4000 CPE Vocabulary List

子会社 subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement

陽気 lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay

スプーン a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle

サファイア a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

重ね合わせ place over something else; place on top of

スタイミー present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck

鞘 the case for sword blade; sheath

包括 tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government

なまけ lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy

スケール climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers

推測 guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence

分離 isolate; separate; divide from the main body

包括 tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government

下品 obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach

代名詞 having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent

スクラップ abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface

お酒 one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

定住 requiring sitting; involving little exercise or physical activity; living in one area, not migratory

優先 be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power

スコーチ burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn

読めるが書けない barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write

陽気 lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay

地震 caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking

補助金 direct financial aid by the government

読めるが書けない barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write

スプーン a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle

墓 burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar

争い a minor quarrel; a noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter

束 bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

サファイア a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

補助金 direct financial aid by the government

袋 bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases; enclosed space

フライパンは long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs; a vessel for stewing meat

勧誘 request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application

破壊工作 one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

病気 affected with the disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health

対称 continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening

伊勢 prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns

スタイミー present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck

下品 obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach