2007-09-09

Phrases and Vocabulary from the SA Class

Japanese Vocabulary:
  • 夏ばて: suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
    • Informative article can be found here at Japan Times Online. (Cached copy available.)
  • ハリネズミ: hedgehog (Asia, Western Europe) // porcupine (North America)
  • ランチョンマット: place mat
English Vocabulary:
  • wordy: Tending to use, using, or expressed in more words than are necessary to convey meaning. (文章などが)言葉数の多い、長ったらしい、冗長な、冗漫な、くどい
  • relatively: 相対的に, 比較的, 割合, 割に[と], 比べれば, かなり, 結構; (~に)比例して 〈to〉
    • a relatively short length of tape 割合[割に, 比較的]短いテープ1本
    • at relatively high temperatures 比較的高温で
    • Thermal paper is relatively expensive. 感熱紙は割高である.
Easily Confused Vocabulary:
  • dinner: 夕食
  • diner: an old train car that has been converted to a quick-food restaurant or coffee shop.


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