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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
to experience ~ |
to do or see something |
I experienced living abroad. |
| 2 |
to encounter ~ |
to meet someone or something without expecting to |
I encountered many strange foods in Taiwan. |
| 3 |
one's surroundings |
where one lives or resides |
I live in a suburb of Osaka, so my surroundings are pretty
quiet. |
| 4 |
to be bound to ~ |
to be very likely to happen |
I am bound to marry a Japanese woman if I stay here long
enough. |
| 5 |
to be unfamiliar with ~ |
to not know something |
I am unfamiliar with the proper method of cooking sole. |
| 6 |
to develop a simplistic view |
to think everyone or everything is the same |
I have developed a simplistic view of foreigners living in
Japan; in my mind, there are only a few personality types that can
describe them all. |
| 7 |
to be second nature to someone |
to be normal to someone |
Speaking slowly and clearly is second nature to me, as my
father was nearly deaf. |
| 8 |
a lifestyle |
the way a person lives |
Eating vegetables is a big part of my lifestyle. |
| 9 |
to differ from ~ |
to be different from |
Chinese people usually differ from Japanese people in their
fashion sense. |
| 10 |
to be homesick |
to miss one's home and family |
I used to be homesick, but now I love living abroad. |
| 11 |
to long for ~ |
to really want something |
Sometimes, I long for food that you can only find in America,
such as Whoopy Pie or Funnel Cake. |
| 12 |
to fit in |
to be accepted by others |
I don't really fit in with Japanese businessmen. I have no
watch, and my shoes are pretty cheap. |
| 13 |
to get used to ~ |
for something to become normal for you |
I got used to living in a small small room. |
| 14 |
to make fun of ~ |
to tease someone |
Children sometimes make fun of me because I don't have much
hair. |
| 15 |
to be anxious |
the feeling of being afraid or nervous especially about what
may happen |
I am anxious about the health effects of the pollution blowing
over from China. |
| 16 |
to adjust to ~ |
to change in order to work or do better in a new situation |
I adjusted to working noon to nine every day. |
| 17 |
loneliness |
the idea of being sad from being apart from other people |
Loneliness can affect anybody, even people living in large
cities. |
| 18 |
reverse culture shock |
when you get culture shock from going back home |
I experienced reverse culture shock when I went back to the US
last Christmas. My brother has so much stuff in his house! |
| 19 |
a mind-set |
a particular way of thinking |
My brother has a different mindset than me. He would never be
able to live in Japan and be happy. |
| 20 |
to be left out |
to not be included |
I was often left out of games when I was a child because people
didn't like me. |
| 21 |
to be isolated |
to be separated from others |
I felt isolated in Taiwan because I couldn't speak
Mandarin. |