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Japanese Financial Vocab 2

• 普通株式増加額 - 「ふつうかぶしきぞうかがく」 - Increase in number of common stock

• 差入保証金の回収による収入 - 「さしいれほしょうきんのかいしゅうによるしゅうにゅう」 - Collection of guarantee money deposited

• 役員賞与引当金の増減額 - 「やくいんしょうよひきあてきんのぞうげんがく」 - Increase (decrease) in provision for directors’ bonuses

• 利益剰余金 - 「りえきじょうよきん」- Retained earnings

• 連結貸借対照表 「れんけつたいしゃくたいしょうひょう」 - Consolidated Balance Sheets

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接辞の漢字：仕事 (せつじのかんじ：しごと） Kanji as affixes: activities/work (or, how to make a new word by sticking a kanji at the end of another: jobs edition)

〜者 (しゃ) 

医者 (いしゃ) → doctor 

記者 (きしゃ) → reporter

学者 (がくしゃ) → scholar

研究者 (けんきゅうしゃ) → researcher

教育者 (きょういくしゃ) → educator

 〜手 (しゅ)

歌手 (かしゅ) → singer

投手 (とうしゅ) → pitcher

選手 (せんしゅ) → player

運転手 (うんてんしゅ) → driver

 〜員 (いん) 

議員 (ぎいん) → member of an assembly

駅員 (えきいん ) → station employee

店員 (てんいん) → salesperson (shop’s employee)

船員 (せんいん) → sailor

会社員 (かいしゃいん) → company employee

銀行員 (ぎんこういん) → bank clerk

図書館員 (としょかんいん) → librarian

〜家 (か) 

画家 (がか) → painter

小説家 (しょうせつか) → novelist

政治家 (せいじか) → politician

音楽家 (おんがくか) → musician

写真家 (しゃしんか) → photographer

〜屋 (や) 

本屋 (ほんや) → bookshop

米屋 (こめや) → rice store

花屋 (はなや) → flower shop

肉屋 (にくや) → butcher

魚屋 (さかなや) → fish shop

酒屋 (さかや) → liquor shop

薬屋 (くすりや) → drugstore

写真屋 (しゃしんや) → photo shop

〜業 (ぎょう) 

工業 (こうぎょう) → industry

商業 (しょうぎょう) → commerce

農業 (のうぎょう) → agriculture

林業 (りんぎょう) → forestry

漁業 (ぎょぎょう) → fishery

観光業 (かんこうぎょう) → tourism industry

サービス業 (サービスぎょう) → service industry

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25/100 japanese vocabulary

衛星　えいせい　satellite (natural or artificial), a moon

句読点　くとうてん　punctuation mark

経営　けいえい　management, administration

件数　けんすう　number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, hits on a web page)

巣箱　すばこ　birdhouse, nest box, beehive

地球　ちきゅう　Earth

花畑　はなばたけ　field of flowers, flower garden

保険　ほけん　insurance, guarantee

群れ飛ぶ　むれとぶ　to flock

山火事　やまかじ　forest fire

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今日奈良公園へ行きました。たくさん鹿とふれあいしました。鹿は鹿せんべいが大好きですよ。それたちは僕の服を噛み続けました。かわいい鹿ですよね。

Vocabulary

奈良公園「ならこうえん」：Nara Park

鹿「しか」：deer

ふれあいする：to pet

せんべい：deer cracker visitors buy at Nara to feed them with.

噛む「かむ」：to bite

続ける「つづける」：to continue

Corrections welcomed

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あそこの肉屋で、合いびき肉を100g買ってきてちょうだい。

Long time no post! Lots of particle breakdown in this one, too.

Sentence from WaniKani.

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New words I learned in Japan

Last year’s post here. 離陸 [りりく] - takeoff 探偵 [たんてい] - detective 有望な [ゆうぼうな] - good prospects, full of hope, promising 鶯 [うぐいす] - Japanese bush warbler; Japanese nightingale 単品 [たんぴん] - individual item (i.e. not of a set), single article, single item 冤罪 [えんざい] - false charge, false accusation, misrepresentation 来店 [らいてん] - coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.) 運賃 [うんちん] - (passenger) fare 清楚な [せいそな] - neat and clean, tidy, trim 箸が転んでもおかしい年頃  [はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ] - age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)​ 達成 [たっせい] - achievement, attainment, accomplishment, realization  丁寧な [ていねいな] - polite, corteous, civil; careful, close, thorough, conscientious  積雪 [せきせつ] - snowpack, snow cover, fallen snow  くねくね - winding, meandering, wriggling, wiggling, waving, swaying, twisting and turning 遺伝 [いでん] - heredity, (genetic) inheritance  切っても切れない [きってもきれない] - inseparable (esp. bond, relationship), inextricable, joined at the hip, integral, essential, cannot be broken (cut, separated), indissoluble 出没 [しゅつぼつ] - appearing frequently, infesting, appearance and disappearance  支配 [しはい] - domination, rule, control 惨めな [みじめな] - mizerable, wretched, unhappy, sad, pitiable  蓋 [ふた] - cover, lid, cap 簪 [かんざし] - kanzashi, ornate hairpin 転勤 [てんきん] - job transfer, job relocation, job migration, intra-company transfer 狂暴な [きょうぼうな] - ferocious, brutal, atrocious, savage, barbarous  ヨレヨレ - worn-out, shabby, seedy, wrinkled-up, threadbare  住めば都 [すめばみやこ] - you can get used to living anywhere, home is where you make it, wherever I lay my hat is home  素面 [しらふ] - soberness, sobriety 囲炉裏 [いろり] - sunken hearth, sunken fireplace, irori 夫婦別姓 [ふうふべっせい] - (system of) husband and wife retaining separate family names  利益 [りえき] - profit, gains, benefit, advance, interest (of the public, etc.) 白桃 [はくとう] - white peach 黄桃 [おうとう] - yellow peach

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JLPT N2 Vocabulary (1/110): 

合図・あいず - signal (sv)

あおむけ  - lie on your back

空き・あき - empty

悪魔・あくま - demon, devil          

味見・あじみ - taste, try (sv)

当たり・あたり- win, hit

当たり前・あたりまえ - naturally, of course

悪化・あっか - deterioration (sv)

圧力・あつりょく - water/air pressure

脂・あぶら - fat, grease

現れ・あらわれ - manifestation

アルカリ性・あるかりせい - alkaline

アルミ - aluminum

案・あん - plan

安定・あんてい - stable (sv)

家出・いえで - run away from home (sv)

生きがい・いきがい - will to live

育児・いくじ - childcare (sv)

イコール - equal

意志・いし - will, intent

※ sv - する verb [nouns that can be turned into verbs] ※ 新完全マスター単語・日本語能力試験N2重要2200

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Literature Vocabulary in Japanese

Some literature-related words in Japanese! Check out my post on Japanese literature if you want a way to apply your newly-acquired vocab 〜

文学・ぶんがく・literature

本・ほん・book

書店・しょてん・bookstore (or 本屋・ほんや)

図書館・としょかん・library

読む・よむ・read

書く・かく・write

作家・さっか・author, writer

翻訳・ほんやく・translation

翻訳家・ほんやくか・translator

人物・じんぶつ・character 

主人公・しゅじんこう・protagonist

悪役・あくやく・villain

アンチヒーロー・antihero

章・しょう・chapter

対話・たいわ・dialogue

名状・めいじょう・description

隠喩・いんゆ・metaphor

サスペンス・suspense

文体・ぶんたい・style

散文・さんぶん・prose

韻文・いんぶん・verse

近代的・きんだいてき・modern

ポストモダン・postmodern

実験的・じっけんてき・experimental

ジャンル・genres

ホラー・horror

ファンタジー・fantasy

SF・エスエフ・science fiction

推理・すいり・mystery

ハードボイルド・hardboiled

恋愛小説・れんあいしょうせつ・romance novel

文学的・ぶんがくてき・literary

悲劇・ひげき・tragedy

喜劇・きげき・comedy

フィックション・fiction 

ノンフィクション・nonfiction

回想記・かいそうき・memoir

教養小説・きょうようしょうせつ・bildungsroman

小説・しょうせつ・novel

短編小説・たんぺんしょうせつ・short story

戯曲・ぎきょく・play

神話・しんわ・myth

大作・たいさく・epic

テーマ・themes

愛・あい・love

死亡・しぼう・death, mortality

精神性・せいしんせい・spirituality

生活・せいかつ・life

痛み・いたみ・pain

感動・かんどう・passion

万全・ばんぜん・perfection

美・び・beauty

権力・けんりょく・power

性的・せいてき・gender

自然・しぜん・nature

モダニズム・modernism

民族主義・みんぞくしゅぎ・nationalism

戦争・せんそう・war

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japanese-revision:

Textbooks:

A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar

A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar

A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar

Read Real Japanese Fiction

GENKI: Integrated Elementary Japanese I and II [beginners]

An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese

Basic Connections: Making Your Japanese Flow

Tobira (Gateway to advanced Japanese)

TextFugu [an online textbook]

Heisig’s Remembering Kanji

Basic Kanji Book Vol.1

Kanji in Context

Shadowing: Let’s Speak Japanese! (Beginner to Intermediate Level)

Japanese The Manga Way

Making Out in Japanese [for informal/vulgar language]

Minimum Essential Politeness: Japanese Honorific

Online and Phone Dictionaries:

ALC (I use this everyday) →Expression encyclopaedia

Goo dictionary

Weblio

WWWJDIC (with audio clips) + for Android phones (incl. handwriting)

JWPce (downloadable dictionary for Windows)

JEDict (downloadable for Mac users)

Idiomatic Expressions

Idioms dictionary [Japanese only]

Counters dictionary

Hovering dictionaries:  →Rikaikun for Chrome →Rikaichan for Firefox →Floating Dictionary for Mac

Current Affairs dictionary

Tangorin

Imiwa? (a dictionary for the iPhone)

Tagaini Jisho (downloadable for Windows, Mac and Linux)

Nihongodict (also an app. for iPhone and Android phones)

For kanji.

Jisho (I use this for spelling kanji for if I can’t read it)

Yamasa (I use this for learning to write)

A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters

Associative Kanji Learning (stroke orders)

Handwritten kanji search

WaniKani (reviewed and explained here)

Online reading:

Hukumusume Fairytales

竹取（Bamboo-Cutting） (vertical writing)

吉田秀幸の日記（Hideyuki Yoshida’s Diary） (recipes)

Chokochoko’s reading texts to help with JLPT

TED Talks (with Japanese subtitles and transcripts)

Learning through Films [Japanese subtitles/scripts]

Blue Sky Library (public domain books, explained here)

Manga.

Free online manga

Vomic (free online manga with voice actors)

Sound Effects (in manga, etc)

Improving your speaking:

Japanese pronunciation guide

Interactive Hiragana Pronounciation table

Topics for Language Exchanges.

Bubbly (a Twitter-like app where you can record yourself)

Audioboo (similar to Bubbly, but also a website)

My Language Exchange [to find a language partner]

Japanese Kana (Chrome app)

Listening:

“Real World” Japanese

My Kikitori

Reading & Writing practice:

Lang-8

Japan-Guide [for getting Japanese penpals]

Read, Write, Learn: Macaronics

原稿用紙の使い方 (How to write an essay with Japanese writing paper)

Shiritori (Japanese word-chain game)

iTalki [similar to Lang-8]

手書きブログ (Blogging by hand)

ChatPad (Japanese chatroom site)

Real Kana practice

News:

NewsWeb Easy

NHK News (audio news with speed controls)

Mainichi Primary School student Newspaper

Podcasts and radio:

JOQR (Cultural Broadcasting)

TBS Radio’s Junk

TOKYO FM

CSRA fm(+ App for Android)

JIN Radio (bilingual)

Radio dramas

Medicine in Times of Tears

My Home, My Life

The Infirmary for 17-year-olds

YouTube:

Afternoon Hirusagari

Jet Daisuke

バイリンガール英会話

Analog TV Forever (collections of adverts)

Real Japanese Studio

Japancast

Tofugu

Japanese Let’s Play gamers

サイエンスチャネル

TheWannabeBC

Gaijin Goombah

Genki Lessons

Japanese sign language.

Heartful Power Hideo

Shuwa Island

TV:

Japanese subtitles for anime

KeyHole TV (to stream Japanese TV and radio)

風雲LIVE日本語（Feng Yun LIVE Japanese） (to stream TV)

映画で学ぶ実践英会話

Tumblr:

Kanji-a-Day

Holy crap Japanese

Nihongo ga Suki

Jumpstart Japanese

Nihongolog

Japanese Idioms

Nadine Nihongo

That Japan Addict

ChilliMuffin

Japanese through Fandom

F-Yeah Native Japanese

J-Vocab of the Day

ぶらりめし [Japanese only]

Peaceful Chef [Japanese only]

Kumako365jp

Japanese Revision (my blog for intermediates)

Those who are studying in Japan

My Japan Travels (Yokohama National University)

Mechakuchajan (Osaka University)

Hola-Itza (Meiji Gakuin)

The Disaster Chronicles (Toyo University) [wordpress]

Welcome to Moonside (University of Kitakyushu)

2012 - 2013 exchange students

Japanicking in Yamanashi (at Yamanashi University)

Samxuel (at Kyushu Sangyo)

Katy in Japan Town (at NUFS)

Chocotastie (at Seinan Gakuin)

Kim in Sapporo (at Hokkaido University)

Yeonhwa Japan (Chuo University)

Mago Mago (Ritsumeikan University)

Marta in Japan (Waseda University)

Working as part of the JET Programme

A Girl in Japan

Ramandab in Sapporo-shi

Ikemasu

Boukendan desu

Blogging:

Yaplog

Ameba

Learning websites:

JapaneseClass.jp

The Japanese Page

JapanesePod101

Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese

Erin’s Challenge (with listening and reading practice)

Maggie Sensei

Tofugu

All Japanese All The Time

Japanese Level Up

Learning Japanese with Lingualift

JPLang

Yes Japan!

Marugoto: Japanese Language & Culture

Other resources:

Lots of threads with a variety of resources for Japanese learning

JLPT Resources

Top 100 learning resources via Lingualift

Anki (flashcards for your computer, phone and online) →Yomichan (plug-in for Anki)

Common things said by cashiers

Quizlet (flashcards)

DJT and Okra’s pastebins (lots of resources and textbooks for download, etc)

Japanese.Livejournal (including tips on using IME)

Human Japanese (for PC and phones, excl. Linux)

Study Groups

Help with Japanese via StackExchange

I’ve added even more to the list since I first posted this and am continuing to add new things to it. So, I thought I’d re-post it. As always, if anyone has anything they would like to add, let me know!

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Cinco de Mayo is about to start, so let's make some things clear:

Hello there! Diego here! (That… that’s seriously my name.) As some of you may know, I am of Mexican origin, and I would like to make a few things clear about May 5th you may or may not be aware about.

1. Cinco de Mayo is NOT the date of the Independence of Mexico.

That’s right! Mexico celebrates its independence in September 16th, or more likely, the night of September 15th, when traditionally they make the traditional Grito de Independencia by midnight, which is a reenactment of the legend of the night revolutionary priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called mass in 1810 for the people to rebel against the Spanish government.

“Cinco de Mayo” also known as “La Batalla de Puebla” (The Battle of Puebla) is a commemoration of a victory in the battle against French invaders that arrived from the port of the state of Veracruz. Albeit not a strategically decisive battle on the war, it is important on national pride as a moment in which a tiny new country without virtually any funds by the time of 1860s defeated such a super powerful army which were the French.

2. “Sombreros”.

Ah yes.

The “sombrero”.

Just to put it straight: Sombrero just means “hat” in Spanish; at least Mexican Spanish. We tend to call sombrero to any kind of hat, that is if we are not using the word “gorro/gorra” alternatively.

The “sombreros” you usually see in every single stereotype you may imagine are based a mixture of the charro outfit and the way poor proletariats would dress around the dawn of the 20th century whom also were an emblem of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. (Another national celebration that goes in November 20th.) Slavery was already illegal in Mexico, but these people were exploited in a disguised system in which the workers were paid (miserably) and all of their expenses would be controlled in stores they were only allowed to spend at; those stores were also owned by the proprietors of the land they worked at.

The stereotype has been so reflected in so many places inside and outside the border it has even been reclaimed by the Mexican people themselves.

“Oh, so is it okay for me to wear one?”

No.

By the way when I mentioned “charros”, I mean a traditional type of horsemen that follow their own set of etiquettes and styles, and it’s also practiced by women who are not only beautiful but also super badass.

3. Maracas.

I SERIOUSLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH MEXICAN STEREOTYPES AND MARACAS TO BE HONEST.

LIKE, THEY ARE USED IN A FEW CULTURES OF MEXICO SUCH AS THE YAQUIS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT REALLY DOESN’T HAVE MUCH OF A CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR MEXICO. ALMOST ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN LATIN AMERICA, BUT NOT MUCH IN MEXICO.

THEY ARE MORE OF A BRAZILIAN THING.EDIT: Actually no, they are not Brazlian at all either.

Much like the sombrero, if you “went to Mexico” (Tijuana, Cancún, Mazatlán, Rocky Point) and they gave you maracas with vivid colors on them, there is absolutely no cultural importance behind it as souvenir of Mexico. Mexicans love to point at, laugh, and exploit the cultural obliviousness of tourists. Especially American tourists.

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*cough*

4. The mustache.

This one is a bit strange, albeit kind of true in some regards.

The mustache is an international symbol of masculinity, and Mexico is a country full of machismo, albeit “caballerosidad” is also one of the qualities in the Mexican etiquette which involves respecting the autonomy and individual identity of women, always approach to a non-violent solution, and a general attitude of politeness to both men and women; that said it is not impossible for a Mexican to be misogynistic as well.

ANYWAY, the mustache is kind of a downhill-snowball stereotype that may have started in just seeing many Mexicans having a mustache, but so do a LOT of American males as well, so uhhhh… it’s a very strange label to pin on Mexicans over all.

5. Tequila.

I actually don’t mind if you drink tequila. You kinda support the economy of my country and it’s an actual cultural thing that I like it when it’s spread around.

Just remember that it is NOT drunk with a worm in it. That is mezcal. Its like tequila’s wilder cousin. And no, it has no mescaline.

6. Other stereotypes.

Sugar skulls are a cool thing, I guess. No, they have absolutely nothing to do with Cinco de Mayo, they are part of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which is celebrated in November 1st.

“Do not drink the water” is a weird stereotype I have heard. I would not simply recommend you to drink untreated tap water anywhere. Period. We have water purifiers everywhere.

Mexico is what I call a “second world country”. It is not as developed and advanced as the United States, but it IS civilized in a great way we count with continuous technological developments and lots and lots of progressist enthusiasts.

Mexico is not proud of drug trafficking. It’s an extremely serious problem that has the entire country terrorized and I am really exhausted of all the attention they get from dumb Hollywood movies rather than the real Mexico. Do not talk about drugs. Do not talk about narcos. This is a very delicate topic that many people overlook the impact it’s had with Mexican people in their identity. Please.

I persist. Do not, seriously, DO NOT associate Mexican people with drug dealers, drug lords, “narcos”, or any other extension. If you seriously STILL wonder “what the big deal is”, I dare you to Google “narcos” on the image search and look at all the horrible things they do to the innocents. (It’s seriously fucked up and triggering with blood, gore, body horror shit.)

Mexican people have contributed with some groundbreaking contributions to science and technology and the way we are leading our lives. 

> Mario J. Molina is a chemist who discovered the causes of ozone depletion in the atmosphere. > Guillermo González Camarena patented the first trichromatic TV color transmitter in 1940. 8 years before Peter Carl Goldmark presented it to CBS and took most of the credit. > Luis Ernesto Miramontes co-developed “the pill”. Props. > Andrés Manuel del Río discovered vanadium in 1801 which is used to strengthen steel further and is applied from bicycles and hardware tools, to dental implants and jet engines.

Yes, Mexicans are actually laid back. No, they are not inherently lazy.

Mexican people are culturally masters of improvisation and creativity, this leads them to engineer creative solutions to everyday problems. Just felt like sharing this fact.

Ok so this is all I have right off the bat, and I wish you a happy Cinco de Mayo. Have fun, get drunk, party on; I don’t care, we don’t care. Just have these things on mind.

TL;DR: Please do not do/say anything racist.

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Japanese: Verbs can be adjectives

Japanese: Anything can be an adjective, really

Japanese: A three-fold sentence can be an adjective to a single word

Japanese: Oh, and some adjectives are actually verbs

Japanese: Good luck

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Japanese English | 和製英語 Hey guys, so most Japanese learners would know that katakana is used mostly for words that have been borrowed from other languages. However, I’ve come across many Japanese words in katakana that appear to be of English origin, but are in fact not. This is called 和製英語「わせいえいご」, which can be translated as “Japanese English/Japanese-made English”. Below are a list of 和製英語 that I have come across a lot during my studies! If you know of anymore please feel free to reblog this post and add to it! Japanese English・和製英語・わせいえいご: Arcade・ゲームセンター・Gemu senta Autograph・サイン・Sain Apartment Complex・マンション・Manshon Bikini Model・グラビアアイドル・Gurabia aidoru Bread・パン・Pan Celebrity・タレント・Tarento Chips/French Fries・フライドポテト・Furaido poteto Complaint・クレーム・Kuremu Concert・ライブ・Raibu Dress・ワンピース・Wanpisu French Kiss・ディープキス・Diipu kisu Key Chain/Key Ring・キーホルダー・Kihoruda Laptop・ノートパソコン・Notopasokon Office Worker・サラリーマン・Sararii man One Size Fits All・フリーサイズ・Furisaizu Part-time Job・アルバイト・Arubaito Petrol Station・ガソリンスタンド・Gasorin sutando Plug Socket/Power Outlet・コンセント・konsento Reception・フロント・Furonto Roller Coaster・ジェットコースター・Jettokosuta Thong/G-String・Tバック・T-bakku Zipper・チャック・Chyakku

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JLPT (2級)新完全マスター: 単語International Issues and Politics

(*words from the 新完全マスター N2単語 book*)

名詞：国際問題・政治

(If the noun can also be used as a verb する will be added)

(**katakana words not included**)

Set 1:

汚染するー pollution (おせん)

温暖化するー global warming (おだんか)

外交ー diplomacy (がいこう)

革命ー revolution (かくめい)

議会ー Parliament, Japanese Diet (ぎかい)

基地ー base (きち)

寄付するー donate (きふ)

共産主義ー Communism (きょうさんしゅぎ)

組合ー labor union (くみあい)

軍隊ー army (ぐんたい)

原爆ー atomic bombing (げんばく)

公害ー pollution (こうがい)

公共ー public (こうきょう)

国家ー nation (こっか)

国境ー border (こっきょう)

差別するー discriminate (さべつ)

市町村ー local government (しちょうそん)

銃ー gun (じゅう)

少子化するー falling birthrate (しょうしか)

人権ー human rights (じんけん)

政策ー policy (せいさく)

世間ー society at large (せけん)

大国ー great country (たいこく)

大戦ー major war (たいせん)

弾ー bullet (たま)

Set 2:

罪ー crime (つみ)

党ー political party (とう)

当選するー win (vote) (とうせん)

爆弾ー bomb (ばくだん)

罰金ー fine (ばっきん)

武器ー weapon (ぶき)

福祉ー welfare (ふくし)

法ー law (ほう)

募金するー donation campaign (ぼきん)

世の中ー society at large (よのなか)

立候補するー candidate (りっこうほ)

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綿棒 「めんぼう」 🧖🏼‍♀️ cotton swab 🛀🏾

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例 「れい」 (example):

綿棒はふわふわと白です。

「めんぼう」 はふわふわと 「しろ」 です。

Cotton swabs are fluffy and white.

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