JAPANESE CORE WORDS “° PHRASES Things you Can’t Find in a Dictionary Kazuko Shoji KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL Tokyo * New York * LondonPreviously published as Core Words and Phrases: Things You Can't Find in a Dictionary in Kodansha International's Power Japanese Nore To THe Reaper CCross-references to “Shoji” in the text refer to Basie Connections ‘Making Your Japanese Flow by Kakuko Shoji (Kodansha Inter national) Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, Inc, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, and in the United Kingdom and continental Europe by Kodansha Europe Ltd, 95, Aldwych, London WC2B 4]F. Published by Kodansha International Ltd, 17-14 Otowa I-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8652, and Kodansha America, Inc. Copyright © 1999 by Kakuiko Shoji Ail rights reserved. Printed in Japan. First edition, 1999 First trade paperback edition, 2001 ISBN 4-7700-2774-5 (02.03 04 05 06.07 08 0910 1098765432 www.thejapanpage.com rr CONTENTS Preface 8 ERBE OD paRT 1: Coe WORDS ® Words 14 bh 14 HHoeY)/HNLWK 15 BRED/SATIC 1 bO/HD 15 BNEINP/HHAAWLIAIT/SSLS 16 BOA/HVI/F BOK/F SOM 17 BAR IB TZ Words 18 COM BV) / COMPA) 21 COH(CIS) /CMOB(C4) 220 6x 2B CMELA B CHnhS 4 LOH 25 LOBKE/SCOPES/IORCE 26 chek 7 CHET/THEY 28 chevor: 30 Words 30 Eni / THA 31 ANELTFL/ENEHENT BL ENTS 3 ZUMA BB FFTI BM FILTASE 35 202) 360 THREE 37 TAKS) 37ANT/T 3B THMHEVIBH(I8) 39 EDEN BTU / EOE BTL: 25 40 EWords 41 LBoMLVA 41 HCEI 42 HOH 43 LCOBOR 44 Bw 44 LEME RRS 45 EFDIFED/ ES RETIRS 46 HOET 47 ELECO 47 HOET Holt 48° HOEK 49 HFLEF OR 50 EFb 52 ERPTSE 52 1% Words 53 BEMEATE 33 MS RICET 54 Bibb 54 MRR /MREV 55 daartl7ca 56 EY 56 test 57 GIAO BIC MER, 58 ae (E) 58 PART 2: IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS APNE oe ~ TLE OR/AB cas SOEBEC GOK 61 FRE)FSE 6 eHT 6 ~Tit BDF 6 tot 6 PECTH/PRCER 67 EVED/EAER 67 VK Bab OT/RL B~HBEVIT 6B LARAGWOILERV/LRRRVEE SEY 6 M/E 1 DT die 76 Evjcecas) 7 6 CONTENTS PLATES EVD /TC I AGES EAE 79 XEAST/XKBROT 80 XIHOT 80 2 /~pe Roh/~Omke Bok 81 ~eBohS/~PERoKS 81 ~AtHVed 82 B/~tb, FE BB ~ HED BF EE/~(A)ED/~oIEEL 87 ERAIS 89 BPBH(E) BEBE (LE) /OKOK(E) 89 p/p 1 (FIL) BA 93 ~olFe/BLY 93 ~LAR 96 XHBW/XEAR 9 M(bTS) dL 98 3BSY B Lom, 100 HSS 101 EER/EORE 102 PROT 103 ACEBBITE/OIC OF LV 105 FCB/FTAKROT 108 W(bo)T 110 verb+ Liev NO £38 Il exKesEFES M2 ~#w 13 (Bu/ bv 14 ~AB Us CEKLTHOS/EEROTHS LIT Aik, BEXOC EW 118 pas 118 E~-RVETH 119 WHETHER 119. noun+%% 120 AlcATTIA 120 ELTR)/E(Q)ELT 11 TER 12 AKOBEY 123 Ewoks 124 AQESCERMOB 124 HUA (IS) (IE) 125 Index of Japanese Words and Phrases. 127 CONTENTS 7