My words

偽装

ぎそう

camouflage, disguise, pretense, feigning, masquerade

伏せる

ふせる

to lay something upside down, to turn something over, to lay something face down, to cover, to lay (pipes), to lay (an ambush), to hide, to conceal

残党

ざんとう

remnants, survivors, refugees, pocket (of resistance)

組む

くむ

to cross (legs or arms), to link (arms), to put together, to construct, to assemble, to produce (e.g. TV program), to braid, to plait, to grapple, to wrestle, to unite, to join, to link up, to form an alliance, to set (e.g. type), to issue (e.g. money order)

敷く

しく

to spread out, to lay out, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

遂げる

とげる

to accomplish, to achieve, to carry out, to arrive at (a certain outcome), to come to, to end with

しくじる

to fail, to fall through, to blunder

温存

おんぞん

preserve, retain

共倒れ

ともだおれ

falling together, mutual destruction, joint bankruptcy

封じる

ふうじる

to seal (letter), to prevent, to forbid, to block

被害

ひがい

(suffering) damage, injury, harm

列島

れっとう

archipelago, chain of islands

要石

かなめいし

keystone

封印

ふういん

seal, stamp, to stamp, to affix a seal, to seal up, to seal off

健全

けんぜん

health, soundness, wholesome

姪

めい

niece

独身

どくしん

bachelorhood, single, unmarried, celibate

費用

ひよう

cost, expense

常連

じょうれん

regular customer, regular patron, frequenter, constant companion

保つ

たもつ

to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to support, to sustain, to last, to endure, to keep well (food), to wear well, to be durable

失望

しつぼう

disappointment, despair

狂う

くるう

to go mad, to get out of order, to go amiss

移る

うつる

to move (house), to transfer (department), to change the target of interest or concern, to elapse (passage of time), to be permeated by a colour or scent, to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)

生涯

しょうがい

one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death), one's career

潜る

くぐる

to go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through, to dive (into or under the water), to evade, to get around, to slip past, to survive, to surmount

非力

ひりき

powerless, disability, incompetence

里帰り

さとがえり

returning home, visiting one's parents, new bride's first visit to parents

古参

こさん

seniority, long service

惨め

みじめ

miserable, wretched, unhappy, sad, pitiable

仕返し

しかえし

being even with, reprisal, tit for tat, retaliation, revenge