4000 Eiken Vocabulary List

scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly

serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful

ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

the relative proportion of salt in a solution; the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth

developed or designed for a special activity or function

relating to health or the protection of health

ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly

director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system

draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of

synthetic chemical compound or material; compound made artificially by chemical reactions

one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army

an impure matter that forms on or rises to the surface of a liquid or body of water; worthless people

uniform; brought into conformity with a standard

state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place

a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; stripe; vein

outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city

remove a part from the whole

case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb

be compatible with; cause to match; cut to rectangular shape; bring into agreement or balance; settle

hand over, give up, give something into another's control

state that precedes vomiting; disease

draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of

a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of

appropriate to a purpose or an occasion

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful

developed or designed for a special activity or function

protective covering or structure; protect; guard

one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army

a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

alone; only; without another

relating to health or the protection of health

a blow; light touch; sudden loss of consciousness for brain blood vessel lacking oxygen

not easily moved or disturbed

give up what is not strictly needed; hold back from; withhold or avoid; save or relieve from action

stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme