WaniKani Flashcards
場面
ばめん scene, setting, locale
遠く
とおく far away, distant, at a distance, distant place, by far 遠くの方で銃声が響いた。
一昨日
おととい, いっさくじつ
虚 (K)
きょ, こ void ( spikes + tiger ) A tiger, clad in spikes, exists in the void. This tiger is from another dimension where tigers rule the earth, clad in armor with spikes. The void has allowed this tiger to cross dimensional planes. The aforementioned void has opened up in Little Kyoto (きょ). The spiked void tigers chose to come here in order to face off against the Hanshin Tigers baseball team in battle.
位置*
いち position
番組*
ばんぐみ program
感
feeling
関連
かんれん relation, connection, relevance, correlation, association
議会
ぎかい diet, congress, parliament
検査
けんさ checkup, inspection, examination 北米でギョウ虫検査があまり一般的ではないなんて、驚きです。
嫌味
いやみ
hurtful words, sarcasm, disagreeableness
域
いき
region
Under a grave in the ground is a drunkard with something in his mouth from a REGION in North America. He died from whatever it is that’s in his mouth. That’s how this drunkard ended up in this grave in the ground. His whole face region is disfigured from whatever he ate. I wonder what region of North America the strange object came from.
大敵
たいてき
arch enemy
待機
たいき
alert, standby
( wait + machine )
You want a machine to wait so you put it on alert.
対応
たいおう
interaction, coping with, support, software support
( versus + respond )
あの医者の対応は素晴らしかった。
県営
けんえい
run by the prefecture
裁
さい
judge
( cross + drunkard + clothes )
Wearing a big cross over his clothes is a drunkard who’s walking around the streets holding said cross yelling “YOU CANNOT JUDGE ME! I HAVE A CROSS. LET HE WHO SINNNNNED FIRST JUDGE ME? MMK??”
e also mentions how you can’t judge him because he’s a cyclops (さい). DON’T JUDGE CYCLOPS! he yells.
施
し
carry out
( direction + gun + aligator )
Moving in the direction of a gun, an alligator can carry out a murder once it reaches it. This alligator wants to kill someone. The alligator wants to carry out their execution. The gun is across the room so the alligator has to move in its direction to obtain it.
The alligator plans to murder Charlie Sheen (し) with that gun.
委員会
いいんかい
committee
職場
しょくば
place of work, workplace
職業
しょくぎょう
occupation
職員
しょくいん
personnel
有職
ゆうしょく
employed
求職
きゅうしょく
job hunting
俺なんてかれこれもう約二年間も求職活動中だぜ。
辞職
じしょく
resignation, quitting
優先
ゆうせん
priority
自宅
じたく
one’s home
住宅
じゅうたく
dwelling, residence
近年でも、多くの日本の住宅で畳が使われています。
牛乳
ぎゅうにゅう
milk
乳首
ちくび
nipple
増やす
ふやす
to increase something
基準
きじゅん
standard
業界基準
済ます
すます
to finish, to settle
Remember 済む and how it means “to come to an end.” This is like that, but slightly different. This is to finish or to settle, because this is when you’re doing the coming to an end action. You can remember this because you’re coming in to finish the score uno mas (ます)times. This is the last time.
今朝そこで、父のためにちょっと用事を済ませていただけなんです。
台詞
せりふ
speech, words, one’s lines, remarks
( machine + part of speech )
A part of speech machine spits out speeches. It’s all the machine is programmed to do.
The only font the machine can print speeches in is serif font (せりふ).
こんな長い台詞、よく覚えられるわね。
心得る
こころえる
to know
沢山
たくさん
a lot, many, much
This word is usually written in kana.
割り算
わりざん
division
こんな簡単な割り算の問題を間違えちゃったよ。
備える
そなえる
to provide, to equip
ou have to provide your friends with their own sauna (そな) because they don’t want to use your shower. This requires you to go out and buy a sauna for your house (very expensive) just so you can provide your needy friends with what they want (a sauna). Feel angry you have to provide this.
張る
はる
to stretch
Every time you stretch you start to laugh uncontrollably. HA (は) HA HA HA HA HA. Go ahead and laugh like that out loud while you stretch, it will help you to remember this reading.
規律
きりつ
rules, law, order
( standard + law )
役割
やくわり
role
一割
いちわり
ten percent
一割引きにしてあげましょう。
割合
わりあい
ratio, percentage
演技
えんぎ
acting, performance
( perform + skill )
演ずる
えんずる
to perform, to play
こんな大役を演ずることができて、とても光栄です。
演芸
えんげい
performance, entertainment
演芸のチケットはどこで買えますか？
革
(K)
かく
leather
One way to get leather is to skin a male chicken, a cock (かく). You won’t get much leather from a cock, but you can definitely skin one in a pinch, should you need a little extra leather.
鬼
き
demon
How do you keep a demon locked up? Use a key (き). Use a lock and key and keep that demon locked up safely behind bars so he can’t get out and do bad demon stuff.
停止
ていし
stoppage, suspension
停電
ていでん
power outage
導く
みちびく
to lead, to guide
Lets say you’re leading a bee back to its nest, via the road. It’s a 道 Bee (みちび)!
指導
しどう
guidance
贅沢
ぜいたく
extravagant
贅沢な事は何もしたくないわ。良い本が読めればそれでいいの。
吸収
きゅうしゅう
absorption
領収書
りょうしゅうしょ
receipt
これを返品したいのですが。これが領収書です。
収入
しゅうにゅう
income
おそらく収入が半分になるだろう。
反則
はんそく
foul
( anti + rule )
法則
ほうそく
physical law, law
( method + law )
崎
(W)
さき
cape, small peninsula
川崎
かわさき
Kawasaki, Kawasaki City
長崎
Nagasaki,
俳優
はいゆう
actor
( haiku + superior)
俳句
はいく
haiku
( haiku + paragraph )
教師
きょうし
teacher
医師
いし
doctor
( medicine + teacher )
看護師
かんごし
nurse
( watch over + defend + teacher )
その看護師は患者に作り笑いをした。
弁護士
べんごし
attorney, lawyer
( speech + defend + samurai )
保護する
ほごする
to conserve, to protect
上演
じょうえん
performance, presentation, production, staging
ライオンキングの上演時間を教えて下さい。
現在
げんざい
now
現れる
あらわれる
to appear, to emerge
( present time )
It looks like something is going to appear in front of you. You are so scared and surprised you can’t even speak properly: “Are what??” (あらわ) you ask, trying to figure out what’s appearing in front of you.
表現
ひょうげん
expression, figure of speech
現実
げんじつ
reality
( present time + truth )
現場
げんば
current location
あの犯罪現場で実際に何が起きたのかがすぐに明るみに出ることを期待しよう。
現に
げんに
actually, really
優秀
ゆうしゅう
superior
城
(W)
しろ
castle
秀でる
ひいでる
to excel, to surpass
“He-e (ひい) is going to excel,” you stutter. “He-e is!”
各駅停車
かくえきていしゃ
local train
