Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Japanese Vocabs

これから、日本語の勉強にヴログを使っています。

今日の単語は。。。

あべこべ
     contrary, opposite, inverse
     adj-na, n, on-mim
    
    あべこべの
      opposite (directions)
      contrary (opinions)

    あべこべに
      (do) the wrong way round, back to front, inversely
      (順序を) in reverse order
      (表裏を) inside (the wrong side) out
      (上下) instead, on the contrary

    あべこべにする
      (物を) reverse; turn something the other way; turn something upside down (上下を)turn something inside out (表裏を)
      (物のやり方を) get something the wrong way around (back to front); put (get) the cart before the horse (本末を転倒する)

生きがい
    something one lives for
    purpose in life
    raison d'etre
    n


    ゆかり related to (some place); affinity; connection
    えん fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection; family ties; affinity
    ふち (surrounding) edge
    よすが something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
    よすか something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
    へり edge; tip; margin

    不思議な縁で
    by a curious turn of fate

    と縁が近い(遠い)
    be closely (distantly) related to

    縁を結ぶ
    form a connection (with)
    marry; contract a marriage (with)
  
    縁を切る
    cut/sever one's connection with
    break with (the past)
    disown (one's son)

    縁もゆかりもない
    having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

    縁続き
    relative

    縁遠い
    lately married; having little prospect of marriage; unconnected; weakly related
  
    縁遠い娘
    unmarried woman

    崖の縁に立つ(縁から転げ落ちる)
    stand on (tumble over) the edge of a precipice

    縁のついた
    brimmed, framed

    縁の広い帽子
    broad-brimmed hat

    縁の欠けた茶わん
    teacup with a chipped rim

    縁をつける
    border/frame

    縁石
    a curb (stone)

    縁なし眼鏡
    a pair of rimless glasses (spectacles)

    芭蕉縁の地
    a place that is famous (remembered) in connection (for its associations) with Bashou.

    生きる縁
    a means of living

    昔のしのぶ縁
    a reminder of the past

References:
http://ejje.weblio.jp
rikaichan

  

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