Vocabulary Sprint v08 — the desk, and a stamp that is not a ticket

Words this lesson teaches

切手

a postage stamp — it goes on a letter, and 郵便局 from v05 is where you buy it

切符

a ticket — for a train or a film; it gets you past a barrier

辞書

a dictionary — the ordinary word, and the one to use

字引

a dictionary, in a dated word — same thing as 辞書, and it sounds old

漢字

a Chinese character — 漢 the Han, plus 字, a character

意味

meaning — 意味が 分かりません is the sentence to have ready

質問

a question — 質問する, and 質問が あります is how you raise a hand

宿題

homework — 宿 lodging plus 題, a topic: the problem you take home

授業

a class, a lesson — 授 to impart plus the 業 of w07's 卒業

クラス

a class — the group of people, where 授業 is the hour of teaching

作文

a composition — 作 to make plus 文, a sentence or writing

文章

a piece of writing, prose — not a sentence, which is 文; the syllabus says sentence

ページ

a page — counted with the same word, 三ページ

雑誌

a magazine — 雑 miscellaneous plus 誌, a record

鉛筆

a pencil — 鉛 lead plus 筆, a brush, so a lead brush

ボールペン

a ballpoint pen — assembled in Japan from ball and pen

万年筆

a fountain pen — a ten-thousand-year brush, because it does not run out

葉書

a postcard — 葉 a leaf plus 書, writing: a leaf you write on

封筒

an envelope — 封 to seal plus 筒, a tube

テープレコーダー

a tape recorder — with v04's テープ and レコード, an object from an older list

薬

medicine — taken with 飲む, drink, even when it is a tablet

頭

the head — and 頭がいい means clever, not big-headed

たばこ

tobacco, a cigarette — smoked with 吸う, and w06b's 灰皿 is where it ends

いかが

how — the polite どう, and いかがですか offers as well as asks