Lesson 2

25 Kanji

50 of 71 Vocabulary

now ②another
today ②these days
today ②these days
afternoon
in front (of) ②before ③(the) front ④forward ⑤previous (e.g. page) ⑥portion ⑦front (of one's body or clothing)
name ②given name
to be late ②to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.) ③to be bereaved of ④to be slow (of a clock or watch)
above ②top ③the above (in a piece of writing) ④with respect to ... ⑤honorable ⑥emperor
skillful ②flattery
upper reaches of a river
to raise ②(of the tide) to come in ③to vomit ④to do for (the sake of someone else) ⑤to complete ...
ascent ②up-train ③upbound (esp. toward Tokyo) ④upstream
to ascend ②to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun) ③to go to (the capital) ④to be promoted
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.)
below ②inferiority ③trade-in ④preliminary
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.) ②under (a flag, the sun, etc.) ③with (e.g. one blow) ④(someone's) side
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.)
to hang ②to lower ③to demote ④to clear (plates)
to descend (e.g. a mountain) ②to alight (e.g. from bus) ③to step down ④to be granted
down-train ②down-slope ③downbound (esp. away from Tokyo) ④downstream
unskillful ②imprudent
inside ②among ③middle ④during ⑤interval ⑥second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes) ⑦red-light district
China ②Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane) ③central part of a country ④province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical) ②side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back) ③side (of a box, etc.) ④beside
right ②right hand ③the above (in a piece of vertical writing) ④the right (wing)
left and right ②(asserting) control ③one's attendants ④(serving at someone's) side
left ②left hand ③the left (wing)
book ②this ③main ④counter for long, cylindrical things
north ②the North ③North Korea ④north wind
north-east ②Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)
direction ②side (of an argument, etc.) ③type ④field (of study, etc.)