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採択

採択 さいたく adoption; selection; choice

深める

深める ふかめる to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

母校

母校 ぼこう alma mater

女史

女史 じょし Ms (nuance of status); Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral

道場

道場 どうじょう dojo (hall used for martial arts training); manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

喜劇

喜劇 きげき comedy; funny show

峰

峰 みね peak; summit; ridge; top; back of a blade

口頭

口頭 こうとう oral

区画

区画 くかく division; section; compartment; boundary; area; block

再会

再会 さいかい another meeting; meeting again; reunion

封

封 ふう seal

保つ

保つ たもつ to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable

頻繁

頻繁 ひんぱん frequent; incessant

不審

不審 ふしん incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness; infidelity

調停

調停 ちょうてい arbitration; conciliation; mediation

大金

大金 たいきん large amount of money; great cost

干渉

干渉 かんしょう interference; intervention; meddling

補充

補充 ほじゅう supplementation; supplement; replenishment; replenishing; replacement; refilling; to replace; to refill; to replenish

購読

購読 こうどく paid subscription (e.g. magazine)

林業

林業 りんぎょう forestry

悲観

悲観 ひかん pessimism; disappointment

鉄鋼

鉄鋼 てっこう iron and steel

役職

役職 やくしょく post; managerial position; official position

小切手

小切手 こぎって cheque; check

液

液 えき liquid; fluid

討議

討議 とうぎ debate; discussion

控える

控える ひかえる to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number);

転落

転落 てんらく fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive; degradation; comedown; demotion; slump

配給

配給 はいきゅう distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

踏まえる

踏まえる ふまえる to be based on; to have origin in; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

相対

相対 あいたい confrontation; facing; between ourselves; no third party; tete-a-tete

海峡

海峡 かいきょう channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

一部分

一部分 いちぶぶん part; portion; section

繁殖

繁殖 はんしょく breed; multiply; increase; propagation

引き分け

引き分け ひきわけ draw (in competition); tie game

強行

強行 きょうこう forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

親善

親善 しんぜん friendship

操縦

操縦 そうじゅう steering; piloting; flying; control; operation; handling; management; handling; control; manipulation

音色

音色 ねいろ tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre; synthesizer patch; synthesiser patch

捻子

捻子 ねじ screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

申出

申出 もうしで proposal; request; claim; report; notice; offer

落とす

落とす おとす to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove

好ましい

好ましい このましい nice; likeable; desirable

伝達

伝達 でんたつ transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction

取り締まり

取り締まり とりしまり control; management; supervision

定める

定める さだめる to decide; to establish; to determine

楽観

楽観 らっかん optimism

静止

静止 せいし stillness; repose; standing still

組み合わせ

組み合わせ くみあわせ combination

悲惨

悲惨 ひさん disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

画期

画期 かっき transition from one epoch to another; change of era

宿命

宿命 しゅくめい fate; destiny; predestination

お蔭様で

お蔭様で おかげさまで (I'm fine) thank you; thanks to you; fortunately; under the gods' shadow

海運

海運 かいうん maritime; marine transportation

悪い

悪い にくい hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable; amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful

均衡

均衡 きんこう equilibrium; balance

保温

保温 ほおん retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation

逃亡

逃亡 とうぼう escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

私有

私有 しゆう private ownership

味覚

味覚 みかく taste; palate; sense of taste

公用

公用 こうよう government business; official business; public; official; governmental

切実

切実 せつじつ compelling; serious; severe; acute; earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; keen; fervent; poignant

根底

根底 こんてい root; basis; foundation

義理

義理 ぎり duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; in-law; relation by marriage

時折

時折 ときおり sometimes

域外

域外 いきがい outside the area

交互

交互 こうご mutual; reciprocal; alternate

過ち

過ち あやまち fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

本能

本能 ほんのう instinct

予感

予感 よかん presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

落ち込む

落ち込む おちこむ to feel down (sad); to be in a slump (e.g. business, economy); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

言い訳

言い訳 いいわけ excuse; explanation

衆議院

衆議院 しゅうぎいん lower house; House of Representatives

辞退

辞退 じたい declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself

集まる

集まる あつまる to gather; to collect; to assemble

人目

人目 ひとめ public gaze; public notice

果て

果て はて the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

負う

負う おう to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to be injured; to owe

行員

行員 こういん bank clerk

運搬

運搬 うんぱん transport; carriage

貯蓄

貯蓄 ちょちく savings

納入

納入 のうにゅう payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery

セックス

セックス セックス sexual intercourse

到達

到達 とうたつ reaching; attaining; arrival

侍

侍 さむらい warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer

破損

破損 はそん damage

始末

始末 しまつ management; dealing; settlement; cleaning up; getting rid of; economizing; economising; being thrifty; end result (usu. bad)

脅迫

脅迫 きょうはく threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

印鑑

印鑑 いんかん stamp; seal

傾斜

傾斜 けいしゃ inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip; tilt; lean

最善

最善 さいぜん the very best

一様

一様 いちよう uniformity; evenness; similarity; equality; impartiality; homogeneity

対等

対等 たいとう equality (esp. of status, on equal terms); equivalence; equivalent; equal

何故

何故 なぜ why; how

該当

該当 がいとう corresponding to; being applicable to; relevant to; coming under; falling under; applying to; fulfilling; qualifying as

小柄

小柄 こがら small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

水源

水源 すいげん source of river; fountainhead

従事

従事 じゅうじ engaging; pursuing; following (e.g. profession or occupation)

早める

早める はやめる to hasten; to quicken; to expedite; to precipitate; to accelerate

妨害

妨害 ぼうがい disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference