Minna Intermediate - Lesson 04 - Rules and Regulations

Learn how to express rules and regulations and explain why they exist.

Course: Minna Intermediate

Vocabulary

  • けんさする (検査する): to inspect; to examine; to test
  • あす (明日): tomorrow
  • のうりょく (能力): ability; capability
  • バザー: bazaar
  • マスク: mask
  • スーツケース: suitcase
  • めがさめる (目が覚める): to wake up
  • ちょうれい (朝礼): morning assembly; morning meeting
  • こうか (校歌): school song; school anthem
  • けいご (敬語): honorific language; polite speech
  • かんそうぶん (感想文): impression essay; written impressions
  • うんどうじょう (運動場): playground; athletic field
  • いたずら: mischief; prank; trick
  • うつくしい (美しい): beautiful; lovely
  • せいき (世紀): century
  • へいわ[な] (平和[な]): peaceful
  • ひとびと (人々): people
  • ねがう (願う): to wish; to hope
  • ぶん (文): sentence; text
  • かきかえる (書き換える): to rewrite; to reword
  • あわせる (合わせる): to match; to combine
  • もともと: originally
  • わかもの (若者): young person; youth
  • ～こ (～湖): -lake

Kanji

  • 嫌 ゲン きら う いや: to dislike; detest; unpleasant
  • 彼 ヒ かれ　かの: he; that; the other
  • 利 リ き く: advantage; profit; benefit
  • 礼 レイ　ライ: courtesy; ritual; thanks
  • 機 キ はた: machine; opportunity; mechanism
  • 械 カイ: machine; instrument
  • 断 ダン: to sever; to decide
  • 勧 カン: to recommend; to urge
  • 腹 フク はら: abdomen; belly
  • 絶 ゼツ た える た やす た つ: to cease; to sever
  • 数 スウ　ス かず　かぞ える: number; to count
  • 亡 ボウ　モウ な い: deceased; to die
  • 届 とど ける とど く: to reach; delivery
  • 葬 ソウ ほうむ る: to bury; funeral
  • 式 シキ: ceremony; formula
  • 席 セキ: seat; place

Frequently asked questions

What does 「けんさする」 mean in this lesson?
to inspect; to examine; to test
What does 「あす」 mean in this lesson?
tomorrow
What does 「のうりょく」 mean in this lesson?
ability; capability
What does 「バザー」 mean in this lesson?
bazaar
What does 「マスク」 mean in this lesson?
mask
What does 「スーツケース」 mean in this lesson?
suitcase
What does 「めがさめる」 mean in this lesson?
to wake up
What does 「ちょうれい」 mean in this lesson?
morning assembly; morning meeting
What does 「こうか」 mean in this lesson?
school song; school anthem
What does 「けいご」 mean in this lesson?
honorific language; polite speech
What does 「かんそうぶん」 mean in this lesson?
impression essay; written impressions
What does 「うんどうじょう」 mean in this lesson?
playground; athletic field
What does 「いたずら」 mean in this lesson?
mischief; prank; trick
What does 「うつくしい」 mean in this lesson?
beautiful; lovely
What does 「せいき」 mean in this lesson?
century
What does 「へいわ[な]」 mean in this lesson?
peaceful
What does 「ひとびと」 mean in this lesson?
people
What does 「ねがう」 mean in this lesson?
to wish; to hope
What does 「ぶん」 mean in this lesson?
sentence; text
What does 「かきかえる」 mean in this lesson?
to rewrite; to reword
What does 「あわせる」 mean in this lesson?
to match; to combine
What does 「もともと」 mean in this lesson?
originally
What does 「わかもの」 mean in this lesson?
young person; youth
What does 「～こ」 mean in this lesson?
-lake