東京青年 – Vocabulary list

宣せん伝でん

publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

5

雇やとう

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

個こ人じん用よう

for personal use

1

製せい作さく

manufacture; production

2

協きょう力りょく

cooperation; collaboration

3

惜おしむ

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

1

考かんがえごと

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

2

足あし跡あと

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

3

探たん偵てい

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

1

なにしろ

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

2

生うまれ

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

6

年ねん表ぴょう

chronological table

1

四よ年ねん

four years

2

日にち露ろ戦せん争そう

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

1

主しゅとして

mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part

1

武ぶ力りょく

armed might; military power; the sword; force

1

拡かく張ちょう

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

1

大たい正しょう

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

2

賛さん同どう

approval; endorsement

1

三さん一ぴん

low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)

2

満まん州しゅう事じ変へん

Manchurian Incident (1931); Mukden Incident

1

満まん州しゅう国こく

Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

2

建けん国こく

founding of a nation

1

国こっ家か

state; country; nation

1

想そう定てい

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

1

利り権けん

interest; rights; concession

1

唐とう

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

14

祖そ母ぼ

grandmother

1

一いち八はつ

wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis

1

七しち十じゅう

seventy; 70

2

いまから

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

3

最さい先せん端たん

cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end

3

橋はし

bridge

5

百ひゃっ貨か店てん

(department) store; (department) stores

8

評ひょう判ばん

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

茶ちゃ色いろ

light brown; tawny

2

コピー

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

1

太たい陽よう光こう

sunlight

1

コーナー

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

1

自じ体たい

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

1

手てはず

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

態たい度どを取とる

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

1

過か去こ

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

4

そんなもの

that's the way it is; such is life

4

ほっておく

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

落らく第だい

failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade

1

新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いん

new employee; freshman employee; new hire

1

引ひき払はらう

to vacate; to move out

1

空あける

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

1

青せい春しゅん

youth; springtime of life; adolescent

1

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Vocabulary list: 東京青年