Learn Japanese Vocabulary N2
1仲直り
Hiragana :なかなおり
Meaning :reconciliation, make peace with
Ex :はははそのにん仲直りなかなおりさせようとした。
Trans :My mother attempted to reconcile the couple.
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2長引く
Hiragana :ながびく
Meaning :to be prolonged, to drag on
Ex :長引くながびく不況ふきょうのために、多くおおく労働ろうどうしゃ失業しつぎょうしている。
Trans :Because of the protracted depression, many workers are unemployed.
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3中身
Hiragana :なかみ
Meaning :contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade
Ex :容器ようきずに中身なかみ見よみよ
Trans :Do not look upon the vessel but upon that which it contains.
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4中指
Hiragana :なかゆび
Meaning :middle finger
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5仲良し
Hiragana :なかよし
Meaning :intimate friend, close friend, bosom buddy, chum
Ex :彼らかれら向かいむかい新しいあたらしい隣人りんじん仲良しなかよしになった。
Trans :They have made friends with their new neighbors across the street.
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6慰める
Hiragana :なぐさめる
Meaning :to comfort, to console, to amuse
Ex :よる静けさしずけさわたしたちを慰めなぐさめてくれる。
Trans :The silence of the night comforts us.
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7亡くす
Hiragana :なくす
Meaning :to lose something; to get rid of; to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)
Ex :わたしいちよんさいのときに、ちちをくも膜出血しゅっけつ亡くしなくした。
Trans :I lost my father to a subarachnoid haemorrhage when I was fourteen.
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8殴る
Hiragana :なぐる
Meaning :to strike, to hit
Ex :痛いいたい由紀子ゆきこ痛いいたいよ。グーで殴るなぐるのはよせよ!
Trans :Ow! Yukiko! That hurts! Quit hitting me with your fists!
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9為す
Hiragana :なす
Meaning :to build up, to establish; to form, to become (a state); to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in; to change into; to do, to perform; to intend to, to attempt, to try; to have a child
Ex :彼女かのじょ一時いちじごとをなす能力のうりょくをもっている。
Trans :She has a faculty for doing two things at once.
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10謎謎
Hiragana :なぞなぞ
Meaning :riddle, puzzle, enigma
Ex :もしそのなぞなぞに答えこたえられなければかれ食べたべられてしまうだろう。
Trans :If he could not answer the riddle, he would be eaten.
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11傾らか
Hiragana :なだらか
Meaning :gently-sloping, gentle, easy
Ex :日本にっぽんにおける今年ことし賃上げちんあげはなだらかなものだった。
Trans :Wage settlements in Japan this year were moderate.
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12懐かしい
Hiragana :なつかしい
Meaning :dear, desired, missed
Ex :彼女かのじょ懐かしいなつかしい思い出おもいでにふけった。
Trans :She indulged herself in nostalgic memories.
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13撫でる
Hiragana :なでる
Meaning :to brush gently, to stroke, to caress
Ex :そよ風が彼女かのじょかおをなでた。
Trans :The breeze kissed her face.
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14斜め
Hiragana :ななめ
Meaning :slanting, tilted, sloping, diagonal, oblique; unusual, slanted (view of the world), bad (mood)
Ex :ぬの斜めななめ裁ちたちなさい。
Trans :Cut the cloth in a diagonal direction.
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15何分
Hiragana :なにぶん
Meaning :some, any, (a) little, of some kind, of some sort; please; anyway, anyhow, at any rate, after all
Ex :なにぶんこんな辺ぴへんぴむら住んすんでいるので、めったにきゃくない。
Trans :Living as I do in a remote village, I seldom have visitors.
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16生意気
Hiragana :なまいき
Meaning :impertinent, saucy, cheeky, conceit, audacious, brazen
Ex :かれをからかうなんて生意気なまいきだ。
Trans :It is impudent of you to jest at him.
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17並木
Hiragana :なみき
Meaning :roadside tree, row of trees
Ex :我々われわれ高いたかいポプラ並木なみき歩いあるいた。
Trans :We walked along an avenue of tall poplars.
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18倣う
Hiragana :ならう
Meaning :to imitate, to follow, to emulate
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19鳴らす
Hiragana :ならす
Meaning :to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose); to be popular, to be esteemed, to be reputed; to state, to insist, to complain; to fart (loudly)
Ex :万一まんいち場合ばあいにはベルを鳴らしならしなさい。
Trans :Ring the bell in an emergency.
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20生る
Hiragana :なる
Meaning :to bear fruit
Ex :果実かじつがなる樹木じゅもくは、成長せいちょうするための空間くうかんがかなり必要ひつようだ。
Trans :Fruit trees require a large amount of space in which to grow.
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21馴れる
Hiragana :なれる
Meaning :become tame
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22南極
Hiragana :なんきょく
Meaning :South Pole; the Antarctic, Antarctica
Ex :無謀むぼうおとこたち南極なんきょく探検たんけんちゅう凍死とうしした。
Trans :The reckless men froze to death during their expedition to the Antarctic.
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23南米
Hiragana :なんべい
Meaning :South America
Ex :当社とうしゃだいいち目標もくひょう南米なんべい市場しじょう拡大かくだいすることです。
Trans :Our primary objective is to expand the South American market.
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24南北
Hiragana :なんぼく
Meaning :south and north
Ex :日本にっぽん南北なんぼく長いながいくにです。
Trans :Japan is a very long country from north to south.
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25煮える
Hiragana :にえる
Meaning :to boil, to cook, to be cooked
Ex :煮えにえ加減かげんがちょうどよい。
Trans :It is boiled just enough.
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26匂う
Hiragana :におう
Meaning :to be fragrant, to smell (good); to stink, to smell (bad); to glow, to be bright; to smack of, to show hints of
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27逃がす
Hiragana :にがす
Meaning :to let loose, to set free, to let escape
Ex :とり逃がしにがしてやってください。
Trans :Let the bird fly away.
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28憎い
Hiragana :にくむ
Meaning :hateful, abominable, poor-looking, detestable; amazing, fantastic, admirable, lovely, wonderful
Ex :かわいさ余っあまっにくひゃくばい
Trans :The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
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29憎らしい
Hiragana :にくらしい
Meaning :odious, hateful
Ex :かれはにくらしげに彼女かのじょをにらんだ。
Trans :He stared at her with hatred.
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30濁る
Hiragana :にごる
Meaning :to become muddy, to become cloudy, to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.); to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.), to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.), to be corrupted, to be polluted; to become voiced, to add voiced consonant marks
Ex :尿にょういろ濁っにごっています。
Trans :My urine is cloudy.
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31
Hiragana :にじ
Meaning :rainbow
Ex :彼女かのじょのドレスはにじのいろのほとんどがそろっている。
Trans :Her dresses show most of the hues of the rainbow.
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32日時
Hiragana :にちじ
Meaning :date and time
Ex :日時にちじ指定していされたが、場所ばしょ指定していされていない。
Trans :The date has been appointed but the place has not.
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33日課
Hiragana :にっか
Meaning :daily lesson, daily work, daily routine
Ex :朝食ちょうしょくまえ新聞しんぶん読むよむのがわたし日課にっかです。
Trans :My routine is to read the newspaper before breakfast.
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34日程
Hiragana :にってい
Meaning :schedule, program, programme, agenda
Ex :わたしたちは日程にってい考慮こうりょ入れるいれるべきだった。
Trans :We should have taken the schedule into consideration.
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35鈍い
Hiragana :にぶい
Meaning :dull (e.g. a knife), blunt; thickheaded, obtuse, stupid; dull (sound, color, etc.), dim (light); slow, sluggish, inert, lethargic; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex), doting
Ex :彼女かのじょ運転うんてんは、注意深いちゅういぶかいのではなくて、のろいのだ。
Trans :She drives not carefully but slowly.
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36入社
Hiragana :にゅうしゃ
Meaning :entry to a company
Ex :かれ高校こうこう卒業そつぎょう直後ちょくご入社にゅうしゃした。
Trans :He joined the company right after he got through high school.
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37女房
Hiragana :にょうぼう
Meaning :wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)
Ex :かれ女房にょうぼうしり敷かしかれている。
Trans :He is a hen-pecked husband.
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38睨む
Hiragana :にらむ
Meaning :to glare at, to scowl at, to glower at; to stare intensely at, to examine carefully; to estimate, to guess, to suspect, to judge; to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person), to watch; to take account of, to take into consideration
Ex :彼女かのじょ冷たくつめたくじろりとこちらをにらんだ。
Trans :She gave me the fish eye.
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39煮る
Hiragana :にる
Meaning :to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
Ex :ふたをして始めはじめ強火つよび沸騰ふっとうしたら中火ちゅうびにしてやくなな分間ふんかんます。
Trans :Put the lid on and start at high flame, when it boils set to medium flame and boil for about seven minutes.
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40
Hiragana :にわか
Meaning :sudden, abrupt, unexpected, improvised, offhand
Ex :両親が生きていたらどう思うかなんて僕にわかるわけがないじゃないか。
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41縫う
Hiragana :ぬう
Meaning :to sew, to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
Ex :彼女かのじょふく縫っぬっている。
Trans :She is sewing a dress.
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42濡らす
Hiragana :ぬらす
Meaning :to wet, to soak, to dip
Ex :かれ濡らさぬらさずに大金たいきんをつかんだ。
Trans :He made a lot of easy money.
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43ねじ
Hiragana :ねじ
Meaning :screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
Ex :ぼくがネジを回すまわすみず吹き出しふきだしてきた。
Trans :When I turned the screw, water burst out.
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44捩る
Hiragana :ねじる
Meaning :to screw, to twist; to distort, to parody, to make a pun; to torture, to wrest
Ex :背後はいごこえがしたのでかのじょはたいをねじって振り返っふりかえった。
Trans :She twists around at a voice behind.
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45ネックレス
Hiragana :ネックレス
Meaning :necklace
Ex :いもうと誕生たんじょう真珠しんじゅのネックレスを贈っおくった。
Trans :I gave my sister a pearl necklace on her birthday.
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46熱する
Hiragana :ねっする
Meaning :to heat, to heat up
Ex :熱しねっしやすく冷めさめやすい。
Trans :Fall in and out of love quickly.
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47寝間着
Hiragana :ねまき
Meaning :sleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas, pajamas, nightgown, nightdress
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48狙い
Hiragana :ねらい
Ex :またアフィ狙いねらい記事きじか。
Trans :Another spam article hoping for click-throughs?
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49狙う
Hiragana :ねらう
Meaning :to aim at
Ex :猟師りょうしたちはじゅうでそのぞうをねらった。
Trans :The hunters aimed at the elephant.
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50年度
Hiragana :ねんど
Meaning :fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan), financial year; academic year, school year; product year
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51農産物
Hiragana :のうさんぶつ
Meaning :agricultural produce
Ex :日本にっぽんはアメリカの農産物のうさんぶつ最大さいだい輸入ゆにゅうこくである。
Trans :Japan is the largest importer of U.S. farm products.
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52農村
Hiragana :のうそん
Meaning :agricultural community, farm village; rural
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53濃度
Hiragana :のうど
Meaning :concentration, thickness, density; cardinality
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54農薬
Hiragana :のうやく
Meaning :agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.), agrochemical, agrichemical
Ex :彼らかれら果樹かじゅ農薬のうやく散布さんぷしている。
Trans :They are spraying the fruit trees.
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55能率
Hiragana :のうりつ
Meaning :efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)
Ex :商売しょうばいでは能率のうりつのよさということが最ももっとも重要じゅうよう考えかんがえである。
Trans :Efficiency is the dominant idea in business.
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56
Hiragana :のこぎり
Meaning :saw; musical saw
Ex :ちちはのこぎりで切っきった。
Trans :My father cut wood with a saw.
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57残らず
Hiragana :のこらず
Meaning :all, entirely, completely, without exception
Ex :かれ有り金ありがね残らのこら奪わうばわれた。
Trans :He was robbed of all his money.
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58載せる
Hiragana :のせる
Meaning :to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride, to give a lift, to pick up, to help on board; to load (luggage), to carry, to take on board; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive, to take for a ride; to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment); to let (someone) take part; to excite (someone); to publish (an article), to run (an ad)
Ex :乗せのせられるのはいちぜろぜろキロがマックスです。
Trans :A load of 100 kilograms is the max.
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59覗く
Hiragana :のぞく
Meaning :to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.); to face
Ex :被写体ひしゃたい気づかきづかれないようにそぉっとカメラを取り出しとりだし、ファインダーを覗くのぞく
Trans :I quietly take out my camera, so as not to be noticed by my photographic subject, and peek through the finder.
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60延ばす
Hiragana :のばす
Meaning :to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen, to extend, to stretch; to reach out, to hold out; to straighten, to smooth out; to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.); to dilute, to thin out; to postpone; to prolong; to strengthen, to develop, to expand
Ex :万一まんいち明日あしたあめだったら、つぎ晴天せいてんまで出発しゅっぱつ延ばしのばします。
Trans :If it should rain tomorrow, I will put off my departure till the first fine day.
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61延びる
Hiragana :のびる
Meaning :to stretch, to extend, to lengthen, to spread; to make progress, to grow (beard, body height); to grow stale (soba); to be straightened, to be flattened, to be smoothed; to be exhausted; to be postponed, to be prolonged
Ex :彼女かのじょ伸びのびてきている。
Trans :She is growing tall.
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62上り
Hiragana :のぼり
Meaning :ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb; up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo); northward (towards Tokyo)
Ex :みちはずっとのぼりだ。
Trans :The road is uphill all the way.
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63上る
Hiragana :のぼる
Meaning :to ascend, to go up, to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun), to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river), to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)
Ex :みち急斜面きゅうしゃめんをジグザグにのぼっていた。
Trans :The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
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64
Hiragana :のり
Meaning :paste, glue, clothing starch
Ex :わたしはのりでまいかみ貼りはり合わせあわせた。
Trans :I stuck two sheets of paper together with paste.
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65乗換
Hiragana :のりかえ
Meaning :transfer (trains, buses, etc.), connection, connexion; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover, crossing over
Ex :途中とちゅう乗り換えのりかえ必要ひつようですか。
Trans :Is it necessary to change trains along the way?
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66載る
Hiragana :のる
Meaning :to be placed on, to be set on, to be piled on, to be loaded on; to appear (in print), to be mentioned, to be recorded, to be reported, to be given
Ex :選挙せんきょ結果けっか夕刊ゆうかん載るのるでしょう。
Trans :The results of the election will appear in the evening paper.
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67鈍い
Hiragana :のろい
Meaning :dull (e.g. a knife), blunt; thickheaded, obtuse, stupid; dull (sound, color, etc.), dim (light); slow, sluggish, inert, lethargic; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex), doting
Ex :彼女かのじょ運転うんてんは、注意深いちゅういぶかいのではなくて、のろいのだ。
Trans :She drives not carefully but slowly.
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68ノロノロ
Hiragana :ノロノロ
Meaning :slowly, sluggishly
Ex :休日きゅうじつくるま街道かいどうをのろのろと動いうごいた。
Trans :The holiday traffic crawled along the highway.
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69呑気
Hiragana :のんき
Meaning :carefree, optimistic, careless, reckless, heedless, happy-go-lucky, easygoing, thoughtless
Ex :ははは、のんきでほがらかでお人好しです。
Trans :My mother is carefree, cheerful and good-natured.
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70灰色
Hiragana :はいいろ
Meaning :grey, gray, ashen
Ex :彼らかれら長くながく灰色はいいろ通りとおりのはずれのたいへん小さなちいさないえ住んすんでいました。
Trans :They lived in a very small house at the end of a long, gray street.
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71俳句
Hiragana :はいく
Meaning :haiku, 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
Ex :俳句はいく季節きせつ関連かんれん深いふかい
Trans :Haiku are closely related to the seasons of the year.
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72拝見
Hiragana :はいけん
Meaning :seeing, look at
Ex :英語えいごのコミュニティでお名前なまえとコメントを拝見はいけんし、プロフィールを拝読はいどくしました。
Trans :I saw your name and posts in an English forum and took the liberty of reading your profile.
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73売店
Hiragana :ばいてん
Meaning :shop, stand
Ex :病院びょういん売店ばいてんはどこにありますか。
Trans :Where is the hospital shop?
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74売買
Hiragana :ばいばい
Meaning :trade, buying and selling, trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs), dealing
Ex :かれ革製品かわせいひん売買ばいばいをしている。
Trans :He buys and sells leather goods.
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75這う
Hiragana :はう
Meaning :to creep, to crawl
Ex :彼らかれら前方ぜんぽうへはって進んすすんでいった。
Trans :They crept forward.
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76生える
Hiragana :はえる
Meaning :to grow, to spring up, to sprout; to cut (teeth)
Ex :むすめ永久歯えいきゅうしがはえてきました。
Trans :My daughter is cutting her permanent teeth.
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77剥す
Hiragana :はがす
Meaning :experiences
Ex :彼はそばかすだらけの顔が青白く見えた。
Trans :His freckle face turned pale.
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78
Hiragana :はかり
Meaning :scales, weighing machine
Ex :荷物にもつをはかりのうえにのせてください。
Trans :Please put your baggage on this scale.
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79量る
Hiragana :はかる
Meaning :to plot, to attempt, to plan, to devise, to design; to take in, to deceive; to aim for, to have something in mind; to refer A to B
Ex :彼女かのじょ先生せんせいたちとよく意思いし疎通そつうをはかっている。
Trans :She communicates well with her teachers.
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80測る
Hiragana :はかる
Meaning :to plot, to attempt, to plan, to devise, to design; to take in, to deceive; to aim for, to have something in mind; to refer A to B
Ex :彼女かのじょ先生せんせいたちとよく意思いし疎通そつうをはかっている。
Trans :She communicates well with her teachers.
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81吐き気
Hiragana :はきけ
Meaning :nausea, sickness in the stomach
Ex :突然とつぜん吐き気はきけかれ抑えおさえきれなかった。
Trans :A sudden wave of sickness overpowered him.
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82掃く
Hiragana :はく
Meaning :to sweep, to brush, to gather up
Ex :彼女かのじょ玄関げんかんのごみをはいた。
Trans :She swept the dirt from the porch.
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83歯車
Hiragana :はぐるま
Meaning :gear, cog-wheel
Ex :歯車はぐるまがかみ合っている。
Trans :The cog-wheels are in gear.
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84バケツ
Hiragana :バケツ
Meaning :bucket, pail; skip
Ex :彼らかれらはバケツでみず運んはこんだ。
Trans :They carried water in buckets.
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85挟まる
Hiragana :はさまる
Meaning :to get between, to be caught in
Ex :女の子おんなのこゆびがドアにはさまった。
Trans :A little girl caught her fingers in the door.
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86挟む
Hiragana :はさむ
Meaning :to interpose, to hold between, to insert; to be on either side (e.g. road), to be across (e.g. street, river), to be beyond
Ex :彼らかれらはテーブルをはさんで向かい合っむかいあった。
Trans :They confronted each other across the table.
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87
Hiragana :はし
Meaning :chopsticks
Ex :かれ不器用ぶきよう手つきてつきではしをつかっていた。
Trans :He used chopsticks in an awkward way.
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88梯子
Hiragana :はしご
Meaning :ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
Ex :ちちにはしごを立てかけたてかけた。
Trans :My father put a ladder against the tree.
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89始めに
Hiragana :はじめに
Meaning :to begin with (used as an introduction), first of all, in the beginning
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90初めに
Hiragana :はじめに
Meaning :to begin with (used as an introduction), first of all, in the beginning
練習 :
91外れる
Hiragana :はずれる
Meaning :to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear)
Ex :どこの関節かんせつがはずれたの?
Trans :Which joint did you dislocate?
練習 :
92パターン
Hiragana :パターン
Meaning :pattern
Ex :世界せかい貿易ぼうえき変動へんどうパターンがつぎひょう明らかあきらかにされている。
Trans :The shifting pattern of world trade is made clear in the following table.
練習 :
93肌着
Hiragana :はだぎ
Meaning :underwear, underclothes, lingerie, chemise, singlet
Ex :かれ肌着はだぎ裏返しうらがえした。
Trans :He put on his undershirt inside out.
練習 :
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