Lesson 8

19 Kanji

50 of 95 Vocabulary

after this ②thereafter
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby) ②to have (a thought or feeling)
whole life ②(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
(American) Indian ②Indian
reception (desk) ②receipt
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo)
female office worker ②overlap ③orienteering
to meet (someone of higher status) ②to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status)
founding a country ②opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world
charge ②connection
to be disappointed ②to feel exhausted
he ②boyfriend
to succeed ②to take the place of ③to be exchanged
to feel (as if) ②to feel like doing
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
teacher (classroom)
detailed ②knowing very well
bulletin board ②electronic bulletin board
determination
study of foreign languages ②linguistics
hometown ②ruins
outside the country
happiness ②luckily
national isolation ②sakoku
person in charge
landing ②making landfall (of a typhoon)
ship's captain ②length of a ship ③boatman
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.