My words

皆さん

みなさん

all, everyone, everybody

難しさ

むずかしさ

(degree of) difficulty

場所

ばしょ

room, space, basho, wrestling tournament, position, location, place, spot

我慢

がまん

patience, endurance, perseverance, tolerance, self-control, self-denial

眠る

ねむる ねぶる

to sleep (not necessarily lying down), to die, to close one's eyes

取り出す

とりだす

to take out, to produce, to pick out, to fetch, to retrieve

夢中

むちゅう

daze, (in a) trance, ecstasy, delirium, engrossment, within a (deep) dream

手を貸す

てをかす

to lend a hand, to help

中でも

なかでも

among (other things), especially, particularly, inter alia, above all (else)

不思議

ふしぎ

wonder, miracle, strange, mystery, marvel, curiosity

会社員

かいしゃいん

company employee

大声

おおごえ たいせい

loud voice

礼儀正しい

れいぎただしい

courteous, decorous, polite

凝乎と

じっと じーっと じーと じいっと

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait), (be) still, fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare), intently (e.g. listen, think), patiently (endure), stoically, firmly (e.g. hold), restrained

社会

しゃかい

society, public, community, the world, social studies

頃

ころ ごろ

(approximate) time, around, about, toward, suitable time (or condition), time of year, season

堪らない

たまらない

intolerable, unbearable, unendurable, irresistible, tremendous, out of this world, cannot help (doing), cannot but do, anxious to do

この前

このまえ

some time ago, recently, lately, last (Sunday, etc.), previous

途中

とちゅう

on the way, en route, in the middle of, midway

なんて

such as, (things) like, exclamation

列

れつ

queue, line, row, column, sequence, string, train, column, column, row

様子

ようす

state, state of affairs, situation, circumstances, appearance, look, aspect, sign, indication

満員

まんいん

full house no vacancy sold out standing room only full (of people) crowded

席を取って置く

せきをとっておく

to book (take) a seat

年寄り

としより

trustee of the Japan Sumo Association retired highranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate) important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate) old people the aged

呆れる

あきれる

to be amazed, to be shocked, to be astonished, to be astounded, to be disgusted

信じる

しんじる

to believe to believe in to place trust in to confide in to have faith in

出席

しゅっせき

attendance, presence, appearance, to attend, to be present, to appear

突然

とつぜん

abrupt, sudden, unexpected, all at once

伝言

でんごん

verbal message, word