Vocabulary Sprint w16b — the body, the building, and かたい three ways

Words this lesson teaches

固い

firm, solid — also written 堅い for sturdy and 硬い for rigid; all three are かたい

泳ぎ方

how to swim — 泳ぐ's stem plus 方; the same 方 gives 読み方 and 使い方

二階建て

two-storey — a number of floors plus 建て, from w03's 建てる

裏

the reverse side, the back — the opposite of w11b's 表

腕

an arm — and skill: 腕がいい means good at the job

首

the neck — and 首になる is to be dismissed from a job

虫

an insect — one word for all of them, spiders included in ordinary speech

隅

a corner, seen from inside — the outside corner of a building is 角

寺

a Buddhist temple — the one w10 promised, against 神社 for a Shinto shrine

湖

a lake — the character carries the water radical, as 泳 and 深い do

倍

times, -fold — 二倍 is double, and 倍 alone often means twice as much

遠く

the distance, far off — 遠い used as a noun, exactly as 近く is