My words

反

はん

anti-, antithesis, fanqie, traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

諸問題

しょもんだい

many problems, various problems

複

ふく

diplo-, double, doubles (tennis, etc.), place betting (in horse racing, etc.)

複数

ふくすう

several, plural, plurality, multiple

鈍い

にぶい のろい

dull (e.g. a knife), blunt, thickheaded, obtuse, stupid, dull (sound, color, etc.), dim (light), slow, sluggish, inert, lethargic, indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex), doting

動き

うごき

movement move motion trend development change fluctuation

怪しい

あやしい

suspicious, dubious, doubtful, dodgy, suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation), dangerous (e.g. financial situation), ominous (e.g. weather), strange, shady, fishy, charming, bewitching, mysterious

素早い

すばやい

fast, quick, prompt, nimble, agile, quick (to understand), sharp (judgement)

仕上げる

しあげる

to finish up, to complete, to finish off, to get through, to polish off

しょっちゅう

always, constantly, frequently, often

何時までも

いつまでも

forever, for good, eternally, as long as one likes, indefinitely, no matter what

今に

いまに

before long, even now

態とらしい

わざとらしい

unnatural, affected, studied, forced

予測

よそく

prediction, estimation

法則

ほうそく

law rule

調和

ちょうわ

harmony

解ける

とける

to be solved, to loosen, to come untied, to be removed (e.g. restrictions), to be cleared (e.g. misunderstandings), to be broken (e.g. spells, curses), to melt

当てにならない

あてにならない

not be relied upon, not to be counted on

てるてる坊主

てるてるぼうず

paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

観測

かんそく

observation, survey, measurement

数時間

すうじかん

a few hours

異常

いじょう

strangeness, abnormality, disorder

奪う

うばう

to snatch away, to dispossess, to steal

従う

したがう

to abide (by the rules), to obey, to follow, to accompany

収穫

しゅうかく

harvest, crop, ingathering, fruits (of one's labors), results

流れ

ながれ

stream, current, flow, course of events

農作業

のうさぎょう

farmwork

知恵

ちえ

prajna (insight leading to enlightenment), sense, sagacity, wisdom, intelligence, wit

洪水

こうずい

flood, floods

見直す

みなおす

to look again, to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.), to review, to get a better opinion of, to see something in a more positive light, to improve, to recover (market, illness, etc.)