My words

下がる

さがる

to come down, to go down, to fall, to drop, to sink, to get lower, to hang, to dangle, to move back, to step back, to withdraw, to retire, to deteriorate, to fall off, to be downgraded, to get closer to the present day, to go south

紹介

しょうかい

introduction, presentation, referral, listing

失敗

しっぱい

failure, mistake, blunder

自己

じこ

self, oneself

連絡

れんらく

to contact, to get in touch, contacting, getting in touch, communication, call, message, connection, coordination, junction, intercalary, intercalaris, internuncial

谷

たに

valley

貧する

ひんする

to become poor, to be poor

余分

よぶん

extra, excess, surplus

例えば

たとえば

for example, e.g.

約

やく

promise, shortening, reduction, simplification, contraction (in phonetics), approximately, about

署名

しょめい

signature

偶に

たまに

occasionally once in a while

殆ど

ほとんど

mostly, nearly, practically, well-nigh, almost invariably, all but, just about, almost

選ぶ

えらぶ

to choose, to select

咳

せき しわぶき

cough, coughing, tussis

手術

しゅじゅつ

(surgical) operation, procedure

蒸し暑い

むしあつい

humid, sultry

同僚

どうりょう

coworker, co-worker, colleague, associate

計画

けいかく

plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme

両替

りょうがえ

change, money exchange

自然

しぜん

nature, spontaneity, naturally, spontaneously, nature

政治

せいじ

politics, government, politics

何方

どなた どちら どっち いずかた いずち どち いずし なにざま

which way, which direction, where, which one (esp. of two alternatives), who

砂糖

さとう

sugar

泊まる

とまる

to stay at (e.g. hotel), to be docked, to be berthed, to be moored

意外

いがい

unexpected, surprising

緩い

ゆるい

loose, lenient, lax, gentle (curve, slope, etc.), slow, weak, soft, not firm

秘密

ひみつ

secret, mystery, esoteric teachings, confidentiality, secrecy, privacy, secret

激しい

はげしい

violent, furious, tempestuous, extreme, intense, fierce, fervent, vehement, incessant, relentless, precipitous, steep

勝つ

かつ

to win, to gain victory