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辞書から単語 – Words from the Dictionary – Part III

The last installation in the Dictionary Trilogy! Learn a few new words, they’re guaranteed to be interesting.

お気に入り, 御気に入り おきにいり favorite, favourite, pet (e.g. teacher’s pet), bookmark (in web browser)
文章 ぶんしょう sentence, article, composition, (writing) style
弱々しい, 弱弱しい よわよわしい frail, slender, feminine
縁側, 椽側 えんがわ veranda, porch, balcony, open corridor, bone at the base of a fin, meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
職人 しょくにん worker, mechanic, artisan, craftsman
野 ヤ, ショ / の, の- plains, field, rustic, civilian life / campo, llano, extensión, rango, natural, civil, no oficial
黒 コク / くろ, くろ.ずむ, くろ.い black / negro, maldad
校舎 こうしゃ school building
夜中, 夜なか よなか midnight, dead of night
玄関, 玄關 げんかん entranceway, entry hall, vestibule, foyer, entryway, mud room
怪談 かいだん ghost story
不思議 ふしぎ wonder, miracle, strange, mystery, marvel, curiosity
林間学校 りんかんがっこう outdoors school
三毛猫 みけねこ calico cat, tortoiseshell-and-white cat, cat with three colors of fur (colours)
落ち葉, 落葉 おちば, らくよう fallen leaves, leaf litter, deciduous