VOCAB—master 1 Flashcards
new school term, new semester
新学期
[しんがっき]
plunging into
to plunge into (war, etc.) / to break into / to embark (suddenly) on a new adventure
突入
[とつにゅう]
突入する
reef, sandbank, sandbar
砂州
[さす]
the actual price, the cost price (the cost of expenses alone, with no extra charge)
実費
[じっぴ]
robe of feather’s, angel’s robe / the plumage of a bird
羽衣
[はごろも]
twitching
to twitch
(onomatopoeic)
ひくひく
ひくひくする
selling off
to sell off (esp. stocks)
売却
[ばいきゃく]
売却する
a rough (uncolored) sketch
to make a rough sketch or drawing (esp. with pencil)
素描
[そびょう]
素描する
hokora (a small wayside shrine)
祠
[ほこら]
stormy seas, rough waters, crazy waves
荒波
[あらなみ]
Niigata
Niigata Prefecture
新潟
[にいがた]
新潟県
[にいがたけん]
mummy
ミイラ
soft water (low in mineral content, untreated)
軟水
[なんすい]
worldliness
worldly, secular
世俗
[せぞく] or [せいぞく]
世俗的
airplane pilot (alt. use)
飛行士
[ひこうし]
Western Europe
西欧
[せいおう]
toner
toner cartridge
(loan word)
トナー
トナーカートリッジ
Aomori Prefecture
青森県
[あおもりけん]
hairdressing
hairdressing products
整髪
[せいはつ]
整髪料
[せいはつりょう]
stone hut
石室
[いしむろ]
university festival
大学祭
[だいがくさい]
roundness
丸み
[まるみ]
円み
meeting with a potential spouse
to meet with one’s potential spouse (in an arranged marriage)
見合い
[みあい]
見合いする
flannel (loan word)
フランネル
vampire, bloodsucker
吸血鬼
[きゅうけつき]
unrequited love
岡惚
[おかぼれ]
a short biography (e.g. in the back of a novel) / a brief personal record or CV (e.g. on a
略歴
[りゃくれき]
aircraft (alt. use)
航空機
[こうくうき]
lime / rhyme (loan word)
ライム
sensuality / the (carnal) senses
sensual, erotic
官能
[かんのう]
官能的
the sub-tropics
亜熱帯
[あねったい]
a vice, immoral behavior
悪徳
[あくとく]
inferiority complex
劣等感
[れっとうかん]
something of a large (oval) size / a traditional Japanese gold coin
大判
[おおばん]
strange and unfamiliar, mysterious and suspicious (when describing something unknown)
得体が知れない
[えたいがしれない]
得体の知れない
sea turtle
海亀
> [うみがめ]
adultery, extramarital sex / immorality
不倫
[ふりん]
a letter of correspondence (usu. in a formal or business setting)
書簡
[しょかん]
jet plane
ジェット機
[ジェットき]
Omiya
大宮
[おおみや]
sweet and salty
甘辛い
[あまからい]
fusion
to become fused / to blend together / to harmonize (e.g. fusing western and eastern art, cuisine, etc.)
融合
[ゆうごう]
融合する
hard water (high in mineral content, treated)
硬水
[こうすい]
the sciences (as a study)
理系
[りけい]
art supplies
画材
[がざい]
bathroom (alt. usage)
風呂場
[ふろば]
numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in a shop, etc.)
整理券
[せいりけん]
last moves (in go, shogi, chess, etc.) / endgame
—alignment —gathering —coming together (as a suffix)
right-alignment (esp. in pc documents)
left alignment (esp. in pc documents)
寄せ
[よせ]
—寄せ
[—よせ]
右寄せ
[みぎよせ]
左寄せ
[ひだりよせ]
fasting
to fast (go without food)
断食
[だんじき]
断食する
the highest peak / (figuratively) the most prominent person or thing
最高峰
[さいこうほう]
the end of a book
巻末
[かんまつ]
squad or group leader, ‘the head hancho’
班長
[はんちょう]
jockey, horseman
騎手
[きしゅ]
tempura oil
salad oil
天ぷら油
[てんぷらあぶら]
サラダ油
[サラダゆ]
airmail, airfreight
航空便
[こうくうびん]
female servant, maid (dated, now somewhat sensitive)
女中
[じょちゅう]
vehicle-free promenade, pedestrian mall (literally: “pedestrian heaven”)
歩行者天国
[ほこうしゃてんごく]
within the earth, within the soil, under the ground
土中
[どちゅう]
automation (loan word)
オートメーション
bargain goods
a department store bargain
特売品
[とくばいひん]
デパートの特売品
condensation
結露
[けつろ]
the darkness / dark—
the dark ages
dark matter
暗黒
[あんこく]
暗黒時代
[あんこくじだい]
暗黒物質
[あんこくぶっしつ]
land (geological usage)
陸地
[りくち]
raindrops
雨滴
[うてき]
the whole house / all throughout the house
all members of the family
家中
[かちゅう]
家中
[うちじゅう]
mass (in physics)
quality and quantity
質量
[しつりょう]
suffix for printer paper (e.g. A4—)
—判
[—ばん]
sweet and sour
甘酸っぱい
[あまずっぱい]
(evergreen) oak tree
樫
> [かし]
watercolor painting
水彩画
[すいさいが]
candle (loan word)
キャンドル
deficiency, a lack
to be deficient in / to be lacking (e.g. lacking mutual understanding)
欠如
[けつじょ]
欠如する
auditory sense (the sense of hearing)
聴覚
[ちょうかく]
latency
to be latent / to be dormant / to lie hidden (in potentiality)
latent, potential
潜在
[せんざい]
潜在する
潜在的
reconciliation, coming to terms, striking a deal
making noodles by hand (esp. soba)
手打ち
[てうち]
mountainous area or district
山地
[さんち]
the act of volunteering
to volunteer (for) / to apply for (community service, the army, etc.)
志願
[しがん]
志願する
a kink, an interference, an impediment
to interfere with / to disrupt / to cause difficulty or delay
without any impediments or difficulties….
支障
[ししょう]
支障をきたす
支障なく
pretentions
pretentious, ostentatious / a vain person
to be pretentious / to be ostentatious / to put on airs
見栄え
[みばえ]
見栄っ張り
[みえっぱり]
見栄を張る
[みえをはる]
at the side, by the side, (standing) on the side
横手
[よこて]
the bottom of the sea
海底
[かいてい]
trembling, swaying (back and forth)
揺らぎ
[ゆらぎ]
unfamiliar, strange and unknown
見知らぬ
[みしらぬ]
an appraisal
to give an appraisal / to give an expert opinion or judgement (e.g. on art, jewelry, antiques, etc.)
鑑定
[かんてい]
鑑定する
confinement
to confine (esp. in a prison) / to keep in captivity
監禁
[かんきん]
監禁する
traditional Japanese container made of wood / bucket, pail, tub, cistern
桶
[おけ]
in hand, on hand, at hand / in stock, in store
手持ち
[てもち]
uniformity, everything being the same
均一
[きんいつ]
slowly but surely…. inching closer….
scorching (of the sun) / sizzling (in oil)
being irritated or impatient
(onomatopoeic)
じりじり
じりじりと
じりじりする
bowels, viscera, organs (kanji use)
臓
[ぞう]
trademark
trademark registration
商標
[しょうひょう]
商標登録
[しょうひょうとうろく]
(one’s) efforts and assistance
to offer one’s efforts and assistance / to exert oneself (esp. when helping others)
尽力
[じんりょく]
尽力する
regular time, stated period / regularly scheduled— (e.g. the regularly scheduled news)
定時
[ていじ]
awakening, revival
to awaken (often in the figurative sense / to be revived (e.g. after being in a state of hypnosis, a coma, etc.)
覚醒
[かくせい]
覚醒する
echo
to echo (e.g. in a cave)
こだま
こだまする
car make, car model
車種
[しゃしゅ]
for military use
軍用
[ぐんよう]
remote / distant
remote access (esp. in reference to tech)
遠隔
[えんかく]
遠隔アクセス
moveable, mobile (esp. in reference to tech, gadgets, etc.)
可動
[かどう]
—style (e.g. a leather style couch) / reminiscent of— in the style of—
attached or stretched on—
—張り
[—ばり]
reserved, modest, quiet and humble
つつましい
exchange and conversion
引き換え
[ひきかえ]
compensation, renumeration, indemnification
as compensation…. (esp. for a high price, or large sacrifice, etc.)
代償
[だいしょう]
代償として….
string music
stringed instruments
string quartet
弦楽
[げんがく]
弦楽器
[げんがっき]
弦楽四重奏
[げんがくしじゅうそう]
being dotted with
to be dotted with (e.g. a mountainside dotted with houses) / to be scattered about
点在
[てんざい]
点在する
land mine / booby trap
地雷
[じらい]
moving, stirring about
to move about / to stir about (usu. in a neg. sense to express a lack of motion)
身動き
[みうごき]
身動きする
coming adjacent to
to be adjacent to / to be in the proximity of / to be in close quarters
近接
[きんせつ]
近接する
shape and form (usu. of an object)
形状
[けいじょう]
forfeiture
to forfeit / to experience a loss (e.g. a loss of memory)
a sense of loss, a feeling of loss
喪失
[そうしつ]
喪失する
喪失感
[そうしつかん]
in a hurry / hurriedly…. (literary)
急遽
[きゅうきょ]
nazi
nazis
(loan word)
ナチ
ナチス
the whole nation, the whole country, the whole land
全土
[ぜんど]
retention, perseverance of
to retain (something in its current state) / to preserve / to maintain
保持
[ほじ]
保持する
toilet bowl, urinal (any device used for defecation or urination)
便器
[べんき]
entry into the family register
to enter the family register (esp. in Japan)
入籍
[にゅうせき]
入籍する
rudder
舵
[かじ]
kiss (esp. a small kiss) / squeak (e.g. of a mouse)
to give a small kiss
チュー
チューする
formal etiquette (e.g. used at a nice dinner)
formal and courteous
儀礼
[ぎれい]
儀礼的
shooting to death
to shoot a person to death
射殺
[しゃさつ]
射殺する
oppression, suppression
to oppress (a group of people, etc.) / to suppress (a political belief, free speech, etc.)
弾圧
[だんあつ]
弾圧する
preservation of peace and safety
to preserve peace and safety (esp. within a country, after a war, etc.)
保安
[ほあん]
保安する
the first meeting
to meet someone for the first time
初対面
[しょたいめん]
初対面する
clearing out, removing completely
to clear out / to clear away / to remove completely or demolish
取り払う
[とりはらう]
取り払うする
