Lesson 1

19 Kanji

50 of 74 Vocabulary

day ②sun ③(the) day ④date
story ②stairs ③stage (in chronostratigraphy) ④counter for stories and floors of a building
island ②one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
whole ②to begin with ③... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?")
Metropolis (of Tokyo) ②counter for cities and towns ③capital
road ②way ③moral education ④Buddhist teachings
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto) ②center (e.g. of learning) ③(government) office ④fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
prefecture (of Japan)
capital (city)
(air) temperature
difference ②difference
cherry tree ②fake buyer ③hired applauder ④horse meat
end ②end of (one's) life
in front (of) ②before ③(the) front ④forward ⑤previous (e.g. page) ⑥portion ⑦front (of one's body or clothing)
form ②visage
photography (still or motion)
inspection ②sitting out (e.g. PE class)
continent ②continental Asia (esp. mainland China) ③continental Europe
people ②each person
to enjoy ②to look forward to
wall ②barrier ③Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
speciality ②sole interest
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)
to enter ②to join (a club, company, etc.) ③to be contained (in) ④to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
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.