4000 FCE Vocabulary List

宝石 jewel; the precious stone that may be used as a jewel when cut and polished

グルメ a person with discriminating taste in food and wine

全盛期 period of greatest popularity, success, or power; the golden age

一般 of an entire group or class; general

生殖 bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed

おもてなし act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward

一般 an idea having general application; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

ヒープ crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass

グルメ a person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink

躊躇 pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

家庭 of home; domestic; familiar; intimate; plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished

おもてなし act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward

湿気 containing a high amount of water or water vapor

グレース elegance and beauty of movement or expression; a short prayer of thanks before a meal

ね form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; judge of at random

船体 the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk

ハイライト make prominent; emphasize; stress

私服を cause to be sorrowful; distress

手作り made at home, usually by hands

ハッスル bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly

躊躇 pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

厳しい unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding

耳を傾ける pay attention to; listen to, and consider

光沢 provide an extensive explanation for words or phrases

ハッチ breed; emerge from the egg

一般 an idea having general application; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

天 expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear

ね form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; judge of at random

港 provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to

生殖 bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed

邪魔 put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress

耳を傾ける pay attention to; listen to, and consider

水素 a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless, highly flammable diatomic gas

私服を cause to be sorrowful; distress

重力 the force of attraction between all masses in the universe

躊躇 pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

全盛期 period of greatest popularity, success, or power; the golden age

名目 in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions

生殖 bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed

バッタ terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training