My words

以上

いじょう

not less thanand more and upwards beyond (eg ones means) further (eg nothing further to say) more than (eg cannot pay more than that) abovementioned foregoing since seeing that this is all that is the end the end

場合

ばあい

case, situation

時代

じだい

period epoch era age the times those days oldness ancientness antiquity antique period piece

最初

さいしょ

beginning outset first onset

利用

りよう

use utilization utilisation application

この頃

このごろ このころ

in those days at the time then

十分

じゅうぶん じっぷん

plenty enough sufficient satisfactory adequate division into ten perfectly thoroughly fully in full

非常に

ひじょうに

very, extremely, exceedingly

億

おく

10^8, 100, 000, hundred million

訳

やく わけ

conclusion from reasoning judgement or calculation based on something read or heard reason cause meaning circumstances situation

集まる

あつまる

to gather, to collect, to assemble

お祝い

おいわい

congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival, congratulatory gift

払う

はらう

to pay (e.g. money, bill) to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches) to drive away (e.g. ones competitors) to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern) to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert to move out (of ones own place), to vacate to sweep (e.g. ones legs), to knock aside to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy) to reset (an abacus)

割合

わりあい

rate, ratio, percentage, proportion comparatively contrary to expectations

故障

こしょう

breakdown, failure, fault, accident, out of order damage, hurt objection, protest

踊り

おどり

dance

習慣

しゅうかん

habit custom, cultural practice

細かい

こまかい

small fine, minute minor, trivial sensitive, attentive

糸

いと し

thread 0.001, one ten-thousandth

工業

こうぎょう

(manufacturing) industry

捨てる

すてる

to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard to abandon, to desert, to leave to give up, to resign

落とす

おとす

to drop to lose to let fall to shed (light) to cast (ones gaze) to pour in (liquid) to leave behind to clean off (dirt makeup paint etc) to remove (eg stains or facial hair) to lose to spend money at a certain place to omit to leave out to secretly let escape to lose (a match) to reject (an applicant) to fail (a course) to defeat (in an election) to lower (eg shoulders or voice) to lessen (eg production or body weight) to worsen (quality) to reduce (eg rank or popularity) to speak badly of to make light of to fall into straitened circumstances to fall into (eg a dilemma or sin) to make ones own to have ones bid accepted to force surrender to take (eg an enemy camp or castle) to forcefully convince to press for a confession to deal with to download to copy from a computer to another medium to make someone swoon (judo) to finish a story (eg with the punch line) to finish (a period eg of fasting)

集める

あつめる

to collect to assemble to gather

文学

ぶんがく

literature

遠慮

えんりょ

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

発音

はつおん

pronunciation

通う

かよう

to go to and from (a place) to go back and forth between to run between (eg bus train etc) to ply between to go to (school work etc) to attend to commute to frequent to circulate (eg blood electricity) to be communicated (eg thought) to resemble

比べる

くらべる

to compare, to make a comparison to compete, to vie

砂

すな すなご いさご

sand grit gold dust silver dust

お礼

おれい おんれい

thanks, gratitude manners, etiquette bow reward, gift ceremony, ritual