Chapter 1 Flashcards
国民性
こくみんせい
national character, national traits
人々
ひとびと
people
文化
ぶんか
culture; civilization; civilisation
Noun
偏見
へんけん
prejudice; bias; distorted view
Noun
異文化
いぶんか
different culture; foreign culture
Noun
接する
せっする
to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close
to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to act towards; to deal with; to see
to receive (news); to get; to hear
Suru verb - special class, Intransitive verb
数少ない
かずすくない
few in number
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
体験
たいけん
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
的外れ
まとはずれ
Other forms
的はずれ
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle ‘no’, Noun
一般化
いっぱんか
generalization; generalisation; popularization; popularisation
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
試みる
こころみる
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
だいたい
大体
in-text in hiragana, not kanji
generally, roughly
Adverb (fukushi)
俗流
ぞくりゅう
俗流民文化論 = 俗流 民 文化 〜論 obs! refugees = るみん/流民
popular way, conventional way
〜論
ろん
discussion, theory, doctrine
多く
おおく
most, many, a lot of
mainly, chiefly, usually, often
Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle ‘no’
類い
たぐい
類い
in-text in hiragana, not kanji
比い: Rarely-used kanji form
type, kind, sort
Noun
謝る
あやまる
wrong, mistake, misunderstand
to apologize; to apologise
Godan verb with ru ending
逆に
ぎゃくに
other way around, conversely, inversely
on the contrary
Adverb (fukushi)
豊富
ほうふ
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
むしろ
寧ろ
in-text in hiragana
Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
寧 【むしろ】
Notes
寧: Irregular okurigana usage.
rather; better; instead; if anything
Adverb (fukushi)
優れる
すぐれる
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
outstanding, prominent, excel (v. excel)
Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb
洞察力
どうさつりょく
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
insight, penetration, discenment
Noun
的確
てきかく
Other forms
的確 【てっかく】、適確 【てきかく】、適確 【てっかく】
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
precisely, aptly, accurately
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
本質
ほんしつ
real nature, essence, substance
Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle ‘no’
届く
とどく
reach, get at
Godan verb with ku ending, Intransitive verb
酸っぱい
すっぱい
sour; acid
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
きつね
狐
Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
狐 【けつね】、狐 【きつ】、キツネ
Notes
きつ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
in-text:
1. Fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
other:
2. fox (i.e. a sly person)
3. 3. soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu
4. light brown; golden brown
Noun
洋の東西を問わず
ようのとうざいをとわず
in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Adverb (fukushi)
共通
きょうつう
Noun which may take the genitive case particle ‘no’, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
1. common; shared; mutual
Suru verb, Intransitive verb
2. to be common (to); to be shared (by)
Noun, used as a suffix
3. -wide
心理
しんり
state of mind; mentality; psychology
Noun
抽出する
ちゅうしゅつする
select, extract
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
常識的
じょうしきてき
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
sensible, commonplace
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
少数例
しょうすうれい
few examples, few cases
危険性
きけんせい
riskiness; (level of) danger
dangerousness
Noun
やがて
軈て
Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
頓て 【やがて】、漸て 【やがて】
Notes
軈て: Rarely-used kanji form. 頓て: Rarely-used kanji form. 漸て: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage.
in a short time, eventually
Adverb (fukushi)
つながる
繋がる
Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
繫がる 【つながる】、接続る 【つながる】
Notes
繫がる: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage. 接続る: Irregular kanji usage.
in-text:
lead to
also:
to be tied together; to be related
Godan verb with ru ending, Intransitive verb
単なる
たんなる
mere, simple, sheer
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
個人的
こじんてき
personal; individual; private
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
差
さ
difference; variation
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
民族的
みんぞくてき
ethnic; racial; national
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
文化的
ぶんかてき
cultural
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
錯覚する
さっかくする
in-text:
misunderstand
other:
optical illusion; hallucination
misapprehension; delusion
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle ‘no’
程度
ていど
degree, extent
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately
Noun, Adverb (fukushi), Noun, used as a suffix
〜どうし
in-text in hiragana
kanji forms:
同士
同志
notes
どし: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
felllow, co 〜
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
たまたま
偶々
Usually written using kana alone
by chance, accidentally
Adverb (fukushi)
一挙に
いっきょに
at once
at a stroke; with a single swoop
Adverb (fukushi)
大げさに
おおげさに
other:
大袈裟に言う
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with u ending
to exaggerate; to overstate
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Suru verb - included
to exaggerate
大げさにする
exaggeratedly
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
誤解する
ごかいする
misunderstand, get a false idea, mistake
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
とかく
兎角
Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
左右 【とかく】
in-text:
be apt to, be liable to
other:
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that
at any rate; anyhow; anyway
things that do not exist; rabbit horns
Adverb (fukushi)
蔑視する
べっしする
despise, look down on, hold somebody in contempt
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
理解
りかい
in-text:
understand
other:
sympathy
understanding; comprehension; appreciation
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
困難
こんなん
in-text:
difficulty hardships (adj. hard, difficult)
other:
difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress
infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
共存する
きょうそんする
Other forms
きょうぞんする
coexist
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
ぶつかる
Other forms
ぶっつかる
come across, be confronted by
Godan verb with ru ending, Intransitive verb
遠ざける
とおざける
keep somebody at a distance, shun, keep away from
Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
