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Japanese Language Reading
2056

Dec 29, Thu of Extra week of Fall 2022 :maple_leaf:

  • うたわれるもの
Interesting words
  • カタブツ = serious, inflexible person. From 堅物.
  • まつわる = to be related to; to surround. Kanji form is 纏(まつ)わる.
  • 跨(また)ぐ = to cross (e.g. a river). Kanji is for straddling.
  • 催(もよお)す = to feel a sensation / to hold an event
  • 積(つ)み卸(おろ)し = loading and unloading (of a cargo ship). The second Kanji (卸(おろ)す) seems to be about wholesale.
  • 物流(ぶつりゅう) = distribution of goods
  • 縦断(じゅうだん) = running along the length. Opposite is 横断(おうだん) = cross cutting. Both are On readings of 縦(たて) and 横(よこ). I can’t recall an On reading of the first, though.
  • 味見(あじみ) = tasting
  • 相伴(しょうばん) = partaking in. ご相伴 in context, probably should be お相伴?
  • 芳醇(ほうじゅん) = thick taste
  • 凱旋(がいせん) = triumphant return
  • 純白(じゅんぱく) = pure white
  • 伝承(でんしょう) = handling down of folklore
  • 重鎮(じゅうちん) = authority; leader
  • 洗練(せんれん) = refining; polishing
  • 荘厳(そうごん) = grand
  • 整然(せいぜん) = orderly; systematic
  • 御伽噺(おとぎばなし) = fairy tale (i.e. it’s not real / child-telling). Has Furigana in context. お伽(とぎ) is keeping company / nursing. おとぎ話(ばなし) is OK too.
  • 光熱費(こうねつひ) = cost of fuel and lighting
  • 丘陵地帯(きゅうりょうちたい) = hilly area
  • 威風堂々(いふうどうどう) = majestic
  • 四(し)地(ち)相応(そうおう) = ideal topography = 四神相応(しじんそうおう)の地(ち). An ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north

SFX

  • ムキムキ = muscular

Kanji

  • 縦 (Level 34)
    • ジュウ
      • 縦断(じゅうだん),     操縦(そうじゅう)
      • 縦横無尽(じゅうおうむじん)
Replies

Although I don’t really know the answer, searching the phrase directly (e.g. in DuckDuckGo), would reveal websites claiming to teach business Japanese. Perhaps I can trust those?

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These are from Google 日本語入力 – Google.