Section 4: Unit 17: Relationships, school Flashcards
夫婦
ふうふ
Couple, married couple, spouses, husband and wife
夫: husband, 婦: woman, bride.
Note the difference between 夫, husband, and 未, a prefix for something unfinished or not yet completed, cf 未成年, minor.
付き合う
つきあう
go out with, date, follow someones’s lead
喧嘩
けんか
fight, quarrel
仲
なか
relation, relationship
primitives: person + inside
仲間
なかま
fellow, group, colleague, footman, circle of friends
“Room for relationship”
しょっちゅう
constantly
年齢
ねんれい
age, years
精神
せいしん
spirit, mind, mental (i.e. capacity), soul
精: spirit, energy, strength; also associated with precision, exactness, 神: god, sprit, thunder; occassionally associated with mental and neurological concepts, such as 神経, しんけい, nerve, sensitivity
未成年
みせいねん
minor, underage
未: not yet, un + 成: related to mold, form, 未成: unfinished, crude
成人
せいじん
adult, or as a verb: groe up, come of age
成: mold, form
達する
たっする
reach, get to
Primitives: road + (related to happiness?)
成年
せいねん
of age, legal age
成長
せいちょう
growth, grow up
急速
きゅうそく
rapid, quickly
急: rapid, sudden, emergency, 速: speed, fast
様々
さまざま
a variety of, various
少年
しょうねん
boy
高齢
こうれい
old age
少女
しょうじょ
girl
世代
せだい
generation
差別
さべつ
discrimination
差: difference, variation, 別: separate
集団
しゅうだん
group (of friends, etc.)
集: collection, 団: group
民族
みんぞく
race, ethnic, people
民: people, nation, 族: family, tribe
多民族
たみんぞく
multiracial
偏見
へんけん
prejudice
偏: biased, 見: view
人種
じんしゅ
race of people
少数民族
しょうすうみんぞく
racial minority