My words

決心

けっしん

determination, resolution

上達

じょうたつ

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability), advance, progress, communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

無酸素運動

むさんそうんどう

anaerobic exercise

閉会

へいかい

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

お開きにする

おひらきにする

to break up (e.g. a meeting), to call it a night

恐縮

きょうしゅく

feeling obliged, being grateful, being thankful, being sorry, being ashamed

上流

じょうりゅう

upper stream, upper course, upper reaches, upstream, upper classes

忌み言葉

いみことば

taboo word, euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)

入刀

にゅうとう

cutting the cake (at a wedding)

お越し

おこし

coming, going

御社

おんしゃ

your company, your shrine

頂戴する

Chōdai suru

receive

承知

しょうち

knowledge, awareness, consent, acceptance, assent, admitting, compliance, agreement, acknowledgment, acknowledgement, forgiving, pardoning, excusing

埋める

うめる うずめる うずめる、うめる

to cover, to bury (e.g. one's face in hands), to submerge, to fill (completely), to stuff, to pack, to cram, to fill up

市役所

しやくしょ

municipal office, council, city hall

割れ易い

われやすい

brittle, fragile, easily cracked, perishable

発表

はっぴょう

announcement, publication, presenting, statement, communique, making known, breaking (news story), expressing (one's opinion), releasing, unveiling

最新

さいしん

latest, newest, late-breaking (news)

総理

そうり

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government), premier, leading, overseeing, leader, overseer, president

居住する

Kyojū suru

Live

滞在

たいざい

stay, sojourn

栽培

さいばい

cultivation

睨む

にらむ

to glare at, to scowl at, to glower at, to stare intensely at, to examine carefully, to estimate, to guess, to suspect, to judge, to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person), to watch, to take account of, to take into consideration

抱える

かかえる

to hold or carry under or in the arms, to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.), to employ, to engage, to hire

友情

ゆうじょう

friendship, fellowship, camaraderie

剥離

はくり

detachment, coming off, peeling off, separation

再構成

さいこうせい

reconstruction, reorganization, reorganisation, reconstitution, reconfiguration

冬至

とうじ

winter solstice

大晦日

おおみそか

New Year's Eve, December 31st

煩悩

ぼんのう

klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering), worldly desires, evil passions, appetites of the flesh