My words

港

みなと こう

harbour

二階建て

にかいだて

twostoried building

又は

または

or, otherwise

起こす

おこす

to raise to raise up to set up to pick up to wake to wake up to waken to awaken to cause to bring about to lead to to trigger to give rise to to create to generate (eg heat electricity) to produce to start to begin to launch to establish to found to set up to open to plough to plow to till to fall ill with to transcribe to write down (what is spoken) to turn over (a card)

通る

とおる

to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of, to run (between), to operate (between), to connect, to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in, to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through, to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout, to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far, to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed, to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted, to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for, to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense, to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood, to be straight (e.g. wood grain), to be well-informed, to be wise, to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly

丁寧

ていねい

polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious

ちり

dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce

倒れる

たおれる

to fall to collapse to drop to fall senseless to be forced to bed (by illness etc) to die to go bankrupt to be ruined to have a bad debt to be defeated (in a game) to fall (of governments dictators etc)

辞典

じてん ことばてん

dictionary

掛ける

かける

to hang (e.g. picture), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag), to sit, to take (time, money), to expend (money, time, etc.), to make (a call), to multiply, to secure (e.g. lock), to put on (glasses, etc.), to cover, to burden someone, to apply (insurance), to turn on (an engine, etc.), to set (a dial, an alarm clock, to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on, to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.), to bind, to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto, to argue (in court), to deliberate (in a meeting), to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.), to increase further, to catch (in a trap, etc.), to set atop, to erect (a makeshift building), to hold (a play, festival, etc.), to wager, to bet, to risk, to stake, to gamble, to be partway doing ..., to begin (but not complete) ..., to be about to ..., indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone)

地理

ちり

geography

退院

たいいん

leaving hospital discharge from hospital

移る

うつる

to move (house) to transfer (department) to change the target of interest or concern to elapse (passage of time) to be permeated by a colour or scent to be infected to be contagious to spread (as in fire)

鳴る

なる

to sound to ring to resound to echo to roar to rumble

届ける

とどける

to deliver to forward to send to report to notify to file notice (to the authorities) to give notice to register

展覧会

てんらんかい

exhibition

建てる

たてる

to build to construct

暖房

だんぼう

heating

売り場

うりば

place where things are sold point of sale POS sales floor counter (in shop)

留守

るす

absence being away from home housesitting housesitter being left unattended to (of ones studies etc) neglecting

噛む

しがむ かむ

to bite to chew to gnaw to crash against (eg of waves) to break onto (shore) to engage (of cogs zippers etc) to mesh to fit together to be involved in to fumble ones words (during a play broadcast etc) to falter with ones words to strongly confute to argue down to rebuke to scold harshly

ご存じ

ごぞんじ

knowing (an) acquaintance

引き出す

ひきだす

to pull out to take out to draw out to withdraw

拾う

ひろう

to pick up to find to gather

片付ける

かたづける

to tidy up to put in order to straighten up to put away to settle (problem) to clear (dispute) to finish to bring something to an end to marry off (eg a daughter) to do away with someone to bump someone off

踏む

ふむ

to step on to tread on to experience to undergo to estimate to value to appraise to rhyme to inherit (the throne etc) to follow (rules morals principles etc)

電灯

でんとう

electric light

亡くなる

なくなる

to die

成るべく

なるべく

as much as possible wherever practicable

太る

ふとる

to grow fat (stout plump) to become fat to gain weight