Chapter 1 Vocab
Terms
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- 一晩
- one night
- 多い
- there is/are a lot
- 先月
- last month
- 一郎
- Ichirou
- 違う
- to differ/be different
- 家族
- family
- 今晩
- tonight
- らしい
- it seems that/evidently
- 町
- town; city
- でいらっしゃる
- honorific form of です
- 遊ぶ
- to play
- 呼ぶ
- to call ~ by
- ぺらぺら
- fluently
- 適当
- appropriate; suitable
- そのうち
- before long
- 話しかける
- to talk to
- 名刺
- [name] card/business card
- お願いします
- please (lit. i request)
- 失礼ですが
- excuse me [, but...]
- かかる
- it takes [with respect to time or money]
- ことにする
- to decide to ~
- 考え方
- way of thinking
- 大学院
- graduate school
- 君
- you (informal for men)
- 青山
- Aoyama
- 文法
- grammar
- ていねい
- polite
- 日記
- diary
- ことになっている
- it has been arranged that
- 取る
- to take
- それから
- and then; after that
- とても〜ない
- can't possibly~
- 同じ
- same
- 女性
- woman
- 育つ
- to grow up [in]
- 去年
- last year
- 結局
- finally; in the end
- 近く
- nearby; in the neighborhood
- 休暇
- vacation
- 隣
- next door; next to
- 興味
- interest
- どうも
- somehow; no matter how hard one may try
- まだまだです
- [i am] not good yet
- 池田
- Ikeda
- ところで
- by the way
- 泊める
- to have ~ stay [over night]
- ファーストネーム
- first name
- 空港
- airport
- 電気工学
- electrical engineering
- 卒業する
- to graduate [from]
- 勤める
- to work [for]/be employed [at]
- 自己紹介
- self-introduction
- 年前から
- since ~ years ago
- 時差ボケ
- jet lag
- お互い
- each other
- 連れていく
- to take someone to
- 大学院生
- graduate student
- 申す
- humble form of 言う
- 石山
- Ishiyama
- 三田
- Mita
- 君
- (a form usually attached to a male's name, equal or lower)
- 中年
- middle-aged
- 実は
- actually; in fact
- 自分
- oneself
- 紹介
- introduction
- とても
- very [much]
- 歩く
- to walk
- 今度
- one of these days
- 上手
- good [at~]
- 友達
- friend
- 気に入る
- to like/be fond [of]
- 娘
- daughter
- たばかり
- have just done ~
- ことになる
- it has been decided/arranged that~
- 週間
- ~week[s]
- 初めて
- for the first time
- 帰る
- to go home
- 十数時間
- ten plus a few hours
- 眠る
- to sleep
- 泊まる
- to stay [over night]
- 見つける
- to find~
- 一度
- once
- ゆみ
- Yumi
- カルチャーショック
- culture shock
- アパートさがし
- to look for an apartment building
- 仕方
- way [of doing something]
- にくい
- hard to/difficult to ~
- ぜひ
- by all means
- 前田
- Maeda
- 宿題
- homework
- 趣味
- hobby
- 帰るところ
- to be returning home
- 専攻する
- to major [in~]
- 学部
- college
- まゆみ
- Mayumi
- びっくりする
- to be surprised
- 飛行機
- airplane
- 着く
- to arrive [at]
- 宏
- Hiroshi
- ずいぶん
- quite a lot
- 文化
- culture
- Vたら
- when V
- 成田
- Narita [International Airport]
- 電話番号
- telephone number
- がんばる
- to do one's best, to try hard
- 中学
- junior high school
- 生まれる
- to be born [in]
- 所
- place
- 間に
- while, during the time of
- 座る
- to sit [in/on]
- 見つかる
- ~is found
- 若い
- young
- 日付変更線
- Inernational Date Line
- 教える
- to teach
- 両親
- parents
- 僕
- I (male speakesr to equals or lower)
- 男性
- man/male
- 加藤
- Katou
- 知人
- acquaintance
- 豊富
- bountiful, plenty
- 引っ越す
- to move to a new place of residence
- 留学する
- to study abroad
- 迎える
- to welcome/meet/greet
- 年上
- older
- 知識
- knowledge
- 美しい
- beautiful