とびら９−１

Question 1

education

Answer 1

教育（きょういく）

Question 2

present condition; status quo

Answer 2

現状（げんじょう）

Question 3

system; intuition

Answer 3

制度（せいど）

Question 4

the point at issue

Answer 4

問題点（もんだいてん）

Question 5

contentment; satisfaction

Answer 5

満足（まんぞく）

Question 6

public (institution)

Answer 6

公立（こうりつ）

Question 7

private (institution)

Answer 7

私立（しりつ）

Question 8

duty; obligation

Answer 8

義務（ぎむ）

Question 9

going on (to the next stage of education)

Answer 9

進学（しんがく）

Question 10

rate; percentage

Answer 10

ー率（りつ）

Question 11

junior college

Answer 11

短大（たんだい）

Question 12

vocational/technical school

Answer 12

専門学校（せんもんがっこう）

Question 13

to include

Answer 13

含める（ふくめる）

Question 14

almost; nearly

Answer 14

ー近く（ーちかく）

Question 15

to go on (to a university); make progress; advance

Answer 15

進む（すすむ）

Question 16

academic/educational background

Answer 16

学歴（がくれき）

Question 17

bullying

Answer 17

いじめ

Question 18

refusal to go to school [psychological problem]

Answer 18

登校拒否（とうこうきょひ）

Question 19

deviation score indicating the degree of difficulty of each school’s entrance exam

Answer 19

偏差値（へんさち）

Question 20

~versus~

Answer 20

〜対〜（〜たい〜）

Question 21

room; space; time (to spare)

Answer 21

ゆとり

Question 22

student (usually at junior/senior high school)

Answer 22

生徒（せいと）

Question 23

try; challenge

Answer 23

挑戦（ちょうせん）

Question 24

waiting for another chance to enter a university

Answer 24

浪人（ろうにん）

Question 25

Japanese warrior

Answer 25

侍（さむらい）

Question 26

meaning

Answer 26

意味（いみ）

Question 27

hope; wish

Answer 27

希望（きぼう）

Question 28

preparatory school for university entrance examinations

Answer 28

予備校（よびこう）

Question 29

to point; indicate

Answer 29

指す（さす）

Question 30

hell

Answer 30

地獄（じごく）

Question 31

to suffer

Answer 31

苦しむ（くるしむ）

Question 32

home; family

Answer 32

家庭（かてい）

Question 33

desperate; frantic

Answer 33

必死（ひっし）

Question 34

cooperation

Answer 34

協力（きょうりょく）

Question 35

night meal

Answer 35

夜食（やしょく）

Question 36

preparation

Answer 36

用意（ようい）

Question 37

student preparing for an examination

Answer 37

受験生（じゅけんせい）

Question 38

environment

Answer 38

環境（かんきょう）

Question 39

unlucky

Answer 39

縁起の悪い（えんぎのわるい）

Question 40

to slide; skate; be slippery

Answer 40

すべる

Question 41

alumnus

Answer 41

出身者（しゅっしんしゃ）

Question 42

(social) position; status

Answer 42

地位（ちい）

Question 43

to recognize; notice; admit

Answer 43

認める（みとめる）

Question 44

one's life

Answer 44

人生（じんせい）

Question 45

happiness

Answer 45

幸せ（しあわせ）

Question 46

possibility; potentiality

Answer 46

可能性（かのうせい）

Question 47

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Answer 47

文部科学省（もんぶかがくしょう）

Question 48

statistics

Answer 48

統計（とうけい）

Question 49

judgment

Answer 49

判断（はんだん）

Question 50

before

Answer 50

以前（いぜん）

Question 51

prime minister

Answer 51

首相（しゅしょう）

Question 52

short for University of Tokyo

Answer 52

東大（とうだい）

Question 53

welcome

Answer 53

歓迎（かんげい）

Question 54

suicide

Answer 54

自殺（じさつ）

Question 55

to follow; keep up

Answer 55

ついていく

Question 56

cause; origin

Answer 56

原因（げんいん）

Question 57

other people; others

Answer 57

他人（たにん）

Question 58

to seek; request; demand

Answer 58

求める（もとめる）

Question 59

main; leading; major

Answer 59

主（おも）

Question 60

another; different; extra

Answer 60

別（べつ）

Question 61

to produce; bear

Answer 61

生む（うむ）

Question 62

academic ability

Answer 62

学力（がくりょく）

Question 63

numeral; figure

Answer 63

数字（すうじ）

Question 64

to raise; elevate; increase

Answer 64

上げる（あげる）

Question 65

falling; declining

Answer 65

低下（ていか）

Question 66

now; nowadays

Answer 66

今では（いまでは）

Question 67

to drop; go down

Answer 67

下がる（さがる）

Question 68

to reduce; cut down

Answer 68

減らす（へらす）

Question 69

common sense; common knowledge

Answer 69

常識（じょうしき）

Question 70

phenomenon

Answer 70

現象（げんしょう）

Question 71

Pi

Answer 71

円周率（えんしゅうりつ）

Question 72

to rely on; depend on

Answer 72

頼る（たよる）

Question 73

vicious cycle

Answer 73

悪循環（あくじゅんかん）

Question 74

to state; express

Answer 74

述べる（のべる）

Question 75

reading and writing

Answer 75

読み書き（よみかき）

Question 76

calculation; count

Answer 76

計算（けいさん）

Question 77

giving official approval; inspecting

Answer 77

検定（けんてい）

Question 78

foundation; basis

Answer 78

基本（きほん）

Question 79

equal; even

Answer 79

平等（びょうどう）

Question 80

solution; closure of problem

Answer 80

解決（かいけつ）

Question 81

taking this opportunity

Answer 81

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