Lesson 8

19 Kanji

81 of 95 Vocabulary

after this ②thereafter
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby) ②to have (a thought or feeling)
whole life ②(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
(American) Indian ②Indian
reception (desk) ②receipt
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo)
female office worker ②overlap ③orienteering
to meet (someone of higher status) ②to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status)
founding a country ②opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world
charge ②connection
to be disappointed ②to feel exhausted
he ②boyfriend
to succeed ②to take the place of ③to be exchanged
to feel (as if) ②to feel like doing
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
teacher (classroom)
detailed ②knowing very well
bulletin board ②electronic bulletin board
determination
study of foreign languages ②linguistics
hometown ②ruins
outside the country
happiness ②luckily
national isolation ②sakoku
person in charge
landing ②making landfall (of a typhoon)
ship's captain ②length of a ship ③boatman
to face (each other) ②to be directed toward (the future, etc.) ③to receive (a client, etc.) ④to compare with
continent ②continental Asia (esp. mainland China) ③continental Europe
to approach ②to get acquainted with
middle and high-school students
interpretation (i.e. oral translation) ②interpreter
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
entry into a country
part-time job
white person ②beginner ③unlicensed prostitute
shogunate ②shogun's headquarters ③Imperial Guards office
tightly ②exactly ③perfectly (suited)
death from disease
person adrift on the sea
inconvenience
direction ②field (e.g. of study)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
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.