Lesson 1

50 of 112 Vocabulary

to be raised (e.g. child)
graduation ②moving on (from) ③leaving (a group, company, etc.)
before very long ②of the previously mentioned
if ②when it comes to ... ③why don't you ...
man ②masculine gender
to differ (from) ②to be wrong ③isn't it?
near ②nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year") ③shortly
to arrive at ②to sit on
to work (for) ②to serve (as) ③to conduct a religious service
to take (someone to a place)
polite ②careful
suitable ②perfunctory
thank you ②much (thanks) ③quite ④greetings
place ②address ③district ④whereupon ⑤about to
by the way ②even if
next (to) ②house next door
to stay at (e.g. hotel) ②to be docked
to take ②to pass ③to get ④to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
difficult to ...
to sleep ②to die ③to lie idle (e.g. of resources) ④to close one's eyes
only ②approximately ③just (finished, etc.) ④as if to
for the first time ②only after ... is it ... ③first time
to address (someone) ②to begin to talk
to be surprised ②surprise (e.g. surprise party)
one night ②all night
culture ②Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
fluently (speaking a foreign language) ②incessantly (speaking) ③one after the other (flipping through pages) ④thin (paper, cloth, etc.)
I ②you ③manservant
still ②still a long way to go
town ②downtown ③street
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.