songs 2

Question 1

嗜む

Answer 1

たしなむ
to have a taste for, be fond of; to be modest, be prudent

Question 2

昼下がり

Answer 2

ひる・さがり
early afternoon

Question 3

街並み

Answer 3

まち・なみ
townscape, street (of stores and houses)

Question 4

濡(れ)る

Answer 4

ぬれる
to get wet

Question 5

正午

Answer 5

しょうご
noon, midday

Question 6

輝かしい

Answer 6

かがやかしい
brilliant, glorious, glittering, bright, splendid (e.g. achievement, success), promising (e.g. future)

Question 7

栄光

Answer 7

えい・こう
glory

Question 8

汚す

Answer 8

よごす
to pollute, contaminate; to disgrace, dishonor, defile

Question 9

着こなす

Answer 9

きこなす
to wear clothes/dress oneself stylishly

Question 10

気品

Answer 10

き・ひん
elegance, refinement, grace, dignity

Question 11

真似

Answer 11

ま・ね
imitating, copying, mimicry; behavior, action, conduct; pretense

Question 12

流行り

Answer 12

は・やり
fashion, vogue, craze; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

Question 13

伝統

Answer 13

でん・とう
tradition, convention

Question 14

羨ましい

Answer 14

うらやましい
envious, jealous; enviable (e.g. position)

Question 15

病み付き

Answer 15

やみ・つき
being addicted to, wholly absorbed by; falling ill, becoming sick

Question 16

紅茶

Answer 16

こう・ちゃ

Question 17

淹れる

Answer 17

いれる
to brew a beverage (with hot water)

Question 18

至福

Answer 18

し・ふく
supreme bliss, beatitude

Question 19

味わい

Answer 19

あじわい
flavor, taste; charm, appeal, interest; meaning, significance

Question 20

夕暮れ

Answer 20

ゆう・ぐれ
evening, dusk, twilight

Question 21

佇む

Answer 21

たたずむ
to loiter, stop, stand (still) a while

Question 22

魅力

Answer 22

み・りょく
charm, fascination, glamor, attraction, appeal

Question 23

風を切る

Answer 23

かぜ・を・きる
to go flying along, move fast (against the wind)

Question 24

兼ねる

Answer 24

かねる
to be unable to, find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions/roles simultaneously

Question 25

生き延びる

Answer 25

いき・のびる
to survive, live long; to hold on (to one’s life), endure

Question 26

現れる

Answer 26

あらわれる
to appear, come in sight, become visible, come out, embody, materialize; to be expressed (e.g. emotions), become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

Question 27

でもしたら

Answer 27

same as したら or たら, but with doubt

Question 28

胸倉

Answer 28

むな・ぐら
collar, lapels

Question 29

怒り出す

Answer 29

おこり・だす；いかり・だす
to fly into a rage, lose one’s temper, flare up, break out

Question 30

吸う

Answer 30

すう
to smoke, breathe in, inhale; to suck, sip, slurp; to absorb, soak up

Question 31

感覚

Answer 31

かん・かく
sense, sensation, feeling, intuition

Question 32

幻想

Answer 32

げんそう
fantasy, illusion, vision, dream

Question 33

躓く

Answer 33

つまずく
to trip (over), stumble; to fail, suffer a setback

Question 34

どの道

Answer 34

どの・みち
anyway, anyhow, at any rate, in any case

Question 35

怒り狂う

Answer 35

いかり・くるう
to rage, be in a fit (of anger)

Question 36

未だに

Answer 36

いま・だに
still, even now, to this day

Question 37

劣等

Answer 37

れっ・とう
inferiority, low grade

Question 38

劣等感

Answer 38

れっ・とう・かん
inferiority complex

Question 39

貰う

Answer 39

もらう
to receive, take, accept; to get somebody to do something (follows a -て verb)

Question 40

嘆く

Answer 40

なげく
to lament, grieve, regret; to deplore; to sigh

Question 41

せめて

Answer 41

at least, at most, (even) just

Question 42

暗澹

Answer 42

あん・たん
dark, gloomy, somber, depressing

Question 43

凄絶

Answer 43

せい・ぜつ
lurid, violent, bloody, fierce, extremely gruesome

Question 44

呆気ない

Answer 44

あっ・けない
unsatisfying, disappointing, abrupt, not enough, too quick, too short, over too soon

Question 45

砕く

Answer 45

くだく
to break, smash

Question 46

幾度となく

Answer 46

いく・ど・となく
on countless occasions, many a time

Question 47

押し流す

Answer 47

おしながす
to wash away

Question 48

溺れる

Answer 48

おぼれる
to struggle in the water, sink below the surface and become unable to breathe, (nearly) drown; to indulge in, lose one’s head over something, be addicted

Question 49

掻く

Answer 49

かく
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel, paddle

Question 50

ちゃんと

Answer 50

diligently, seriously, earnestly, reliably; perfectly, properly, exactly; sufficiently, satisfactorily

Question 51

軽やかに

Answer 51

かろやかに; かるやかに
light, easy, non-serious, minor

Question 52

宇宙

Answer 52

う・ちゅう
universe, cosmos, space

Question 53

繰り返す

Answer 53

くり・かえす
to repeat, do something over again

Question 54

耐え難い

Answer 54

たえ・がたい
unbearable, intolerable, unendurable

Question 55

耐える

Answer 55

たえる
to bear, stand, endure; to support, withstand, resist; to be fit for, to be equal to

Question 56

色褪せる

Answer 56

いろ・あせる
to fade (of a color), grow dull in color; to lose vividness/freshness, grow stale, pale

Question 57

焦がす

Answer 57

こがす
to burn, scorch, singe, char

Question 58

切り拓く

Answer 58

きり・ひらく
to clear (land), open up, cut through

Question 59

泥

Answer 59

どろ

Question 60

塗れる

Answer 60

まみれる
to be smeared, be covered

Question 61

移る

Answer 61

うつる
to move (house); to elapse (e.g. time); to be infected, be contagious, spread (as in fire)

Question 62

煌めく

Answer 62

きらめく；かがやく
to shine, glitter, sparkle; to glisten, twinkle, gleam

Question 63

一歩ずつ

Answer 63

いっぽ・ずつ
stepwise, one step at a time

Question 64

戸惑う

Answer 64

と・まど・う
to be bewildered, be perplexed

Question 65

物怖じ

Answer 65

もの・おじ
cowardice, timidity, bashfulness

Question 66

気に留める

Answer 66

き・に・とめる
to (keep in) mind, give heed to, pay attention to

Question 67

若き

Answer 67

わかき
young person, youth

Question 68

勝どき

Answer 68

かち・どき
shout of victory, cry of triumph

Question 69

気高い

Answer 69

け・だか・い
sublime, noble, high-minded

Question 70

無邪気

Answer 70

む・じゃ・き
innocent, simple-minded

Question 71

吼える

Answer 71

ほえる
to bark, howl, roar; to yell, cry, moan

Question 72

逆境

Answer 72

ぎゃっ・きょう
adverse circumstances, adversity

Question 73

晒す

Answer 73

さらす
to expose (to sun, public, danger, etc); to bleach, refine; to rinse (vegetables), soak; to dox

Question 74

手を取り合う

Answer 74

て・を・とり・あう
to hold/join hands; to do together, go arm in arm; to join forces, to cooperate