My words

近く

ちかく

near neighbourhood neighborhood vicinity nearly (ie it took nearly one year) close to shortly soon

よる

verb suffix indicating contempt or disdain for another's action

近い

ちかい

near close short (distance)

家庭

かてい

home family household

村

むら

village

低い

ひくい

low (rank degree value content quality etc) low (position) close to the ground short (height) deep (voice) in a low key low (volume)

横

よこ

horizontal (as opposed to vertical) lying down sidetoside (as opposed to fronttoback) width breadth side (of a box etc) beside aside next to unconnected

箱

はこ ハコ

box case chest package pack car (of a train etc) shamisen case shamisen public building community building man who carries a geishas shamisen receptacle for human waste feces (faeces) counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

向こう

むこう

opposite side other side opposite direction over there that way far away beyond the other party the other person future (starting now)

立派

りっぱ

splendid fine handsome elegant imposing prominent praiseworthy creditable worthy legal legitimate lawful undeniable (eg crime) indisputable solid

塩

しお えん

salt (eg sodium chloride calcium sulfate etc) hardship toil trouble saltiness salt (ie sodium chloride) common salt table salt salt

角

かく

square (or cube) bishop third degree (of the JapaneseChinese pentatonic scale) Chinese horn constellation (one of the 28 mansions) jiao (monetary unit of China onetenth of a yuan) horns angle

階段

かいだん

stairs stairway staircase

大勢

たいせい

general trend, current thought

地下鉄

ちかてつ

underground train subway

玄関

げんかん

entranceway entry hall vestibule foyer entryway mud room

薄い

うすい

thin pale light watery dilute sparse weak (taste etc) slim (probability etc) small

池

いけ

pond ponds

縦

たて

the vertical height fronttoback length northtosouth vertical (relationship) hierarchy (weaving) warp

食堂

じきどう

dining hall (at a temple)

冷蔵庫

れいぞうこ

refrigerator

警官

けいかん

policeman

大使館

たいしかん

embassy

廊下

ろうか

corridor hallway passageway

紅茶

こうちゃ

black tea

細い

ほそい

thin slender fine unlucky (billiards slang)

台所

だいどころ だいどこ

kitchen financial situation

交差点

こうさてん

crossing intersection

作文

さくぶん

writing (an essay, prose, etc.), composition, formal writing with little real meaning

一昨年

いっさくねん おととし

year before last