My words

市会議員

しかいぎいん

city councillor, city councilor, city assemblyman

定期的に

ていきてきに

at fixed intervals

超

ちょう チョー

super-, ultra-, hyper-, very, really, over (after a number or counter), more than

きかん坊

きかんぼう

naughty child, unruly child

ドン引き

ドンびき どんびき ドンビキ

drawing away from someone because of their speech or actions, having the mood ruined, zooming out or backing the camera away to get a wider image (film, TV)

死に掛ける

しにかける

to be dying, to be about to die, to be close to death

国際的

こくさいてき

international

恣

ほしいまま

selfish, self-indulgent, arbitrary

講演者

こうえんしゃ

lecturer, speaker

怒り

いかり

anger, rage, fury, wrath, indignation, anger

黙る

だまる

to be silent

女性

じょせい にょしょう

feminine gender, woman, female, women

確立

かくりつ

establishment, settlement, to establish, to settle

理想的

りそうてき

ideal

似つかわしい

につかわしい

suitable, appropriate, becoming, fitting

見失う

みうしなう

to lose sight of, to miss

募集

ぼしゅう

recruiting, taking applications, Public Offering

放っておく

ほうっておく ほっておく

to leave alone, to leave as is, to ignore, to neglect

思わせぶり

おもわせぶり

suggestive behavior, suggestive behaviour, insinuations

老人

ろうじん

the aged, old person

金欠

きんけつ

running out of money

金穴

きんけつ

a gold mine, a provider of funds

承る

うけたまわる

to hear, to be told, to know, to receive (order), to undertake, to comply, to take (a reservation, etc.)

市議会

しぎかい

city council

卓話会

たくわかい

round table meeting or talks

妊娠

にんしん

conception, pregnancy, pregnancy

博士号

はかせごう はくしごう

doctor's degree, doctorate, PhD

宝

たから

treasure

財

ざい

fortune, riches, goods, incorporated foundation

季語

きご

seasonal word (in haiku)