My words

折れる

おれる

to break to be broken to snap to fracture to be folded to give in to back down to yield to submit to turn (a corner)

復習

ふくしゅう

review revision

尋ねる

たずねる

to ask, to enquire, to inquire, to search, to look for, to look into, to investigate

寄る

よる

to approach to draw near to come near to be close to to gather (in one place) to come together to meet to stop by (while on ones way to another place) to drop by to make a short visit to grow old to grow high (number etc) to grow (wrinkly) to lean against to recline on to push ones opponent while holding their belt to decide on a price and come to a deal to be swayed by (a person) to yield to

絹

きぬ

silk

折る

おる

to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers), to fold, to bend, to make (origami), to interrupt, to end

乾く

かわく

to get dry

滑る

すべる ぬめる なめる

to be slippery to be slimy to behave charmingly to walk merrily

下宿

げしゅく

boarding lodging boarding house

葡萄

ぶどう ブドウ えび

grape grapevine

濡れる

ぬれる

to get wet

足す

たす

to add (numbers) to add (something) to top up (with something) to take care of (eg ones business)

冷える

ひえる

to grow cold (from room temperature eg in refrigerator) to get chilly to cool down

訪ねる

たずねる

to visit

汚れる

けがれる よごれる

to get dirty to become dirty to become sullied to become corrupted to lose ones chastity

予習

よしゅう

preparation for a lesson

床屋

とこや

barbershop barber

家内

かない やうち

(my) wife inside the home ones family

木綿

もめん きわた ゆう

string made of cut steamed soaked mulberry bark fibers

釣る

つる

to fish to angle to catch to lure in to tempt to attract to entice to allure

植える

うえる

to plant to grow to raise to insert to transplant to implant to set (type) to inoculate (eg an infectious agent) to instill (idea value etc) to instil to inculcate

沸く

わく

to grow hot (eg water) to boil to be in a state of excitement to get excited to take place energetically to erupt (eg in applause cheers)

講堂

こうどう

auditorium lecture hall

暮れる

くれる

to get dark to end to come to an end to close to run out to be sunk (eg in despair) to be lost

写す

うつす

to transcribe to duplicate to reproduce to imitate to trace to describe to film to picture to photograph

押し入れ

おしいれ

closet

沸かす

わかす

to boil to heat to excite to melt (metal)

致す

いたす

to do

漬ける

つける

to soak to seep to dip in to pickle

召し上がる

めしあがる

to eat