#sixwordsadaychallenge

Inspired by others, I am taking part in the #sixwordsadaychallenge!

Today I have more words from the book on raising children I am reading called 育児新百科 (New Child-Rearing Encyclopedia). I am currently reading the 2-3 year old section as my son is 2 1/2 years old.

前後　ぜんご　approximately

体形　たいけい　body shape, build

すらり　long, slender and well proportioned

機能　きのう　function

急激　きゅうげき　sudden, abrupt 

🗓️Day 6/15

漢字:　失 [lose, error, fault, disadvantage]

1. 失敗　【しっぱい】　→　failure, mistake, blunder

2. 失う　【うしなう】　→　to lose, to miss (an opportunity), to be bereaved of

3. 失業　【しつぎょう】　→　unemployed, losing one's job

4. 失望　【しつぼう】　→　disappoint, despair

5. 損失　【そんしつ】　→　loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

6. 失格　【しっかく】　→　disqualification, elimination, incapacity

🗓️Day 7/15

漢字:　都 [metropolis, capital, all, everything]

1. 都　【みやこ】　→　capital, metropolis, seat of government

2. 都市　【とし】　→　city, urban, town, municipal

3. 首都　【しゅと】　→　capital city, metropolis

4. 都会　【とかい】　→　city

5. 都合 【つごう】　→　circumstances, convenience

Inspired by @mainichi-nihongoal & @fluencylevelfrench I am going to take part in the #sixwordsadaychallenge! I will probably be doing more like six words a week but don't tell anyone...

I don't have a planned start/finish timeline, cos those never work for me and my busy schedule. So please enjoy them when I actually get to them (and maybe learn some vocab with me!).

This week is Shinto-related terms from a translation a friend was working on.

境内　けいだい　grounds (esp. of shrines and temples), compound, churchyard, precincts

主祭神　しゅさいじん　main enshrined deity

御神像　ごしんぞう　statue of a deity

切妻造　きりづまづくり　building with a gabled roof

折衷様式　せっちゅうようしき　blended style, fusion style

🗓️Day 5/15

漢字:　観　[outlook, appearance, condition, view]

1. 観察　【かんさつ】　→　observation, survey, watching

2. 傍観　【ぼうかん】　→　looking on, remaining a spectator

3. 観光　【かんこう】　→　sightseeing, tourism

4. 観客　【かんきゃく】　→　audience, spectator

5. 観点　【かんてん】　→　point of view

Inspired by others, I am taking part in the #sixwordsadaychallenge!

Today I am continuing with words from the book on raising children I am reading called 育児新百科 (New Child-Rearing Encyclopedia). I am currently reading the 2-3 year old section as my son is 2 1/2 years old. And yes, I did not remember how to read the kanji for pencil ^.^

所有欲　しょゆうよく　possessiveness

握り方　にぎりかた　way of holding 

鉛筆　えんぴつ　pencil 

自我　じが　self, the ego

自己主張　じこしゅちょう　self-assertion

Inspired by @mainichi-nihongoal & @fluencylevelfrench I am taking part in the #sixwordsadaychallenge or more truthfully the six words every month or so challenge...

Once more these are words I didn't know (or didn't remember) from the 日本語の森 N3 grammar videos I watch.

実現　じつげん　realization

緊急　きんきゅう　emergency

入場料　にゅうじょうりょう　entrance fee

性質　せいしつ　nature, disposition

否定　ひてい　denial

Inspired by @mainichi-nihongoal and others, I am taking part in the #sixwordsadaychallenge or more truthfully the six words every so often challenge…

Today's words are from a book on raising children called 育児新百科mini (New Child-Rearing Encyclopedia mini) by たまひよ (a brand devoted to all things childcare related). I am currently reading the 2-3 year old section as my son is 2 1/2 years old.

発育　はついく　physical development, growth

発達　はったつ　development, growth 

自立心　じりつしん　spirit of self-reliance, feeling of independence

乳歯　にゅうし　first set of teeth

生えそろう　はえそろう　to come in (e.g. all teeth)