Lesson 5

19 of 69 Vocabulary

department (in an organization, company, etc.) ②club (at a school, university, etc.) ③counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
to decrease (in size or number)
already ②soon ③jeez
(a) step ②level ③small degree
state (of affairs) ②appearance ③sign
preparation for a lesson
preparatory school (for entrance examinations)
according to (someone)
comfort ②easy ③raku pottery ④sukha (happiness)
study abroad destination
level ②level (amount or quantity) ③level (plane) ④level (instrument)
ronin ②high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ③person out of work ④wanderer
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.