Lesson 5

14 Kanji

55 Vocabulary

stamp (postage)
examination ②test ③rehearsal (in filming)
weather ②fair weather
room ②apartment ③stable
I ②you ③manservant
rest ②vacation ③dormancy (of a silkworm prior to molting)
hot ②passionate ③on everybody's mind
hot (to the touch) ②passionate (feelings, etc.) ③hot (e.g. temper) ④zealous
big ②loud ③extensive ④important
interesting ②amusing ③enjoyable ④good
cold (e.g. weather) ②uninteresting (esp. joke)
small ②slight ③low (e.g. sound) ④unimportant
dull ②insignificant ③absurd ④useless
old ②long ③of the distant past ④stale
difficult ②impossible ③fussy ④gloomy
cheap ②calm
disliked ②tendency ③distinction
pretty ②clean ③completely
lively ②healthy
quiet ②slow ③calm
liking ②liking (romantically) ③faddism ④as one likes
bustling ②lively (party, voices, etc.)
spare time ②time (e.g. time it takes to do something) ③time off ④(being) inactive ⑤leaving
to swim ②to struggle through (a crowd) ③to make one's way through the world ④to totter
to hear ②to listen (e.g. to music) ③to ask ④to hear about
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.) ②to get on (e.g. a footstool) ③to reach ④to follow
to do ②to live ③to do ... completely ④to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing) ②to be about to leave
safe ②certainly ③no thanks ④great man
very ②(not) at all
what kind of ②no matter what (kind of)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper) ②counter for positions or roles ③counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba) ④counter for ranking level
until (a time) ②to (a place or person) ③to (an extent) ④only
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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