Home Curricula An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese Lesson 8
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to face (each other) ②to be directed toward (the future, etc.) ③to receive (a client, etc.) ④to compare with
continent ②continental Asia (esp. mainland China) ③continental Europe
to approach ②to get acquainted with
middle and high-school students
interpretation (i.e. oral translation) ②interpreter
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
part-time job ②part-time worker
white person ②beginner ③unlicensed prostitute
shogunate ②shogun's headquarters ③Imperial Guards office
tightly ②exactly ③perfectly (suited)
direction ②field (e.g. of study)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
translation ②deciphering ③translation
model ②model (profession) ③model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.) ④model (e.g. mathematical)
to turn back (e.g. half-way) ②to return ③to recover (e.g. something lost) ④to rebound
before long ②almost ③finally
to employ ②to charter (a car, boat, etc.)
to permit ②to forgive ③to exempt (someone) from ④to acknowledge
splendid ②praiseworthy ③legal ④undeniable (e.g. crime)
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.