4000 Eiken Vocabulary List

short ax used to chop wood

head of a state government

shell; outer covering; remove the husk from

toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction

of or belonging to heaven or god

a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms

see briefly; catch sight of

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

someone who drives a herd

sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam

toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction

a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms

employing or showing humor; funny; amusing

having or deserving glory; famous; characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent; wonderful

exciting, or tending to horror or fear; hideous

concordant; accordant; suitable and fitting

sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam

periodical; newspaper or official journal

pour something down or forth; greet or acclaim enthusiastically

beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor

scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage

large and impressive in size, scope, or extent

person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual

flat; level; parallel to or in a baseline

of or belonging to heaven or god

shell; outer covering; remove the husk from

search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way

head of a state government

head of a state government

measuring instrument; measure; judge

of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate

argue about prices; bargain something, as over the price of something

provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor

a fried bread of minced beef served on a bun

bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair

periodical; newspaper or official journal

a watery layer of the earth's surface

of or belonging to heaven or god

of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate

concordant; accordant; suitable and fitting