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Lesson 121

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20 Kanji

溶 melt 漏 leak 漸 steadily 滴 drip 漆 lacquer 漬 pickling 漂 drift 潮 tide 潤 wet 澄 lucidity 濁 voiced 濫 excessive 狂 lunatic 狩 hunt 猟 game-hunting 猛 fierce 猶 furthermore 獄 prison 阻 thwart 附 affixed

35 Vocabulary

よう
溶
がん
岩
lava
と
溶
　
け
　
る
to melt ②to dissolve
あま
雨
も
漏
　
り
roof leak
ろう
漏
でん
電
short circuit
ぜん
漸
じ
次
gradually
すい
水
てき
滴
drop of water ②vessel for replenishing inkstone water
しずく
滴
drop (e.g. of water)
したた
滴
　
る
to drip ②to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
しっ
漆
き
器
lacquer ware
うるし
漆
East Asian lacquer ②Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
つけ
漬
もの
物
tsukemono
つ
漬
　
け
　
る
to soak (in) ②to pickle
ひょう
漂
はく
白
blanching
ただよ
漂
　
う
to drift ②to waft (e.g. a scent) ③to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood) ④to wander
ふう
風
ちょう
潮
tide ②tendency
しお
潮
tide ②sea water ③opportunity ④thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
じゅん
潤
かつ
滑
ゆ
油
lubricating oil ②person or thing that makes things run smoothly
うるお
潤
　
う
to become moist ②to profit (from) ③to be refreshed (of one's mind)
うる
潤
　
む
to be wet (with tears) ②to get dim ③to become tear-choked
す
澄
　
む
to become clear (water, air, etc.) ②to resonate clearly (e.g. voice) ③to become serene ④to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
にご
濁
　
る
to become muddy ②to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.) ③to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.) ④to become voiced (of a consonant)
だく
濁
りゅう
流
muddy stream
らん
濫
ばつ
伐
reckless deforestation
ねっ
熱
きょう
狂
てき
的
wildly enthusiastic
くる
狂
　
う
to go mad ②to get out of order ③to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.) ④to go crazy (over someone or something)
か
狩
　
り
hunting ②gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.) ③hunting down (a criminal, etc.)
しゅ
狩
りょう
猟
hunting
りょう
猟
し
師
hunter
ゆう
勇
もう
猛
daring
ゆう
猶
よ
予
postponement
じ
地
ごく
獄
hell realm ②Hell ③hell ④place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
そ
阻
し
止
obstruction
はば
阻
　
む
to keep someone from doing
ふ
附
ぞく
属
being attached (to) ②attached school
もう
猛
れつ
烈
fierce