My words

交代

こうたい

alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.)

団扇

うちわ

fan

遠慮

えんりょ

reserve, constraint, restraint, modesty, diffidence, hesitation, holding back, discretion, tact, thoughtfulness, declining, refraining, forethought, foresight

災害

さいがい

calamity, disaster, misfortune

保育

ほいく

nursing, nurturing, rearing, lactation, suckling

下ろす

おろす

to take down (e.g. flag), to launch (e.g. boat), to drop, to lower (e.g. ladder), to let (a person) off, to unload, to discharge, to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle), to let (a person) off, to withdraw money from an account, to wear (clothing) for the first time, to fillet (e.g. a fish)

呼びかける

よびかける

to call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal

光

ひかり

light, light

合格

ごうかく

success; passing; eligibility

重さ

おもさ

weight

税込み

ぜいこみ

tax included; before tax

翌日

よくじつ

next day

機能

きのう

function; facility; faculty; feature

意見

いけん

opinion; view; comment

難い

かたい にくい がたい

difficult to ...; hard to ..

仏様

ほとけさま

a buddha; deceased person

複雑

ふくざつ

complex; complicated; mixed

文化財

ぶんかざい

cultural assets; cultural property

飲食

いんしょく

food and drink; eating and drinking

兎

うさぎ う ウサギ

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph

蛙

かえる かわず かいる カエル カワズ

frog; kajika frog

腕前

うでまえ

ability, skill, facility

駐在員

ちゅうざいいん

resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office

恥ずかしい

はずかしい

shy, ashamed, embarrassed, disgraceful, shameful

悲しい

かなしい

sad, sorrowful

作文

さくぶん

writing (an essay, prose, etc.), composition, formal writing with little real meaning

可也

かなり

considerably, fairly, quite

外出

がいしゅつ そとで

outing, trip, going out

受ける

うける

to catch (e.g. a ball), to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.), to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence), to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge), to be given (e.g. life, talent), to follow, to succeed, to be descended from, to face (south, etc.), to be modified by, to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee, to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well, to get, to receive

消化

しょうか

digestion, thorough understanding, selling accumulated (excess) products, dealing with a large amount of work, losing one's form and turning into something else, digestion