Japanese Vocabulary Review

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

akari

light, illumination (from artificial source)

akeru

to dawn, to become daylight

akiraka

clear, obvious (adj)

akuma

devil, demon, fiend, Satan

anki

memorization, learning by heart (V)

arata

new, fresh, novel (adj, na)(formal)

arayuru

all, every (Zenbu mitai)

atsumari

gathering, meeting, assembly, collection, attendance

bubun

portion, section, part

bun

part, measurement unit ration, ____worth of something

bunmei

civilization, (can also mean culture)

bunseki

analysis(V)

bunya

field, sphere, realm, division, branch, majors

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(polite)

daibubun

most part, greater part, majority

dame

no good, cannot

danshi

man, younger man

deai

meeting, rendezvous, encounter

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, same, equal

en

yen, Japanese monetary unit, circle

furi

disadvantage, handicap, unfavorable position, something against you.

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

academia learning

gakusha

scholar

gakushuu

study, studies, learning(+suru), tutorial

gichou

chairman, president, moderator

gikai

congress, parliament, diet, legislative assembly

gogaku

study of foreign languages, linguistics

hageshii

violent, extreme, intense, really _____(hard, small, smart)

hahaoya

mother(more formal)

hakubutsukan

museum

hanbai

sales, selling for, marketing

hatsumei

invention

hazusu

to remove(glasses, lock), to undo, to drop, to miss, to be away

hin

style(swag), elegance, article

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

agreement, union, match, coincidence, the same ____

ichiji

one o'clock

igai

unexpected, surprising___, unexpectly

ikka

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

imani

before long, it won't be long

imanimo

at any moment, at any minute, on the verge of(adv)

ippan

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

ippou

one (esp. of two), one way, the other direction, although, one is_____ other is ___

isshou

whole life, a lifetime, a generation

isshu

species, kind (type) of ___, variety, (adv)

isshun

instant, moment, for an instant

issou

much more_____(intense, harder, ect), still more, all the more, single layer, sooner, preferably(N, adv)

ittai

___ the heck, _____ in the world (N,adv)

iwayuru

what _____ called a _______, as it is called, the so-called, so to speak

jama

hindrance

kagaku

chemistry

kai

meeting, assembly, party, association, club

kai'in

member

kaigai

foreign, abroad, overseas

kaigou

meeting, meet, assembly, gathering, association, with social aspect (suru V, N)

kaikei

finance, account, treasurer, 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, account

kimi

sensation, feeling(getting(chubby, unwell ect), tends, tendency

kinen

commemoration, celebration, honoring the memory of something, anniversary. (N, suru v)

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

kongo

from now on, hereafter(future tense)

konkai

now, this time, lately

kyuugeki

suddenly, abrupt, rapidly (adjective)

kyuuni

suddenly, immediately, hastily

kyuushuu

to absorb, absorption, suction, attraction(suru v, N)

kyuusoku

rapid (e.g. progress)

majime

serious, earnest

makka

bright red, deep red, flushed (of face)

manabu

to study (in depth), to learn, to take lessons in