My words

恩

おん

favour, favor, obligation, debt of gratitude

食欲

しょくよく

appetite (for food) appetite

同一

どういつ

identity, sameness, similarity, equality, fairness

上京

じょうきょう

proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

動詞

どうし

verb

スピーチ

speech

平等

びょうどう

equality, impartiality, evenness

前者

ぜんしゃ

the former

泡

あわ あぶく

bubble, foam, froth, head on beer

善

ぜん

good, goodness, right, virtue

奪う

うばう

to snatch away, to dispossess, to steal

要するに

ようするに

in a word, after all, the point is..., in short..., to put simply, the long and short of it is that....

厄介

やっかい

trouble, burden, nuisance, bother, worry care, dependence, support, kindness, obligation, staying (with a person)

禁煙

きんえん

abstaining from smoking quitting smoking No Smoking Smoking Prohibited smoking cessation

渋滞

じゅうたい

congestion (eg traffic) delay stagnation

祝い

いわい ゆわい

congratulation congratulations celebration festival congratulatory gift

湾

わん

bay, gulf, inlet bays

前進

ぜんしん

advance, drive, progress

審判

しんぱん しんばん しん ぱん

refereeing, trial, judgement, judgment, umpire, referee

追う

おう

to chase, to run after, to pursue to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend) to drive out, to oust, to expel to drive (i.e. a herd) (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

国語

こくご

national language Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

外す

はずす

to unfasten, to undo to remove, to take off, to deinstall to leave, to step out, to slip away to miss (a target)

指す

さす

to nominate, to select someone, to specify some person to identify, to indicate, to point out to play to extend ones arm straight ahead (in dance) to point

急激

きゅうげき

sudden, precipitous, radical

景気

けいき

condition, state, business (condition) business cycle business

学問

がくもん

scholarship, study, learning

克服

こくふく

conquest (problem, disease, handicap, etc. e.g. poverty, illness), overcoming, bringing under control, subjugation, victory over

テント

tent

飛ばす

とばす

to fly, to fire, to hurl, to launch, to make fly to skip over, to omit, to drop (e.g. stitch) to run or drive fast, to gallop to spread a rumour (rumor), to tell a story, to tell a joke to remove, to get rid of, to transfer to attack, to jeer at

温暖

おんだん

warm, mild, temperate, warmth