My words

講演

こうえん

Discours, ! conférence, leçon.

奮う

ふるう

rassembler (par exemple son courage), invoquer, réveiller, être animé, être revigoré

送別会

そうべつかい

fête d'adieu

渋る

しぶる

to hesitate, to hold back, to balk, to falter, to be reluctant, to be unwilling, to begrudge, to have loose painful bowel movement, to suffer from tenesmus

渋い

しぶい

astringent, bitter, puckery, rough, harsh, tart, austere, elegant (and unobtrusive), refined, quiet (and simple), sober, sombre, subdued, tasteful (in a quiet way), understated, sour (look), glum, grim, sullen, sulky, stingy, tight-fisted

相応しい

ふさわしい

appropriate, adequate, suitable, fitting, worthy

存分

ぞんぶん

to one's heart's content, as much as one wants

不良

ふりょう

badness, inferiority, delinquency, failure, defect, blemish

幼稚

ようち

infancy, childish, infantile

目印

めじるし

mark, sign, landmark, benchmark

旧姓

きゅうせい

one's former (maiden) name

戸籍

こせき

family register, census

姪っ子

めいっこ めいご

niece

末っ子

すえっこ

youngest child

結ばれる

むすばれる

to be tied together, to be fastened, to be wedded, to be joined in marriage, to be united in marriage

主張

しゅちょう

claim request insistence assertion advocacy emphasis contention opinion tenet

抽象

ちゅうしょう

abstract

具体例

ぐたいれい

concrete example

飼育

しいく

breeding, raising, rearing

脱走

だっそう

desertion, escape

爬虫類

はちゅうるい

reptiles

素人

しろうと しろと しらびと

amateur, layman, ordinary person, novice, respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.), unlicensed prostitute

手放し

てばなし

without holding on, without using the hands, letting go one's hold, lack of reserve, lack of restraint, openly

乳児

にゅうじ

infant (below 1 years old) suckling baby infant

行政

ぎょうせい

administration

漠然

ばくぜん

obscure, vague, equivocal

違和感

いわかん

uncomfortable feeling, feeling out of place, sense of discomfort, malaise, physical unease

御中

おんちゅう

and Company, Messrs, for the attention of...

致す

いたす

to do

至急

しきゅう

urgent, pressing