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Lesson 4

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19 Kanji

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50 of 54 Vocabulary

せい
成
ちょう
長
growth ②growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
か
勝
　
つ
to win
きん
金
gold (metal) ②something of great value ③money ④karat (measure of purity of gold) ⑤metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing)
けん
健
こう
康
health ②healthy
はっ
発
たつ
達
development
げん
現
だい
代
present age ②modern era
とし
年
よ
寄
　
り
old person ②trustee of the Japan Sumo Association ③senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
しゅ
種
るい
類
variety ②counter for kinds, species, etc.
ばん
番
ぐみ
組
program (e.g. TV)
だい
代
ひょう
表
てき
的
representative
すもう
相撲
sumo (wrestling) ②sumo wrestler
こく
国
ない
内
internal
し
試
あい
合
match
せん
選
しゅ
手
player (of a sport)
　
す
　
べ
　
て
everything ②entirely
え
笑
がお
顔
smiling face
おお
大
ごえ
声
loud voice
さけ
叫
　
ぶ
to shout ②to clamor (for or against)
ま
負
　
け
　
る
to lose ②to succumb ③to reduce the price
くや
悔
　
し
　
い
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
ば
馬
か
鹿
　
に
ridiculously
ぜっ
絶
たい
対
　
に
absolutely
れい
礼
thanks ②manners ③bow (i.e. bending of the body) ④reward ⑤ceremony
む
向
　
か
　
う
to face ②to go towards
　
お
たが
互
　
い
　
に
mutually
あい
挨
さつ
拶
greeting ②speech (congratulatory or appreciative) ③a fine thing to say ④dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) ⑤relationship (between people)
そん
尊
けい
敬
respect
かん
感
しゃ
謝
thanks
あらわ
表
　
す
to represent ②to reveal ③to express ④to make widely known
ふく
含
　
む
to contain ②to hold in the mouth ③to bear in mind ④to express (emotion, etc.)
れい
礼
ぎ
儀
ただ
正
　
し
　
い
courteous
そだ
育
　
つ
to be raised (e.g. child)
かよ
通
　
う
to go to and from (a place) ②to go to (school, work, etc.) ③to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity) ④to resemble
せい
精
しん
神
mind ②attitude ③spirit (of a matter)
のう
能
りょく
力
ability
　
プ
　
レ
　
ー
play ②playing (a sport) ③play (theatrical performance) ④play ball
お
折
　
る
to break ②to fold ③to make (origami) ④to interrupt
う
打
　
つ
to hit ②to strike (noon, etc.) ③to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.) ④to move
な
投
　
げ
　
る
to throw ②to give up ③to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
おどろ
驚
　
く
to be surprised
かれ
彼
he ②boyfriend
あた
与
　
え
　
る
to give (esp. to someone of lower status) ②to provide ③to assign ④to cause
そだ
育
　
て
　
る
to raise ②to train ③to promote the growth of
せき
席
seat ②location (of a gathering, etc.) ③position
ゆず
譲
　
る
to hand over ②to give up (e.g. one's seat) ③to yield ④to sell
いっ
一
ぱん
般
てき
的
general
ぶ
部
department (in an organization, company, etc.) ②club (at a school, university, etc.) ③counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
せん
先
ぱい
輩
senior (at work or school)
こう
後
はい
輩
junior (at work, school, etc.)
かん
関
けい
係
relation ②participation ③related to
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.