Here are some words I picked up in my class (the post's namesake). We were talking about energy cycles and the co-existence of modern society with the environment. Anywho, here's some of what I managed to pick up:
  • 酸素= さんそ = Oxygen

  • 大気= たいき = Atmosphere

  • 汚染= おせん =  Pollution

  • エナージー= Energy 

  • 観光= かんこう= Sightseeing
 
Hey everyone! I wasn't in class much last week since I was sick, so I missed a week of vocab posts (ごめんね >.<"). But anyways here are some words I picked up this week.

  • ハイキングコース= Hiking trail

  • 早める=はやめる= To accelerate 

  • 晩秋=ばんしゅう= Late autumn; Fall

  • 立春=りっしゅん= First day of spring 

 
I tried looking up the word for forest, and was surprised by what I found. Interestingly enough, there are about four words that translate into forest. These are:


  • 樹林 =  じゅりん

  • = はやし = Alternative translations are woods, copse and thicket

  • 森林 = しんりん =  Can also mean woods

  • 山林 = さんりん = This literally means mountain forest, or mountains and forest
 
Some random nouns I learned in class. I hope you find them useful ;)
  • 林業=りんぎよう= Forestry


  • 変化=へんか=  Variation


  • 推移=すいい=  Change 


  • =とこ= Place
 
  • 自然=しぜん= Nature; Spontaneous



  • 自然災害=しぜんさいがい= Natural disaster



  • 植物=しょくぶつ= Plant life; a plant, vegetation



  • 植物学=しょくぶつがく= Botany

 
Hey all. Been a while since I posted some vocab, so I thought I'd get back to it :) Here are some interesting words I picked up from my new class "Ecology and Economics":
  • 生態=せいたい= Ecology


  • 環境 =かんきょう= Environment 


  • 農=のう= Farming; agriculture




  • 再利用=さいりよう= Reuse; recycling 


 
  • おなかがすいた。=  I'm hungry. 



  • おなかがすきます。 = To become hungry.



  • くつか   = Shoes 



  • 支持も = しじも  = Instruction



  • ~ないといけない。=  You should_______.

** This looks (and even sounds) contradictory since you have to use the negative form of a verb. A more literal translation is " if you don't ______, it won't be good."
 
  • あさって = The day after tomorrow 



  • さらいしゅう  =  The week after next



  • よみかた  =  Pronunciation, way of reading 



  • ばあいによる  =  It depends 
 
  • 何でもいい=なんでもいい= Whatever is good

            ** This is a way of saying you don't care when given a choice to do something. For example someone asks you what you want to do while visiting Tokyo, you can use this phrase.


  • つぎ=Following



  • こたえる= Answer



  • 仲間=なかま= Inner group
 
  • 講義=こうぎ= Lecture

  • 授業=じゅぎょう=Class, lesson, classwork

  • ~たいです/~ たいと思っています(~たいおもっています)= I want to_____/ I would like to______.
         ** This has to be used with a verb. For ru verbs, just drop the 「見る(みる)ー> 見たい」and for い verbs, use the masu form「行く(いく)->行きたい」