2章: 付き合い

Question 1

家族ぐるみ

Answer 1

The whole family

Question 2

十年来

Answer 2

For the past ten years

年来　ねんらい　Of long standing long pending.

Question 3

客・来賓

Answer 3

きゃく　guest
らいひん　Guest, visitor

賓　V.I.P., guest
Kun: まろうど、 したがう
On: ヒン

Question 4

客・来賓を接待する　

Answer 4

Entertainment (of guests, esp. in corporate world)　wining and dining.

接　touch, contact, adjoin, piece together
Kun: つ.ぐ
On: セツ、 ショウ

Question 5

客・来賓をもてなす

Answer 5

to treat (a guest)
to receive

持て成す

Question 6

～に従う

Answer 6

to obey (an order, law, etc.)

to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.). to follow (a person). to go alongside (e.g. a river)

Question 7

慣習・しきたり・風習に従う

Answer 7

かんしゅう・Custom

しきたり・Custom, convention

ふうしゅう・Custom

Question 8

人に片思いする・告白する・打ち明ける

Answer 8

かたおもい：One sided love, unrequited love

こくはく：1.) confession (e.g. to a crime). 2.) professing one’s feelings (to s/o wants to go out with).

うちあける　be frank

打つ　strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
Kun: う.つ、 う.ち-、 ぶ.つ
On: ダ、 ダース

開ける　bright, light
Kun: あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
On: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン

Question 9

未練がある

Answer 9

“I still have feelings for you”

みれん・Lingering attachment/ affection regret

Question 10

執着する　

Answer 10

しゅうちゃく　Attachment, adhesion, obsession

Question 11

その他　

Answer 11

そのほか　The rest / the others. そのた is more common reading when written.

Question 12

異性にもてる

Answer 12

Popular with the opposite sex.　いせい

Question 13

浮気する

不倫

Answer 13

うわき　Extramarital sex, affair

ふりん　Adultery

Question 14

心が弾む　

Answer 14

“heart leaps’　

はずむ　(someone’s) heart leaps / bounds. The verb means to spring, bound, to be stimulated / encouraged / lively.

Question 15

過去を引きずる

Answer 15

Dragging the past

ひきずる　To drag to trail
かこ　past

Question 16

気持ちを切り替える

Answer 16

to change (someone’s) mindset.　

きりかえる　to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew