Vocabulary — Kotoba

pablum (pablum)

it is that reporters can be killed for simply doing their jobs. It is, of course,

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

vacuous (vacuous)

others, travel within the protective cocoon of people like the very concerned secretary and measure his

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

mendacity (mendacity)

of annihilation intensifies, an opposite presupposition becomes necessary, one that imposes onto the dead the appropriate

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

pernicious (pernicious)

by the U.S. military as a terrorist until proven otherwise is one of the most

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

intransigent (intransigent)

to keep everyone safe. One in which every failed peace agreement is the fault of these

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

perfunctory (perfunctory)

politics have come to understand that the veneer of liberalism is a deeply vulnerable thing. Its

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

invective (invective)

or anyone who might be mistaken for these is to have to accept Friedman’s trite

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

proselyte (proselyte)

vegetarianism — just because conversations about meat tend to make people feel cornered, not all vegetarians are

名詞 Eating Animals

ablution (ablution)

be sure, but only because that belief, too, is transactional, the reward being a superficial moral

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

arrear (arrear)

coming. The land acknowledgments are coming. The very sorry descendants are coming. After all, grief in

名詞 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

dissimulate (dissimulate)

can deny seriously, or for very long, that men do all they can in order to

名詞 Eating Animals

dissemble (dissemble)

can deny seriously, or for very long, that men do all they can in order to

名詞 Eating Animals

abattoir (abattoir)

the beef industry won’t let even an enthusiastic carnivore near its slaughter facilities. Even in

名詞 Eating Animals

effusive (effusive)

for?” Dex said. Mosscap looked up at the banner as it walked below. “It’s very …

名詞 A Prayer for the Crown-Shy--A Monk and Robot Book

littoral (littoral)

to going to the beach, Sibling Dex,” Mosscap continued. “I haven’t spent much time around

名詞 A Prayer for the Crown-Shy--A Monk and Robot Book

大掃除だい (大)

だい [1] 頭高

large, big, great, major, important, serious, heavy, loud

older, senior

final, ultimate

rough, broad, general

large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe

CHAPTER 1 大掃除 – END-OF-YEAR CLEANING

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慣習かんしゅう (慣習)

かんしゅう [0] 平板

custom, convention, common practice

becoming accustomed (to)

そうじは日本特有の

名詞 Japanese Short Stories for Beginners

隅々すみずみ (隅々)

すみずみ [2] 中高

every corner, every nook and cranny, all the ins and outs

わりに家族みんなで家の

名詞 Japanese Short Stories for Beginners

落とすおとす (落とす)

おとす [2] 中高

to drop, to lose, to let fall, to shed (light), to cast (one's gaze), to pour in (liquid), to leave behind

to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.), to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair), to lose, to spend money at a certain place, to omit, to leave out, to secretly let escape

to lose (a match), to reject (an applicant), to fail (a course), to defeat (in an election)

to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice), to lessen (e.g. production or body weight), to worsen (quality), to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity), to speak badly of, to make light of, to fall into straitened circumstances

to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin), to make one's own, to have one's bid accepted, to force surrender, to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle), to forcefully convince, to press for a confession, to deal with

の年の汚れだけでなく、厄を

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