Smoking - Episode 8 – Vocabulary list

プラセンタ

placenta

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スモーキング

smoking

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しわす

twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December

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キャラ変へん

changing one's (public) persona; changing one's (public) image

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めのよい

having good eyesight

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のり弁べん

nori bento

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まさき

the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

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実じっ態たい調ちょう査さ

fact-finding investigation; investigation into actual conditions; fact-finding survey

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ゆとり世せ代だい

generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)

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女おんな社しゃ長ちょう

female company president; female CEO

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わかば

new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure

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恐きょう怖ふ政せい治じ

politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)

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社しゃ外がい

outside the company

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廃はい棄き処しょ分ぶん

disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving

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ぬま

marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)

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弁べん当とう屋や

lunch vendor

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契けい約やく違い反はん

breach of contract

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正まさ木き

Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)

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根こん性じょうなし

coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast

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あえぎ声ごえ

panting; gasping; heavy breathing

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私し設せつ

private

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飲のみっぷり

the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking

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ブラック企き業ぎょう

business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)

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内ない偵てい

secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting

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虚きょ飾しょく

ostentation; show; affectation

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お近ちかづき

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

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社しゃ長ちょう室しつ

president's office; director's office

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残ざん飯ぱん

leftover food; leftovers; food scraps

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フットワーク

footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability

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おつまみ

snack (to have with a drink); side dish

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まいど

each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

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お元げん気きですか

how are you?

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きれいさっぱり

once and for all; completely; spotlessly

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アマチュア

amateur

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ほてる

to feel hot; to flush; to burn

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ちゃうか

isn't it?

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パシリ

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

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私し怨えん

personal grudge; personal enmity

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まと

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

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善ぜんは急いそげ

move with haste (when you have no doubts)

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配はい合ごう

combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off

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すな

sand; grit

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まつ

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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責せき任にんをとる

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

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せきばらい

clearing one's throat; cough

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かいな

expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.

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あらい

coarse; rough

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チャック

zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)

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おじゃま

hindrance; intrusion

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きな臭くさい

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

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Vocabulary list: Smoking - Episode 8