多聴多読マガジン

Question 1

shrug

Answer 1

肩をすくめる
外人のリアクション

To raise your shoulders to express that you do not know, do not care, or are not sure about something.

My brother just shrugged in reply, too lazy to answer in words.

He shrugged and looked resigned.

Question 2

Ruthless

Answer 2

無慈悲な
Not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel.

Some people believe that to succeed in this world you have to be ruthless.

We have to be as ruthless as them

Question 3

Traitor

Answer 3

裏切り者
Betrayerよりま国家などに対する裏切りのニュアンス
A person who is loyal or stops being loyal to their own country, social class, beliefs, etc.

They have to believe that he is a traitor
The leaders of the rebellion were hanged as traitors.

Question 4

Take a detour

Answer 4

迂回をする

でぃとあー
A different or less direct route to a place that is used to avoid a problem or to visit somewhere or so something on the way

Question 5

Use one’s expertise to

Answer 5

自分の専門技術を駆使して
エキスパーティーズ

They will use their expertise to serve you the most delicious dishes.

Question 6

Get to me

Answer 6

人や出来後のせいで、イラつく、不愉快な気分になる
To annoy or upset someone

It really gets to me.
This heat is really getting to me. I can’t sleep at night.
We’ve had no power for two days and it’s really getting to us.

Question 7

Spunky

Answer 7

Energetic, confident, and determined

They adopted a spunky 5-year-old girl called Emma.

Question 8

Overwhelmed

Answer 8

圧倒される
To cause someone to feel strong emotion

She was overwhelmed with/by grief when her father died.
I was overwhelmed by all the flowers and letters of support I received.

Question 9

To say the least

Answer 9

控えめに言っても
直前に行った事を強調する

It is a shock to me, to say the least.