VOCAB—advanced 8 Flashcards
the way in which something came about / the way something put together (e.g. the origins of a village)
成り立ち
[なりたち]
commanding / generalship
to command / to be the general of / to lead (an army, etc.)
統率
[とうそつ]
統率する
lodging
to lodge (temporarily) / to rent a room somewhere
間借り
[まがり]
間借りする
novel, new, original (idea, etc.)
斬新
[ざんしん]
a solo exhibition (esp. of art), a one-man show
個展
[こてん]
child actor, child talent / a role for a child in a movie, tv show, etc.
子役
[こやく]
indolence, laziness, sloth
stubble, a 5-o’clock shadow, an unshaven beard (esp. when one is too lazy)
無精
[ぶしょう]
無精髭
[ぶしょうひげ]
internal pressure
external pressure
内圧
[ないあつ]
外圧
[がいあつ]
(recreational) fishing boat
small fishing boat
釣り船
[つりぶね]
釣り舟
ground level
地平
[ちへい]
an official title (e.g. assistant to the regional manager), how one is addressed
肩書き
[かたがき]
tightly knit (community, etc.), with a sense of closeness
緊密
[きんみつ]
cognition / cognitive—
to use one’s cognition (to recognize and be aware of)
cognitive impairment, senile dementia (somewhat sensitive use)
認知
[にんち]
認知する
認知症
[にんちしょう]
rain water
雨水
[うすい]
cranium, head, neck and head area (scientific use)
頭部
[とうぶ]
botanical garden
植物園
[しょくぶつえん]
bronze statue
銅像
[どうぞう]
wetlands
湿地
[しっち]
a ghost story
怪談
[かいだん]
frozen (wages, roads, food, etc.)
to freeze (wages, etc.) / to become frozen (roads, food, etc.)
凍結
[とうけつ]
凍結する
burial mound, tomb
塚
[つか]
skeleton
骸骨
[がいこつ]
スケルトン
vanity
虚栄心
[きょえいしん]
(real estate) properties / objects, articles (alt. use)
物件
[ぶっけん]
blood donation
blood donor
献血
[けんけつ]
献血者
[けんけつしゃ]
creaking, squeaking, a grating sound
軋み
[きしみ]
—shape(d) —state —condition
—状
[—じょう]
(one) look, (a quick) glance
to take one look at something
in a glimpse, (mere) sight of / complete view, bird’s-eye view
一目
[いちもく]
一目する
一目
[ひとめ]
bedding (sheets, pillows, etc.)
寝具
[しんぐ]
earthquake disaster
the great kanto earthquake of 1923
震災
[しんさい]
関東大震災
[かんとうだいしんさい]
second marriage
to re-marry
再婚
[さいこん]
再婚する
an outbreak, a sudden occurrence
to break out (in war, etc.) / to experience a sudden occurrence
勃発
[ぼっぱつ]
勃発する
—intensive, being intensive / consolidation, aggregation
to be intensive / to consolidate (into) / to aggregate / to integrate
集約
[しゅうやく]
集約する
prey (to be hunted by omnivores)
獲物
[えもの]
rain boots, rubber boots
雨靴
[あまぐつ]
scouting, reconnaissance
to scout out / to spy on / to go on a reconnaissance mission
偵察
[ていさつ]
偵察する
clean-up, purification
to cleanse / to purify (dirty water, etc.)
浄化
[しょうか]
浄化する
a passenger boat
客船
[きゃくせん]
Kanagawa prefecture (in the kantō region, near Tokyo)
神奈川県
[かながわけん]
heavy clothing
to wear heavy or thick clothing / to dress warmly
厚着
[あつぎ]
厚着する
total upheaval
to experience total upheaval, a great shock, agitation (e.g. Austria during the annexation into Germany)
激動
[げきどう]
激動する
bodily organs (usu. when for transplant or donation)
臓器
[ぞうき]
sleuth, (private) investigator, (non-police) detective
探偵
[たんてい]
conveyor belt sushi restaurant
回転寿司
[かいてんずし]
Jizō (the bodhisattva who looks over children, pregnant women, travelers, and the underworld)
地蔵
[じぞう]
お地蔵さん
AIDS (loan word)
エイズ
paste, pasting
to paste (adhesive, food, text etc.)
(loan word)
ペースト
ペーストする
a given name, a name someone goes by (other than their original name)
呼び名
[よびな]
numerical value, quantitive value
numerical, quantitative
数値
[すうち]
数値的
dementia (medical, scientific use)
痴呆
[ちほう]
痴呆症
[ちほうしょう]
blood relation, blood relative
血縁
[けつえん]
after the rain….
雨上がり
[あまあがり]
presiding over
to preside over or supervise (a company, etc.)
chairman, supervisor
主宰
[しゅさい]
主宰する
主宰者
[しゅさいしゃ]
reception and acceptance
to receive and accept
受容
[じゅよう]
受容する
a master painter or artist (honorific term)
画伯
[がかく]
clunk, thump, thud
onomatopoeic
ことん
ことんと
exhibiting
to exhibit (artwork, etc.) / to put out on display
出展
[しゅってん]
出展する
adverse effect(s), harmful influence(s)
弊害
[へいがい]
diagonal (kanji use)
斜
[はす]
sneakers, athletic shoes
運動靴
[うんどうぐつ]
(historical) pedigree, (ancient) origin or lineage
由緒
[ゆいしょ]
delight, rejoicing
to delight (in) / to rejoice / to be overjoyed
歓喜
[かんき]
歓喜する
worship at a shrine or temple
to worship or pay homage at a shrine or temple
a worshiper (a vistior to a shrine)
参拝
[さんぱい]
参拝する
参拝者
[さんぱいしゃ]
misprint (loan word)
ミスプリント
light clothing
to wear light or thin clothing / to dress lightly
薄着
[うすぎ]
薄着する
percussion instrument
打楽器
[だがっき]
the progress of work, the process(es) of work
工程
[こうてい]
taking place
to take place / to occur / to happen (alt. use)
dealings, transactions / workmanship, execution / results, scores, grades
出来
[しゅったい]
出来する
[しゅったいする]
出来
[でき]
material properties, the quality of (a certain) material
材質
[ざいしつ]
ventilation (the ability for air to move through a space)
風通し
[かぜとおし]
serene, clear (e.g. a lake)
清澄
[せいちょう]
a standstill, being stranded or stalled
to come to a standstill (esp. in traffic) / to be stranded or stalled (for a period of time)
立ち往生
[たちおうじょう]
立ち往生する
annexation
to be annexed (esp. a country into another country) / to merge into one entity
併合
[へいごう]
併合する
the contents of a letter
文面
[ぶんめん]
designation (with a name)
to designate / to assign a name to (e.g. giving a name to a new movement like “cubism”)
呼称
[こしょう]
呼称する
an attempt (at a murder, crime, etc.)
未遂
[みすい]
a musical composition, a number (esp. in classical music)
楽曲
[がっきょく]
current status, current circumstances, recent state
近況
[きんきょう]
commodity, item / a list of items
business commodities, business items
品目
[ひんもく]
営業品目
[えいぎょうひんもく]
zero degrees, freezing point (in celsius)
零度
[れいど]
a performer’s lines (in a play, etc.) / one’s words, one’s line
台詞
[せりふ]
the inside of the body, the interior of the body
体内
[たいない]
a vision, apparitions, illusions, dreams (kanji use)
幻
[まぼろし]
iron scraps, pieces of iron
鉄片
[てっぺん]
transitioning
to undergo a change / to transition (e.g. from one season to another)
推移
[すいい]
推移する
the upper grades of elementary school (esp. 5th and 6th)
高学年
[こうがくねん]
Yokohama
横浜
[よこはま]
wild birds
birdwatching
野鳥
[やちょう]
野鳥観察
[やちょうかんさつ]
(walking) pace
歩調
[ほちょう]
goblin, monster, strange creature
化け物
[ばけもの]
turning by hand / hand-turned, hand-cranked
various preparations or arrangements
手回し
[てまわし]
heart rate, heartbeat
心拍
[しんぱく]
dismantlement and removal
to remove (after dismantling) / to clear away (e.g. old stones from a shrine) / to demolish
撤去
[てっきょ]
撤去する
jail
監獄
[かんごく]
grain of rice
米粒
[ごめつぶ]
sea bream (porgy)
鯛
[たい]
accumulation
to accumulate / to collect (in large amounts) / to pile up
accumulating spot (e.g. for garbage)
garbage collection point (within a neighborhood)
集積
[しゅうせき]
集積する
集積場
[しゅうせきじょう]
ゴミ集積場
geometry
幾何学
[きかがく]
archeology
archeologist
archeological
考古学
[こうこがく]
考古学者
[こうこがくしゃ]
考古学的
glacier
氷河
[ひょうが]
bamboo shoots
たけのこ
empty columns, blank space (to be filled-in)
空欄
[くうらん]
herbs (loan word)
ハーブ
the climax (esp. sexual)
絶頂
[ぜっちょう]
foothold, footing
scaffolding, scaffold (esp. at a construction site)
足場
[あしば]
a joint establishment (esp. schools of a different level or course of study)
to be used as a joint establishment / to operate as a multi-purpose school, etc.
併設
[へいせつ]
併設する
a buddhist prayer
to chant the name of buddha / to recite a buddhist prayer
念仏
[ねんぶつ]
念仏を唱える
[ねんぶつをとなえる]
composition, make-up
to be composed of / to be comprised of / to be made up of
組成
[そせい]
組成する
test, trial, tribulation, probation
試練
[しれん]
science and technology, science and engineering
理工
[りこう]
a drop, a drip (of water, etc.)
滴
[しずく]
most difficult, next to impossible
a Herculean task, a nearly impossible undertaking
至難
[しなん]
至難の業
[しなんのわざ]
humble language (e.g. itadaku)
謙譲語
[けんじょうご]
total immersion in
to be totally immersed in…. / to be totally absorbed by…. / to give oneself entirely to….
没頭
[ぼっとう]
没頭する
play, drama (esp. when written)
戯曲
[ぎきょく]
being well-versed in
to be well-versed in / to be “in the know”
精通
[せいつう]
精通する
as if…. as it were…. as though…. (special literary use)
あたかも
あたかものよう
early-modern times (In Japan, the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the Edo period, 1568-1867)
early-modern literature, Edo-period literature
近世
[きんせい]
近世文学
shogi player / go player
棋士
[きし]
wild boar
イノシシ
restoration (esp. political)
The Meiji Restoration
維新
[いしん]
明治維新
[めいじいしん]
on the brink of— on the verge of—
寸前
[すんぜん]
peaceful, calm, restful
a peaceful sleep, a restful sleep
安らか
[やすらか]
安らかな眠り
[やすらかなねむり]
refusal and rejection
to refuse and reject
拒絶
[きょぜつ]
拒絶する
an audience (of listeners, esp. at a concert, etc.), the people in attendance
聴衆
[ちょうしゅう]
beyond any doubts, unmistakable
紛れもない
[まぎれもない]
a typeface, a particular calligraphic style
書体
[しょたい]
Nara (historical city)
Nara prefecture (in the kansai region)
奈良
[なら]
奈良県
lawnmower
芝刈り機
[しばかりき]
(of) the living body / bio—
bionics (bio-engineering)
生体
[せいたい]
生体工学
[せいたいこうがく]
severance
to sever / to amputate / to cut (ties, lines, etc.)
切断
[せつだん]
切断する
congruence, adaptability
to be congruent with / to conform with / to adapt to
適合
[てきごう]
適合する
implication, intimation
to imply / to intimate / to hint at / to suggest
暗示
[あんじ]
暗示する
a deep breath
to take a deep breath
深呼吸
[しんこきゅう]
深呼吸する
a hint, a clue, a scent (a trace that can be followed)
a handhold
手がかり
[てがかり]
mountain villa, mountain retreat, mountain cottage
山荘
[さんそう]
VIP (important person)
要人
[ようじん]
mejiro (Japanese white-eye bird)
Mejiro (neighborhood in Tokyo)
メジロ
目白
[めじろ]
lovely, dear, precious, sweet
愛しい
> [いとしい]
愛おしい
> [いとおしい]
a favorable impression
好感
[こうかん]
with a slap, with a pop, with a plop (onomatopoeic)
ぽん
ぽんと
fishing port, fishing harbor
漁港
[ぎょこう]
tightly (squeezing), firmly, hard (onomatopoeic)
ぎゅっと
ぎゅっとする
cheap— (as a suffix)
安—
[やす—]
innocence
innocent verdict (not guilty)
無罪
[むざい]
無罪判決
[むざいはんけつ]
guilt, culpability
guilty verdict
有罪
[ゆうざい]
有罪判決
[ゆうざいはんけつ]
prosecution
to collect evidence and prosecute / to examine
public prosecutor
検察
[けんさつ]
検察する
検察官
[けんさつかん]
(thorough) investigation
to investigate (esp. by police or prosecutors)
取り調べ
[とりしらべ]
取り調べする
indictment
to indite / to charge with a crime / to prosecute
起訴
[きそ]
起訴する
mode of life (of living creatures) / ecology
ecosystem
生態
[せいたい]
生態系
[せいたいけい]
clattering, rattling sound (e.g. dishes banging together)
onomatopoeic
かたかた
かたかたと
tangible (concrete, with form)
intangible (formless, immaterial, abstract)
the tangible and intangible, the material and spiritual
有形
[ゆうけい]
無形
[むけい]
有形無形
introspection
to be introspective / to reflect on one’s self
introspective
内省
[ないせい]
内省する
内省的
slowly but steadily…. slowly but continuously…. (onomatopoeic)
じわじわ
じわじわと
I, me (usu. used by girls and young women / archaic use)
あたし
yeah, uh huh / hmm
hmm, well, I see
(interjection)
うむ
ふうむ
food and drink / eating and drinking
to eat and drink
飲食
[いんしょく]
飲食する
a (small) present brought by a guest when visiting someone else’s home
手土産
[てみやげ]
verdict / pronouncement
to give a verdict or sentence (for a crime, etc.) / to give a pronouncement (e.g. of death)
宣告
[せんこく]
宣告する
rear, the back (part)
rear seat (of a car)
後部
[こうぶ]
後部座席
[こうぶざせき]
to make matters worse…. what’s more…. and on top of that…. (conjunction)
おまけに….
foundation, corner stone
as a foundation…. at the outset…. as a basis….
土台
[どだい]
retainer, servants (e.g. all the king’s men)
家来
[けらい]
allusion (to)
to make an allusion to / to reference (something else) / to mention
言及
[げんきゅう]
言及する
aftertaste
後味
[あとあじ]
ideal— perfect— golden—
golden opportunity
in perfect form, going swimmingly
絶好
[ぜっこう]
絶好機
[ぜっこうき]
絶好調
[ぜっこうちょう]
infringement
to infringe upon / to violate (one’s rights, privacy, etc.)
侵害
[しんがい]
侵害する
deconstruction
to deconstruct (e.g. deconstruct an idea) / to disassemble / to dismantle
解体
[かいたい]
解体する
apprehensions
to be apprehensive / to have misgivings / to feel uneasy
危惧
[きぐ]
危惧する
intermediation
to mediate / to act as an intermediary
an intermediary, a go-between (person)
仲介
[ちゅうかい]
仲介する
仲介役
[ちゅうかいやく]
financing, funding
to finance (a new project, etc.) / to fund / to invest in
a financier, an investor
出資
[しゅっし]
出資する
出資者
[しゅっししゃ]
(financial) patronage
to be a patron / to support (financially) / to back (a project, etc.)
a patron, a supporter
後援
[こうえん]
後援する
後援者
[こうえんしゃ]
ulterior motives
the opinions (or judgments) of others
思惑
[おもわく]
