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利潤
りじゅん profit; returns
日焼け止
めひやけどめ sunscreen; suntan lotion; sunblock
創立者
そうりつしゃ founder; organizer; organiser
交差点
こうさてん crossing; intersection
名人
めいじん master; expert
沼地
ぬまち swampland, wetland
水田
すいでん rice paddy
王族
おうぞく royalty
報告
ほうこく report
有給
ゆうきゅう paid holiday
戦略
せんりゃく strategy (business strategy)
本土
ほんど mainland
政府
(せいふ) government
背景
(はいけい) 1. background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context 2. backing; support (from behind the scenes)
第二次世界大戦
(だいにじせかいたいせん) WW II
樹立
(じゅりつ) to establish, create
市吏員
(しりいん) employee, city official
従う
したがう 1. to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany
首輪
くびわ necklace
連なる
つらなる 1. to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row 2. to attend; to participate in 3. to enroll; to join (intransitive)
貝殻
かいがら sea shell
宗教
しゅうきょう religion
葬式
そうしき funeral
逆に
ぎゃくに conversely, on the contrary
幼年時代
しょうねんじだい childhood
当初は
とうしょは originally
買収
ばいしゅう acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; purchase corruption; bribery
面積
めんせき square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
開拓者
かいたくしゃ pioneer; settler; colonist
植物
しょくぶつ plant; vegetation
設立
せつりつ establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
煙
けむり smoke; fumes
噴火
ふんか eruption
海軍基地
かいぐんきち naval base
大部分
だいぶぶん a large part
本部
ほんぶ headquarters
第二次世界大戦
だいにじせかいたいせん WWII
攻撃
こうげき 1. attack; strike; offensive 2. criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation
降伏
こうふく capitulation; surrender; submission
大日本帝国
だいにっぽんていこく Empire of Japan
沈める
しずめる to sink sth; to submerge
お洒落
おしゃれ smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
増える
ふえる to increase; to multiply
業者
ぎょうしゃ 1. trader; merchant; vendor 2. manufacturer; contractor
潰れる
つぶれる 1. to be crushed; to be smashed; to be broken; to collapse 2. to become useless; to cease functioning; to be wasted (e.g. time) 3. to go bankrupt; to go out of business; to fail
損する
そんする 1. to lose (money, etc.) 2. to have wasted one’s (time, etc.); to have one’s efforts come to naught
迷路
めいろ maze; labyrinth; blind alley
初級者
しょきゅうしゃ beginner
上級者
じょうきゅうしゃ advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
唯一
ゆいいつ only; sole; unique
最北端
さいほくたん northernmost tip (of country)
ホノルルに近い
near/close to Honolulu
戦艦
せんかん battleship
潜水艦
せんすいかん submarine
座頭鯨
ざとうくじら humpback whale
三分の二
さんぶんのに two thirds
神話
しんわ myth; legend
流行
りゅうこう fashion; fad; vogue; craze 2. prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
熱帯
ねったい tropics
有益
ゆうえき profitable, beneficial
個人
こじん individual; private person; personal; private
観光産業
かんこうさんぎょう tourism industry; tourist industry
諸島
しょとう archipelago; group of islands
目標
もくひょう mark; objective; target
引っ張る
ひっぱる 1. to pull; to draw; to pull tight 2. to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch 3. to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone’s sleeve) 4. to drag; to haul; to tow 5. to lead (e.g. one’s followers) 6. to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police) 7. to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join 8. to delay; to prolong 9. to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word) 10. to quote; to cite; to reference 11. to pull the ballBaseball term 12. to wear; to put on
骨
ほね Noun 1. bone 2. frame 3. outline; core 4. backbone; spirit; fortitude Na-adjective, Noun 5. laborious; troublesome; difficult
葉っぱ
はっぱ 1. leaf 2. marijuana; cannabisSlang, Usually written using kana alone
歳入
さいにゅう annual revenue (government); annual income (government); budget receipts
営業時間
えいぎょうじかん business hours; opening hours; office hours
健康
けんこう health; sound; wholesome
オスメス
gender
果肉
かにく flesh of fruit
塾
じゅく coaching school; cramming school; juku
道路
どうろ road; highway
時速
じそく speed (per hour)
歩道
ほどう sidewalk
尊敬
そんけい respect; esteem; reverence; honor
具体的
ぐたいてき concrete; tangible; definite; specific
製品
せいひん manufactured goods; finished goods; product
幾つか
いくつか (a) few; some; several
ジュエリー
jewelry; jewellery
欠伸
あくび yawn; yawning (and stretching)
慎重
しんちょう careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
山頂
さんちょう summit (e.g. mountain)
望遠鏡
ぼうえんきょう telescope
活火山
かつかざん active volcano
六店舗
ろくてんぽ six shops
違法
いほう illegal; illegality; invalid; unlawfulness
住人
じゅうにん residents
伝説
でんせつ tradition; legend; folklore
疑似
ぎじ suspected; pseudo; sham; quasi; false; mock