Deck F (8/21/24 W)

Question 1

弓香は、作者以上に好きなんじゃないかと思えるほどあの本が好きでたまらない。

Answer 1

以上に：more than
Yumika likes that book very much, so much so that you could think she liked it MORE THAN the author.

Question 2

伝わる

Answer 2

つたわる

to be handed down,
to be introduced,
to be transmitted,
to be circulated,
to go along,
to walk along

Question 3

先生によると、日本で初めて使用された鉄砲はポルトガルから伝わるものだったとか。

Answer 3

てっぽう: firearm

According to the teacher, the first firearm used in Japan was said to have been transmitted from Portugal.

Question 4

先生によると、日本で初めて使用された鉄砲はポルトガルから伝わるものだったとか。

Answer 4

てっぽう: firearm

According to the teacher, the first firearm used in Japan was said to have been transmitted from Portugal.

Question 5

辿る

Answer 5

たどる:
to follow (road),
to pursue (course),
to follow up,
to follow

Question 6

不調

Answer 6

Illness、bad condition
ふちょう

Question 7

縫う

Answer 7

to sew, to stitch, to weave one’s way (e.g. through a crowd)
ぬう

Question 8

行政

Answer 8

administration
ぎょうせい

Question 9

越す

Answer 9

こす
to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across, to go over (e.g. with audience), to pass time (e.g. a winter), to surpass, to be better than, to exceed, to move house, to go, to come

Question 10

受かる

Answer 10

To pass (an examination)

Question 11

学力

Answer 11

scholarly ability, scholarship, knowledge, literary ability
がくりょく

Question 12

客席

Answer 12

guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium), passenger seat (e.g. taxi), audience
きゃくせき

Question 13

能率

Answer 13

efficiency,
moment (i.e. magnetic moment)
のうりつ

Question 14

歯車

Answer 14

はぐるま
gear, cog-wheel

Question 15

修士
master’s (academic degree)

Answer 15

Master’s degree
しゅうし

Question 16

錯誤
mistake, error

Answer 16

だくご
mistake, error

Question 17

組み立てる

Answer 17

to assemble, to set up, to construct
くみたてる

Question 18

心当たり

Answer 18

having some knowledge of, happening to know

Question 19

証拠

Answer 19

evidence, proof
しょうこ

Question 20

足袋

Answer 20

tabi, Japanese socks (with split toe)
たび

Question 21

悔しい

Answer 21

vexing, annoying, frustrating, regrettable, mortifying
くやしい

Question 22

明け方を中心に創作活動をするのが僕には合っています。

Answer 22

The most suitable time for me to be productive is mainly at dawn.

Question 23

緊急

Answer 23

urgent, pressing,
emergency
きんきゅう

Question 24

悪化

Answer 24

(suffer) deterioration,
growing worse,
aggravation,
degeneration,
corruption
悪化: あっか

Question 25

公衆

Answer 25

the public,
general public
公衆: こうしゅう

Question 26

保つ

Answer 26

to keep, to preserve, to hold, to retain, to maintain, to support, to sustain, to last, to endure, to keep well (food), to wear well, to be durable
保つ: たもつ

Question 27

うんざり

Answer 27

tedious,
boring,
being fed up with

Question 28

私ははいつも言い訳をしている同僚にウンザリしています。

Answer 28

I am fed up with my colleague who is always making excuses. {tedious, boring, being fed up with}
同僚:どうりょう: collegue

Question 29

夫に小言を言ったら、低い声で「君にはもうウンザリだよ。」と言われました。

Answer 29

When I nagged my husband, he told me in a low voice, ‘I’m fed up with you.’ {tedious, boring, being fed up with}

低い声: ひくいこえ：low voice

Question 30

この村一番の名医にしたら、原因が謎の病気など一つも無いのだとか。

Answer 30

When it comes to the best doctor in this village, he says there isn’t a single disease, even those with unknown causes, that he can’t handle.
名医 ：めいい：Famous doctor
原因：げんいん：cause
謎　{riddle, puzzle, enigma, mystery, enigmatic, mysterious}

Question 31

祖母が孫を誉める：「及ぶ限りの努力をした結果、目標を達成できて何よりだね。」

Answer 31

Grandmother praises her grandchild: ‘You’ve reached for your limit and it’s wonderful that you’ve been able to achieve your goal.’

祖母: そぼ：grandmother
孫: まご：grandchild
誉める: ほめる：to praise
限りの努力: reached the end of your efforts
達成: achievement

及ぶ：およぶ：{to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to be up to the task, to come up to, to compare with, to be a match (for), to commit (a crime), to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)}