川上弘美 Flashcards

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子孫

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しそん | descendants, posterity, offspring

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そなえる | to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate

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falling in a doze, dozing

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しらむ | to grow light, to become white, to turn grey (gray)

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はね | feather, plume, wing

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ひるがえす | to turn over, to turn around

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せいかん | virile, tough, masculine, intense

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てぜま | narrow, small, cramped

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すえながく | forever

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``` ざる draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo), colander, strainer, sieve ```

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みみたぶ | earlobe

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uncertain, doubtful

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low dining table, tea table

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おぜんたて | setting the table

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inefficient, slow

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しゅっぽん | flight, elopement, running away, absconding

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とうざ | for the time being, for the present, temporarily, for a time

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してき | pointing out, identification

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きそう | to compete with

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あせばむ | to be sweaty

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たべつくす | to eat up

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もたげる | to lift, to raise

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noisily, in a crowd of people talking, clamorously, in a hubbub

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pretending not to know, feigning ignorance

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rokurokubi, long-neck woman, monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

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disappear without a trace, nowhere to be seen

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そろばん | abacus

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extremely fond of, having a weakness for

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diligently, assiduously, industriously, beavering away

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むしば | cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, caries

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くびれる | to be constricted

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かぶ | stock, share

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sparsely, drop-by-drop

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もうける | to profit, to get, to earn, to gain

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skilled person, capable person, shrewd person, go-getter, hotshot

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ねがいさげる | to withdraw a request

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すったもんだ | confused (situation), great fuss, much wrangling

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nakedness, frankness

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another time, again, over again, once again, anew

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まぶた | eyelid, eyelids

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しょうしんしょうめい | genuine, authentic

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tail (animal)

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to make matters worse, besides, what's more, in addition, on top of that

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とぼしい | meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor

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いろじろ | fair-skinned, light-complexioned

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gallant, brave, imposing, awe-inspiring, severe, biting, chivalrous, manly, dignified

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ひそか | secret, private, surreptitious

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おおあばれ | rampaging, raging violently, going berserk

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そぶり | behavior, behaviour, manner, attitude, bearing

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みじん | particle, atom, little piece, tiny amount

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たいらげる | to subjugate, to put down (trouble), to consume (food), to eat up

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ほこらしい | proud, haughty, arrogant, splendid, magnificent

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しっこうゆうよ | stay of execution, suspended sentence

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くだらない | good-for-nothing, stupid, trivial, worthless

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ざこね | sleeping together in a huddle

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mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

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せたけ | stature, height

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じみる | to have a touch of, to look like

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かぎ | hook

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ゆいぶつしかん | historical materialism

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せっけん | soap

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はへん | fragment, splinter, broken piece

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かぐ | to sniff, to smell

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みぶり | gesture, gesticulation, motion

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たちいる | to interfere, to meddle, to pry into

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はらっぱ | open field, empty lot, plain

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たこをあげる | to fly a kite

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はつもうで | first shrine visit of New Year

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closely packed, crowded close

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くき | stalk, stem

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very fast, in a twinkle, before one's eyes

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くうどう | caverne, cavité, grotte

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おうじょう | giving up a struggle, submission

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``` しぼむ to wither (e.g. flowers, dreams), to sag (e.g. balloon, grapes), to fade (away), to shrivel, to wilt, to deflate ```

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じゃけんに | cruelty, hard-heartedness

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いんび | obscurity, mystery, abstruseness

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えつらく | enjoyment, pleasure

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だそく | redundancy, superfluity, useless addition

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きてき | steam whistle

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``` じゃんそう mahjong parlour (parlor) ```

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いりびたる | to stay long, to hang around, to hang out, to frequent

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often, frequently, now and then, occasionally

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あんのじょう | just as one thought, as usual, sure enough

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だっと | (at) high speed, as fast as one can, with lightning speed

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ぼうぜん | dumbfounded, overcome with surprise, in blank amazement, in a daze

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せつな | moment, instant, juncture

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ろじ | alley, alleyway, lane

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たくわん | pickled daikon radish

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かつぐ | to shoulder, to carry on one's shoulder

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しょくたく | dining table

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(one) pair (e.g. of birds), brace, couple

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やちょう | wild bird

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かぜをうつされる | to infect

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まくらもと | near one's pillow, at one's bedside

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すいそう | water tank, cistern, fish tank

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うちき | bashfulness, shyness, reserve, timidity

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もくにん | connivance, tacit consent, toleration

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じんじいどう | personnel change, personnel shift, reshuffle, (annual) staff reassignment

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ゆうずうがきく | to be flexible, to be accommodating

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ごうをにやす | to lose one's temper, to be exasperated, to become irritated

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みすえる | to gaze at, to stare at, to focus on, to make sure of

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かしきり | reserving, chartering, engaging, reservation

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まどごし | viewing through a window, passing through a window, going through a window, doing through a window

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ぎょうぎ | to behave well, to mind one's manners

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ふうどびょう | endemic disease, local disease

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to leave alone, to leave as is, to ignore, to neglect

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たねをまく | to sow seeds

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あまごい | praying for rain

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はみだす to protrude, to stick out, to hang out, to jut out, to bulge out, to overflow, to be forced out, to be crowded out, to be pushed out, to exceed, to go over, to go beyond

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``` つうか passage through (e.g. train skipping a station), transit ```

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つめえり | stand-up collar

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to miss a chance, to fail to do

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ほうにょう | urination

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to ask a high price, to overcharge

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ちょこ | small cup, sake cup

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こうしゅうべんじょ | public lavatory

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あおる | to gulp down (a drink), to slurp

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suddenly, abruptly

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はきもの | footwear, clogs

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おはらい | exorcism rite, purification

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walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea), walkingstick, stick insect, leaf insect

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まばら | sparse, thin, scattered, straggling, sporadic

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つうしんはんばい | mail order, mail-order sales, shop-by-mail service, on-line shopping service (with delivery by mail)

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さっとう | rush, flood

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しょほ | basics, rudiments, elements, ABCs of ...

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かぼそい | thin, skinny

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とっさに | at once, right away, promptly, on the spur of the moment

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piercing, shrill, noisy, loud, clamorous, wild

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あかぬける | to refine

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in advance, beforehand, previously

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きちょうめん | methodical, punctual, steady

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めいふくをいのる | To pray for happiness in the next world

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いまいましい | annoying, provoking

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きょうだい | dresser

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つげ | Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica), Japanese boxwood

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おもて | surface

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かきたす | to add to, to insert

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そっけない | cold, short, curt, blunt

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きゃたつ | stepladder, steps

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curt, blunt, brusque

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shiver, feel chilly, shudder, thrill

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そらみみ | mishearing

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to surge, to well up, to gush out

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かがむ | to stoop, to lean over, to bend down, to crouch

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へこむ | to be dented, to be indented, to yield to, to give, to sink, to collapse, to cave in

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``` たたずむ to stand (still) a while, to loiter, to stop ```

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せんだって | recently, the other day

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smooth (e.g. skin or ground), glassy, velvety

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じょうじゅ | fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

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ゆずりうける | to inherit, to receive, to take over by transfer

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response, resistance, reaction, feedback

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けいるい | dependents, family members that one has to support

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ひいき | to favor, to favour, to show favor to, to show favour to, to be partial to, to be a regular customer of

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``` はなをかむ to blow (one's nose)snivel, nasal mucus, snot ```

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あいあいがさ | sharing an umbrella, under one umbrella

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せきばらい | clearing one's throat, cough

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こざかしい | clever, shrewd, crafty, cunning, pretentious, impertinent, insolent

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しゃく | cause of offense, cause of offence, annoyance, peeve

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