every second month; every other month
方向
ほうこう - 1: direction; orientation; bearing; way;
2: course (e.g. of action)
方角
ほうがく - direction; way; compass point
転換
てんかん - convert; divert
面した
めんした - to face on; to look out on to
前方
ぜんぽう - forward; frontward
後方
こうほう - behind; in the rear; in back
突き進む
つきすすむ - to push on; to plunge forward; to push one’s way to
踏み出す
ふみだす - 1: to step forward; to step forth; to advance;
2: to start; to embark on; to set forth on; to take steps toward
左右対称
さゆうたいしょう - bilateral symmetry
背後
はいご - 1: back; rear;
2: background; behind the scenes
後部
こうぶ - rear; stern
裏表
うらおもて - 1: both sides;
2: wrong side out; reverse; opposite;
3: double-dealing; two faces (c.f. two-faced)
区画整理
くかくせいり - land readjustment; town planning
区域
くいき - 1: limits; boundary; domain; zone; sphere; territory;
2: area (e.g. in programming languages)
余地
よち - place; room; margin; scope
領土
りょうど - dominion; territory; possession
一帯
いったい - region; zone; whole place
全域
ぜんいき - the whole area
交通網
こうつうもう - traffic network
踏み込む
ふみこむ - 1: to step into (e.g. someone else’s territory); to break into; to raid;
2: to come to grips with; to get to the core of
通信網
つうしんもう - communications network
突き抜ける
つきぬける - to pierce through; to break through
交通整理
こうつうせいり - traffic control
文化圏
ぶんかけん - cultural sphere
かねて
previously; already; lately