漢検10級の言葉ステップ10

Question 1

女神

Answer 1

めがみ

goddess

Question 2

抱く

Answer 2

だく
to embrace, to hold in one’s arms (e.g., a baby or dog), to hug
女の人が犬を抱く：the woman holds a dog in her arms/the woman holds a dog

Question 3

小石

Answer 3

こいし

pebble

Question 4

小川

Answer 4

おがわ

streamlet, brook

Question 5

川上

Answer 5

かわかみ

the upper reaches of a river, upriver

Question 6

屋上

Answer 6

おくじょう

rooftop

Question 7

登り／上り

Answer 7

のぼり

ascent, climbing

Question 8

上り電車

Answer 8

のぼりでんしゃ

inbound (towards Tokyo), uptown train

Question 9

下り電車

Answer 9

下り電車

outbound (away from Tokyo), downtown train

Question 10

散歩(する)

Answer 10

さんぽ(する)

walk, stroll (to go on a…)

Question 11

森林

Answer 11

しんりん
forest
森：もり：forest/woods
小さい森＝林：はやし：woods, grove
大きい森＝森林：しんりん：forest

Question 12

出てくる

Answer 12

でてくる
to come out, to appear, to turn up, to emerge
女の人が出てきた。：A woman came out/appeared/emerged.

Question 13

ようやく

Answer 13

finally, at last

ようやく雨が上がった。：The rain finally stopped/The rain finally let up.

Question 14

上下(する)

Answer 14

じょうげ(する)

up and down, topsy turvy (fluctuating)

Question 15

大小

Answer 15

だいしょう
various sizes, large and small (daisho could be a matched pair of long and short swords, or large and small drums, or long months and short months)

Question 16

抜ける

Answer 16

ぬける

to come out, to fall out, to be omitted, to be missing

Question 17

女王様

Answer 17

じょおうさま

queen

Question 18

手を振る

Answer 18

てをふる
to wave (shake one's hand)
女王様が窓から手を振る：The queen waves from the window.

Question 19

さえずり(する)

Answer 19

a chirp, a warble (to chirp)

森から小鳥のさえずりが聞こえる：to be able to hear the songbirds chirping from the forest.

Question 20

顔

Answer 20

かお

face

Question 21

三日月

Answer 21

みかづき

crescent moon

Question 22

顔を出す

Answer 22

かおをだす
to turn up, to show one’s face (English expression), to make an appearance
三日月が顔を出す：The crescent moon appears.

Question 23

握る

Answer 23

にぎる
to clasp, to grasp, to grip, to clutch
十円玉を手に握る：to clutch a ten-yen coin in your hands.

Question 24

隅／角

Answer 24

すみ
corner, nook
校庭の角に出口がある：There is an exit in the corner of the campus/schoolyard.

Question 25

見つける

Answer 25

みつける | to discover, to find

Question 26

画数

Answer 26

かくすう | stroke count

Question 27

進む

Answer 27

すすむ to advance, to go forward 画数の多い方に進め！：Proceed to the kanji with many strokes!

Question 28

分かれ道

Answer 28

わかれみち | a forked road

Question 29

うまい

Answer 29

skillful, clever, expert, wise, successful

Question 30

行ける

Answer 30

いける to go well (to make it somewhere, to travel without incident) うまくゴールまで行けるかな？：Can you make it to the goal successfully?

Question 31

うち

Answer 31

along, within | 分かれ道の二つの漢字のうち、画数の多い方に進みましょう：Of the pair of kanji along the forked road, proceed to the one with many strokes.