My words

上達

じょうたつ

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability), advance, progress, communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

勤務

きんむ

service, duty, work

カーナビ

Car Navigation

万能

ばんのう まんのう

all-purpose, utility, almighty, omnipotent

披露宴

ひろうえん

reception (wedding)

違法

いほう

illegal, illegality, invalid, unlawfulness

商談

しょうだん

business discussion, negotiation

お得な

Otokuna

(deal) loss??

気楽

きらく

carefree, comfortable, at ease, easygoing, happy-go-lucky

統計

とうけい

statistics, statistics as topic, statistics

トン

トン

ton, tonne

単位

たんい

unit, denomination, credit (in school), unit, unit

リットル

litre, liter

桁

けた

column, beam, girder, crossbeam, spar, yard, digit, decade, order of magnitude, position, digit, digits

塊

かたまり

lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster, group, crowd, embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification

なじみ

friendship, familiarity, intimacy

必要性

ひつようせい

necessity

人類

じんるい

mankind, humanity

祖先

そせん

ancestor

生命

せいめい

life, existence, life

重大性

じゅうだいせい

importance, seriousness

儚い

はかない

fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, fickle, vain, empty (dream, etc.), mere (hope), faint (possibility)

共同体

きょうどうたい

cooperative body, cooperative system, collective, community

失業率

しつぎょうりつ

unemployment rate

恐竜

きょうりゅう

dinosaur

近年

きんねん

recent years

納得

なっとく

consent, assent, agreement, understanding, comprehension, grasp

納得がいく

なっとくがいく

to understand and accept as valid (of a thought, action, etc.), to be satisfied with

縮小

しゅくしょう

reduction, curtailment, reduction

失業

しつぎょう

unemployment, unemployment