N4 Vocab (furigana) Flashcards
驚く (おどろく)
おどろく to be surprised
句 You’re locking the things that come out of your mouth in prison. The prison of paper and rules, that is. = Paragraphs.
苟 the flowery paragraph is a POEM.
驚 surprised. If you can write an interesting poem about winter while riding on a horse, I’ll be pretty surprised. An actually interesting poem? And you didn’t fall off?
What are you surprised by? Your friend’s ODOR. Eww bro, go shower.
この知らせを聞いて驚く。
頂く(いただく)
いただく to humbly receive
Take the street all the way to that geoduck. You humbly present the road to the geoduck.
離れる (はなれる)
离 rocket (top = lid on a treasure chest, stuff you need to live in space. Bottom = top secret so keep private in your head)
離 detach (the rocket turkey has severeal points which will DETACH during takeoff. The parts fall onto a bed of REEds and catch on fire)
はなれる
I separate, I leave on my own (intransitive)
It’s sad, all the HANAs (flowers) are separating from their stems and falling on the ground.
間に合う (まにあう)
to be in time for まにあう
バスの時間に間に合うように走る。
邪魔 (じゃま)
じゃま hindrance, intrusion
私の邪魔をするな。一人でできるよ！
Ja, ma, I got it! Stop being an intrusion!
牙 One tooth that sticks out more than any other = a fang
邪 A fang on a building shows that it’s WICKED. There’s a wicked JAguar inside.
鬼 This is a demon.
魔 Below the canopy of trees is a demon, a devil. He’s under the trees because he’s looking for his MAma.
遠慮 (えんりょ)
restraint, decline えんりょ
A far consider = you give yourself time to consider and don’t act on your anger right away. You restrain/decline yourself.
僕に遠慮はいりません。
遠慮しなくていいですよ。
袁 A figure reaching out both hands at your with dirt on its head = zombie (dug self out of the grave)
遠 You see a scooter with a zombie on it, going far away. Phew. It goes so far that its life ENds.
虍 You lost seven toes on a cliff. It was because of the cliff tiger.
慮 A tiger needs to think and CONSIDER its actions before it attacks. For so long that it takes out a RObe, pipe, and armchair and starts puffing away.
連れる (つける)
つける to take along
What are you going to take along? Now you have two.
このイベントでは、赤ちゃんを連れる人がほとんどでした。
通信 (つうしん)
つうしん correspondence, COMMUNICATION, transmission, telecommunications
pass through + believe kanji
一か月の通信料はいくらですか？
起こす
to wake someone up (or to cause something)
Okiru = to wake up. Su = they turn around and sue you, making you wish you never woke them up.
Okiru also = to occur
明日の朝、起こしてくれない？
その人、仕事で問題を起こして、首になったんだよ。
謝る (あやまる)
あやまる to apologize
“I AM *ayama) sorry!”
You thought it would be a good idea to say the body measurements of everyone in your village. Now you have to apologize.
いや、なんでお前が謝るんだよ。謝らなくていいよ。
課長 (かちょう)
かちょう section manager
果 everything in ancient China/Japan is about rice. So the rice paddy on that tree isn’t rice. It’s fruit.
課 I always say the fruit SECTION at the grocery should be at the front of the store. To get to the store, you have to drive a CAr. Imagine your favorite fruit waiting for you there.
先月、課長になりました。
記憶 (きおく)
きおく
memory
忄soul. These are fins floating off what’s left of a fish = its soul. It died.
憶 recollection = When your soul has an idea, it’s just a recollection of something you already know. Nothing new under the sun. OK (oku), got it.
新しい文法を記憶する。
褒める (ほめる)
ほめる to praise
Lift the lid off your preserves, kick it, and praise be! You do it in your small HOme. Not a church, that’d look weird.
母は私が描いた絵をとても褒めてくれました。
裏 (うら)
うら backside
There’s a lid on your village, so you kick it over on its backside to see what’s on its underside. Turns out it’s covered in URAnium. Eureka! You’re all gonna be rich! And mutated.
そのプリントの裏には何が書かれていますか？
致す (いたす)
いたす to do
至 there’s so trash on some dirt that seems to be… moving? It’s a MOLE! The mole is digging around and looking for trash to grab.
致 A mole in winter will DO whatever you ask, if you know how to ask it.
What are you going to do? You’re going to become a professional EATER.
先輩！それは私がいたします！
腕 (うで)
うで
arm; skill, strength
The moon shines on your roof in the evening and a snake suddenly appears. Wait, that’s not a snake, it’s your arm. It’s bare. You feel a chill. Ah, you’re nUDE, EH?!
私の母は足も腕もとても長いです。
能力 (のうりょく)
のうりょく ability
能 You keep some private spoons on the moon and they give you a special ability: to predict the future! This ability makes you famous and now everyone knows your name: NOstradamus!
彼女はテレポートの能力を持っています。
結果 (けっか)
けっか result
吉 If you get to hear what a samurai says, you have really GOOD LUCK. Samurai are pretty rare these days.
結 You use a thread for goodluck by binding/tying two fingers together. The good luck literally starts pouring in: KETSUp pours down from the heavens.
(see kachou for ka)
今日のテストの結果が気になります。
確認 (かくにん)
かくにん confirmation
問題の答えを確認する。
確 You take a stone to the forehead of a turkey. It is CERTAIN that you will damage it. You need to make sure he’s dead, because of the COCK. Male chickens get really jealous when turkeys are around.
認 Whatever people say to you will be carved by a blade into your heart. It’s a way to make you RECOGNIZE their power. Including NINtendo’s power. You’re a big fan.
目的 (もくてき)
もくてき purpose
When your eye is on the target, you know your purpose/goal.
勺 There’s a drop of water trapped in a prison. A prison for us to play in! It’s a pool.
的 A white guy jumps into a pool with a target painted on the bottom. He’s aiming for the target. (also -al adj. ender). He’s a huge techie. Like Greg Elg. He has electronic advancements to make sure he hits the target.
You tell someone your mokuteki, but they laugh and mock you.
一体、目的は何ですか？
盗む (ぬすむ)
ぬすむ to steal
The next plate is the one you will steal. This one is too obvious, next one.
You’re going to steal a NOOSE? That sounds like trouble to me…
済む (すむ)
すむ to come to an end
斉 You can write and look at the moon SIMULTANEOUSly.
済 You see two simultaneous tsunami and you know the world is about to COME TO AN END.
Your romp has finally come to an end when someone decides to SUE you for all your romping.
今やっと仕事が済んだところだよ。
決して
けして never, by no means, in no way
決して忘れあい。
I’m indecisive. I can NEVER NO WAY decide.
残す (のこす)
のこす to leave behind
Every time you left some food behind your mom would sue you.
㦮 There’s 2 drunkards = a bar.
残 Yakuza bars barely exist. The REMAINDER of them aren’t even in Japan.
nokoru = to remain behind.
Everyone leaves, you think you’re alone, then you hear a KNOCK on the door and your heart jumps in your throat.
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