My words

絨毯

じゅうたん

carpet, rug, runner

尊敬語

そんけいご

honorific language

元彼

もとかれ もとカレ

former boyfriend, ex-boyfriend

滑る

すべる

to glide, to slide (e.g. on skis), to slip to fail (an examination), to bomb (when telling a joke) to drop, to go down, to come down, to fall (e.g. in status)

逸れる

それる

to turn aside, to turn away, to veer away, to bear off to miss (e.g. of a bullet), to go astray, to go wild to deviate (e.g. of a conversation), to digress, to stray, to wander

再構築

さいこうちく

reconstruction

謳歌する

Ōka suru

celebrate

距離感

きょりかん

sense of distance (physical or emotional), feeling of distance

文字間

もじかん

letter spacing tracking

音声入力装置

おんせいにゅうりょくそうち

voice input unit

気にかかる

Kinikakaru

worry about

投稿

とうこう

contribution, submission, posting (e.g. to a newsgroup or mailing list)

音韻学

おんいんがく

phonetics phonology

依怙贔屓

えこひいき

favoritism, favouritism, partiality, prejudice, bias

指示する

Shiji suru

instruct

打つ

うつ

to hit, to strike, to knock, to beat, to punch, to slap, to tap, to bang, to clap, to pound to strike (noon, etc.), to sound (cymbals, etc.), to beat (a drum, etc.) to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.) to move, to impress, to touch to drive in, to hammer in, to put in, to inject to type, to send, to transmit to insert, to write in, to mark to make (noodles, etc.), to prepare to till (soil) to sprinkle, to throw, to cast to do, to carry out, to play, to perform, to engage in (gambling, etc.) to pay (a deposit, etc.) to visit (on a pilgrimage) to line (a coat) to bind (a criminal)

就職

しゅうしょく

finding employment, getting a job

再び

ふたたび

again, once more, a second time

事実婚

じじつこん

de facto marriage, common-law marriage

宣告

せんこく

sentence, verdict, pronouncement

発砲

はっぽう

firing, discharge of gun

人質

ひとじち

hostage

疑い

うたがい

doubt, question, uncertainty, skepticism, scepticism, suspicion, distrust

謎の

Nazo no

mysterious

素質

そしつ

character, qualities, genius, the makings of

服従する

Fukujū suru

obey

処置

しょち

treatment, measure, step

暗殺

あんさつ

assassination

お巡りさん

おまわりさん

police officer

敷金

しききん

(security) deposit, caution money