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NSW HSC
NSW HSC vocab p.45/46 JSC - cultural life
Question | Answer |
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new | あたらしい |
ikebana [flower arrangement] | いけばな |
to have good luck | うんがいい |
Edo (previous name of Tokyo) | えど |
Edo period/era | えどじだい |
New Year's Eve | おおみそか |
New Year's pocket money | おとしだま |
obi, sash, belt [for a kimono/yukata] | おび |
origami [paper folding] | おりがみ |
word borrowed from foreign language | がいらいご |
to decorate | かざる |
kabuki [traditional Japanese theatre] | かぶき |
god, God | かみさま |
karaoke (to do karaoke) | からおけをする |
kimono | きもの |
honorific language | けいご |
drama, play | げき |
kendo [Japanese fencing] (to do kendo) | けんどう |
Golden Week [April 29 - May 5] | ゴールデンウィーク |
kotatsu [low table with heater inside] | こたつ |
parcel | こづつみ |
samurai warrior | さむらい |
era, period, time | じだい |
religion | しゅうきょう |
New Year | おしょうがつ |
shogun [commander in chief] | しょうぐん |
Showa era/period | しょうわじだい |
shrine [Shinto shrine] | じんじゃ |
to believe | しんじる |
Shinto [religion] | しんとう |
the West | せいよう |
Japanese footwear | ぞうり |
tatami mat | たたみ |
temple [Buddhist temple] | おてら |
typical | てんけいてき |
tradition (traditional) | でんとうてき |
emperor | てんのう |
the East, the Orient | とうよう |
Shinto shrine gateway | とりい |
flower viewing | はなみ |
fireworks | はなび |
Buddhism [religion] | ぶっきょう |
futon [Japanese bedding] | ふとん |
furoshiki [Japanese wrapping cloth] | ふろしき |
Heisei period/era | へいせいじだい |
Festival | おまつり |
old times, long ago | むかし |
yukata [cotton kimono] | ゆかた |