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
記憶
きおく
memory, recollection, storage
記: record, account, 憶: kanji associated with thinking, reasoning
一般
いっぱん
general, typical
大衆
たいしゅう
the masses, general public
婚約
こんやく
engagement
婚: widely used kanji associated with marriage and sex, 約: promise, about to
恋人
こいびと
significant other, sweetheart, lover
恋: love, 人: person
仲がよい
なかがよい
friendly, “the relationship is good”
次世代
じせだい
the next generation
児童
じどう
children, juvenile, schoolchildren
児: child, primitives: “olden days on human legs”, interest, bird egg, 童: child
児童書
じどうしょ
children’s book
要素
ようそ
factor, component, member or element in a technical structure
要: need, require, 素: root, plain, prime, simple
努力
どりょく
effort, hard work, endeavour
努: associated with hard work, 力: strength, force, power, effort
成功
せいこう
success
成: associated with growth, settling into a final shape, forming / shaping / moulding something, 功: service, success, trouble, labour
基本
きほん
standard, foundation, basis, essential
基: base, griup, basis, 本: (book), origin, foundation root
範囲
はんい
range, scope, extent
範: model, example, 囲: associated with enclosing, constraining
課題
かだい
challenge, assignment, issue, problem
課: widely used kanji associated with section, a part of something, e.g. lessons or divisions in learning, but also taxes in finances, 題: subject, problem, theme
わかる範囲
わかるはんい
to the best of your knowledge (e.g. explain, answer)
わかる: know, 範囲: scope, extent
正解
せいかい
correct, right (answer)
正: positive, exact, upper, 解: solution, but also associated with the of something (which can be a solution or a dissolution, e.g. of a contract)
段階
だんかい
stage, phase, order, level
段: step, rank, level, a piece of something contributing to reaching the whole, 階: floor, story, stairs.
Note that 階段 is the staircase.
公立
こうりつ
public institution, e.g. school
公: public, governmental, formal, 立: general kanji associated with picking something up, taking something, status
私立
しりつ
private establishment
私: I, me, personal matter, 立: general kanji associated with picking something up, standing, status, taking something
段階的
だんかいてき
step by step, stepwise
児
じ
child, interest
primitives: olden days on legs
幼稚園
ようちえん
kindergarten, in context: immature, early, fledgling
幼: young + 稚: young, immature = 幼稚: childish, infantile, infancy, 園: garden
幼稚園児
ようちえんじ
kindergartener, child in kindergarten
幼稚園: kindergarten, 児: child
給食
きゅうしょく
school lunch, provided meal
給: recompense, wage, associated with providing, 食: meal
幼稚園段階
ようちえんだんかい
fledgling stage, early stage (e.g. experiment)
幼稚園: kindergarten, 段階: phase, stage
黒板
こくばん
blackboard
黒: black, 板: board, slab
単位
たんい
credit (courses), unit, denomination
単: single, 位: rank, ammount, place
寮
りょう
dormitory, office, hostel, head
学期
がくき
school term, semester
学: learning, knowledge, 期: period, age, time
章
しょう
chapter, section
優秀
ゆうしゅう
excellence, superiority
優: superior, skilled, elegant, 秀: superlative, preeminence
講演
こうえん
lecture, speech, address
講: associated with lecturing, discourse. 演: associated with theater, performance, direction
論じる
ろんじる
discuss, argue, debate
集会
しゅうかい
meeting, assembly, rally, gathering
集: collection, compilation, 会: party, meeting, association
講堂
こうどう
auditorium, lecture hall
講: associated with lecturing, 堂: hall, temple (religious context)
大学院
だいがくいん
graduate school
大学: university, 院: associated with temples, political leadership, graduating ans graduate school
学問
がくもん
study, learning, scholarship (extent of scholarly knowledge)
学: learn, 問: associated with questioning, querying
館内
かんない
in, within a specific building (e.g. “Quiet in the library!”)
館: building, 内: inside, within
飲食
いんしょく
drinking and eating, drink and food
飲: drink, also associated with restaurant, 食: meal
