My words

刷新

さっしん

reform, renovation

特殊

とくしゅ

special, particular, peculiar, unique

裁断

さいだん

cutting (cloth, paper), judgement, judgment, decision

紙幣

しへい

paper money, notes, bills

廃棄物

はいきぶつ

waste matter, waste, garbage, trash, Waste Products

焼却

しょうきゃく

incineration, destroy by fire, incineration

処理

しょり

processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal

重油

じゅうゆ

heavy oil, fuel oil

強化

きょうか

strengthen, intensify, reinforce, solidify, enhancement

汚染

おせん

pollution, contamination

節水

せっすい

saving water, water conservation, conservation of water

下水道

げすいどう

drain, sewer, drainage system

普及

ふきゅう

diffusion, spread, popularization, promulgation, familiarization

改善

かいぜん

betterment, improvement, kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

排水

はいすい

drainage

蛇口

じゃぐち

faucet, tap

渇水

かっすい

water shortage

断水

だんすい

water outage

無駄遣い

むだづかい

wasting ... on (e.g. money), squandering, waste, frittering away

先住民

せんじゅうみん

former inhabitant, indigenous people, aborigines

血液型

けつえきがた

blood type, blood-typing, blood group, blood type

民族

みんぞく

people, race, nation, ethnic group, ethnos, ethnicity, ethnic group

中南米

ちゅうなんべい

Central and South America

大陸

たいりく

continent, continental Asia (esp. mainland China), continental Europe

氷河期

ひょうがき

glacial period, glacial epoch, glacial era, ice age

移住者

いじゅうしゃ

emigrant, immigrant

出身

しゅっしん

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

海峡

かいきょう

channel (e.g. between two land masses), strait

部族

ぶぞく

tribe, clan, house

脱落

だつらく

loss, dropping out, falling by the wayside, omission, lacuna, gap, hiatus, desertion, defection, apostasy