Lesson 12

14 Kanji

55 Vocabulary

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae) ②middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
light ②illumination ③happiness ④influence
thin ②pale ③watery ④weak (taste, etc.)
to dry (clothes, etc.)
to get torn ②to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.)
soft ②gentle ③informal
chest of drawers
to stick through ②to spread throughout ③to make a path between two points ④to proceed in a logical manner
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.)
manufactured goods
on good terms (with)
skillful ②delicious ③good (deal, idea, etc.)
line ②line (e.g. telephone line) ③ray (e.g. X-ray) ④line (e.g. of a railroad)
origami ②hallmark
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to break ②to fold ③to make (origami) ④to interrupt
to be seen ②to look ③to come
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing)
point ②future ③destination ④rest (e.g. of a story)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ②to join together ③to face ④to compare
to turn over ②to knock over ③to overturn (e.g. a decision)
to run along ②to follow (a policy, plan, etc.) ③to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.)
side (of something, or taking someone's side) ②(watch) case
to branch ②to separate ③to disperse
tail (animal) ②tail end
feather ②wing ③blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.) ④shuttlecock (in badminton)
to bend ②to lean ③to bend (the truth) ④to yield (a point)
breath ②tone
to blow (of the wind) ②to blow (one's breath) ③to emit (smoke, fire, etc.) ④to burst out laughing ⑤to brag
to be completed ②to be very drunk
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to get better
hospitalization
to connect ②to tie ③to maintain ④to transfer (phone call)
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.