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Question 1

孤立

Answer 1

こりつ
be isolated, friendless
**(1st) orphan: child….melon…..
The child selling melons at a rickety stand on the side of the road is an orphan. 2024
(right side) melon: claw….(combined with) elbow….
It takes some real elbow grease to cut open a melon, and then you dig into it with you hands like they were claws. 2022
**ALL: orphan…stand up….
An orphan standing there all alone is isolated and friendless.

Question 2

触る

Answer 2

さわる
touch
**contact: angle….insect….
The spider (insect) came down from the ceiling and made contact with my face at a right angle. 1954

Question 3

触れる

Answer 3

ふれる
touch, mention
**contact: angle….insect….
The spider (insect) came down from the ceiling and made contact with my face at a right angle. 1954

Question 4

接触

Answer 4

せっしょく
touch, make contact with
**(1st) touch: fingers…vase….woman….
Touch a woman gently, as if she were a fragile vase. 725
**(2nd) contact: angle….insect….
The spider (insect) came down from the ceiling and made contact with my face at a right angle. 1954
**ALL: touch….contact….

Question 5

踊る

Answer 5

おどる
dance
**jump: wooden leg….chop-seal/hanko….use….
Before doing the pole jump, using the one big wooden leg, you must use your hanko to sign documents saying it is not their fault if you die using the big wooden leg. 1512

Question 6

日本舞踊

Answer 6

にほんぶよう
Japanese dancing
**(3rd) dance: reclining person….oaken tub….sunglasses (at night)…..
After you have been dancing all night, all you want to do is recline in a tub, but with cool sunglasses on so you still look cool. 1912
**(4th) jump: wooden leg….chop-seal/hanko….use….
Before doing the pole jump, using the one big wooden leg, you must use your hanko to sign documents saying it is not their fault if you die using the big wooden leg. 1512
**ALL: a Japanese dance where you jump.

Question 7

活躍

Answer 7

かつやく
be active, play an active (important) role
**(1st) lively: water/liquid….tongue….
Lively talking involves lots of tongue movement and spit. 154
**(2nd) leap: wooden leg….feathers…..turkey….
The boy took a leap of faith and hoped the turkeys would be able to keep his flying contraption aloft. His legs were strapped into wooden leg holders, the contraption was covered in feathers, and was pulled by turkeys. 1379
**ALL: lively….leap….
When someone is active they are lively and leap right into action.

Question 8

躍り出る

Answer 8

おどりでる
jump (to first place)
**(1st) leap: wooden leg….feathers…..turkey….
The boy took a leap of faith and hoped the turkeys would be able to keep his flying contraption aloft. His legs were strapped into wooden leg holders, the contraption was covered in feathers, and was pulled by turkeys. 1379

Question 9

焦点

Answer 9

しょうてん
focal point, focus
(uses が当たる)
**(1st) char: turkey...oven fire....
The turkey was left in the trashcan fire for too long and it became charred and black. 599
**ALL: char....spot....

Question 10

焦げる

Answer 10

こげる
become burnt/scorched
**char: turkey…oven fire….
The turkey was left in the trashcan fire for too long and it became charred and black. 599

Question 11

焦る

Answer 11

あせる
be in a hurry, be impatient
**char: turkey…oven fire….
The turkey was left in the trashcan fire for too long and it became charred and black. 599
**ALL: when you are impatient with someone, you char them a little bit.

Question 12

駐車場

Answer 12

ちゅうしゃじょう
parking lot
**(1st) parking: team of horses….candlestick….
Instead of parking your car and having a light turn on showing that the spot is occupied, you park your horses and light a candlestick. 2136
**ALL: parking…car…place…

Question 13

悪循環

Answer 13

あくじゅんかん
vicious circle
**(2nd) sequential: line….shield….
All the knights-in-training lined up with their shields at the ready, and they were engaged in battle sequentially. 1998
**(3rd) ring: jewel….eye….ceiling….mouth….scarf….
I stares at the jewel on the ring as I lay on my back staring up at the ceiling. My mouth was open in shock. In my other hand was the scarf he once gave me. I couldn’t believe he really proposed. 899
**ALL: bad….sequential….ring….

Question 14

衝突

Answer 14

しょうとつ
collide, conflict with
**(1st) collide: boulevard….heavy…..
I was walking down the boulevard with my heavy suitcase, when suddenly gravity took control and it collided with a bush. 1811
**(2nd) stab: hole…St. Bernard dog….
How did the St. Bernard dog get away? He stabbed, put a hole in, his captors. 1416
**ALL: collide….stab….
After a collision a hole is usually left behind.
(pronunciation) you were trying to しょうoff how totes (とつ) good you are at driving, but ended up colliding with another car.

Question 15

征服

Answer 15

せいふく
conquer
**(1st) subjugate: go….correct…
When you subjugate someone, you control them, so you can tell them to go whenever/wherever you want, and you can make them correct anything that bothers you. 946
**(2nd) clothing: flesh…stamp….crotch….
They cover our body, usually have a maker’s stamp, especially for crotch clothes. 1501
**ALL: subjugate….clothing….
When you conquer a people, you can subjugate them and make them all wear clothes that feature your family crest.

Question 16

徐々に

Answer 16

じょじょに
gradually, slowly
**(1st) gradually: line…scale….
As quarantine continued, and I continued to snack, the line on the scale gradually pointed higher and higher. 1788
(right side) scale/too much: umbrella…potato…little….
Weighing all the potatoes was too much for the little scale. Even with the umbrella-like contraption trying to hold it up. 1786

Question 17

斜面

Answer 17

しゃめん
slope, slant
**(1st) diagonal: scale…measuring cup….
If you are going to set up something on a diagonal, you need to use a scale to measure its weight and make sure it isn’t too heavy. If it is, it will fall over. 1791
**ALL: diagonal…mask….

Question 18

斜めの

Answer 18

ななめの
slanting, diagonal
**diagonal: scale…measuring cup….
If you are going to set up something on a diagonal, you need to use a scale to measure its weight and make sure it isn’t too heavy. If it is, it will fall over. 1791