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#2238

樵 (きこり) - Lumberjack (seems like it can also be spelled 樵夫, 木樵 or more commonly きこり)
(My mnemotechnic was that it sounded like “Kokiri” from Zelda, and I just discovered there is a theory on some fandom stating it :laughing:)

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#2239

リマスター = Remaster.

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#2240

旅（たび）Journey

I played shiritori with my Japanese friend on Skype yesterday and he completely destroyed me lol. Held out for longer than I thought and even threw him some curveballs he didn’t know, but he kept making me think of words that start with ち and I ended up losing w

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#2241

:sweat_smile:
微妙 (びみょう) - subtle; delicate

微妙 can also be used as ‘not great’, like in:

  • (A): 昨日の映画はどう?
  • (B): 微妙だった。
  • (A): 好きじゃなかったの?
  • (B): あまり好きじゃなかったよ
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#2242

生まれ (うまれ) = Place of Birth.

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#2243

歴史（れきし）＝ history

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#2244

知り合い (しりあい) - Acquaintance

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#2245

入口（いりぐち）＝ entrance

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#2246

中国語 (ちゅうごくご) - Chinese Language

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#2247

娯楽番組 (ごらくばんぐみ) - amusement (TV) program and 四字熟語.

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#2248

見習い (みならい) - apprenticeship, apprentice

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#2249

イギリス帝国 (いぎりすていこく) - British Empire

BTW, the 当て字 of イギリス happens to be 英吉利, thus 英語.

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#2250

久喜（くき）Kuki (city in Saitama)

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#2251

筋肉（きんにく）muscle

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#2252

鎖 (くさり) = Chains.

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#2253

力車 (りきしゃ) - rickshaw :auto_rickshaw:

Thus revealing the origin of the English word. (Though the full word would be 人力車 (じんりきしゃ).)

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#2254

車両（しゃりょう）train car :railway_car:

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#2255

嘘つき (うそつき ) - Liar

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#2256

期待 (きたい) expectations

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#2257

茨木（いばらき）Ibaraki (city in Osaka Prefecture)

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