日本文化 18

Question 1

一面

Answer 1

いちめん
whole surface (one side)
あたり、ぜんたい

Question 2

無限

Answer 2

むげん
infinite, eternity

Question 3

到来

Answer 3

とうらい
coming of, arrival, advent (spring, winter, summer, fall, chance)

Question 4

まさに

Answer 4

really, exactly, just, precisely, truly, surely, certainly, just (about to)
(said very strongly)

Question 5

ところどころ

Answer 5

here and there, in places
(random places)

Question 6

もともと

Answer 6

originally, from the start, from the beginning
(compare to what it is now)

Question 7

つなぐ

Answer 7

to connect, link together

Question 8

秘める

Answer 8

ひめる
to hide, keep to oneself
(ability, possibility, talent)

Question 9

芽生える

Answer 9

めばえる
to bud, to sprout
(plant, feeling, love)

Question 10

巡る

Answer 10

めぐる
to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.), to go around, to make a circle around

Question 11

静まり返る

Answer 11

しずまりかえる
to fall completely quiet, to become still
(usually from lively to quiet)

Question 12

うららか (な）

Answer 12

balmy, warm (やさしい), bright (weather, mood, voice, etc)
(usually for spring sun or light, not summer sun)

Question 13

たくましい

Answer 13

burly, strong, sturdy, robust

Question 14

旺盛

Answer 14

おうせい (な）
full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc), brimming with

Question 15

鮮やか(な)

Answer 15

あざやか (な）
vivid, bright, vibrant, clear, brilliant
(color, flower, nature, view, etc)

Question 16

今にも~そう

Answer 16

Almost, but haven’t yet (but soon)