AP Japanese Summer Vocabulary

An assignment for AP Japanese over the summer, where I take vocabulary from several Japanese songs of my choice and turn them into flashcards. However I also added vocabulary we should know, for review. Songs Used: Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto, Rouge no Dengon by Yumi Arai, and 74 by Itoki Hana.

上

うえ, Up

向く (むく)

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face

歩こう (あるこう)

To walk

涙 (なみだ)

Tears

こぼれない

to spill; to fall out of; to overflow

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)

思い出す (おもいだす)

to recall; to remember; to recollect

春

はる, Spring

春の日

はるのひ, Day of Spring

ぼっち

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

一人

いちにん, one person

夜 (よる)

evening; night

にじんだ

to well up (of tears, etc.)​

星 (ほし)

star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body

数える (かぞえる)

to count; to enumerate

夏

なつ, Summer

夏の日

なつのび, Day of Summer

幸せ (しあわせ)

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

雲 (くも)

cloud

雲の上

くものうえ, above the clouds; heaven

空 (そら)

sky; the air; the heavens

秋

あき, Autumn

秋の日

あきのび, Autumn Day

悲しみ (かなしみ)

sadness; sorrow; grief

影

かげ, shadow; silhouette

会う

あう, To meet

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favor of; on behalf of​

儘に (ままに)

as (one pleases, one is told, etc.)

列車 (れっしゃ)

train; railway train

乗る (のる)

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark

今

いま, now; the present time

黄昏 (たそがれ)

dusk; twilight

迫る (せまる)

to approach; to draw near

町並み (まちなみ)

townscape; street (of stores and houses)

車の流れ (くるまのながれ)

flow of cars

横目 (よこめ)

sidelong glance

追い越す (おいこす)

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake

もう

already; yet; by now; soon; shortly; before long

気づく (きづく)

to notice; to realize; to realize; to become aware (of); to perceive; to sense; to suspect

頃 (ころ)

(approximate) time; around; about; toward​

伝言 (でんごん)

(verbal) message; word (from someone)

浮気 (うわきな)

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around

恋 (こい)

(romantic) love

早く

はやく, early; soon

諦める (あきらめる)

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

限り (かぎり)

unless

内 (ない)

within; inside

帰る

かえる, to return; to come home; to go home

不安 (ふあん)

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

気持ち (きもち)

feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind

町 (まち)

town; block; neighborhood; neighborhood​

遠ざかる (とおざかる)

to go away; to become more distant

明日

あした, Tomorrow

朝

あさ, Morning

電話

でんわ, telephone call; phone call

叱る (しかる)

to scold; to reprimand

慌てる (あわてる)

to hurry; to rush; to hasten

手当たり次第 (てあたりしだい)

indiscriminately

友達

ともだち, Friend; companion

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire

かしら

I wonder; do you think?

私

わたし, I; me

行く先 (ゆくさき)

destination; whereabouts

時

とき, time; hour

丈 (だけ)

alone

過ぎる (すぎる)

to pass (of time); to elapse

孤独 (こどく)

solitude; loneliness; isolation

朽ちる (くちる)

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

王宮 (おうきゅう)

royal palace

果て (はて)

the end; the extremity; the limit; the result

階層 (かいそう)

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

罠 (わな)

trap; trick; ruse

奥 (おく)

inner part; interior; back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.); depths (e.g. of a forest); recesses (e.g. of a cave); heart; end (of a road, garden, etc.)

勇者 (ゆうしゃ)

hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)​

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate

数える (かぞえる)

to count; to enumerate

犠牲者 (ぎせいしゃ)

victim (esp. someone killed); casualty

涙 (なみだ)

tear; tears; sympathy

開ける (あける)

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock

叫ぶ (さけぶ)

to shout; to cry; to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim

彼 (かれ)

he; him

希望 (きぼう)

hope; wish; aspiration

姿 (すがた)

figure; form; shape; appearance; dress; guise

笑み (えみ)

smile

送る (おくる)

to see (someone) off; to escort; to accompany; to take; to send; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to

塔 (とう)

tower; steeple; spire

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare

それでも

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so

残酷 (ざんこくな)

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

魔の手 (まのて)

evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil​

命 (いのち)

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan

犠牲 (ぎせい)

sacrifice

増える (ふえる)

to increase; to multiply

だろう

seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope

けれど

but; however; although

笑う (わらう)

to laugh: to smile

言う

いう, to say; to utter; to declare

ベル

bell

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)

鎧 (よろい)

armor; armour