My words

貴重

きちょう

precious, valuable

ぎりぎり

ギリギリ

at the last moment, just barely, grinding sound

命

めい

command, decree, life, destiny

謎

なぞ

riddle, puzzle, enigma, mystery, enigmatic, mysterious

現場

げんば げんじょう

actual spot, scene, scene of the crime, site, location, setting, shop floor, factory floor, (on) site

決心

けっしん

determination, resolution

当選

とうせん

being elected, being selected (to win a prize, etc.), winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)

青少年

せいしょうねん

youth, young person

強火

つよび

high flame or heat (in cooking)

多数決

たすうけつ

majority rule

救助

きゅうじょ

relief, aid, rescue

沈む

しずむ

to sink, to go under, to submerge, to go down (e.g. sun), to set, to descend, to feel depressed

散らかる

ちらかる

to be in disorder, to lie scattered around

攻撃

こうげき

attack, strike, offensive, criticism, censure, denunciation, condemnation

攻める

せめる

to attack, to assault, to assail

和製英語

わせいえいご

Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms

外来語

がいらいご

foreign origin word, borrowed word

印象

いんしょう

impression

利点

りてん

advantage, point in favor, point in favour

行為

こうい

act, deed, conduct, act

価値観

かちかん

sense of values, values, value system

犯罪

はんざい

crime, offence, offense, crime

背景

はいけい

background, scenery, backdrop, setting, circumstance, context, backing, support (from behind the scenes)

未婚者

みこんしゃ

unmarried person

国産

こくさん

domestic, domestically-produced, produced within a country

家事

かじ

housework, domestic chores, family affairs, household matters

身の回り

みのまわり

ones personal belongings, ones vicinity, ones daily life, everyday necessities

晩婚化

Bankon-ka

late marriage

性的

せいてき

(relating to) gender, sex, sexual

議論

ぎろん

argument, discussion, dispute, controversy