Lesson 21

15 Kanji

57 Vocabulary

police ②police officer ③police station
thing ②incident ③nominalizing suffix ④pretending to ... ⑤alias ⑥necessity
last train (of the day)
thief ②theft
part-time job
olden days
complaint ②phrase
absence ②house-sitting ③being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.)
far ②distant (past) ③distant (relationship or kinship) ④far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
cruel ②violent ③very bad ④excessive
important ②precious ③careful
absurd ②extreme ③incredibly
to put ②to leave (behind) ③to do something in advance ④to leave something in a certain state
to notice ②to be scrupulous ③to recover consciousness
to kick ②to refuse ③to stamp (on the ground)
to pierce ②to sting ③to sew ④to pole (a boat)
to touch ②to get involved (with) ③to be harmful to
to be caught ②to hold on to ③to find (e.g. proof) ④to be detained by
to wrap up ②to cover ③to conceal (a feeling) ④to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
to steal ②to plagiarize ③to do stealthily ④to do during scant time
to stick ②to stretch ③to form (e.g. ice on a pond) ④to fill ⑤to stick out ⑥to be expensive ⑦to keep a watch on ⑧to become one tile away from completion ⑨to span
to step on ②to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil) ③to experience ④to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to wave ②to sprinkle ③to cast (actor) ④to turn down (someone)
complaint ②phrase
to say ②to name ③to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")
to burn ②to roast ③to heat ④to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.)
to do ②to live ③to do ... completely ④to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status)
to ill-treat ②to be tough on (e.g. one's body)
to change (one's clothes)
to save up (money)
to make a mistake (in) ②to confuse
to discover ②to locate ③to be used to seeing
to be surprised ②surprise (e.g. surprise party)
(afternoon) nap
contacting ②connection (with a train, bus, etc.) ③connection (between matters, incidents, etc.)
space (between) ②period of time (during, while) ③between (two parties or things) ④due to
(approximate) time ②suitable time (or condition) ③time of year
small quantity ②little while ③short distance
Note: In order to match dictionary entries, some of the words listed here are shown in simpler forms than what you see in the book, and compound words may be split into multiple entries.
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