My words

正直

しょうじき

honesty, integrity, frankness, honestly, frankly

軽自動車

けいじどうしゃ

light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), k-car, kei car

税金

ぜいきん

tax, duty, tax

指示

しじ

indication, instruction, designation, directions

市場

いちば

(town) market, (the) marketplace

拡大

かくだい

magnification, enlargement, expansion, amplification, magnification

幕

まく

curtain, bunting, act (in play)

ども

even though, even if

越える

こえる

to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to exceed

抱える

かかえる

to hold or carry under or in the arms, to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.), to employ, to engage, to hire

ぐったり

ぐたり

completely exhausted, dead tired, limp, senseless

気を失う

きをうしなう

to lose consciousness, to faint, to black out

悔しい

くやしい くちおしい

vexing, annoying, frustrating, regrettable, mortifying

逆効果

ぎゃくこうか ぎゃっこうか

opposite effect, adverse effect, backfiring

醜い

みにくい

ugly, unattractive, unsightly, unseemly

修飾

しゅうしょく

modification, qualification, embellishment, adornment, ornamentation, decoration, polish up (writing)

感嘆

かんたん

admiration, wonder, astonishment

欠かさずに

Kakasazu ni

without fail

年賀状

ねんがじょう

New Years card

訪れる

おとずれる おとづれる

to visit, to call on, to arrive, to come, to appear

意思

いし

intention, purpose

羨ましい

うらやましい

envious (feeling, etc.), jealous, enviable (position, etc.)

情けない

なさけない なっさけない

miserable, pitiable, shameful, deplorable, pathetic

引退

いんたい

retire

割り勘

わりかん

splitting the cost, Dutch treat

宇宙

うちゅう

universe, cosmos, space

気を配る

きをくばる

to pay attention, to be watchful

神経質

しんけいしつ

nervousness, (being) highly strung, sensitiveness, neurotic

時間をつぶす

じかんをつぶす

to kill time

募金

ぼきん

fund-raising, collection of funds