I do not know if we will make it to the movie if we leave now, but let’s try and see.

とにかく：anyway, first of all （＝とりあえず）

せっかく～のに：though (one went through the trouble of) ~

・せっかく行ったのに、その店は休みだった。

Even though I went there, the store was closed.

いきなり：suddenly

I was talking happily with a friend I had not seen for a long time since senior high school until late last night.

語かたり合あう：have a talk

＊「語かたる」は「話はなす」の硬かたい言いい方かた

しゃべる：talk, chat

言いい合あう：quarrel

話はなしかける：talk to

Mr. Lin has not come to school for a week. Does anyone know what happened to him?

様子ようす: appearance, situation

態度たいど: attitude

格好かっこう: form, appearance

＊格好かっこういい：cool

症状しょうじょう：sympton

Let’s put more effort into making low-calorie meals.

工夫くふうして：devise

使用しようして：use

解決かいけつして：solve, settle

修理しゅうりして：repair

I have never stayed at such a high-class hotel.

高級こうきゅうな：high-class/grade

本物ほんものの：the real thing　<=>にせ物

人気にんきな：popularity

上級じょうきゅうの：upper level

*Don’t use

上級じょうきゅうなホテル

Your room has gotten this messy again. You are so sloppy.

だらしない：sloppy

怪あやしい：suspicious

くだらない：worthless

しつこい：persistent, pesky

I had Mr. Tanaka as my English teacher for six years from junior high school to senior high school.

教おそわる：be taught

おそう：attack

・熊くまにおそわれた。I was attacked by a bear

学まなぶ：learn

＊Don’t use

先生に教おそわれました

First of all, these are the headlines from today’s news.

主な：main

かなり：pretty, quite

大した

・大した～ではない：～ is not a big deal

大変な：①　greatly　 ②difficult

If you are going to Shinjuku, you need to get on a train heading for Tokyo at the platform overthere.

～行いき

・東京とうきょう行いき：for Tokyo, Tokyo bound

～止どまり

・東京とうきょう止どまり：stopping at Tokyo, last stop Tokyo

～発はつ

東京発とうきょうはつ：departing from Tokyo

～先さき

・行いく先さき／行いき先さき：destination

We will have a meeting about a new project at 3:00 in the conference room.

打うち合あわせ：meeting

待まち合あわせ：get together, meet up

組くみ合あわせ：combination

問とい合あわせ：inquiry

I watched a movie about a boy who was once poor later suceed in life.

物語ものがたり：story

文学ぶんがく：literature

作文さくぶん：composition, essay

書物しょもつ：book 　*硬かたい表現ひょうげん：stiff expression

This child has a high fever and it looks like she is suffering.  Let’s take her to a doctor right away.

苦くるしそう　=>　OK

つらい：painful, hard

みにくい：ugly

苦にがい：bitter

苦くるしむ：suffer

I was glad that my daughter’s injury was not too severe.

ほっと

・ほっとする：fell relieved （＝安心あんしんする）

そっと

・そっと歩く：walk softly

じっと

・じっとする：stay put

さっと

。机つくえをさっとふく：give the table a quick wipe

＊Don’t use:

ほっとでした

I hear there is a weight-loss method where all you do is weigh yourself several times a day.

量はかる

・体重たいじゅうを量はかる：weigh yourself

・身長しんちょうを測はかる：measure your height

減へらす　＊減へる

・体重たいじゅうを減へらす：lose weight

増ふやす　　＊増ふえる

・貯金ちょきんを増ふやす：increase savings

I can’t eat out in restaurant every day, I think it is a waste of money.

もったいない：wasteful

ぜいたくな：luxurious

貧乏びんぼうな：poor

*Don’t use

もったいありません

I spent too much money and the train fare to return was gone.

電車賃でんしゃちん：train fare

~券けん：ticket

I’m so hungry that I’m about to fall.

転ころぶ：fall, fall over

倒たおれる：collapse

Oh, you got your haircut. You look really different.

イメージ：image

レブル：level

テンポ：tempo

サイン：signature, autograph

We have some time, so let’s go for a walk for a bit.

ぶらぶら

・ぶらぶら散歩する：wander around

そろそろ

・そろそろはじめる：start soon

のろのろ

・のろのろ歩く：walk sluggishly

どんどん

・どんどん進む：make steady progress

I have not eaten anything since this morning so I am very hungry.

ぺこぺこ：(When people fell extremly hungry)

ふらふら

・頭あたまがふらふらする：feel dizzy

ぴかぴか

・靴くつをぴかぴかにみがく: Shoes are polished to a shine

ぺらぺら

・彼かれは英語えいごがぺらぺらだ：He is fluent in English.

I’m really amazed that you can’t even do such an easy calculation.

あきれる：be amazed, be disgusted

あきる：get tired/ get bored

あきられる：be bored

I got angry at what he said, but I couldn’t say anything.

頭あたまにくる／腹はらがたつ（＝怒っている）：get angry

A: “Excuse me for disturbing you.”
B: “Be careful. Please come and visit us again.”

おじゃまする：greeting used when visit someone’s home

There is a lot of land in the countryside, but I have no intention of building a house there.

土地とち：ground/ land

地方ちほう：the country/ a district

A：”Do you know when the next exam will be?

B：”If I remember correctly, I think it was the 20th of next month.”

確たしかに：surely

確たしか：if I recall correctly