week 2: Folk tales

Question 1

old tale

Answer 1

昔話

Question 2

listener

Answer 2

聞き手

Question 3

the end

Answer 3

おしまい

Question 4

to return (to put back)

Answer 4

戻す

Question 5

orthodox method (i.e original method)

Answer 5

本格

Question 6

legend

Answer 6

伝説

Question 7

mystery

Answer 7

不思議

Question 8

character

Answer 8

人物

Question 9

to appear on stage

(or to appear in the media)

Answer 9

登場する

Question 10

Protagonist

Answer 10

主人公

Question 11

difficult challenge

Answer 11

難題

Question 12

forbidden

Answer 12

禁止

Question 13

enemy

Answer 13

敵

Question 14

to fight

Answer 14

戦う

Question 15

evil

Answer 15

意地悪

Question 16

stepmother

Answer 16

継母

Question 17

to bully

Answer 17

苛める

(sometimes 虐める)

Question 18

bitter experience (hard time)

Answer 18

ひどい目

Question 19

to resemble

Answer 19

似る

Question 20

horns (corner or angle)

Answer 20

角

Question 21

border

Answer 21

国境

Question 22

to cross

Answer 22

越える

Question 23

ethnic group

Answer 23

民族

Question 24

existence

Answer 24

存在

Question 25

origin

Answer 25

起源

Question 26

theory

Answer 26

学説

Question 27

myth

Answer 27

神話

Question 28

god

Answer 28

神

Question 29

to spread

Answer 29

広まる

Question 30

BC

Answer 30

紀元前

Question 31

century

Answer 31

世紀

Question 32

ancient times

Answer 32

古代

Question 33

record (document)

Answer 33

記録

Question 34

to record (to document)

Answer 34

記録する

Question 35

ethnologist

Answer 35

民俗学者

Question 36

fundamental (primordial)

Answer 36

根源的

Question 37

daydream (fantasy, imagination)

Answer 37

空想

Question 38

mutual (shared, common)

Answer 38

共通

Question 39

species (variety)

Answer 39

一種

Question 40

familiar

Answer 40

身近

Question 41

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation

Answer 41

語り継ぐ

Question 42

precious

Answer 42

尊い

Question 43

heritage (inheritance, legacy)

Answer 43

遺産