Tobira - Lesson 11

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• ゆにゅう import
• どくじ original; one’s own~
• こだい ancient times
• こだいちゅうごく ancient China
• ポルトガル Portugal
• あげもの deep-fried food
• こめ rice
• はっしょうち the birthplace; where something started
• インド India
• こうき the latter period
• はんとう peninsula
• ひろがる to spread (out); stretch; get around
• しゅしょく staple; principal food
• ぜいきん tax
• ぶし samurai; Japanese warrior
• しはらう to pay (expenses, bills, etc.)
• てんこう weather (over an extended period)
• きにする to worry; be concerned; care about
• ひじょう extreme; great
• こうりつ efficiency
• こうりつよく efficiently (Adv)
• せいさん production
• せいさんする to produce; manufacture
• ちょうせん Korea
• ほうりつ law
• けんちく architecture
• ふくそう clothes; clothing; dress style
• れきししょ history book
• おう king; monarch
• ぶつぞう Buddha statue
• きょうてん Buddhist canon/text
• はじまり origin; beginning
• こうりゅう having contact (with people); exchange (of culture, prople, etc.)
• しゅうは religious sect/school
• もちいる to use/employ
• れんあい love; romance
• おもいうかべる to recall; be reminded of; call to mind
• そう monk
• さどう tea ceremony
• はってん development (of a country, society, etc.)
• かくりつ establishing
• くにぐに countries
• だいみょう Japanese feudal lord
• たたかう to fight (a battle); wrestle (with a difficulty/a problem etc.)
• たたかい battle; fight; struggle
• こうはん the second half
• ふきょう propagation
• ぼうえき trade
• とうじ at that time; in those days
• やばん savage; uncivilized
• いまでいう what is now called
• せいよう the West; Western countries
• とういつ unifying
• めざす to aim; aspire
• マント mantle; cloak
• せいかつようしき lifestyle
• せっきょくてき positive; active; proactive
• てっぽう gun; firearms
• えど Edo (the former name for Tokyo)
• さこく national isolation
• せいけつ clean; tidy
• めいじいしん Meiji Restoration
• ゆうびん mail; postal service
• きんだいか modernization
• きんし prohibition; ban
• せいふ government
• すすめる to encourage; suggest (doing something); recommend
• すきやき sukiyaki [thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top pan]
• かずおおく in great numbers; various
• どくとく distinct; unique
• まね immitation; mimicking
• ねんげつ months and years
• かける to take (time); spend (money)
• くわえる to add
• ゆしゅつ export
• かこ the past
• できごと incident; event; happening
• きんだいてき modern
• きろく record; document
• ふりょう (juvenile) delinquent
• あたり neighborhood; nearby
• あたらしものずき love of new things; neophilia
• ホトトギス little cuckoo
• はいく haiku poetry [17-syllable poem usually in 3 lines]
• ネット short for インターネット
• ごうか luxurious; gorgeous
• へいせい Heisei (era of the current emperor) (1989-)
• せかいいさん world heritage
• にんたいづよい persevering; very patient
• にる to resemble; be similar
• けらい subordinate warrior
• ばくふ shogunate
• しょうぐん shogun; general
• せめる to attack
• せっぷく ritual suicide by disembowelment
• もえる to burn
• のう Japanese lyrical Noh drama
• まう to dance
• えんじる to perform (a play); play (a part)
• おおさかじょう Osska Castle

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