Minna Intermediate - Lesson 11 - Media and Information

Explore media, journalism, and how information is received and understood.

Course: Minna Intermediate

Vocabulary

  • ますます: increasingly; more and more
  • きぎょう (企業): company; enterprise
  • こんご (今後): from now on; in the future
  • ほうげん (方言): dialect
  • ふきゅうする (普及する): spread; become widespread
  • たつ (建つ): be built; stand
  • だいかぞく (大家族): large family; extended family
  • だい～ (大～): big-; large-
  • パックツアー: package tour
  • こじん (個人): individual; personal
  • いかにも: indeed; really
  • にゅうがくしき (入学式): entrance ceremony
  • はで[な] (派手[な]): flashy; showy
  • げんき (元気): energetic; healthy
  • だす[げんきを～] (出す[元気を～]): to show (one's) energy; to cheer up
  • こうこく (広告): advertisement; ad
  • びよういん (美容院): beauty salon; hair salon
  • くるまいす (車いす): wheelchair
  • きふする[びよういんにくるまいすを～] (寄付する[病院に車いすを～]): to donate (e.g., a wheelchair to a hospital)
  • グレー: gray
  • じみ[な] (地味[な]): plain; subdued
  • げんばく (原爆): atomic bomb
  • ただひとつ (ただ一つ): the only one
  • おそろしさ (恐ろしさ): horror; terror

Kanji

  • 郷 チョウ　ゴウ: hometown; village
  • 黄 コウ　オウ: yellow
  • 伝 デン つた わる つた える つた う: to convey; to transmit
  • 掌 ショウ: palm (of hand); to hold
  • 造 ゾウ つく る: to make; to manufacture
  • 遺 イ: to leave behind; bequeath
  • 形 ケイ　ギョウ かた　かたち: form; shape
  • 根 コン ね: root; basis
  • 完 カン: complete; finish
  • 雪 セツ ゆき: snow
  • 壊 カイ こわ す こわ れる: to break; to destroy
  • 修 シュウ　シュ おさ める おさ まる: to repair; to study
  • 協 チョウ: cooperation; to cooperate
  • 収 シュウ おさめる　おさまる: to receive; to collect
  • 費 ヒ つい やす つい える: cost; expense
  • 陽 ヨウ: sun; yang

Frequently asked questions

What does 「ますます」 mean in this lesson?
increasingly; more and more
What does 「きぎょう」 mean in this lesson?
company; enterprise
What does 「こんご」 mean in this lesson?
from now on; in the future
What does 「ほうげん」 mean in this lesson?
dialect
What does 「ふきゅうする」 mean in this lesson?
spread; become widespread
What does 「たつ」 mean in this lesson?
be built; stand
What does 「だいかぞく」 mean in this lesson?
large family; extended family
What does 「だい～」 mean in this lesson?
big-; large-
What does 「パックツアー」 mean in this lesson?
package tour
What does 「こじん」 mean in this lesson?
individual; personal
What does 「いかにも」 mean in this lesson?
indeed; really
What does 「にゅうがくしき」 mean in this lesson?
entrance ceremony
What does 「はで[な]」 mean in this lesson?
flashy; showy
What does 「げんき」 mean in this lesson?
energetic; healthy
What does 「だす[げんきを～]」 mean in this lesson?
to show (one's) energy; to cheer up
What does 「こうこく」 mean in this lesson?
advertisement; ad
What does 「びよういん」 mean in this lesson?
beauty salon; hair salon
What does 「くるまいす」 mean in this lesson?
wheelchair
What does 「きふする[びよういんにくるまいすを～]」 mean in this lesson?
to donate (e.g., a wheelchair to a hospital)
What does 「グレー」 mean in this lesson?
gray
What does 「じみ[な]」 mean in this lesson?
plain; subdued
What does 「げんばく」 mean in this lesson?
atomic bomb
What does 「ただひとつ」 mean in this lesson?
the only one
What does 「おそろしさ」 mean in this lesson?
horror; terror