Minna Intermediate - Lesson 17 - Social Issues
Analyze social issues and present opinions logically.
Course: Minna Intermediate
Vocabulary
- こよみ (暦): calendar; almanac
- おにいちゃん (お兄ちゃん): older brother; bro
- こしょう (呼称): designation; name; appellation
- スタイル: style
- たいようれき (太陽暦): solar calendar
- たいいんれき (太陰暦): lunar calendar
- たいいんたいようれき (太陰太陽暦): lunisolar calendar
- まつわる: to be related to; to be associated with
- ほんらい (本来): originally; inherently
- タコ: octopus
- はっかっけい (八角形): octagon
- ふび (不備): defect; deficiency
- おぎなう (補う): to supplement; to compensate for
- よびな (呼び名): name; designation
- ずれる: to shift; to be off
- かいれき（する） (改暦（する）): to reform the calendar; to change the calendar
- しんれき (新暦): new calendar (Gregorian calendar)
- きゅうれき (旧暦): old calendar (traditional lunar calendar)
- べつ (別): different; separate
- むつき (睦月): January (traditional month name)
- きさらぎ (如月): February (traditional month name)
- やよい (弥生): March (traditional month name)
- きのは (木の葉): leaf; foliage
- てんじる (転じる): to turn; to change
Kanji
- 暦 レキ こよみ: calendar; almanac
- 欠 ケツ か ける か く: lack; deficiency
- 角 カク かど つの: corner; angle; horn
- 補 ホ おぎな う: to supplement; to compensate
- 陰 イン かげ かげ る: shade; shadow; yin
- 改 カイ あらた める あらた まる: to reform; to change
- 旧 キュウ: old; former
- 睦 ボク: friendly; harmonious
- 如 ジョ ニョ: like; as; if
- 弥 や: increasingly; extensive
- 葉 ヨウ は: leaf; foliage
- 美 ビ うつく しい: beautiful; beauty
- 替 タイ か える か わる: to replace; substitute
- 挙 キョ あ げる あ がる: to raise; to hold
- 政 セイ ショウ まつりごと: politics; government
- 制 セイ: system; control
Frequently asked questions
- What does 「こよみ」 mean in this lesson?
- calendar; almanac
- What does 「おにいちゃん」 mean in this lesson?
- older brother; bro
- What does 「こしょう」 mean in this lesson?
- designation; name; appellation
- What does 「スタイル」 mean in this lesson?
- style
- What does 「たいようれき」 mean in this lesson?
- solar calendar
- What does 「たいいんれき」 mean in this lesson?
- lunar calendar
- What does 「たいいんたいようれき」 mean in this lesson?
- lunisolar calendar
- What does 「まつわる」 mean in this lesson?
- to be related to; to be associated with
- What does 「ほんらい」 mean in this lesson?
- originally; inherently
- What does 「タコ」 mean in this lesson?
- octopus
- What does 「はっかっけい」 mean in this lesson?
- octagon
- What does 「ふび」 mean in this lesson?
- defect; deficiency
- What does 「おぎなう」 mean in this lesson?
- to supplement; to compensate for
- What does 「よびな」 mean in this lesson?
- name; designation
- What does 「ずれる」 mean in this lesson?
- to shift; to be off
- What does 「かいれき（する）」 mean in this lesson?
- to reform the calendar; to change the calendar
- What does 「しんれき」 mean in this lesson?
- new calendar (Gregorian calendar)
- What does 「きゅうれき」 mean in this lesson?
- old calendar (traditional lunar calendar)
- What does 「べつ」 mean in this lesson?
- different; separate
- What does 「むつき」 mean in this lesson?
- January (traditional month name)
- What does 「きさらぎ」 mean in this lesson?
- February (traditional month name)
- What does 「やよい」 mean in this lesson?
- March (traditional month name)
- What does 「きのは」 mean in this lesson?
- leaf; foliage
- What does 「てんじる」 mean in this lesson?
- to turn; to change