Tobira - Lesson 2

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• けいご honorific language
• くだけた plain; relaxed; informal
• じつは to tell the truth; as a matter of fact
• ふくざつ complicated
• きまり rules; customs
• か lesson
• ていねい polite; respectful
• つかいわける to use different things properly according to the situation
• げんご language
• あいて the person one is speaking to; partner; opponent
• かえる to change; alter
• ぶぶん part; section
• だんせい male
• じょせい female
• くらべる to compare
• ぶんまつ the end of a sentence
• あらわれる to appear
• あのかた that person (polite)
• かんじ feeling; impression
• おおくの many; a lot of
• ばめん scene; situation
• かんさつ observation
• あいつ that guy (vulgar)
• ひょう table; chart
• だんじょ man and woman
• おれ I (male)
• このへんに around here
• おごる to treat (a person to a meal, tea, etc.)
• ずいぶん a lot; very much
• もじ letter; character
• こいびと boyfriend; girlfriend
• れい example
• ひょうげん expression
• しょうりゃく omission; abbreviation
• だんしゅくけい contracted from
• さいご the last; the end
• れんらく contact; communication
• はっきり clearly
• さそう to invite; ask (a person to something)
• ことわる to refuse; decline
• つごうがわるい inconvenient; to have a schedule conflict
• きぶん feeling; mood
• おねがい request; favor
• たいせつにする to value; treasure; think a great deal of
• はなしことば spoken language
• かんたん simple; easy
• こういう of this kind; like this
• なれる to get; become used to
• とうち inversion
• りゆう reason
• じょうきょう situation
• このような this sort of; such
• とくちょう special feature; characteristic
• かきことば written language
• ひつよう necessity; need
• けいたい cellular phone
• ふつう usually; commonly
• たい style (of language use)
• ろんぶん essay; thesis; dissertation
• きょうみぶかい very interesting
• あう to suit; match
• あやまる to apologize
• おたく one's home (polite)
• おせわになる to be under the care of; be indebted to (someone for something)
• ごめんなさい I'm sorry
• しょうしょう a little (formal)
• かちょう section chief
• きゅう sudden; abrupt
• すぎ after; past
• むりをする to take it too far; go to far

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