Lesson 13

10 Kanji

90 of 111 Vocabulary

equation ②ceremony ③style ④enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
indeed ②very ③absolutely
a sentence ②(short) piece of writing
very hard ②(of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defense of) one's territory
one (esp. of two) ②on the one hand ③whereas ④just keeps
from the viewpoint of
to transcribe ②to describe ③to film
limit ②the end ③as long as ... ④(not) included in ... ⑤... only (e.g. "one time only", "today only") ⑥end of one's life
the past ②one's past (that one would prefer remained secret) ③past (tense)
commemoration ②memento
to decide ②to clinch (a victory) ③to persist in doing ④to always do
nationality ②nationality (ship, airplane, etc.)
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.)
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
as one would expect ②still ③even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
mountain villa
poem ②Chinese poem
self-study ②studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
itself ②one's own body ③originally
surroundings ②circumference
to recommend (someone to do) ②to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.) ③to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
at the most ②to the utmost
majority ②mostly
dropping out ②omission ③falling off
before oneself ②a bit before reaching (a location) ③I ④you
electrical appliance
at that time
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907) ②China
period ②the times ③oldness ④antique
look ②spectacle ③outlook on ...
reading-book ②textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
year ②age ③past one's prime
to cure ②to fix ③to do over again ④to replace
contents ②substance ③(sword) blade
while ②while ③while doing something else (at the same time)
difficult to understand
poor (at) ②not one's cup of tea
head (of a household, etc.) ②owner ③you
embarrassing ②disgraceful
pronunciation ②production of sound
opposition ②reverse
anti-Japanese
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.