Daily Vocabulary(2008/11/22)

6656.role model(他人の手本となる人物、模範になる人）
Shigeo Nagashima is a role model for young Japanese baseball players.
6657.prick up one's ears(耳をそばだてる、聞き耳を立てる）
I know quite a few cities and state are pricking up their ears.
6658.civic planning(都市計画)
The notion that civic planning should not be limited to cars and buses is stirring up public interest.
6659.stir up(かき立てる、扇動する）
They stired up Anti-Japanese feeling.
6660.itch(かゆみ、～したくてうずうずする）
I still itch to play the video game time after time.
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