My words

問いかけ

といかけ

query, interrogation, enquiry, question, inquiry

問いかける

といかける

to ask a question, to begin to ask a question

講演

こうえん

lecture, address, speech

触れ合う

ふれあう

to come into contact with, to touch (each other), to have a brush with

触れ合い

ふれあい

contact, connectedness, rapport, mutual touching

依頼

いらい

request, commission, dispatch, despatch, dependence, trust

独特

どくとく

peculiarity, uniqueness, characteristic

賢い

かしこい

wise, clever, smart

荒くれ

あらくれ

violent, wild, rowdy, rough fellow, rowdy person

固い話

かたいはなし

serious topic (of conversation)

検査

けんさ

inspection (e.g. customs, factory), examination, scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.), inspection

誤解

ごかい

misunderstanding

変更

へんこう

change, modification, alteration, revision, amendment

幸い

さいわい

happiness, blessedness, luck, fortune, felicity, luckily, fortunately

更ける

ふける

to get late, to advance, to wear on

挟む

はさむ

to interpose, to hold between, to insert, to be on either side (e.g. road), to be across (e.g. street, river), to be beyond

供える

そなえる

to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate

権利

けんり

right, privilege

感覚

かんかく

sense, sensation, feeling, intuition, sensation

dwellings

住居

四季

しき

four seasons

訓練

くんれん

practice, practising, training

紅茶

こうちゃ

black tea

接待

せったい

reception, welcome, serving (food), wining and dining, business entertainment, corporate entertainment, entertaining politicians

騙す

だます

to trick, to cheat, to deceive, to coax, to wheedle, to soothe and humor (humour)

明け暮れる

あけくれる

to do nothing but, to spend all one's time doing

崩壊寸前

ほうかいすんぜん

on the brink of collapse, in a state of near-collapse

賞状

しょうじょう

honorable certificate, honourable certificate

結末

けつまつ

end, conclusion

気が滅入る

きがめいる

to feel depressed, to be down