My words

最初

さいしょ

beginning, outset, first, onset

頼りない

たよりない

unreliable, undependable, flaky, vague, helpless, forlorn

問題

もんだい

question (e.g. on a test), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter, question (i.e. doubt), public discussion, controversy, trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty

問題外

もんだいがい

unthinkable, out of the question

頼り

たより

reliance, dependence

性格

せいかく

character, personality, disposition, nature, character

酷い

ひどい

cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe, violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme, very bad, terrible, awful, excessive, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous, unfair, unjust

完璧

かんぺき かんべき

perfect, complete, flawless

きつい

intense, severe, hard, determined, forceful, formidable, strong, tight, close

易しい

やさしい

easy, plain, simple

優しい

やさしい

tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable

決める

きめる

to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs, to appoint, to determine, to decide, to resolve, to set ones heart on, to make up ones mind, to arrange, to choose, to fix, to set, to settle

調べる

しらべる

to examine, to investigate, to check up, to sense, to study, to inquire, to search

連れて行く

つれていく つれてゆく

to take someone (of lower status) along

係員

かかりいん

official (e.g. customs), clerk in charge

売り切れる

うりきれる

to be sold out

頼む

たのむ

to request, to beg, to ask, to call, to order, to reserve, to entrust to, to rely on

撮影

さつえい

photography (still or motion), photographing, filming, shooting, (video) recording

変える

かえる

to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend

記念

きねん

commemoration, celebration, honoring the memory of something, turning something into a memento, memory

写真

しゃしん

photograph, photo, picture, snapshot, snap, movie

取る

とる

to take, to pick up, to harvest, to earn, to win, to choose, to steal, to eat, to have (a meal), to remove (ones glasses, etc.), to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play

迎える

むかえる

to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail, to reach, to approach, to enter (a phase, era, etc.), to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to call for, to summon, to invite, to approach (a certain time, a point in ones life, etc.)

迎えに来る

むかえにくる

to call for somebody, to come for someone, to pick someone up

お疲れ様

おつかれさま

thank you, many thanks, much appreciated, thats enough for today

昼飯

ひるめし ちゅうはん ひるはん

lunch, midday meal

食事

しょくじ

meal, to eat, diet

珍しい

めずらしい

unusual, rare, curious, new, novel, fine (e.g. gift)

奢る

おごる

to give (someone) a treat, to be extravagant, to live luxuriously, to be proud, to be haughty

後

ご

after