My words

接待

せったい

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

足跡

あしあと そくせき

record of page visitors (eg in social networking sites) footprints

改造

かいぞう

modding restructuring remodelling remodeling

普段から

ふだんから

on a routine basis regularly habitually

絞る

しぼる

to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk to rack (ones brains), to strain (ones voice) to extort, to exploit to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke to drill into, to train to narrow down (ones focus), to whittle down to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring) to stop down (lens) to turn down (e.g. radio) to bend (bow), to draw to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize to squeeze

吊るす

つるす

to hang, to hang up

帰省

きせい

homecoming, returning home

公用語

こうようご

official language

目指す

めざす

to aim at, to have an eye on to go toward, to head for

占い

うらない

fortune-telling, divination astrology

募集

ぼしゅう

recruiting, taking applications Public Offering

しひりゅうがくせい

Watashi-hi ryūgakusei

privately financed student

しようがくきん

Shōgakkin

scholarship

援助

えんじょ

assistance aid support

治療

ちりょう じりょう

medical treatment, cure treatment therapeutics

要求

ようきゅう

demand, firm request, requisition, requirement, desire

施設

しせつ

institution establishment facility (army) engineer

予約制

よやくせい

(on) a subscription basis

動作

どうさ

action, movements, motions, bearing, behaviour, behavior, execution, actuation, operation, manners movement

取材

しゅざい

news coverage, collecting data (e.g. for an article), covering (something for media) interview

朝市

あさいち

morning market

削除

さくじょ

elimination, cancellation, deletion, erasure, DEL (key)

個性

こせい

individuality, personality, idiosyncrasy

点検

てんけん

inspection, examination, checking

部品

ぶひん

parts, accessories, components

交換

こうかん

exchange, interchange, switching, reciprocity, barter, substitution, replacement, clearing (of checks, cheques)

反省

はんせい

reflection reconsideration introspection meditation contemplation regret repentance remorse being sorry

危なく

あぶなく

nearly, almost, on the point of (doing)

漏れる

もれる

to leak out, to escape, to come through, to shine through, to filter out, to be omitted

愕然

がくぜん

astonishment, shock, amazement, terror