7‐3章

Question 1

急速

Answer 1

きゅうそく - rapid (e.g. progress)

Question 2

格差

Answer 2

かくさ - qualitative difference; disparity

Question 3

貧困層

Answer 3

ひんこんそう - poverty class

Question 4

富裕層

Answer 4

ふゆうそう - wealthy people; the rich

Question 5

安定

Answer 5

あんてい - stability; equilibrium

Question 6

介入

Answer 6

かいにゅう - intervention

Question 7

就業

Answer 7

しゅうぎょう - employment

Question 8

促進

Answer 8

そくしん - promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

Question 9

推進

Answer 9

すいしん - 1: propulsion; driving force;

2: implementation; promotion (e.g. of a government policy)

Question 10

年金

Answer 10

ねんきん - annuity; pension

Question 11

受給

Answer 11

じゅきゅう - receiving payments (pension, ration)

Question 12

支給

Answer 12

しきゅう - provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

Question 13

少子化

Answer 13

しょうしか - declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

Question 14

高齢化

Answer 14

こうれいか - aging

Question 15

少子高齢化

Answer 15

しうしこうれいか - decreasing birthrate and aging population;

Question 16

出生率

Answer 16

しゅっしょうりつ - birth rate

Question 17

低下

Answer 17

ていか - fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

Question 18

上昇

Answer 18

じょうしょう - rising; ascending; climbing

Question 19

平均寿命

Answer 19

へいきんじゅみょう - life expectancy

Question 20

還暦

Answer 20

かんれき - 60th birthday

Question 21

迎える

Answer 21

むかえる -

Question 22

人口構造

Answer 22

じんこうこうぞう -

Question 23

若返る

Answer 23

わかがえる - : to go out to meet;

2: to receive; to welcome;
3: to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family);
4: to call for; to summon; to invite;
5: to approach (a certain time, a point in one’s life, etc.)

Question 24

老後

Answer 24

ろうご - old age

Question 25

乳幼児

Answer 25

にゅうようじ - infants; babies

Question 26

激減

Answer 26

げきげん - dropping sharply; decreasing rapidly

Question 27

激増

Answer 27

げきぞう - sudden increase

Question 28

産休

Answer 28

さんきゅう - maternity leave

Question 29

産前産後休暇

Answer 29

さんぜんさんごきゅうか - before and after childbirth leave

Question 30

育休

Answer 30

いくきゅう - childcare leave

Question 31

育児休暇

Answer 31

いくじきゅうか - childcare leave

Question 32

福利厚生

Answer 32

ふくりこうせい - welfare program

Question 33

充実

Answer 33

じゅうじつ - 1: fullness; completion; perfection; substantiality; enrichment;
2: replenishment; repletion

Question 34

取り組む

Answer 34

とりくむ - to tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with; to make effort; to strive for; to deal with

Question 35

軽視する

Answer 35

けいしする - despise; slight; ignore; neglect

Question 36

重視する

Answer 36

じゅうしする - importance; stress; serious consideration

Question 37

両立

Answer 37

りょうりつ - compatibility; coexistence; standing together

Question 38

若年層

Answer 38

じゃくねんそう - the young

Question 39

中高年層

Answer 39

ちゅうこうねんそう - the middle-aged and the elderly

Question 40

失業率

Answer 40

しつぎょうりつ - unemployment rate

Question 41

死亡率

Answer 41

しぼうりつ - death rate; mortality

Question 42

先進国

Answer 42

せんしんこく - advanced (developed) country

Question 43

発展途上国

Answer 43

はってんとじょうこく - developing country

Question 44

産業構造

Answer 44

さんぎょうこうぞう - industrial structure

Question 45

てきぱき

Answer 45

briskly; quickly; promptly

Question 46

しっかり

Answer 46

firmly; tightly; reliable; level-headed; steady

Question 47

めっきり

Answer 47

remarkably