12-2012 - Kotoba

Question 1

経営

Answer 1

けいえい

management, administration

Question 2

進歩

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しんぽ

progress, advance, improvement, development

Question 3

宿命

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しゅくめい

fate, destiny, predestination

Question 4

試練, 試煉, 試錬

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しれん

test, trial, probation, ordeal, tribulation

Question 5

挫折

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ざせつ

setback, failure (e.g. plans, business), frustration, discouragement

Question 6

幼子

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おさなご

infant, baby, little child

Question 7

大人

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おとな, だいにん

adult

Question 8

性質

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せいしつ

nature, property, disposition

Question 9

節目, フシ目

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ふしめ, フシめ

turning point, critical juncture, knot (in a tree, etc.)

Question 10

ポンコツ ぽんこつ

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piece of junk (esp. dismantled or broken down car), worn-out article, hitting (with fist), striking

Question 11

伝統的

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でんとうてき

traditional, conventional

Question 12

現代的

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げんだいてき

modernistic

Question 13

傾向

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けいこう

tendency, trend, inclination

Question 14

苦しい

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くるしい

painful, difficult, agonizing, needy, tight (budget), straitened (circumstances), forced (smile, joke), lame (excuse), strained (interpretation), awkward (situation), painful (position), (after masu stem) hard to do, unpleasant

Question 15

献金

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けんきん

donation, contribution, offering

Question 16

公平

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こうへい

fairness, impartial, justice

Question 17

焦点

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しょうてん

focus (e.g. photographic), focal point

Question 18

値打ち, 値打, 値うち

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ねうち

value, worth, price, dignity

Question 19

行ったり来たり, 行ったりきたり

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いったりきたり

going to and fro, back and forth

Question 20

やり取り, 遣り取り

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やりとり

giving and taking, exchange (of letters), arguing back and forth, (conversational) exchange

Question 21

姿

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すがた

figure, form, shape, appearance, dress, guise, state, condition, picture, image, form (of a waka), dressed in …, wearing …

Question 22

可能性

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かのうせい

potentiality, likelihood, possibility, availability

Question 23

評価

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ひょうか

valuation, estimation, assessment, evaluation, to value, to assess, to estimate value, to appreciate, to value highly, to acknowledge the value (of something)

Question 24

些と, 少と

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ちっと, ちと

a little bit, a little while

Question 25

しくじる

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to fail, to fall through, to blunder

Question 26

今回

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こんかい now, this time, lately

Question 27

家系

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かけい family lineage

Question 28

悩む

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なやむ to be worried, to be troubled

Question 29

特徴

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とくちょう feature, trait, characteristic, pecularity

Question 30

巡らす

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めぐらす to enclose (with), to surround (with), to encircle, to think over, to work out

Question 31

丁髷, ゝ髷

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ちょんまげ topknot (hair style)

Question 32

核

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かく pit (of a fruit), stone, core, nucleus, nuclear, nuclear weaponry

Question 33

冷やす, 冷す

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ひやす to cool (from room temperature), to chill, to refrigerate, to calm down, to cool off, to regain one's composure, to relax, to be frightened (at), to be scared (of)

Question 34

録画

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ろくが (video) recording

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偽者, 贋者

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にせもの imposter, liar

Question 36

良識

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りょうしき good sense

Question 37

人間性

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にんげんせい humanity, human nature

Question 38

洞察

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どうさつ discernment, insight

Question 39

選択

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せんたく selection, choice, option

Question 40

賢い, 畏い

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かしこい wise, clever, smart

Question 41

温室育ち

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おんしつそだち sheltered upbringing

Question 42

温室

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おんしつ greenhouse, hothouse, conservatory, glasshouse

Question 43

肉食

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にくしょく meat eating, eating of meat, meat diet, carnivorous

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草食

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そうしょく herbivorous

Question 45

家長

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かちょう patriarch, family head

Question 46

成人式

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せいじんしき coming-of-age ceremony

Question 47

教授

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きょうじゅ professor, teaching, instruction

Question 48

教示

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きょうじ, きょうし instruction, teaching

Question 49

薬研

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やげん druggist's mortar

Question 50

疎か

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おろそか, おろか neglect, negligence, carelessness, not to mention ..., needless to say ..., not to speak of ...

Question 51

押し付ける, 押しつける, 押付ける

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おしつける to press, to push, to force

Question 52

中毒

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ちゅうどく poisoning, addiction

Question 53

試み

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こころみ trial, experiment

Question 54

試みる

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こころみる to try, to test

Question 55

秩序

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ちつじょ order, regularity, system, method

Question 56

調和

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ちょうわ harmony

Question 57

浮く

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うく to float, to become merry, to be cheerful, to become loose, to become unsteady, to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place, to be frivolous, to be uncertain, to have no basis, to be unreliable

Question 58

齎す, 齎らす

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もたらす to bring, to take, to bring about

Question 59

規則

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きそく rules, regulations, conventions

Question 60

変化

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へんか change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping

Question 61

気遣う, 気づかう

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きづかう to worry about, to feel anxious about, to have apprehensions of

Question 62

気遣い

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きづかい consideration, concern, fear, worry, solicitude

Question 63

発祥地

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はっしょうち cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.), birthplace

Question 64

発祥

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はっしょう origin, appearance of auspicious omen

Question 65

負担をかける, 負担を掛ける

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ふたんをかける to be a burden on, to tax

Question 66

負担

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ふたん burden, charge, responsibility

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負担額

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ふたんがく amount to be borne, one's share (of expenses)

Question 68

反面

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はんめん on the other hand, opposite side, reverse

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漢方薬

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かんぽうやく Chinese herbal medicine

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活気

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かっき energy, liveliness

Question 71

状況, 情況

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じょうきょう state of affairs (around you), situation, circumstances

Question 72

散らかす

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ちらかす to scatter around, to leave untidy

Question 73

薬害

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やくがい harmful side effects of a medicine or drug

Question 74

副作用

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ふくさよう reaction, secondary effect, side effect

Question 75

常用癖

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じょうようへき addiction

Question 76

花嫁

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はなよめ bride

Question 77

日々, 日日

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ひび, にちにち every day, daily, day after day, days (e.g. good old days)

Question 78

正に, 将に, 当に

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まさに exactly, surely, certainly, just (about to), on the verge (of doing or happening), duly, naturally

Question 79

述べる, 宣べる, 陳べる

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のべる to state, to express, to mention

Question 80

派遣

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はけん dispatch, despatch, deployment

Question 81

民族

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みんぞく people, race, nation

Question 82

神明

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しんめい deity, god, Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)

Question 83

承知

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しょうち acknowledgment, acknowledgement, awareness, consent, acceptance, assent, admitting, compliance, agreement

Question 84

性同一性障害

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せいどういつせいしょうがい gender identity disorder

Question 85

姦淫

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かんいん adultery, fornication, illicit intercourse

Question 86

排除

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はいじょ exclusion, removal, rejection, elimination, abatement, lifting (sanctions, etc.)

Question 87

逃れる, 遁れる

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のがれる to escape

Question 88

企み

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たくらみ plan, design, artifice, trick, intrigue

Question 89

企む

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たくらむ to scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent, to conspire, to frame up

Question 90

想像

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そうぞう imagination, guess

Question 91

迎える, 邀える

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むかえる to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to call for, to summon, to invite, to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

Question 92

反応

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はんのう, はんおう reaction, response

Question 93

後ろめたい

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うしろめたい feeling guilty, with a guilty conscience

Question 94

混乱

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こんらん disorder, chaos, confusion, mayhem

Question 95

通じる

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つうじる to be open (to traffic), to lead to, to communicate (with), to flow (liquid, current), to pass, to get through to, to be understood, to be comprehended, to be honored, to be good, to be well versed in, to be well-informed, to communicate clandestinely, to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy), to form a liaison, to be intimate

Question 96

鍾乳洞, 鐘乳洞

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しょうにゅうどう limestone cave, limestone cavern, limestone grotto

Question 97

西部

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せいぶ western part, the west (of a region), the West (i.e. of the US)

Question 98

保存

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ほぞん preservation, conservation, storage, saving (e.g. to disk), maintenance

Question 99

取り除く, 取除く

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とりのぞく to remove, to deinstall, to take away, to set apart

Question 100

工業製品

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こうぎょうせいひん industrial goods

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競争

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きょうそう competition, contest, to compete

Question 102

送料

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そうりょう postage, carriage

Question 103

直面

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ちょくめん confrontation, to face, to confront, to encounter