Lesson 3

20 Kanji

50 of 89 Vocabulary

having a headache ②racking one's brains
excluding ②outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
number one ②best ③game ④as a test ⑤song (e.g. in noh)
to call on someone ②to ask ③to speak to (a large crowd at a theater, etc.)
many ②large amount of ③frequent
extent ②limit ③(span of) time ④about ⑤as much as ...
good ②sufficient ③easy to ...
to send ②to see (someone) off ③to bid farewell to (the departed) ④to spend (time)
request ②please
chief ②main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to lend ②to rent out ③to hand (over)
return to one's country ②return to one's hometown
stamp (postage)
hope ②(bright) prospects
classroom ②department (in a university) ③class ④school (for a particular discipline)
economy ②finance ③being economical
laboratory ②seminar room ③professor's office
program (of events, music, etc.) ②program (booklet) ③(computer) program
negotiations ②connection
international ②diplomatic intercourse
thing ②incident ③nominalizing suffix ④pretending to ... ⑤alias ⑥necessity
there's no (other) way ②cannot be helped ③it's no use (doing) ④hopeless (person)
automatic (e.g. door, gun, etc.)
deadline ②closing (a door, window, etc.) ③cofferdam
religion ②religious activity
information ②information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
to advance ②to precede ③to make progress ④to deepen
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.