Japanese 201 - Ch 3 Vocab

エンジニア

engineer (as in electrical engineer)

かいしゃ

company, +しゃ businessman

がくしゃ

scholar

けんきゅう

research, +する to do research

さいふ

wallet, purse

しき

ceremony

じぶん

self, oneself, I

しゃちょう

company president

じゆう

freedom (works as an adjective)

しゅうしょく

getting a job, に〜〜する to get a job at

しょうたい

invitation, +する to invite

しょうらい

future

そうべつかい

farewell party

そつぎょう

graduation, +する to graduate

でんき

electricity, electric light

どうそうかい

reunion party

とし

year, age, +をとる to grow old, +が上 older

にゅうがく

entering a school, +する to enter

ひっこし

moving

ふつう

ordinary, regular

べんごし

lawyer

へんじ

response, reply, +する to reply

ぼうえき

trading, +がいしゃ trading company

ゆ

warm water, hot water

りゅうがく

study abroad, +する to study abroad, +生 exchange student

あく

(for something) to open

あつまる

to get together, to gather

おこす

to wake up (someone)

おとす

to drop (something)

おわる

(for something) to end

かかる

(for a phone) to ring

かわる

(for something) to change

がんばる

to try to do one’s best, to hang on

きまる

(for something) to be decided

けす

to turn off

しまる

(for something) to close

しぬ

to die

ちがう

to be different, AとBは+ A and B are different

つく

(for something) to turn on

なおす

to cure, to fix, to repair (something)

なおる

(for something) to heal, to be fixed

なくなる

to pass away, to die; to disappear, to get lost, to run out of

のこす

to leave (something)

のこる

(for something) to be left, to remain

はじまる

(for something) to begin

はたらく

to work

ひっこす

to move (house), to relocate

ひやす

to chill, to let (something) cool down

まちがう

(for someone) to be mistaken, commonly +ている

よごす

to make (something) dirty

わかす

to bring (water, bath) to boil, おふろを+ prepare a bath

わく

(for water, bath) to be boiled, ゆが+ water is boiling

あける

to open (something)

あつめる

to collect, to gather together (something, someone)

うまれる

(for something/someone) to be born

おえる

to end (something), to finish (something)

おちる

(for something) to fall

かえる

to change (something)

かんがえる

to think intellectually, to take (something) into consideration

きえる

(for something) to go out, to go off

しめる

to close (something)

つづける

to continue (something)

でる

to attend, しきに+ to attend a ceremony

のせる

to give a ride (to someone)

はじめる

to begin (something)

ひえる

(for something) to cool down

まちがえる

to miss (something), to make a mistake

よごれる

(for something) to become dirty

わかい

young (teenagers and 20s)

おなじ

same

じゆう

free

だいじ

important

か

or, either or (rain or shine)

までに

by (by 5 o’clock)

～いん

~member, (banker, store clerk, etc)

～かい

~party (reunion, grad party)

～しき

~ceremony (graduation ceremony, wedding, etc)

～しゃ

person of ~ (scholar, researcher, doctor)

～じょう

letter of (letter of invitation)`

～や

~shop (flower shop, meat store, bookstore, etc)