テーマ2-1 「時代を読む」

Question 0

関心 [かんしん (kanshin)]

Answer 0

concern, interest

Question 1

社会づくり

Answer 1

embedded in society

Question 2

自滅 [じめつ (jimetsu)]

Answer 2

ruining oneself, destroying oneself, self-destruction

Question 3

進む [すすむ (susumu)]

Answer 3

to advance, to go forward,

to precede, to go ahead (of),

to make progress, to improve,

to deepen, to heighten,

to be fast (of a clock), to be ahead,

to do of one’s own free will

Question 4

発展 [はってん (hatten)]

Answer 4

development, growth, advancement, unfurling,

expansion, extension, enlargement

Question 5

迷い [まよい (mayoi)]

Answer 5

hesitation, bewilderment, doubt, indecision,

inability to reach enlightenment,

to get lost

Question 6

必要 [ひつよう (hitsuyou)]

Answer 6

necessary, needed, essential, indispensable, necessity, need, requirement

Question 7

維持 [いじ (iji)]

Answer 7

maintenance, preservation, improvement

Question 8

保証, 保障 [ほしょう (hoshou)]

Answer 8

guarantee, security, assurance, pledge, warranty

Question 9

協力 [きょうりょく (kyouryoku)]

Answer 9

cooperation, collaboration

Question 10

目標 [もくひょう (mokuhyou)]

Answer 10

mark, objective, target

Question 11

個人 [こじん (kojin)]

Answer 11

individual, private person, personal, private

Question 12

確立 [かくりつ (kakuritsu)]

Answer 12

establishment, settlement,

to establish, to settle

Question 13

に代わって [にかわって (nikawatte)]

Answer 13

instead of, replacing, on behalf of

Question 14

共同性 [きょうどうせい (kyoudousei)]

Answer 14

cooperation

Question 15

支え合う [ささえあう (sasaeau)]

Answer 15

to support (each other, one another)

Question 16

開く [ひらく (hiraku)]

Answer 16

to give, to open, to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start,

to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack,

to bloom, to unfold, to spread out,

to open (for business, e.g. in the morning),

to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen, to hold (meeting, etc.),

to open (ports, borders, etc.),

to open (an account),

to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop,

to open (a file, etc.),

to extract (root), to reduce (equation),

to cut open (fish),

to change (kanji into hiragana)

Question 17

無理 [むり (muri)]

Answer 17

unreasonable, unnatural, unjustifiable,

impossible, forcible, forced, compulsory,

excessive (work, etc.), immoderate

Question 18

高齢者 [こうれいしゃ (koureisha)]

Answer 18

elderly, old person, old people

Question 19

志望 [しぼう (shibou)]

Answer 19

wish, desire, ambition

Question 20

消費者 [しょうひしゃ (shouhisha)]

Answer 20

consumer

Question 21

生産者 [せいさんしゃ (seisansha)]

Answer 21

manufacturer, producer

Question 22

繋ぐ [つなぐ (tsunagu)]

Answer 22

to tie, to fasten, to connect, to transfer (phone call)

Question 23

広がる, 拡がる [ひろがる (hirogaru)]

Answer 23

to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)

Question 24

結びつき, 結び付き [むすびつき (musubitsuki)]

Answer 24

connection, relation

Question 25

徐々, 徐徐, 除々, 除除 [じょじょ (jojo)]

Answer 25

gradually, steadily, quietly, slowly, little by little, soon

Question 26

価値観 [かちかん (kachikan)]

Answer 26

sense of values, values, value system

Question 27

豊か [ゆたか (yutaka)]

Answer 27

abundant, wealthy, plentiful, rich
(in resources), affluent,

very, extremely, full of, great

Question 28

発想 [はっそう (hassou)]

Answer 28

idea, conception, way of thinking, expression

Question 29

不充分, 不十分 [ふじゅうぶん (fujuubun)]

Answer 29

insufficient, inadequate, imperfect, shortage

Question 30

確実 [かくじつ (kakujitsu)]

Answer 30

certainty, reliability, soundness