Lesson 1

24 of 74 Vocabulary

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
picture ②image (TV, film, etc.)
very ②immense ③serious ④major incident
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
severe ②hard (to do) ③intense (e.g. cold)
beginning ②first (in line, etc.) ③origin
terrible ②amazing (e.g. of strength) ③awfully
I ②you ③manservant
rural area ②hometown
New Year (esp. first three days) ②first month of the year
old tale ②reminiscence
various ②variously ③various things
truth ②proper ③genuine
district ②the country ③civilian society
year ②age ③past one's prime
nature ②natural ③naturally
feeling ②preparedness ③slightly
festival ②harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob ③galore (as in "goals galore")
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.