第112回

Question 1

鈍感な

Answer 1

どんかんな
dull, insensitive
**(1st) dull: metal....earthworm....
I always feel bad for earthworms being used as bait, but especially ones being put on a dull hook. I can't even imagine how horrible it must be having the dull piece of metal being pushed through their poor earthworm body. 1611
**ALL: dull...emotion....

Question 2

鈍い

Answer 2

にぶい
dull, slow-witted, slow-moving, blunt
**dull: metal….earthworm….
I always feel bad for earthworms being used as bait, but especially ones being put on a dull hook. I can’t even imagine how horrible it must be having the dull piece of metal being pushed through their poor earthworm body. 1611

Question 3

鋭い

Answer 3

するどい
sharp, acute (pain, etc)
**pointed: metal…devil….
Pointed metal (knives, pitch forks) serve the devil’s purpose (murder). 539

Question 4

鋭利な

Answer 4

えいりな
sharp, sharp-edged (knife, etc.)
**(1st) pointed: metal…devil….
Pointed metal (knives, pitch forks) serve the devil’s purpose (murder). 539
**(2nd) profit: wheat…saber…
The white man counted his profits as the slave harvested/cut wheat with sabers. 972
**ALL: pointed….profit….
The more pointed/sharp you machete is, the more profit you will bring in because you can harvest crops faster. And then you say “えい〜” we’re going to be りｃｈ！

Question 5

克服

Answer 5

こくふく
conquer, overcome (a handicap/obstacle)
**(1st) overcome: needle….teenager….
When will teenagers overcome the problem of drugs? 109
**(2nd) clothing: flesh…stamp…crotch….
They cover out body, usually have a maker’s stamps, especially for crotch clothes. 1501
**ALL: overcome…clothing…
To conquer/overcome clothes is to be comfortable with your body without any clothes on.
(pronunciation) have you conquered (こく) clothes (ふく)?

Question 6

育児

Answer 6

いくじ
child care, nursing
**(2nd) newborn babe: olden times….human legs….
In the olden days you could often find newborn babies on the legs of an elder. 62
**ALL: bring up….newborn babe….

Question 7

小児科

Answer 7

しょうにか
pediatrics
**(2nd) newborn babe: olden times….human legs….
In the olden days you could often find newborn babies on the legs of an elder. 62
**(3rd) department: measuring cup…wheat….
Based off my parent’s interests you would think the most likely departments for me to join would be one to do with plants (wheat fields) or one to do with scientific measurement (measuring cup), but no. 1263
**ALL: small…newborn babe….department….

Question 8

旧式の

Answer 8

きゅうしきの
old-fashioned, outdated
**(2nd) style: arrow….craft….
This refers to the “arrow-cut” style for shirts, aka V necks. 377
**ALL: olden days….style…
(pronunciation) think, retro stuff is きゅうｔ

Question 9

遠慮

Answer 9

えんりょ
refrain, hesitate, show reserve
**(1st) distant: lidded crock….scarf….road….
In the distance, at the end of that road, there is a camp where kids cook in crock pots and adults dress up in strange garments. 429
**(2nd) prudence: tiger….think….
Most people would think to be prudent around a tiger, not the Tiger King though… 2151
(top half) tiger: magic wand…(cave-like thing?)….diced….human legs(replaced by another element in compounds)….
Together a group of magicians (wand), put diced up pieces of a tiger in a cave-like cage and conjured up a live one. But it ate them (represented by the human legs sticking out the bottom if it is not combined with anything). 2145
**ALL: distance…prudence….
They are asking us to refrain from going outside during the pandemic. We need to keep our distance and be prudent when we do have go out.

Question 10

丁寧な

Answer 10

ていねいな
polite, careful
**(2nd) rather: house…heart….eye….spike….
I would much rather stay cooped up inside the house and have a calm heart, than go out and risk being infected through my eyes and facing the pain that is like nails in your lungs. 897
**ALL: street/nails….rather…..
You carefully (ていねいに) pick up all the nails on the street that are supposed to stop cars from polluting because you would rather no one get hurt by them.

Question 11

寛容な

Answer 11

かんような
tolerant
**(1st) tolerant: house…flower….see…
Being tolerant is not the same as accepting. It is simply staying inside your house and viewing those things outside though rose colored glasses, never really confronting it. 241
**(2nd) contain: house….valley….
I contain multitudes….and a valley. 853
**ALL: tolerant…contain….
(pronunciation) かなよう (can you) tolerate it?

Question 12

寂しい

Answer 12

さびしい
lonely, lonesome
**loneliness: house…uncle….
Stuck in the house with only you abusive uncle, the loneliness is unbearable. 777
(bottom part) uncle: above…little…crotch…
He is older than you, “above” you, so you let your uncle mess with your little 又. 775

Question 13

静寂

Answer 13

せいじゃく
silence, stillness
**(1st) quiet: blue….contend….
I am normally pretty quiet, but once in a blue moon I get so excited and loud about something that I could contend with the other loud kids for the top spot. 1660
**(2nd) loneliness: house…uncle….
Stuck in the house with only you abusive uncle, the loneliness is unbearable. 777
(bottom part) uncle: above…little…crotch…
He is older than you, “above” you, so you let your uncle mess with your little 又. 775
**ALL: quiet…loneliness….
It is silent and still in the house, but if you せい　じゃく(Jack) into the quiet he will appear and come snuggle with you.