My words

血縁

けつえん

blood relative or relationship, consanguinity

幅広い

はばひろい

extensive, wide, broad

年代

ねんだい

age, era, period, date

拒む

こばむ

to refuse, to reject, to decline

風刺

ふうし

satire, irony, sarcasm

政治

せいじ

politics, government, politics

表現

ひょうげん

representation, notation, expression, presentation

多様性

たようせい

diversity, variety

低俗

ていぞく

vulgar

皮肉

ひにく

cynicism, sarcasm, irony, satire

似顔絵

にがおえ

portrait, likeness

縄張り

なわばり

roping off, stretching rope, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, sphere of influence

求愛

きゅうあい

courting, courtship

音声

おんせい おんじょう

voice, (the concept of) sound

習得

しゅうとく

learning, acquisition

過程

かてい

process course mechanism

経る

へる

to pass to elapse to go by to pass through to go through to experience to go through to undergo

乳児

にゅうじ

infant (below 1 years old) suckling baby infant

方言

ほうげん

dialect

生息

せいそく

inhabiting, living

進化

しんか

evolution, progress, evolution

寿命

life span

添乗員

てんじょういん

tour conductor, tour guide

しんどい

tired, frazzled, tiresome, worrisome, bothersome

謙虚

けんきょ

modesty, humility

独創

どくそう

originality

思考力

しこうりょく

ability to think

柔軟性

じゅうなんせい

flexibility, pliability, softness, elasticity

几帳面

きちょうめん

methodical, punctual, steady

内科

ないか

internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures, department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)