# Kanji in Context Lesson 035 : 536-546 # by Koichi Nishiguchi, Tamaki Kono, ISBN 4-7890-0753-7 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 民主主義 [みんしゅしゅぎ] /democracy/ 国民 [こくみん] /people, nation/ 住民 [じゅうみん] /inhabitants, residents/ 人民 [じんみん] /the people, citizens/ 難民 [なんみん] /refugee/ 民間 [みんかん] /private (enterprise, company, etc.)/ 民族 [みんぞく] /people, ethnic group/ 民 [たみ] /people/ 留守 [るす] /absence from home/ 留守番電話 [るすばんでんわ] /answering machine/ 守る [まもる] /protect, keep (a promise, etc.)/ 見守る [みまもる] /keep an eye on/ 子守歌 [こもりうた] /lullaby/ 保守的な [ほしゅってきな] /conservative/ 住宅 [じゅうたく] /house/ 住宅地 [じゅうたくち] /residential area/ 宅地 [たくち] /land for housing/ 自宅 [じたく] /one's own home/ 帰宅 [きたく] /go home/ 宅配便 [たくはいびん] /home delivery service/ 水道管 [すいどうかん] /water pipe/ 気管 [きかん] /trachea/ 管理 [かんり] /manage/ 管理職 [かんりしょく] /manager, management/ 管 [くだ] /pipe, tube/ 外交官 [がいこうかん] /diplomat/ 半官半民 [はんかんはんみん] /semi-governmental/ 国務長官 [こくむちょうかん] /the Secretary of State (of the U.S.)/ 官房長官 [かんぼうちょうかん] /the Chief Cabinet Secretary (of Japan)/ 次官 [じかん] /secretary of a ministry/ 県庁 [けんちょう] /prefectural office/ 官庁街 [かんちょうがい] /civic center district where lots of government offices are located/ 文化庁 [ぶんかちょう] /the Cultural Affairs Agency/ 警察庁 [けいさつちょう] /the National Police Agency/ 警視庁 [けいしちょう] /the Tokyo Metropolitan Police/ 気象庁 [きしょうちょう] /the Meteorological Agency/ 庭 [にわ] /garden, yard, backyard, courtyard/ 家庭 [かてい] /one's home/ 校庭 [こうてい] /schoolyard, school ground/ 日本庭園 [にほんていえん] /Japanese garden/ 庭球 [ていきゅう] /tennis/ 床 [ゆか] /floor/ 床の間 [とこのま] /alcove in a Japanese style room/ 床屋 [とこや] /barbershop/ 病床 [びょうしょう] /sickbed/ 金庫 [きんこ] /safe/ 書庫 [しょこ] /library, stack (room)/ 車庫 [しゃこ] /garage/ 文庫本 [ぶんこぼん] /pocket edition, paperback/ 冷蔵庫 [れいぞうこ] /refrigerator/ 倉庫 [そうこ] /warehouse, storehouse/ 在庫 [ざいこ] /goods in stock, inventory/ 庫裏 [くり] /priests' living quarters at a Buddhist temple/ 廊下 [ろうか] /hall, corridor/ 画廊 [がろう] /picture or art gallery/ 回廊 [かいろう] /corridor/ 太郎 [たおう] /Taroo (male given name)/ 新郎 [しんろう] /bridegroom/ # end