我的話

貢献

こうけん

contribution (furthering a goal or cause), services (to a cause)

この上なく

このうえなく このうえもなく

most of all, extremely

に従事する

Ni jūji suru

engage in

偶然

ぐうぜん

(by) chance, unexpectedly, suddenly, accident, fortuity, by coincidence

慰める

なぐさめる

to comfort, to console, to amuse

幸い

さいわい

happiness, blessedness, luck, fortune, felicity, luckily, fortunately

矢っ張り

やっぱり

too, also, likewise, either, still, as before, even so, either way, nonetheless, in any event, all the same, as expected

読書

どくしょ とくしょ

reading

のんびり屋

のんびりや

easygoing person

程程

ほどほど

moderately

適度

てきど

moderate

正直

しょうじき

honesty, integrity, frankness, honestly, frankly

特徴

とくちょう

feature, trait, characteristic, peculiarity, distinction

前もって

まえもって

in advance, beforehand, previously

役目

やくめ

duty, business, role

優秀

ゆうしゅう

superiority, excellence

衰える

おとろえる

to become weak, to decline, to wear, to abate, to decay, to wither, to waste away

省略

しょうりゃく

omission, abbreviation, abridgment, abridgement

図々しい

ずうずうしい

impudent, shameless

図太い

ずぶとい

bold, shameless, cheeky, brash, impudent

厚かましい

あつかましい

impudent, shameless, brazen

読書離れ

Dokusho hanare

Away from reading

収納

しゅうのう

storage, putting or stowing away, receipt (of funds, payment, etc.), harvesting

そそっかしい

そそっかしい

careless, thoughtless

大凡

おおよそ

about, roughly, approximately, generally, on the whole, as a rule, completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb), outline, gist

鋭い

するどい

sharp (blade), pointed, sharp (pain), stabbing, cutting (remark), stinging, pointed (question or look), screeching (noise), perceptive, keen, quick (mind), astute, shrewd, discerning, nimble, agile, quick

着々

ちゃくちゃく

steadily

主原料

しゅげんりょう

principal raw material, main raw material

柔らかい

やわらかい

soft, tender, limp

散る

ちる

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves), to scatter, to be dispersed, to disappear, to dissolve, to break up, to spread, to run, to blur, to die a noble death