Expressions 📝

Question 1

噂をすれば影

Answer 1

うわさをすればかげ

Speak of the Devil

Question 2

遠慮しないで

Answer 2

えんりょしないで
Don’t hesitate
Help yourself

Question 3

一日中ボーしている

Answer 3

I’ve been in a fog all day

Question 4

年を取り過ぎている

Answer 4

としをとりすぎている

I’m too old

Question 5

目の毒

Answer 5

めのどく
For temptations

Lit: bad (poison) for your eyes
Ex: kids watching tv screen for too long
Kids watching bad programs,
too much violence, etc

Question 6

おっちょこちょい
そそっかしい
慌てん坊
あわてんぼう

Answer 6

Klutzy

Scatterbrained

Question 7

目の保養

Answer 7

めのほよう

Eye candy

Question 8

もう少し静かにしてもらえる

と助かります

Answer 8

If you could be a little more quiet, that would be really helpful.

Question 9

ご迷惑をかけして

申し訳ありませんでした

Answer 9

Sorry for causing trouble.

Question 10

今のうち

Answer 10

いまのうち

Without delay

Question 11

灯台もと暗し

Answer 11

とうだいもとくらし
It’s hard to see something right under your nose.

Darkest at the bottom of the lighthouse.

Used for looking for your glasses when they’re on your head or looking for your phone when you’re using it.

Context
とうだいもとくらしだね
After finding something

Question 12

場所は君がとってね

Answer 12

You can save the space, right?

Question 13

手入れ

Answer 13

ていれ

Maintenance

Question 14

わけがない

Answer 14

There’s no way
Not likely at all

トムは明日のパーティーに来るわけがないよ。
入院中だからね。
There’s no way Tom can come to tomorrow’s party. He’s in the hospital.

Question 15

概して

Answer 15

がいして
Generally
As a rule

Question 16

そのうち

Answer 16

Before long

One of these days

Question 17

夏バテ

Answer 17

Suffering from summer heat
Can’t eat from overheated

Eat too much, can’t eat any more

Question 18

整理整頓

Answer 18

せいりせいとん

Keep things neat and tidy

Question 19

きちんと

Answer 19

Properly Neatly
Accurately Tidily
Exactly Orderly

Question 20

落ち着く

Answer 20

おちつく
Calm down
Compose oneself

Question 21

終日

Answer 21

しゅうじつ
All day
For a whole day

Question 22

一時

Answer 22

For a while
Temporarily
For the time being

Question 23

一様

Answer 23

いちよう
Uniform Common
Equal Ordinary
Identical Usual

Question 24

期待できそうだ

Answer 24

きたいできそうだ

Should be better (than last time)

Question 25

寝ても覚めても

Answer 25

ねてもさめても
Refers to doing something all the time, doesn’t matter if you’re awake or asleep. Like doing something so many times you can do it in your sleep.

Question 26

食っちゃ寝

Answer 26

くっちゃね
Going to bed right after taking a nap, or doing nothing but eating and sleeping. Could be used to refer to someone who is generally lazy, like Snorlax.

Question 28

ご愁傷様です

Answer 28

ごしゅうしょうさまです

My condolences

Question 29

お気の毒

Answer 29

I’m sorry to hear about that

My sympathies

Question 30

どちらでもない

Answer 30

I don’t care either way

Question 31

チョコが五臓六腑にしみわたる。

Answer 31

チョコがごぞうろっぷ
にしみわたる
The way to my heart is through chocolate

Question 32

私は先生を見習う

私は先生をお手本にする

Answer 32

先生をみならう: look up to
先生をおてほん: model
Both mean about the same thing.

Question 33

月に替わってお仕置きよ！

Answer 33

月にかわって、おしおきよ！

I’ll punish you in the name of the moon!

Question 34

茹で蛸

Answer 34

ゆでだこ

Cooked like a lobster (octopus)