vocab from texts

Question 1

類人猿

Answer 1

るいじんえん, anthropoid ape

Question 2

霊長類

Answer 2

れいちょうるい, primate

Question 3

瞳

Answer 3

ひとみ, pupil (eye)

Question 4

急所

Answer 4

きゅうしょ, crux (of a problem)

Question 5

対峙

Answer 5

たいじ, confront

Question 6

固着性

Answer 6

こちゃくせい, adhesion

Question 7

害虫

Answer 7

がいちゅう, vermin/pest

Question 8

居心地が悪い

Answer 8

いごこちがわるい, feel ill at ease

Question 9

適する

Answer 9

てきする, suit/fit

Question 10

生息する

Answer 10

せいそく, inhabit (animals)

Question 11

塑性

Answer 11

そせい, plasticity

Question 12

自在

Answer 12

じざい, freely/at will

Question 13

定着

Answer 13

ていちゃく, establish

Question 14

主旨

Answer 14

しゅし, gist/main idea

Question 15

格段

Answer 15

かくだん, remarkable

Question 16

黄金期

Answer 16

おうごんき, moment of glory

Question 17

物心がつく

Answer 17

ものごころ, begin to understand (in the case of a precocious child)

Question 18

正常

Answer 18

せいじょう, normal (something going as it should, things working as expected)

Question 19

分け隔て

Answer 19

わけへだて, discrimination, favouritism

Question 20

レッテルを貼る

Answer 20

レッテルをはる, to label someone

Question 21

本末転倒

Answer 21

ほんまつてんとう, getting your priorities backwards

Question 22

報復

Answer 22

ほうふく, retribution

Question 23

虚像

Answer 23

きょぞう, false image, pretense

Question 24

資産

Answer 24

しさん, assets

Question 25

所有物

Answer 25

しょゆうぶつ, property

Question 26

身軽い

Answer 26

みがるい、動きやすい, nimble

Question 27

頭金

Answer 27

あたまきん、deposit, down-payment

Question 28

封じる

Answer 28

ふうじる, prevent, block (a behaviour), silence (someone from saying sth)

Question 29

闇雲に

Answer 29

やみくもに, recklessly

Question 30

大目に見る

Answer 30

おおめにみる, to overlook, condone

Question 31

裁く

Answer 31

さばく, judge (if something is right/wrong)

Question 32

正論

Answer 32

せいろん、sound reasoning

Question 33

コテンパン

Answer 33

completely (beaten, defeated)

Question 34

叩く

Answer 34

たたく, beat, strike

Question 35

いたらない

Answer 35

不十分

Question 36

頭ごなしに

Answer 36

decide one-sidedly

Question 37

切り拓く

Answer 37

きりひらく, 困難を乗り越える道を開く

Question 38

ほどほどにする

Answer 38

moderately

Question 39

底知れず

Answer 39

そこしれず, botomless

Question 40

詮索

Answer 40

せんさく, scrutiny

Question 41

根掘り葉掘り

Answer 41

ねほりはほり, thoroughly