My words

出勤

しゅっきん

attendance (at work), being at work, presence (in the office), going to work, reporting for work

退勤

たいきん

leaving work, clocking out

交換

こうかん

exchange, interchange, switching, reciprocity, barter, substitution, replacement, clearing (of checks, cheques)

進歩

しんぽ

progress, advance, improvement, development

括弧

かっこ

parentheses, brackets, brackets

処理

しょり

processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal

保育園

ほいくえん

nursery school, day nursery, preschool

裏

うら

bottom (or another side that is hidden from view), undersurface, opposite side, reverse side, rear, back, behind (the house), lining, inside, out of sight, behind the scenes, proof, opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.), inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.), bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning), reverse

体験

たいけん

personal experience, physical experience, ones own experience

しょっちゅう

always, constantly, frequently, often

連れる

つれる

to lead, to take (a person)

気がつく

きがつく

to notice, to become aware, to perceive, to realize, to realise, to be scrupulous, to be attentive, to recover consciousness, to come to oneself

特長

とくちょう

forte, merit

衝突

しょうとつ

collision, crash, running into, conflict, quarrel, clashing

隕石

いんせき

meteorite

彗星

すいせい

comet

骨折

こっせつ

bone fracture

私語

しご

whispering, whisper, secret talk, murmur

初詣で

はつもうで

first shrine visit of New Year

獅子舞

ししまい

lion dance, traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

合掌

がっしょう

pressing ones hands together in prayer, triangular frame of a thatched roof, Yours sincerely, Yours truly, Sincerely yours

無地

むじ

plain, unfigured

絵馬

えま えうま

votive picture (originally of horse)

神主

かんぬし かむぬし

chief Shinto priest (of a shrine), Welsh onion, pun in Buddhist monk jargon, shinto priest

手水舎

てみずや ちょうずや

place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

大晦日

おおみそか

New Years Eve, December 31st

少々

しょうしょう

just a minute, small quantity

予報

よほう

forecast, prediction

嵐

あらし

storm, tempest, difficulty, trouble

同様

どうよう

identical, equal to, same (kind), like, similarity