Tobira Chapter 9 vocab 2

Question 1

to slide; skate; be slippery

Answer 1

すべる「（試験）にすべる a phrase meaning to fail a test」

Question 2

(social) position; status

Answer 2

ちい・地位

Question 3

to recognize; notice; admit

Answer 3

（～を）みとめる　認める

Question 4

one’s life

Answer 4

じんせい・人生

Question 5

happiness

Answer 5

しあわせ（な）・幸せ（な）

Question 6

possibility; potentiality

Answer 6

かのうせい・可能性

Question 7

statistics

Answer 7

とうけい・統計

Question 8

judgment

Answer 8

はんだん・判断「（～を）判断する」

Question 9

before

Answer 9

いぜん・以前

Question 10

prime minister

Answer 10

しゅしょう・首相

Question 11

welcome

Answer 11

かんげい・歓迎「（～を）歓迎する」

Question 12

suicide

Answer 12

じさつ・自殺「自殺する」

Question 13

cause; origin

Answer 13

げんいん・原因

Question 14

other people; others

Answer 14

たにん・他人

Question 15

to seek; request; demand

Answer 15

（～を）もとめる・求める

Question 16

main; leading; major

Answer 16

おも（な）・主（な）

Question 17

another; different; extra

Answer 17

べつの・別の

Question 18

to produce; bear

Answer 18

（～を）うむ・生む

Question 19

academic ability

Answer 19

がくりょく・学力

Question 20

numeral; figure

Answer 20

すうじ・数字

Question 21

falling; declining

Answer 21

ていか・低下「（～が）低下する」

Question 22

to drop; go down

Answer 22

さがる・下がる「（～が）下がる」

Question 23

to reduce; cut down

Answer 23

（～を）へらす・減らす

Question 24

common sense; common knowledge

Answer 24

じょうしき・常識 (can also be な-adj)

Question 25

to rely on; depend on

Answer 25

（～に）たよる・頼る

Question 26

vicious circle

Answer 26

あくじゅんかん・悪循環

Question 27

calculation; count

Answer 27

けいさん・計算 「(～を）計算する to calculate]

Question 28

foundation; basis

Answer 28

きほん・基本 [基本(な) fundamental; basic]

Question 29

equal; even

Answer 29

びょうどう（な）・平等（な） (Equality; impartiality “if noun”)

Question 30

solution; closure of problem

Answer 30

かいけつ・解決 [(～を)解決する to solve; resolve; settle]