Blue Book L7 Vocab

Question 1

汚染

Answer 1

おせん(する)
Pollution (to pollute)
おせんされるー ukemikei (to be polluted)

Question 2

節水

Answer 2

せっすい(する)
Saving water (conserve water)

Question 3

下水道

Answer 3

げすいどう
Drain, sewer

Question 4

普及

Answer 4

ふきゅう(する)
Diffusion, spread

Question 5

改善

Answer 5

かいぜん(する)
Betterment, improvement

Question 6

排水

Answer 6

はいすい
Drainage
(するー to drain)

Question 7

蛇口

Answer 7

じゃぐち
Faucet, tap

Question 8

渇水

Answer 8

かっすい
Water shortage

Question 9

断水

Answer 9

だんすい
Water outage

Question 10

無駄遣い

Answer 10

むだづかい (N)
Waste (of time, money, etc), squandering, wasting
むだに使う

Question 11

欠かす

Answer 11

かかす
To miss, to fail (to do)

Question 12

関する

Answer 12

~に かんする
To be related

Question 13

占める

Answer 13

しめる
To occupy, to comprise
(Used for graphs %を~)

Question 14

挙げる

Answer 14

あげる
To raise
To give

Question 15

欠かせない

Answer 15

かかせない (adj)
Vital, crucial, critical, fundamental

Question 16

沈める

Answer 16

~をしずめる
To sink

Question 17

沈む

Answer 17

~がしずむ
To sink (sinking)

Question 18

(無) 関心

Answer 18

(む) かんしん
Not interest, concern
がある/ない

Question 19

水質

Answer 19

すいしつ
Water quality
がいい/わるい

Question 20

工夫

Answer 20

くふう (する)
To find a way, devising way

Question 21

意識

Answer 21

いしき (する)
Consciousness
To be conscious (aware)

Question 22

再~ (再利用)

Answer 22

さい~ (さいりよう)
Re~
Again
(Reuse, recycle)

Question 23

初心

Answer 23

しょしん
Original intention
Initial resolution

Question 24

やむをえない

Answer 24

Unavoidable

Question 25

語る

Answer 25

かたる
Talk, tell (about), to speak (like story)

Question 26

成り立つ

Answer 26

なりたつ
To consist of (comprise of)

Question 27

手に入る

Answer 27

~がてにはいる
To obtain (gets hands on)
Jidoshi

Question 28

(生活を) 送る

Answer 28

(せいかつ) おくる
To lead a life

Question 29

売れ行き

Answer 29

うれゆき
Sales (how much sold, not about money)