My words

建前

たてまえ

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

本音

ほんね

real intention, motive, true opinion, what one really thinks

盗み聞き

ぬすみぎき

eavesdropping, tapping

気管支炎になった。治りつつあるけどまだ咳が出るし声も出ない...

Kikanshien ni natta. Naoritsutsu arukedo mada sekigaderu shi-goe mo denai...

I got bronchitis. Its getting better, but I still have a cough and cant make a sound...

微妙

みみょう びみょう

delicate, subtle, sensitive difficult, delicate (situation), complicated doubtful, questionable, dicey, tricky

奨励

しょうれい

encouragement, promotion, inducement, incitement, stimulation

加速

かそく

acceleration, speeding up

仮面

mask disguise

一人ぼっち

aloneness, loneliness, solitude

蝋梅

ろうばい

wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice

宗教

しゅうきょう

religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed religious activity religion

人種

じんしゅ

race (of people) type of person

精密

せいみつ

precise, exact, detailed, minute, close

炎症

えんしょう

inflammation, irritation inflammation

骨が折れる

ほねがおれる

to require much effort, to be hard to do, to have ones bones broken

お持て成し

おもてなし

hospitality, reception, treatment, service, entertainment

特集

とくしゅう

feature (e.g. newspaper), special edition, report

かぎ括弧

かぎかっこ

square bracket, Japanese-style quotation marks

かぎ括弧開ける

Kagi kakko akeru

open angle bracket

かぎ括弧閉じる

Kagi kakko tojiru

close angle bracket

常に

つねに

always, constantly

更新

こうしん

renewal, update, innovation, improvement

切り抜く

きりぬく

to cut out, to clip from, to extract

なんとか切り抜けましたなこの前は

Nantoka kirinukemashita na konomae wa

I managed to get through it the other day.

邸宅

ていたく

mansion, residence

頻度

ひんど

frequency (of occurrence) frequency

常連

じょうれん

regular customer, regular patron, frequenter constant companion

私に向かって舌打ちしないで。

Watashi ni mukatte shitauchi shinaide.

Dont click your tongue at me.

由来

ゆらい

origin, source, history, derivation, reason, destiny

テーブル ロスをテーブルに敷いてください

Tēburu kurosu o tēburu ni shiite kudasai

Please put a table cloth on the table