My words

職人

しょくにん

worker, mechanic, artisan, craftsman

職場

しょくば

one's post, place of work, workplace, workplace

数える

かぞえる

to count, to enumerate

数

かず

number, amount, number, number

弱点

じゃくてん

weak point, weakness, shortcoming, defect, flaw, sore spot, tender spot

終点

しゅうてん

terminus, last stop (e.g. train), end point

時期

じき

time, season, period, phase, stage, soon, shortly

短期間

たんきかん

short term, short time

彼女

かのじょ

she, her, her, girlfriend, sweetheart

発音

はつおん

pronunciation

得意

とくい

triumph, prosperity, pride, one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty, frequent customer (client, etc.)

竹

たけ

bamboo, middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

悲しい

かなしい

sad sorrowful

温暖化

おんだんか

warming, global warming

開会式

かいかいしき

opening ceremony

風船

ふうせん

balloon (esp small toy variety)

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

失業

しつぎょう

unemployment, unemployment

小児性愛者

しょうにせいあいしゃ

paedophile, pedophile

起こる

おこる

to occur, to happen

評判

ひょうばん

fame, reputation, popularity, rumour (rumor), talk

遣らせる

やらせる

to allow, to let (somebody) do, to make (somebody) do

絶対に

ぜったいに

absolutely, unconditionally, never (with neg. verb)

解放

かいほう

deallocation (of computer memory), deallocation

電池

でんち

battery

開放

かいほう

open throw open liberalization liberalisation

付近

ふきん

neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, environs, approaching

現れる

あらわれる

to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise, to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

残る

のこる

to remain to be left

残念

ざんねん

deplorable bad luck regret disappointment