第100回

Question 1

首都圏

Answer 1

しゅとけん
metropolitan area
**(2nd) metropolis: someone…city walls….
A metropolis is a walled area full of people. 1989
**(3rd) sphere: pent in….scroll….
Only the monks pent in/within the head monk’s inner sphere know the hiding places of the four pieces of the snake demon summoning scroll. 1293
(inside) scroll: quarter….snake….
There is an ancient scroll that tells how to summon the old snake demon. But it is too dangerous, so it was split in quarters and hidden. 1292
**ALL: neck….metropolis…sphere….

Question 2

宇宙

Answer 2

うちゅう
the universe, space
**(1st) eaves: house…two…barb….
The eaves stuck out on either side of the roof like two barbs. 1785
**(2nd) mid-air: house….shoot…
Jack was climbing the beanstalk, and as he hung from the shoot mid-air he peered up at the house that sat at the very top. 1190
**ALL: eaves….mid-air….
The eaves of a house hanging mid-air would only happen in outer space.

Question 3

抽象的な

Answer 3

ちゅうしょうてきな
abstract
**(1st) pluck: fingers….sprout…
I have a bad habit of plucking my brows and lashes only just after they have sprouted. They don’t even get a chance to grow back in. 1187
**ALL: pluck…elephant….bull’s eye….
When you are trying to make something abstract, just pluck up an elephant from somewhere and add it in. It hits the bull’s eye every time.
(pronunciation) Think: what is more abstract than space（ちゅう）?

Question 4

拍手

Answer 4

はくしゅ
clap one’s hands, applaud
**(1st) clap: fingers…white…
Sometimes during standing ovations you are clapping until your fingers turn white. 704

Question 5

拍子

Answer 5

ひょうし
tempo, time/chance, the moment
**(1st) clap: fingers…white…
Sometimes during standing ovations you are clapping until your fingers turn white. 704
**ALL: clap…child…
We often clap to teach children tempo. That was the moment I realized I was not good with tempo.

Question 6

指摘

Answer 6

してき
point out
**(1st) finger: finger...delicious....
Finger lickin' good! 711
**(2nd) pinch: finger...antique...
Pinching is an antiquated way of flirting. 709
**ALL: finger....pinch....
When you point someone out with your finger, they flinch like you pinched them or something.

Question 7

摘む

Answer 7

つむ
pick (flowers, berries, etc.)
**pinch: finger…antique…
Pinching is an antiquated way of flirting. 709

Question 8

握手

Answer 8

あくしゅ
shake hands
**(1st) grip: fingers....roof....
Santa has to have really good grip in his fingers to do the job because he is always almost slipping and falling off roofs. 1139
**ALL: grip...hand...

Question 9

握る

Answer 9

にぎる
grip, grasp, take hold of
**grip: fingers….roof….
Santa has to have really good grip in his fingers to do the job because he is always almost slipping and falling off roofs. 1139

Question 10

探す

Answer 10

さがす
look for, look up (a word)
**grope: fingers…paper punch…tree…
This man was reaching to get the paper punch, when he accidentally groped his neighboring colleague. Embarrassingly, he immediately got wood. 1425

Question 11

探る

Answer 11

さぐる
grope for, probe, search
**grope: fingers…paper punch…tree…
This man was reaching to get the paper punch, when he accidentally groped his neighboring colleague. Embarrassingly, he immediately got wood. 1425

Question 12

探求

Answer 12

たんきゅう
search for, pursue
**(1st) grope: fingers…paper punch…tree…
This man was reaching to get the paper punch, when he accidentally groped his neighboring colleague. Embarrassingly, he immediately got wood. 1425
**(2nd) request: arrowhead…(combined with) grains of rice…
Native Americans request that you stop digging up their arrow heads and leave their rice growing land alone. 1004
**ALL: grope…request (something you want)….
Groping for something you want (would request if you could).

Question 13

掘る

Answer 13

ほる
dig, excavate
**dig: fingers…yield…
This is a very primitive form of digging. No tools, just fingers digging into the earth as the ground yields under the pressure. 1141
(right side) yield: flag…exit…
Team A yielded to team B. They waved their flag and were able to exit. 1140

Question 14

発掘

Answer 14

はっくつ
excavate
**(2nd) dig: fingers…yield…
This is a very primitive form of digging. No tools, just fingers digging into the earth as the ground yields under the pressure. 1141
(right side) yield: flag…exit…
Team A yielded to team B. They waved their flag and were able to exit. 1140
ALL: discharge…dig…
(pronunciation) you have to はく some special くつ for excavation.

Question 15

堀

Answer 15

ほり
moat
**ditch: soil…yield….
A ditch is a spot where the soil has yielded to some kind of pressure. 1142
(right side) yield: flag…exit…
Team A yielded to team B. They waved their flag and were able to exit. 1140

Question 16

埋める

Answer 16

うめる
bury, inter, fill up (a hole)
**bury: soil/ground…..computer….
You are burying a “friend”. But maybe they aren’t a friend. It’s hard to tell. It is the computer that hosts the crazy AI AIDEN. 191

Question 17

埋没

Answer 17

まいぼつ
be buried
**(1st) bury: soil/ground…..computer….
You are burying a “friend”. But maybe they aren’t a friend. It’s hard to tell. It is the computer that hosts the crazy AI AIDEN. 191
**(2nd) drown: water…missile….
How did all the people on the boat die? The water came rushing in after a missile that hit the boat. 763
**ALL: bury….drown…
When you are buried you drown in soil, not water.