[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 21. July 14, 2012.

Here are today's words:

1. 暴れる　[abareru] - behave violently; rage
2. 暴風　[boufuu] - violent wind; (wind) storm
3. 乱暴　[ranbou] - violence; outrage
4. 香る　[kaoru] - smell sweet; be fragrant
5. 群がる　[muragaru] - crowd; gather; throng
6. 研磨　[kenma] - grinding; polishing
7. 黄砂　[kousa] - yellow sand
8. 砂　[suna] - sand; grit
9. 砂利　[jari] - gravel; pebbles
10. 砂浜　[sunahama] - sandy beaches

Oh, to be here right now.

This coming Monday is a public holiday in Japan (Marine Day). Enjoy the long weekend, everyone!

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 20. July 13, 2012.

Here are today's words:

1. 観念　[kannen] - idea; notion; concept
2. 宝石商　[housekishou] - jeweller
3. 落第　[rakudai] - failure
4. 交わる　[majiwaru] - cross; associate
5. 交際　[kousai] - association
6. 案外　[angai] - unexpectedly
7. 健やか　[sukoyaka] - healthy; sound
8. 章　[shou] - chapter
9. 船旅　[funatabi] - voyage; sea trip
10. 校章　[koushou] - school badge...as in:

これは私の高校の校章です！　この校章はきれい、でしょう？

Until next time. :)

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 19. July 12, 2012.

Here are today's words:

1. のけ者　[nokemono] - outcast
2. 刺す　[sasu] - stick; pierce; sting
3. 追う　[ou] - go after; pursue
4. 追い付く　[oitsuku] - catch up with
5. 奥　[oku] - the inner part; the depths
6.奥地　 [okuchi] - the interior; the depths
7. 奥底　[okusoko] - depth; bottom
8. 輸血　[yuketsu] - blood transfusion
9. 腹黒い　[haraguroi] - wicked
10. 中央集権　[chuuoushuuken] - centralisation

No happy dancing .gif  today, but here's a penguin :)  :

Stay cool, Northern Hemisphere folks! It's shaping up to be a really hot summer.

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 18. July 11, 2012.

Here are today's words:

1. 実績　[jisseki] - results; achievements
2. 幼い　[osanai] - very young; infant
3. 各　[onoono] - each one; everyone
4. 共に　[tomoni] - together
5. 共同　[kyoudou] - cooperation; collaboration
6. 条件　[jouken] - condition; terms
7. 条例　[jourei] - regulations; rules
8. 独特　[dokutoku] - peculiar; unique
9. 独立　[dokuritsu] - independence; separation
10. 高齢　[kourei] - advanced age


Happy dance time again! :)

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 17. July 10 2012.

Here are today's words:

1. 若年　[jakunen] - youth
2. 倒れる　[taoreru] - fall down; collapse
3. 倒産　[tousan] - bankruptcy
4. 費用　[hiyou] - expense; cost
5. 消費　[shouhi] - consumption
6. 積もる　[tsumoru] - heap; pile; accumulate
7. 助かる　[tasukaru] - be rescued; be saved
8. 救助　[kyuujo] - rescue; relief; aid
9. 光線　[kousen] - beam; ray of light
10. 舞台　[butai] - stage; scene



By the way, does your kanji book also double as a flip book featuring a ninja? :)

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 16. July 9, 2012.

The past few weeks have been challenging, but here I am pushing through simply because I need to keep a promise I made to myself,  for once.

So, here are today's words:

1. 等しい　[hitoshii] - equivalent
2. 貿易　[boueki] - trade
3. 正夢　[masayume] - prophetic dream
4. 夢中　[muchuu] - as if in a dream; frantically
5. 農村　[nouson] - farming village
6. 複雑　[fukuzatsu] - complicated
7. 複写　[fukusha] - reproduction; copy
8. 察する　[sassuru] - conjecture; judge
9. 観察　[kansatsu] - observation
10. 耳鼻科　[jibika] - otolaryngology

No happy dance tonight. I'm too tired.

[300 new Japanese words] in 30 days: Day 15. July 8, 2012. 15 days down, 15 days to go!

Here are today's words:

1. 歯車　[haguruma] - cog wheel
2. 虫歯　[mushiba] - bad tooth
3. 八百屋　[yaoya] - greengrocery; vegetable store
4. 亡くす　[nakusu] - lose (I had learned word before, but I didn't know that the kanji was the same as the one that means "to die")
5. 氷河　[hyouga] - glacier
6. 草原　[sougen] - grass-covered plain
7. 埋める　[umeru] - bury; fill up
8. 埋蔵　[maizou] - buried property; treasure trove
9. 煙突　[entotsu] - chimney
10. 憎む　[nikumu] - hate; detest


Halfway there!