mark lee

Question 1

受身形・うけみけい

Answer 1

passive form, passive voice

Question 2

行為・こうい

Answer 2

act, deed, conduct

Question 3

中心・ちゅうしん

Answer 3

• center, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance
  -centered, -focused, -oriented, centered on, focused on

Question 4

助詞・じょし

Answer 4

particle (grammar)

Question 5

話し手の不満・はなしてのふまん

Answer 5

speaker’s dissatisfaction (also, discontent, displeasure, complaint, unhappiness)

Question 6

驚く・おどろく

Answer 6

to be surprised, to be astonished

Question 7

義務・ぎむ

Answer 7

duty, obligation, responsibility

Question 8

誘い・さそい

Answer 8

• invitation, introduction
• temptation

Question 9

断る・ことわる

Answer 9

• to refuse, to reject, to dismiss, to turn down, to decline
• to inform, to give notice, to tell in advance
• to ask leave, to excuse oneself (from)

Question 10

与える・あたえる

Answer 10

• to give (esp. to someone of lower status), to bestow, to grant, to confer, to present, to award
• to provide, to afford, to offer, to supply
• to assign
• to cause
• (computing) to pass (a variable to a function)

Question 11

年下・としした

Answer 11

younger, junior

Question 12

植物・しょくぶつ

Answer 12

plant, vegetation

Question 13

謙譲語・けんじょうご

Answer 13

humble language (e.g. itadaku)

Question 14

出身地・しゅっしんち

Answer 14

the place one comes from, one’s birthplace, one’s hometown

Question 15

疑問詞・ぎもんし

Answer 15

• doubting, questioning, being skeptical of
• interrogative (grammar)

Question 16

変化・へんか

Answer 16

• change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis
  -variety, diversity
• inflection, declension, conjugation
• sidestepping

Question 17

機械・きかい

Answer 17

• machine, mechanism
• instrument, appliance, apparatus

Question 18

依頼・いらい

Answer 18

• request, commission, entrusting (with a matter)
• dependence, reliance

Question 19

命令・めいれい

Answer 19

• order, command, decree, directive
• (software) instruction, statement

Question 20

疑問・ぎもん

Answer 20

doubt, question, suspicion, dubiousness

Question 21

強調・きょうちょう

Answer 21

• emphasis, stress, highlighting, underlining, underscoring
• accentuating (a feature/certain port), accenting
• strong tone (of the market), firm tone

Question 22

用途・ようと

Answer 22

use, service, purpose

Question 23

利用・りよう

Answer 23

use, utilization, application (use honorific language when using this term)

Question 24

発見・はっけん

Answer 24

discovery, detection, finding

Question 25

事実・じじつ

Answer 25

fact, truth, reality

Question 26

屋台・やたい

Answer 26

• cart (esp. food), stall, stand
• festival float, portable shrine, dancing platform
• stage prop fashioned after large building
• framework (of a building), foundation
• house (esp. a small+miserable one)

Question 27

状況・じょうきょう

Answer 27

state of affairs, situation, conditions, circumstances

Question 28

場面・ばめん

Answer 28

• scene, setting, place (where something happens), scenario, case
• scene (in a movie+play), shot
• state of the market

Question 29

情報・じょうほう

Answer 29

-information, news, report, intelligence
- information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)

Question 30

対す・たいす

Answer 30

• to face (each other), to be facing
• to be directed toward (the future, etc.), to be in response to, to be related to
• to receive (a client, etc.)
• to compare with, to contrast with, to be in opposition with, to be opposed to
• to confront, to oppose, to compete with

Question 31

条件・じょうけん

Answer 31

condition, term, requirement, qualification, prerequisite

Question 32

和らげる・やわらげる

Answer 32

to soften, to moderate, to relieve

Question 33

元・もと

Answer 33

• origin, source, beginning
• basis, base, foundation, root
• cause
• (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock
• (one’s) side
• capital, principal, cost price
• root (of a plant), (tree) trunk
• part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with hand)
• first three lines of a waka
• counter for plants and trees
• counter for falcons

Question 34

内容・ないよう

Answer 34

contents, substance, matter, detail, import

Question 35

感謝・かんしゃ

Answer 35

thanks, gratitude, appreciation, thankfulness

Question 36

予想・よそう

Answer 36

expectation, anticipation, prediciton, forecast, conjecture

Question 37

実現・じつげん

Answer 37

implementation (e.g. of a system), materialisation, realisation, actualization

Question 38

形容詞・けいようし

Answer 38

i-adjective

Question 39

否定形・ひていけい

Answer 39

negative form

Question 40

詳しく・くわしく

Answer 40

• detailed, full, minute
• knowing very well, knowledgeable about, well-acquainted with, well-informed about, familiar with, well-versed

Question 41

転勤・てんきん

Answer 41

job transfer, job relocation, intra-company transfer

Question 42

感覚・かんかく

Answer 42

sense, sensation, feeling, intuition

Question 43

否定・ひてい

Answer 43

• denial, negation, repudiation, disavowal
• negation
• NOT operation

Question 44

出来事・できごと

Answer 44

incident, affair, happening, event

Question 45

被害・ひがい

Answer 45

(suffering) damage, injury, harm

Question 46

迷惑・めいわく

Answer 46

• trouble, bother, annoyance, nuisance, inconvenience
• to be troubled (by), to be bothered (by), to be inconvenienced (by)

Question 47

受身・うけみ

Answer 47

• the defensive
• passive attitude, passivity, passiveness
• the passive, passive voice
• art of falling safely

Question 48

感想・かんそう

Answer 48

impressions, thoughts, feelings, reactions

Question 49

気遣い・きづかい

Answer 49

consideration, concern, fear, worry, solicitude

Question 50

直前・ちょくぜん

Answer 50

• just before, just prior to
• right in front of, just in front of

Question 51

不健康・ふけんこう

Answer 51

poor health, ill health, unhealthy

Question 52

不良・ふりょう

Answer 52

bad, poor, inferior, defective
delinquent, hoodlum, hooligan

Question 53

不振・ふしん

Answer 53

dullness, slump, stagnation, inactivity,depression

Question 54

振興・しんこう

Answer 54

promotion, encouragement

Question 55

振動・しんどう

Answer 55

oscillation, vibration, swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

Question 56

振り・ふり

Answer 56

swing, shake, wave, swinging

Question 57

振り出し・ふりだし

Answer 57

shaking (something) out

Question 59

調子　(ちょうし)

Answer 59

• tune, tone, key, pitch, time, rhythm
• vein, mood, way, manner, style, knack
• condition, state of health
• impetus, spur of the moment, strain
• trend