Set: Obama's Inaugural Address: Japanese Vocab 1

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All 34 terms

TermDefinition
謙虚modest, humble ( けんきょ)
任務one's duty, office, task (にんむ)
信頼を寄せるput one's trust in... (しんらいをよせる)
感謝thanks, gratitude (かんしゃ)
祖先ancestors, forefathers (そせん)
犠牲sacrifice (ぎせい)
心を(に)留めるbe mindful (こころをとめる)
奉仕service (ほうし)
ならびにas well as
政権political power (せいけん)
移行changeover, transition, switch (いこう)
寛容tolerance, open-mindedness (かんよう)
宣誓oath (せんせい)
繁栄prosperity (はんえい)
高まりa rise, build-up, upsurge (たかまり)
語るtalk, recite, chant (かたる)
誓いoath, vow (ちかい)
立ち込めるenshroud, gather, envelope
暗雲dark clouds (あんうん)
猛威fierceness, fury (もうい)
猛威を振るうrage, go on a rampage
storm, gale, tempest (あらし)
高位high rank (こうい)
技量ability, competence, skill (ぎりょう)
頼るrely on, turn to, look to (たよる)
人民the people, the public (じんみん)
理想ideal (りそう)
忠実faithfulness, fidelity (ちゅうじつ)
建国founding of a country (けんこく)
文言wording (もんごん)
従うobey, submit to, follow (したがう)
歩むwalk (あゆむ)
世代generation (せだい)
同様にalike, similarly, likewise (どうように)

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Terms 34
Creator curtis_varouh
Created January 26, 2009
Groups None
Subjects Obama's Inaugural Address, Japanese
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These are vocab words taken from Japanese translation of President Obama's Inaugural Address as it appeared in the Minami Shimbun. These are words and phrases that either I didn't know the meaning of or the reading for. Or both!

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