My words

近畿

きんき

Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

近畿地方

きんきちほう

Kinki region (incl. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)

北部中部南部

Hokubu chūbu nanbu

Northern Central Southern

質素

しっそ

simplicity, modesty, frugality

倹約

けんやく

thrift, economy, frugality

就職氷河期

Shūshoku hyōgaki

Employment Ice Age

非正規雇用

ひせいきこよう

irregular employment, atypical employment

正規

せいき

regular, normal, formal, legal, established, legitimate

開き

ひらき

opening, gap, dried and opened fish

捩れ

ねじれ

kink, twist, twirl

跨る

またがる

to extend over, to extend into, to straddle

階級

かいきゅう

(social) class, rank, grade

感傷的

かんしょうてき

sentimental, emotional, maudlin, mawkish

長足

ちょうそく

rapid progress, great strides

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)

喘息

ぜんそく

asthma, phthisis

かすかす

dry (and tasteless), barely, just

血統書

けっとうしょ

a pedigree

血筋

ちすじ

lineage, stock, strain, blood relationship

停戦

ていせん

armistice, ceasefire

攻勢

こうせい

offensive (movement), aggression

素

そ

plain, white silk, prime

体感温度

たいかんおんど

effective temperature, wind-chill index (factor)

一斤

いっきん

1 kin (~0.6kg), 1 loaf of bread

月日

つきひ

time, years, days

年々

ねんねん としどし

years, year by year, annually, considering his age

清潔

せいけつ

clean, hygienic, sanitary, pure, virtuous, immaculate

発動

はつどう

putting into operation, invocation

手前

てまえ

before, this side, ones standpoint, ones appearance, we, you

絶対量

ぜったいりょう

absolute amount, absolute quantity