My words

窓辺

まどべ

by the window

縁

ゆかり ふち よすが よすか へり えん えにし えに え

relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection family ties, affinity opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) narrow open-air veranda fate destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)

電柱

でんちゅう

telephone pole, telegraph pole, lightpole

地面

じめん

ground, earths surface

草

くさ そう

draft, rough copy cursive script, "grass" kanji

蛇口

じゃぐち

faucet, tap

雑巾

ぞうきん

house-cloth, dust cloth

醜い

みにくい

ugly, unattractive unsightly, unseemly

花婿

はなむこ

bridegroom

花嫁

はなよめ

bride

鬼ごっこ

おにごっこ

game of tag

見窄らしい

みすぼらしい

shabby, seedy

咄嗟に

とっさに

at once, right away, promptly, on the spur of the moment

精魂を込める

せいこんをこめる

pour ones heart and soul into

胡散臭い

うさんくさい

suspicious-looking, shady, questionable, dubious, fishy

彫刻

ちょうこく

carving, engraving, sculpture sculpture

絶滅

ぜつめつ

destruction, extinction

海洋

かいよう

ocean oceans and seas

孤児

こじ みなしご

orphan

見事

みごと

splendid, magnificent, beautiful, admirable praiseworthy act, feat, commendable deed utter (esp. defeat), total, complete

梱包

こんぽう

packing, crating, packaging

善行

ぜんこう

good deed, good conduct, benevolence

要因

よういん

main cause, primary factor

勘違い

かんちがい

misunderstanding, wrong guess

天体観測

てんたいかんそく

astronomical observation

疑問

ぎもん

question, problem, doubt, guess

謎

なぞ

riddle, puzzle, enigma, mystery enigmatic, mysterious

怠る

おこたる

to be negligent in doing something, to shirk, to be off ones guard

候補

こうほ

candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list candidacy, candidature, nomination

光栄

こうえい

honour, honor, glory, privilege