My words

空気

くうき

air, atmosphere, mood, situation, someone with no presence, someone who doesn't stand out at all, air

問題

もんだい

question (e.g. on a test), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter, question (i.e. doubt), public discussion, controversy, trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty

研究室

けんきゅうしつ

laboratory, seminar room, professor's office

事務所

じむしょ

office

言う

いう ゆう

to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise

止める

とめる

to stop, to turn off, to park, to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain), to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit, to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind, to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple, to detain, to keep in custody

砂漠化

さばくか

desertification, to turn to desert

守る

まもる

to protect, to guard, to defend, to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow

意識

いしき

awareness, sense, mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information), consciousness, consciousness

生まれる

うまれる

to be born

以前

いぜん

ago, since, before, previous

古い

ふるい

old (not person), aged, ancient, antiquated, stale, threadbare, outmoded, obsolete article

壊れる

こわれる

to be broken, to break, to fall through, to come to nothing

捨てる

すてる

to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign

変わる

かわる

to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual

運動

うんどう

exercise, physical training, work-out, appeal, campaign, drive, crusade, movement, lobbying, motion, movement, motion

公園

こうえん

(public) park

売る

うる

to sell

買う

かう

to buy, to purchase, to value, to have a high opinion, to stir, to provoke

市町村

しちょうそん

cities, towns and villages, municipalities

呼びかける

よびかける

to call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal

フリーマーケット

フリーマケット フリー・マーケット

flea market

self rule

自治, 自分たちでする統治

考え

かんがえ

thinking, thought, view, opinion, concept, idea, notion, imagination, intention, plan, design, consideration, judgement, deliberation, reflection, wish, hope, expectation

のです

のだ んです んだ

the expectation is that ..., the reason is that ..., the fact is that ..., it is that ...

サインペン

サイン・ペン

felt-tip pen

インスタントコーヒー

インスタント・コーヒー

instant coffee

忘る

わする

to lose something

所

ところ とこ

place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, part, space, room, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing

近所

きんじょ

neighbourhood, neighborhood