Lesson 13

50 of 111 Vocabulary

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
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
to encourage ②to raise (one's voice)
embarrassing ②disgraceful
pronunciation ②production of sound
opposition ②reverse
anti-Japanese
spare time ②time (it takes to do something) ③free ④slow (business) ⑤to be free
unskillful ②imprudent
holiday house ②prison
just (e.g. "just wait here") ②tolerably ③oh!
first (of all) ②probably ③more or less (satisfactory) ④anyway
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.