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Lesson 100

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11 Kanji

圏 sphere 宇 eaves 宙 mid-air 抽 pluck 拍 clap 摘 pinch 握 grip 探 grope 掘 dig 堀 ditch 埋 bury

17 Vocabulary

しゅ
首
と
都
けん
圏
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area ②metropolitan area (of a capital)
う
宇
ちゅう
宙
universe
ちゅう
抽
しょう
象
てき
的
abstract
はく
拍
しゅ
手
clapping hands ②clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
ひょう
拍
し
子
(musical) time ②the moment
し
指
てき
摘
pointing out
つ
摘
　
む
to pick ②to snip
あく
握
しゅ
手
handshake ②reconciliation
にぎ
握
　
る
to clasp ②to hold (the answer) ③to seize (power) ④to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.)
さが
探
　
す
to search for ②to search (a house, pocket, etc.)
さぐ
探
　
る
to feel around for ②to investigate ③to explore (parts unknown)
たん
探
きゅう
求
search
ほ
掘
　
る
to dig ②to delve into ③to dig up (e.g. vegetables) ④(for two men) to have anal sex
はっ
発
くつ
掘
excavation ②discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.)
ほり
堀
moat ②canal
う
埋
　
め
　
る
to bury (e.g. in the ground) ②to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall) ③to plug (a gap) ④to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.)
まい
埋
ぼつ
没
being buried ②remaining unknown ③being absorbed (e.g. in research)