Lesson 8

14 Kanji

56 Vocabulary

center ②-centered
average ②balance
to rise ②to enter (esp. from outdoors) ③to be complete
to decrease (in size or number)
to harvest ②to take in ③to adopt (e.g. idea)
drama ②powerful drug
head (of a household) ②one's husband ③(one's) employer ④host
entry (on stage) ②entrance
tragedy ②tragedy
protagonist ②head (of a household)
on the way ②in the middle of
position ②viewpoint
to trick ②to coax
(social) standing ②identity ③one's circumstances
splendid ②praiseworthy ③legal ④undeniable (e.g. crime)
idiot ②stupid ③fervent enthusiast ④Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
to draw ②to depict ③to picture in one's mind ④to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
absence ②house-sitting ③being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.)
poison ②harm ③ill will ④abusive language
to approach ②to get acquainted with
endurance ②self-control
odor ②aura
to tear ②to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.) ③to defeat ④to break (e.g. silence)
to divide ②to cut ③to break ④to dilute
law ②method ③mood ④dharma
village
sure ②reliable ③If I'm not mistaken
to grow ②to cut (teeth)
to erase ②to turn off (power) ③to extinguish ④to bump off
self-confidence
to see ②to examine ③to try ... ④to see (that) ...
to pull out ②to do to the end ③to let out (e.g. air from a tire) ④to masturbate (of a male)
one cup (of) ②one drink (of alcohol) ③full ④fully ⑤a lot ⑥all of ... ⑦one (squid, octopus, crab, etc.)
to bite (at) ②to snap at (someone)
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.