My words

見上げる

みあげる

to look up at, to raise ones eyes, to look up to, to admire, to respect

誕生日

たんじょうび

birthday

文化

ぶんか

culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22), culture

出入り口

でいりぐち

exit and entrance

一休み

ひとやすみ

(short) rest, breather, break

竹の先

たけのさき

punta del bambu

大空

おおぞら

heavens, firmament, sky

天気

てんき

weather, the elements, fair weather, fine weather, weather

草花

くさばな そうか

flower, flowering plant

水田

すいでん

(water-filled) paddy field

名犬

めいけん

fine dog

土足

どそく

shod feet, muddy feet, dirty feet

休校

きゅうこう

closing school (temporarily), dropping ones studies

人口

じんこう

population, common talk, population

雨音

あまおと

sound of rainfall

小川

おかわ

rierol

大木

たいぼく

large tree

先生

せんせい

professor,mestre

山林

さんりん

mountain forest, forest on a mountain, montane forest, mountains and forest

中学校

ちゅうがっこう

junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school

一生

いっしょう

whole life, a lifetime, all through life, one existence, a generation, an age, the whole world, the era, (the only, the greatest, etc.) of ones life

生け花

いけばな せいか

flower arrangement, fresh flowers

上下

うえした

top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, upside-down

赤飯

せきはん

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

一足早い

ひとあしはやい

slightly early, just before

一足先

ひとあしさき

one step ahead

大小

だいしょう

sizes (various), large and small, daisho (matched pair of long and short swords), large and small drums, long months and short months

番犬

ばんけん

watchdog

目標

もくひょう

mark, objective, target

国立大学

こくりつだいがく

national university