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Wear, damage and upkeep — 状態と手入れ

Deterioration and ageing, wear, damage, cleaning, disinfection, preservation, the state of a thing. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

れっか noun

劣化 deterioration

ろうきゅう noun

老朽 ageing, becoming dilapidated

まもう noun

摩耗 wear, abrasion

そんしょう noun

損傷 damage, injury

はそん noun

破損 breakage, damage

ほしゅう noun

補修 repair work, patching up

せいそう noun

清掃 cleaning

せんじょう noun

洗浄 washing, rinsing (technical)

しょうどく noun

消毒 disinfection

さっきん noun

殺菌 sterilisation

ほぞんじょうたい noun

保存状態 state of preservation

たいねつ noun

耐熱 heat-resistant

ぼうすい noun

防水 waterproof

しっけ noun

湿気 damp, humidity

さび noun

錆 rust

よごれぐあい noun

汚れ具合 how dirty something is

しんぴん noun

新品 a brand-new item

ちゅうこ noun

中古 second-hand

つかいすて noun

使い捨て disposable

じょうぶさ noun

丈夫さ sturdiness

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Wear, damage and upkeep — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1 Write the Japanese

damp, humidity

noun

waterproof

noun

sturdiness

noun

a brand-new item

noun

rust

noun

deterioration

noun

breakage, damage

noun

disposable

noun

heat-resistant

noun

repair work, patching up

noun

2 What does it mean?

保存状態

損傷

中古

汚れ具合

洗浄

清掃

殺菌

老朽

摩耗

消毒

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