第117回

Question 1

うつ伏せになる

Answer 1

うつぶせになる
lie on one’s stomach
**prostrated: person…dog…
A person prostrating themselves kinda looks like a person doing down dog. 1035

Question 2

lie on one’s stomach

Answer 2

うつ伏せになる
うつぶせになる
**prostrated: person…dog…
A person prostrating themselves kinda looks like a person doing down dog. 1035

Question 3

潜伏期間

Answer 3

せんぷくきかん
incubation period, latent period
**(1st) submerge: water…exchange….
When you submerge something, the air that was in the object is exchanged for water. 907
**(2nd)prostrated: person…dog…
A person prostrating themselves kinda looks like a person doing down dog. 1035
**(3rd) period: bushel basket…month….
Every month, mother nature sends a bushel basket of pain and exhaustion in the form of a period. It is the worst period of time in the month. 1902
**ALL (first two) incubation: submerge…prostrated….
When the virus incubates, it submerges itself in you body and prepares to have you prostrate yourself before it.

Question 4

incubation period, latent period

Answer 4

潜伏期間
せんぷくきかん
**(1st) submerge: water…exchange….
When you submerge something, the air that was in the object is exchanged for water. 907
**(2nd)prostrated: person…dog…
A person prostrating themselves kinda looks like a person doing down dog. 1035
**(3rd) period: bushel basket…month….
Every month, mother nature sends a bushel basket of pain and exhaustion in the form of a period. It is the worst period of time in the month. 1902
**ALL (first two) incubation: submerge…prostrated….
When the virus incubates, it submerges itself in you body and prepares to have you prostrate yourself before it.

Question 5

伐採

Answer 5

ばっさい
cut/hew down, fell
**(1st) fell (cut down tree): person….fiesta….
Cara Delevingne was at a fiesta, as she always is, and some guy was pushing her to fell a tree, so she says “I’ll fell your tree”, and cuts off his d instead. 1069
**(2nd) pick: finger….grab….
The vulture picks roadkill off the road like we pick fruit off trees. 792
(right side) grab: vulture…tree….
The vulture grabs its already dead prey off the road and sits in a tree devouring it. 791
**ALL: fell (a tree)…pick….
Cara felled the “tree” to show how much of a boss (ば) she is.

Question 6

cut/hew down, fell

Answer 6

伐採
ばっさい
**(1st) fell (cut down tree): person….fiesta….
Cara Delevingne was at a fiesta, as she always is, and some guy was pushing her to fell a tree, so she says “I’ll fell your tree”, and cuts off his d instead. 1069
**(2nd) pick: finger….grab….
The vulture picks roadkill off the road like we pick fruit off trees. 792
(right side) grab: vulture…tree….
The vulture grabs its already dead prey off the road and sits in a tree devouring it. 791
**ALL: fell (a tree)…pick….
Cara felled the “tree” to show how much of a boss (ば) she is.

Question 7

伴う

Answer 7

ともなう
accompany, go with
**consort: person…half….
I want to be Cara’s other half, her consort, because she is royalty. 1287

Question 8

accompany, go with

Answer 8

伴う
ともなう
**consort: person…half….
I want to be Cara’s other half, her consort, because she is royalty. 1287

Question 9

同伴

Answer 9

どうはん
accompany, go with, bring (one’s spouse to a party, etc.)
**(2nd) consort: person…half….
I want to be Cara’s other half, her consort, because she is royalty. 1287

Question 10

accompany, go with, bring (one’s spouse to a party, etc.)

Answer 10

同伴
どうはん
**(2nd) consort: person…half….
I want to be Cara’s other half, her consort, because she is royalty. 1287

Question 11

俊才

Answer 11

しゅんさい
brilliant person
**(1st) sagacious/wise: person…license….walking legs…
Cara finally got her driver’s license, but she was wise enough to still walk most places because she is often drunk and didn’t want to get it taken away. 1089
**ALL: sagacious/wise….genius….

Question 12

brilliant person

Answer 12

俊才
しゅんさい
**(1st) sagacious/wise: person…license….walking legs…
Cara finally got her driver’s license, but she was wise enough to still walk most places because she is often drunk and didn’t want to get it taken away. 1089
**ALL: sagacious/wise….genius….

Question 13

倹約

Answer 13

けんやく
be thrifty, economize
**(1st) frugal: person…awl…
Cara was living frugally because of the virus, so she used an awl to make new holes in the straps of her X swing. 1804
**(2nd) promise: thread…ladle….
When you promise yourself to someone and “tie the knot” (thread) you often get gifts of kitchen utensils like ladles. 1462
*ALL: frugal…promise…
You made a promise to yourself that you would be frugal aka being thrifty.

Question 14

be thrifty, economize

Answer 14

倹約
けんやく
**(1st) frugal: person…awl…
Cara was living frugally because of the virus, so she used an awl to make new holes in the straps of her X swing. 1804
**(2nd) promise: thread…ladle….
When you promise yourself to someone and “tie the knot” (thread) you often get gifts of kitchen utensils like ladles. 1462
*ALL: frugal…promise…
You made a promise to yourself that you would be frugal aka being thrifty.

Question 15

土俵

Answer 15

どひょう
sumo ring
**(2nd) bag: person…surface….
Cara left her bag sitting out on an open surface in the airport, she got in a lot of trouble. 1667
**ALL: soil…bag….
(pronunciation) the Sumo wrestlers go ど（ん）with their feet and then fight their best to try and get into the ひょう, the chart of people moving on to the next round.

Question 16

sumo ring

Answer 16

土俵
どひょう
**(2nd) bag: person…surface….
Cara left her bag sitting out on an open surface in the airport, she got in a lot of trouble. 1667
**ALL: soil…bag….
(pronunciation) the Sumo wrestlers go ど（ん）with their feet and then fight their best to try and get into the ひょう, the chart of people moving on to the next round.

Question 17

米俵

Answer 17

こめだわら
straw rice bag
**(2nd) bag: person…surface….
Cara left her bag sitting out on an open surface in the airport, she got in a lot of trouble. 1667

Question 18

straw rice bag

Answer 18

米俵
こめだわら
**(2nd) bag: person…surface….
Cara left her bag sitting out on an open surface in the airport, she got in a lot of trouble. 1667

Question 19

年俸

Answer 19

ねんぽう
annual salary
**(2nd) stipend: person…dedicate….
The midwestern man got so good at bonsaiing cornstalks that he was able to get a living stipend to a gardening school. 1696
**ALL (pronunciation): your annual salary makes you a little less poor (ぽう)

Question 20

annual salary

Answer 20

年俸
ねんぽう
**(2nd) stipend: person…dedicate….
The midwestern man got so good at bonsaiing cornstalks that he was able to get a living stipend to a gardening school. 1696
**ALL (pronunciation): your annual salary makes you a little less poor (ぽう)

Question 21

偽物

Answer 21

にせもの
imitation, fake
**(1st) falsehood: person….do….
Falsehoods are things that only people do. 2068

Question 22

imitation, fake

Answer 22

偽物
にせもの
**(1st) falsehood: person….do….
Falsehoods are things that only people do. 2068

Question 23

偽る

Answer 23

いつわる
tell a lie, deceive, feign
**falsehood: person….do….
Falsehoods are things that only people do. 2068
**ALL (pronunciation): telling a lie is いつ（でも）わる（い）

Question 24

tell a lie, deceive, feign

Answer 24

偽る
いつわる
**falsehood: person….do….
Falsehoods are things that only people do. 2068
**ALL (pronunciation): telling a lie is いつ（でも）わる（い）

Question 25

偽名

Answer 25

ぎめい
fake name, alias
**(1st) falsehood: person....do....
Falsehoods are things that only people do. 2068
**ALL: falsehood...name...

Question 26

fake name, alias

Answer 26

偽名
ぎめい
**(1st) falsehood: person....do....
Falsehoods are things that only people do. 2068
**ALL: falsehood...name...

Question 27

傍聴

Answer 27

ぼうちょう
attend/listen to (a court trial, etc.)
**(1st) bystander: person…stand…crown…compass…
Bystanders are people who stand on the sidelines when something bad is happening with a metaphorical crown on thinking they are the good guys because they aren’t participating. But really their moral compasses are off. 1090
**(2nd) listen: ear…needle…eye…heart…
Listen to someone with ears, eyes, and heart. That way they will feel your attention like pinpricks of needles. 890
**ALL: bystander….listen….
When you attend a court trial you are just a bystander who listens.
(pronunciation): you sit there seriously (ちょう) spacing out (ぼう)

Question 28

attend/listen to (a court trial, etc.)

Answer 28

傍聴
ぼうちょう
**(1st) bystander: person…stand…crown…compass…
Bystanders are people who stand on the sidelines when something bad is happening with a metaphorical crown on thinking they are the good guys because they aren’t participating. But really their moral compasses are off. 1090
**(2nd) listen: ear…needle…eye…heart…
Listen to someone with ears, eyes, and heart. That way they will feel your attention like pinpricks of needles. 890
**ALL: bystander….listen….
When you attend a court trial you are just a bystander who listens.
(pronunciation): you sit there seriously (ちょう) spacing out (ぼう)

Question 29

傍ら

Answer 29

かたわら
the side
**bystander: person…stand…crown…compass…
Bystanders are people who stand on the sidelines when something bad is happening with a metaphorical crown on thinking they are the good guys because they aren’t participating. But really their moral compasses are off. 1090

Question 30

the side

Answer 30

傍ら
かたわら
**bystander: person…stand…crown…compass…
Bystanders are people who stand on the sidelines when something bad is happening with a metaphorical crown on thinking they are the good guys because they aren’t participating. But really their moral compasses are off. 1090

Question 31

僧

Answer 31

そう
Buddhist priest/monk
**Buddhist priest: person…increase….
The Buddhist priest is the person who has most increased their chances of reaching enlightenment. 1057

Question 32

Buddhist priest/monk

Answer 32

僧
そう
**Buddhist priest: person…increase….
The Buddhist priest is the person who has most increased their chances of reaching enlightenment. 1057

Question 33

傑作

Answer 33

けっさく
masterpiece
**(1st) greatness: person…sunglasses…tree…
Cara knew she had finally achieved true greatness, so she put on her coolest pair of sunglasses and showed off her felled “tree”. 1074
**ALL: greatness…make….
(pronunciation) it is け（して）the bestさく（ひん）

Question 34

masterpiece

Answer 34

傑作
けっさく
**(1st) greatness: person…sunglasses…tree…
Cara knew she had finally achieved true greatness, so she put on her coolest pair of sunglasses and showed off her felled “tree”. 1074
**ALL: greatness…make….
(pronunciation) it is け（して）the bestさく（ひん）

Question 35

吐く

Answer 35

はく
vomit, spew, spit
**spit: mouth….dirt….
Why do people spit on the ground? It is so gross. 162

Question 36

vomit, spew, spit

Answer 36

吐く
はく
**spit: mouth….dirt….
Why do people spit on the ground? It is so gross. 162

Question 37

吐血

Answer 37

とけつ
vomit blood
**(1st) spit: mouth….dirt….
Why do people spit on the ground? It is so gross. 162

Question 38

vomit blood

Answer 38

吐血
とけつ
**(1st) spit: mouth….dirt….
Why do people spit on the ground? It is so gross. 162

Question 39

示唆

Answer 39

しさ
suggest, hint at
**(1st) show: two…little….
Her boobs were too small to be shown off during the sacrifice ceremony. 1167
**(2nd) tempt: mouth…license…walking legs…
What is a temptation? A pair of nice lips, a girl so drop dead gorgeous you would think she has a license to kill, and a pair of long walking legs. 828
**ALL: show…tempt….
When someone is trying to suggest/hint at that something has happened they show you their evidence and tempt you into believing them.
(pronunciation) し is such（さch) a ____

Question 40

suggest, hint at

Answer 40

示唆
しさ
**(1st) show: two…little….
Her boobs were too small to be shown off during the sacrifice ceremony. 1167
**(2nd) tempt: mouth…license…walking legs…
What is a temptation? A pair of nice lips, a girl so drop dead gorgeous you would think she has a license to kill, and a pair of long walking legs. 828
**ALL: show…tempt….
When someone is trying to suggest/hint at that something has happened they show you their evidence and tempt you into believing them.
(pronunciation) し is such（さch) a ____

Question 41

唆す

Answer 41

そそのかす
instigate, coax into, entice
**(2nd) tempt: mouth…license…walking legs…
What is a temptation? A pair of nice lips, a girl so drop dead gorgeous you would think she has a license to kill, and a pair of long walking legs. 828

Question 42

instigate, coax into, entice

Answer 42

唆す
そそのかす
**(2nd) tempt: mouth…license…walking legs…
What is a temptation? A pair of nice lips, a girl so drop dead gorgeous you would think she has a license to kill, and a pair of long walking legs. 828

Question 43

恐喝

Answer 43

きょうかつ
blackmail, intimidate
**(1st) fear: craft….mediocre….heart….
My biggest fear is being mediocre at the craft I put my whole heart into. 660
**(2nd) hoarse: mouth….siesta….
The man taking the siesta has been in the sun for so long that when he opens his mouth to talk his voice is very hoarse. 491
**ALL: fear…hoarse….
People blackmail you with fear and intimidate you by screaming at you until they are hoarse.
(pronunciation) きょう I will かつ through blackmail and intimidation.

Question 44

blackmail, intimidate

Answer 44

恐喝
きょうかつ
**(1st) fear: craft….mediocre….heart….
My biggest fear is being mediocre at the craft I put my whole heart into. 660
**(2nd) hoarse: mouth….siesta….
The man taking the siesta has been in the sun for so long that when he opens his mouth to talk his voice is very hoarse. 491
**ALL: fear…hoarse….
People blackmail you with fear and intimidate you by screaming at you until they are hoarse.
(pronunciation) きょう I will かつ through blackmail and intimidation.

Question 45

証人喚問

Answer 45

しょうにんかんもん
summons of a witness
**(3rd) yell: mouth…bound up…four…dog/St. Bernard dog…
Four St. Bernard dog were bound together and they were yelling “four” help. 1121
**ALL: evidence….person…yell…question….

Question 46

summons of a witness

Answer 46

証人喚問
しょうにんかんもん
**(3rd) yell: mouth…bound up…four…dog/St. Bernard dog…
Four St. Bernard dog were bound together and they were yelling “four” help. 1121
**ALL: evidence….person…yell…question….

Question 47

感嘆

Answer 47

かんたん
admire, marvel at
**(2nd) sigh: mouth...scarecrow...
The scarecrow was bored. He did the same thing all day everyday. He let out a long sigh. 1702
**ALL: feeling...sigh....

Question 48

admire, marvel at

Answer 48

感嘆
かんたん
**(2nd) sigh: mouth...scarecrow...
The scarecrow was bored. He did the same thing all day everyday. He let out a long sigh. 1702
**ALL: feeling...sigh....

Question 49

嘆く

Answer 49

なげく
grieve, lament, deplore
**sigh: mouth…scarecrow…
The scarecrow was bored. He did the same thing all day everyday. He let out a long sigh. 1702

Question 50

grieve, lament, deplore

Answer 50

嘆く
なげく
**sigh: mouth…scarecrow…
The scarecrow was bored. He did the same thing all day everyday. He let out a long sigh. 1702

Question 51

委嘱

Answer 51

いしょく
entrust (someone with a matter)
**(1st) committee: wheat…woman….
Committee meetings are so boring. What would get people to come? Food and women. 979
**(2nd) entrust: mouth…belong….
A man walked up to his friend and said (mouth) that he was going to entrust him with something valuable that had belonged to his ancestors. 2104
**ALL: committee….entrust….
The committee entrusts their director with a lot of power.
(pronunciation) it would be a good shock (い（い）しょく）if you entrusted someone with something who you thought was incompetent but they did good.

Question 52

entrust (someone with a matter)

Answer 52

委嘱
いしょく
**(1st) committee: wheat…woman….
Committee meetings are so boring. What would get people to come? Food and women. 979
**(2nd) entrust: mouth…belong….
A man walked up to his friend and said (mouth) that he was going to entrust him with something valuable that had belonged to his ancestors. 2104
**ALL: committee….entrust….
The committee entrusts their director with a lot of power.
(pronunciation) it would be a good shock (い（い）しょく）if you entrusted someone with something who you thought was incompetent but they did good.

Question 53

五重の塔

Answer 53

ごじゅうのとう
five-storied pagoda
**(3rd) pagoda: dirt…flower…fit…
You have the golden pavilion, the silver pavilion, now you have the dirt and flower pagoda. The body of the building is dirt, and each roof is a large upside-down flower head. All five levels fit together perfectly. 270

Question 54

five-storied pagoda

Answer 54

五重の塔
ごじゅうのとう
**(3rd) pagoda: dirt…flower…fit…
You have the golden pavilion, the silver pavilion, now you have the dirt and flower pagoda. The body of the building is dirt, and each roof is a large upside-down flower head. All five levels fit together perfectly. 270

Question 55

塀

Answer 55

へい
wall, fence
**fence: soil…flag…(nature) puzzle…
You put down flags at even intervals in the soil to mark the sections, and then you put the pieces of the fence together like a puzzle. 1136

Question 56

wall, fence

Answer 56

塀
へい
**fence: soil…flag…(nature) puzzle…
You put down flags at even intervals in the soil to mark the sections, and then you put the pieces of the fence together like a puzzle. 1136

Question 57

花壇

Answer 57

かだん
flower bed
**(2nd) podium: soil/ground…top hat…-times….nightbreak…..
The politician was nervous to give his first speech behind the official podium the next day, so he went and stood on the actual ground where he would be giving it, got all dressed up in his top hat and everything, and practiced many times until nightbreak. 631

Question 58

flower bed

Answer 58

花壇
かだん
**(2nd) podium: soil/ground…top hat…-times….nightbreak…..
The politician was nervous to give his first speech behind the official podium the next day, so he went and stood on the actual ground where he would be giving it, got all dressed up in his top hat and everything, and practiced many times until nightbreak. 631