My words

封筒

ふうとう

envelope

新記録

しんきろく

new record (in sports, etc.)

交差点

こうさてん

crossing, intersection

存在

そんざい

existence, being

公開

こうかい

opening to the public, making available to the public, putting on display, exhibiting, showing (play, movie, etc.), holding (interview, etc.), open, public

整った

ととのった

well-ordered, in good order, well-featured, well-regulated

疑問

ぎもん

question, problem, doubt, guess

分野

ぶんや

field, sphere, realm, division, branch

現象

げんしょう

phenomenon phenomenon

放送局

ほうそうきょく

broadcasting station, broadcaster

肯定的

こうていてき

affirmative

供給

きょうきゅう

supply, provision

掴む

つかむ

to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay ones hands on, to clutch to understand, to grasp, to comprehend

癒し

いやし

healing, soothing, therapy, comfort, solace

頼る

たよる

to rely on, to have recourse to, to depend on

推測

すいそく

guess, conjecture

常識

じょうしき

common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette

発展

はってん

development, growth, advancement, unfurling expansion, extension, enlargement playing around, having an active sex life

余裕

よゆう

surplus, composure, margin, room, time, allowance, flexibility, scope, rope

高める

たかめる

to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance

生涯

しょうがい

ones lifetime (i.e. ones existence until death), ones career

生涯学習

しょうがいがくしゅう

lifelong learning

優れた

すぐれた

great, excellent

短編

たんぺん

short (e.g. story, film)

活躍

かつやく

activity (esp. energetic), great efforts, conspicuous service to flourish, to participate actively, to play an active role

世紀

せいき

century, era

地理

ちり

geography

全容

ぜんよう

full portrait, whole aspect, full story

人類

じんるい

mankind, humanity

剥製

はくせい

stuffing, mounting stuffed animal