My words

色盲

しきもう

color-blindness, colour-blindness

確保

かくほ

guarantee, maintain, ensure, insure, secure, reservation

節度

せつど

moderation, standard

憎らしい

にくらしい

odious, hateful

経緯

いきさつ けいい たてぬき たてよこ

details, particulars, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, circumstances, how it started, how things got this way, longitude and latitude, warp and weft, warp and woof

充実

じゅうじつ

fullness, completion, perfection, substantiality, enhancement, improvement, enrichment, upgrading, replenishment, repletion

裁く

さばく

to judge

焦げ

こげ

scorch, burn, scorching, burnt rice, part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing

志望

しぼう

wish, desire, ambition

勘弁

かんべん

pardon, forgiveness, forbearance

尋問

じんもん

cross-examination, interrogation, questioning

拝む

おがむ

to assume the posture of praying, to press the palms and fingers of both hands together, to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha), to pay one's respects, to beg, to make a supplication, to see (something or someone of high status)

禁断

きんだん

prohibition, interdiction, forbidden, prohibited

映る

うつる

to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected, to be displayed (on a screen)

剃る

そる する

to shave

温室

おんしつ

greenhouse, hothouse, conservatory, glasshouse

撫でる

なでる

to brush gently, to stroke, to caress

蒸し暑い

むしあつい

humid, sultry

入れ墨

いれずみ しせい ぶんしん げい

tattoo

計算する

けいさん けいさんする

calculate

倉荷

くらに

warehouse goods

耐える

たえる こらえる こたえる

to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with, to support, to withstand, to resist, to brave, to be fit for, to be equal to

取り巻く

とりまく

to surround, to circle, to enclose

普及

ふきゅう

diffusion, spread, popularization, promulgation, familiarization

奉仕

ほうし

service, ministry, attendance, church work, offering goods at a reduced price, providing a service for free

措置

そち

measure, measures, step

軽率

けいそつ

rash, thoughtless, careless, hasty, imprudent

挑む

いどむ

to challenge, to throw down the gauntlet, to contend for, to tackle, to pressure someone for sex, to woo, to make love to

戯曲

ぎきょく

play, drama

悲惨

ひさん

disastrous, tragic, miserable, wretched, pitiful, woeful