My words

お喋り

おしゃべり

chattering, talk, idle talk, chat, chitchat, gossip, chatty, talkative, chatterbox, blabbermouth

先

さき

previous, prior, former, some time ago, preceding, point (e.g. pencil), tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line), front, ahead, the other side, the future, hereafter, destination, the other party

方向

ほうこう

direction, orientation, bearing, way, course (e.g. of action)

横

よこ

horizontal (as opposed to vertical), lying down, side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth, side (of a box, etc.), beside, aside, next to, unconnected

にっこり

smile sweetly, smile, grin

通う

かよう

to go to and from (a place), to go back and forth between, to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.), to ply between, to go to (school, work, etc.), to attend, to commute, to frequent, to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity), to be communicated (e.g. thought), to resemble

動く

うごく

to move to stir to shift to shake to swing to operate to run to go to work to be touched to be influenced to change to vary to fluctuate to waver certain factual to be transferred

見つける

みつける みっける

to discover, to find (e.g. an error in a book), to come across, to detect, to spot, to locate, to find (e.g. something missing), to find fault, to be used to seeing, to be familiar with

会釈

えしゃく

nod, salutation, greeting, recognition, bow

地下鉄

ちかてつ

underground train, subway

電車

でんしゃ

train, electric train

遊び

あそび

playing, play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

比べる

くらべる

to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie

に比べ

にくらべ

compared to

に従って

にしたがって

in accordance with, according to, as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

として

as (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of), apart from... (used to change the topic), even (e.g. "not even a single person"), thinking that..., trying to...

と共に

とともに

together with, as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

に於いて

において

in, on, at (place), as for, regarding

適する

てきする

to fit, to suit

湖

こ

lake (in place names)

便り

たより

news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter

友達

ともだち

friend, companion

遊ぶ

あそぶ あすぶ

to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.), to be idle, to do nothing, to be unused, to go to (for pleasure or for study), to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration, to enjoy oneself, to play, to have a good time

困る

こまる

to be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to be embarrassed, to be stumped

周り

まわり

circumference, girth, surroundings, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

咲く

さく

to bloom

疲れる

つかれる

to get tired, to tire, to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects), to starve

笑う

わらう

to laugh, to smile, to sneer, to ridicule, to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted

乗る

のる

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.), to get in, to board, to take, to embark, to get on (e.g. a footstool), to step on, to jump on, to sit on, to mount, to reach, to go over, to pass, to follow, to stay (on track), to go with (the times, etc.), to take part, to participate, to join, to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.), to be deceived, to be taken in, to be carried, to be spread, to be scattered, to stick, to attach, to take, to go on

景色

けしき けいしょく

scenery, scene, landscape