My words

歓迎会

かんげいかい

welcome party

送別会

そうべつかい

farewell party

中でも

なかでも

among (other things), especially, particularly, inter alia, above all (else)

既読

きどく

already read

経由

けいゆ けいゆう

through, by way of, via to go via, to go by way of

競技

きょうぎ

game, match, contest

横断

おうだん

crossing transverse

呼びかけ

よびかけ

call, appeal

恐れ入る

おそれいる

to be sorry, to beg pardon, to be much obliged, to feel small to be grateful to be amazed, to be filled with awe, to be surprised to be disconcerted, to be embarrassed

炎上

えんじょう

blazing up destruction of a large building by fire flood of comments to a blog, exceeding what the blogs owner can answer

賛成

さんせい

approval, agreement, support, favour, favor

脱出

だっしゅつ

escape, break-out prolapse, proptosis

放送

ほうそう

broadcast, broadcasting

列島

れっとう

archipelago, chain of islands

はったり

bluff

記述

きじゅつ

description, descriptor

訛り

なまり

accent (of ones speech) dialect, provincialism, patois corrupted form (e.g. of word), mispronunciation

忠実

ちゅうじつ まめ

faithful, loyal, devoted hardworking, painstaking, diligent healthy, fit

擬音語

ぎおんご

onomatopoeic word example of onomatopoeia

習性

しゅうせい

habit behavior, behaviour, trait, nature

金欠

きんけつ

running out of money

人でなし

ひとでなし

brute, miscreant, ungrateful fellow

団扇

うちわ

fan

投稿

とうこう

contribution, submission, posting (e.g. to a newsgroup or mailing list)

長者

ちょうじゃ ちょうしゃ ちょうざ

millionaire ones superior, ones elder, ones senior virtuous and gentle person female owner of a whorehouse in a post town chief of a post town

悪夢

あくむ

nightmare, bad dream

ぐいぐい

ぐいぐい

doing something forcefully and continuously (pulling hard, gulping drink)

皮肉

ひにく

cynicism, sarcasm, irony, satire

ポタリ

ぽたり

drip, fall drop-by-drop suddenly (of drops of water)

泣く泣く

なくなく

tearfully, with (in) tears, weeping, crying