My words

辻堂

つじどう

wayside shrine

木枯らし

こがらし

cold wintry wind

球和

Kyū wa

Kyuwa

命日

めいにち

death anniversary

帰路

きろ

ones way back

食用

しょくよう

for use as food, edible

比較

ひかく

comparison

儲かる

もうかる

to be profitable, to yield a profit

高収

Kōshū

high yield

包装

ほうそう

packing, wrapping

開演

かいえん

curtain raising, starting (e.g. play, concert)

欠かせない

かかせない

indispensable vital fundamental imperative crucial critical

擬音語

ぎおんご

onomatopoeic word example of onomatopoeia

擬態語

ぎたいご

word that mimics something that does not make a sound (e.g. the fluttering of a butterflys wings) mimetic word

擬声語

ぎせいご

onomatope (ie word formed by onomatopoeia)

生物

せいぶつ なまもの

raw food perishables

顧客

こきゃく こかく

customer, client, patron

帰宅

きたく

returning home

思考回路

しこうかいろ

patterns of thinking, train of thought

漏水

ろうすい

leakage

積極的

せっきょくてき

assertive, positive, active, proactive

消極的

しょうきょくてき

negative, half-hearted, passive, unmotivated, pessimistic

本格的

ほんかくてき

genuine, real, regular, normal, typical, standard, orthodox full-scale, full-blown, all-out full-fledged, professional

裏返し

うらがえし

inside out, upside down flip side, opposite, contrary, reverse flip

集中講座

しゅうちゅうこうざ

intensive course

受講

じゅこう

taking (attending) lectures

熱気球

ねつききゅう

hot-air balloon

講座

こうざ

academic teaching unit, lectureship, professorial chair course (e.g. of lectures)

タラレバ

たられば

what if (as in What If stories)

拾う

ひろう

to pick up, to find, to gather