My words

励ます

はげます

to encourage, to cheer, to raise (the voice)

紙幣

しへい

paper money, notes, bills

合併

がっぺい ごうへい

combination, union, amalgamation, consolidation, merger, coalition, fusion, annexation, affiliation, incorporation, merger

克服

こくふく

conquest (problem, disease, handicap, etc. e.g. poverty, illness), overcoming, bringing under control, subjugation, victory over

創作

そうさく

production, literary creation, work

遭難

そうなん

disaster, shipwreck, accident, being stranded

待遇

たいぐう

treatment, reception, remuneration, salary, payment, compensation package

真相

しんそう

truth, real situation

大惨事

だいさんじ

great disaster, horrible tragedy, catastrophe, catastrophic event, catastrophic incident, dire calamity, terrible disaster, apocalypse

高齢

こうれい

advanced (old) age, older or elderly

循環

じゅんかん

circulation, rotation, cycle

強調

きょうちょう

emphasis, highlight, stress, stressed point

委託

いたく

consign (goods (for sale) to a firm), entrust (person with something), commit

焦る

あせる

to be in a hurry, to be impatient, to be flustered, to lose one's presence of mind, to be surprised

切実

せつじつ

compelling, serious, severe, acute, earnest, sincere, pressing, urgent, keen, fervent, poignant

油断

ゆだん

negligence, carelessness, inattention, unpreparedness

風呂敷

ふろしき

wrapping cloth, cloth wrapper

虹

にじ

rainbow

酪農

らくのう

dairy (farm), dairying

不振

ふしん

dullness, depression, slump, stagnation

正規

せいき

regular, normal, formal, legal, established, legitimate

朗読

ろうどく

reading aloud, recitation

蓄積

ちくせき

accumulation, accumulate, store

拘束

こうそく

restriction, restraint, binding, constraint

見逃す

みのがす

to miss, to overlook, to fail to notice, to turn a blind eye (to a wrongdoing etc.), to ignore, to pass up (an opportunity etc.)

即座

そくざ

immediate, right there on the spot, impromptu, instant, instantaneous

箇条

かじょう

item, article, clause, section, point

正当

せいとう

just, justifiable, right, due, proper, equitable, reasonable, legitimate, legal, lawful

強硬

きょうこう

firm, vigorous, unbending, unyielding, strong, stubborn

貢献

こうけん

contribution (furthering a goal or cause), services (to a cause)