Japanese Vocabulary Review

Comprehensive vocabulary list from lecture pages 1-6, including Japanese terms and their English definitions.

akari

light, illumination (from electrical)

akeru

to become daylight

akiraka

clear, obvious (adj)

akuma

devil, demon, Satan

anki

to memorize something

arata

new, fresh,(formal version)

arayuru

all kind of _____(formal ver of zenbu kinda)

atsumari

gathering, meeting, assembly, collection, attendance

bubun

section, part of a_____

bun

A portion of____

bunmei

civilization, (can also mean culture)

bunseki

analysis(V)

bunya

Field, area of____

chichioya

father(more formal)

chiheisen

horizon (related to land)

chii

(social) position, status

chouki

long-term(time, vacation, ect)

chuu

during, while, medium, middle

chuugaku

junior high school, middle school

chuushoku

lunch, midday meal(formal ver of hirugohan)

daibubun

most part, greater part, majority

dame

no good, cannot

danshi

man, younger man

deai

encounter something

deau

to meet (by chance), to come across, to run across, to encounter

dokusho

reading(same as yomu)(more as noun)

doryoku

effort, exertion, endeavor, hard work, striving

douitsu

identical(only used medically)

en

yen, Japanese monetary unit, circle

furi

disadvantage, handicap

fusoku

insufficiency, shortage, deficiency, lack, not enough(adj, verb)

futatabi

again, once more, a second time(adv), (more formal)

gaikou

diplomacy, diplomatic

gaishutsu

going out, outing, leaving (one's home, office, etc.) currently out.

gakki

school term, semester

gaku

learning, education, study of

gakumon

academic study

gakusha

scholar

gakushuu

study, learning(+suru) (polite)

gichou

chairman, president, moderator

gikai

congress, parliament

gogaku

study of foreign languages, linguistics

hageshii

Intense(rain, exercise, battle)

hahaoya

mother(more formal)

hakubutsukan

museum

hanbai

sales, selling for(polite of uru)

hatsumei

invention

hazusu

to remove(glasses, lock)

hin

Product, class (as in style)

hitokoto

single word, a few words, brief comment

hitorihitori

one by one, each one, at a time, individually

honmono

genuine article, real thing, real deal

honnin

the person in question, the person themselves, said person, the real person

icchi

something matches(opinion, agreement, condition)

igai

unexpected, surprising___, unexpectly

ikka

a family, a household, a home, one's family, whole family

imani

Sooner or later, it won't be long

imanimo

at any moment, at any minute,

ippan

general, universal, ordinary, average, commonly. (Na, adj)

ippou

one (of two)- one-way (traffic), while X.../on the other hand...

isshou

whole life, a lifetime, a generation

isshu

type of ___(animal, joke, food) 一种

isshun

instant, moment, for an instant

issou

more___(formal verison of motto)

iwayuru

The so-called____, commonly known as____

jama

hindrance

kagaku

chemistry

kai

meeting, assembly, club

kai'in

member

kaigai

foreign, abroad, overseas

kaigou

Gathering not necessarily a meeting

kaikei

account, payment, bill(check)

kaishi

start, launching something(events, ect), commencement, beginning, initiation

kamoku

(school) subject, curriculum, course

kenri

right, privilege

kihon

basics, fundamentals, basis, foundation(N)

kiji

article, news story, report

gimi

feeling(getting(chubby, unwell ect), tends, tendency of ______

kinen

commemorate, anniversary.

kiniiru

to like(something), to take a liking to(v)

kinyuu

enter(your name, adress,ect), filling in, filling out(verb) (N, suru v)

kioku

memory, have recollection/memory of it(N), remembrance,(N, suru v)

kisha

reporter, journalist

kitai

expecting, anticipation, hope, to expect(verb)(N, suru verb)

kokka

state, country, nation

kokkai

National Diet, legislative assembly of Japan, parliament, congress

kokkyou

national border

kokugo

national language

kokumin

people from_______ (of a country, national level), nation, citizen, national

kongo

from now on

konkai

this time, lately

kyuugeki

______rapidly(changed, increased)

kyuuni

suddenly, immediately, hastily

kyuushuu suru

to absorb, absorption

kyuusoku

rapidly(emphasis on speed)

majime

serious

makka

bright red, deep red, (face)

manabu

to learn, to take lessons in

manichi

by some chance, by some possibility

manzoku

satisfaction, sufficient, enough(adj, suru v)