4000 FCE Vocabulary List

火山 explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes

変数 likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable

熱心な enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal

受精卵 not having been fertilized; made for no more suitable for growth

勝利 successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle

アンロード take something off a container

ハタオリドリ finch-like colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

地下鉄 under the level of the ground; buried

勝利 successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle

ウール dense, soft, often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals

熱心な enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal

前例のない having no previous example; novel; unparalleled

天頂 point directly overhead in the sky; summit

奇妙な queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange

母音 speech sound made with the vocal tract open

支持 support; preserve; hold aloft; raise

腰 narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

緊急 pressing; compelling immediate action or attention

失業 not having a job; condition of being unemployed; state of being unused

卵黄 nutritive material; a greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg

前例のない having no previous example; novel; unparalleled

有効 logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable

悲惨 very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless

卵黄 nutritive material; a greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg

畑 land or an area of land of high elevation

寸前 extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary

残念 unluckily; by bad luck

勝利 a successful ending of struggle or contest; a defeat of an enemy or opponent

空 space or place that is available to be used; emptiness

天頂 point directly overhead in the sky; summit

垂直 upright in position or posture; oriented vertically

ウール dense, soft, often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals

生存 practical or workable; capable of maintaining life; capable of continuing effectiveness

柳 trees usually having narrow leaves

悲惨 very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless

無条件 made without condition; absolute; unreserved

熱心な enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal

消える disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out

空 emptiness; containing nothing; clear or empty a place

垂直 upright in position or posture; oriented vertically