Daily Vocab 5 (Week 5)

Question 1

堅い・硬い・固い

Answer 1

頭が固い

硬い文章　stiff style

口が堅い　tight- lipped

Question 2

荒い・粗い

Answer 2

網の目が粗い　a large-meshed net

粒が粗い　coarse grains

Question 3

探す・捜す

Answer 3

犯人を捜す　look for a suspect. 迷子を捜す　look for a missing child

職を探す　look for a job 家を探す　look for a house

Question 4

表す・現す・著す

Answer 4

感情を表す

姿を現す

書物を著す　write a book

Question 5

勤める・努める・務める

Answer 5

会社に勤める　work for a company

問題の解決を務める　＜努力＞　strive to overcome a problem

司会を務める serve as a master of ceremonies / 主役を務める play a main role

Question 6

住む・済む・澄む

Answer 6

川の水が澄む　the river water becomes clear

日本に住む

用事が済む　・　食事が済む

Question 7

仰ぐ・扇ぐ

Answer 7

look up at the sky, ask for instructions

fan oneself

Question 8

打つ・撃つ・討つ

Answer 8

釘を打つ

銃で的を撃つ

敵を討つ

Question 9

取る・捕る・採る・撮る・執る

Answer 9

手に取る

動物や魚を捕る

昆虫や植物を採る

ビデオを撮る

筆を執る　write

Question 10

避ける・裂ける

Answer 10

avoid

tear

Question 11

納める・収める・治める・修める

Answer 11

税金を納める　pay one’s taxes 品物を納める　supply goods.

利益を収める　make a profit / 成果を収める　achieve positive results

国を治める　govern a country

学業を修める　complete one’s studies

Question 12

攻める・責める

Answer 12

相手チームを攻める　attack the opposing team

非を責める　accuse someone

Question 13

差す・挿す・指す・刺す

Answer 13

傘を差す　/ 差し歯

花瓶に花を挿す　put flowers in a vase

指で指す

ナイフで刺す

Question 14

断つ・絶つ・裁つ

Answer 14

消息を絶つ　have not heard from / 命を絶つ　kill oneself

酒を断つ　quit drinking 食事を断つ　＜断食＞

布を裁つ　cut fabric

Question 15

閉める・締める・絞める・占める

Answer 15

扉を閉める　close a door

ベルトを締める　wear a belt

首を絞める　strangle someone

過半数を占める　be a majority

Question 16

計る・測る・量る・諮る・謀る・図る

Answer 16

数や時間を計る

熱を測る

重さを量る

審議会に諮る　refer… to a council

暗殺を謀る　attempt an assassination

便宜を図る　consult someone’s convenience 自殺を図る　commit suicide

Question 17

犯す・冒す・侵す

Answer 17

罪・過ちを犯す　commit a crime

危険を冒す　take risks

領土を侵す　invade territory

Question 18

省みる・顧みる

Answer 18

歴史・過去を顧みる review history/the past ・　家庭を顧みない　ignore one’s family　＜振り返る＞　reminisce

自らを省みる　reflect on oneself ＜反省＞

Question 19

対象・対称・対照

Answer 19

外国人対象の試験　a test designed for foreingers ・調査対象　subject of the survey

左右対称のデザイン　a symmetrical design

対照的な二人　two contrasting people / 比較・対照する compare

Question 20

招待・正体

Answer 20

招待状　letter of invitation

正体を現す　unmask

Question 21

最近・細菌

Answer 21

最近の出来事

細菌に感染する　contract a bacterial infection

Question 22

交代・後退・交替

Answer 22

海岸線が後退する　a shoreline retreats <> 前進　moving forward

世代交代　generational change

交替　交替で運転する　can be written as 交代

Question 23

不振・不信・不審

Answer 23

経営不振　a business slump　・　食欲不振 poor appetite

人間不信　disgust of others / 政治不信　distrust of politics

挙動不審　suspicious behavior / 不審物　a suspicious object

Question 24

保障・保証・補償

Answer 24

保証人　guarantor / 保証書　warranty

社会保障　social welfare / 安全保障　security

損害補償　compensation for loss/damage / 災害補償　compensation for loss/damage in a natural disaster.

Question 25

開放・解放・介抱

Answer 25

学校を開放する　open a school

人質を解放する　release a hostage

病人を介抱する　look after a sick person

Question 26

加工・下降・河口・火口

Answer 26

加工食品　processed food

飛行機が下降する　an aircraft descends <> 上昇　a rise

ナイル川の河口　the mout of the Nile

火山の河口　a crater

Question 27

家庭・過程・仮定・課程

Answer 27

家庭教師　tutor

課程と結果　process and result / 生産過程　production process

仮定に基づく　based on an assumption / 仮定する　assume

博士課程　a doctoral course / 教育課程　a curriculum

Question 28

期限・機嫌・起源

Answer 28

期限が切れる

機嫌が悪い

生命の起源　origin of life

Question 29

信仰・振興・新興・進行

Answer 29

会議を進行する　run a meeting / 進行方向　the direction which one is going

町の振興を図る　promote the development of a town

新興住宅地　a newly developed residential area / 新興宗教　a new religion (rising, developing, emergent)

宗教・神仏・自然を信仰する　velieve in a religion, god/buddha, nature

Question 30

普通・不通

Answer 30

普通電車　各駅停車　local train

電車が不通になる・音信不通　no contact for a long time

Question 31

保険・保健

Answer 31

健康保険証　a health insurance card

保健所　a public health center

Question 32

形成・形勢

Answer 32

人格形成 - personality development

形勢不利　- against the tide / 形勢逆転　reversal of a situation （condition, situation, prospects）

Question 33

衛生・衛星

Answer 33

保健衛生　sanitation / 衛生的な　hygienic

衛星放送　satellite broadcasting ・　人工衛星　a satellite

Question 34

支給・至急

Answer 34

交通費を支給する　pay a transportation fee

至急を要する　require urgent attention

Question 35

企画・規格

Answer 35

イベントの企画

規格に合う製品　a product which meets a standard /
規格外　out of standard

Question 36

敬意・経緯

Answer 36

敬意を表する・著す・払う　pay respect

経緯を説明する　explain how it came about / 事件の経緯　circumstances of a crime

also いきさつ　

Question 37

公害・郊外

Answer 37

公害問題　pollution problem / 公害訴訟　a lawsuit on pollution

郊外に住む　live in the suburbs

Question 38

指示・支持

Answer 38

係員の指示に従う　follow the directions of the person in charge

政党を支持する　support a political party

Question 39

意義・異議・異義

Answer 39

異義のある仕事

異議を唱える　object to / 異議なし　no objection

同音異義語　a homonym

Question 40

操作・捜査

Answer 40

機械の操作

事件の捜査

Question 41

公演・講演・後援

Answer 41

定期公演　a regular performance

久寿に講演を依頼する　ask a professor to give a lecture

後援会事務所　a support office

Question 42

夫妻・負債　

Answer 42

ふさい

大家さんご負債　a couple that is one’s landlord (man and wife, married couple)

多額の負債を抱える　be in deep debt (debt, liabilities)

Question 43

平行・並行・平衡・閉口

Answer 43

平行四辺形　parallelogram　・　話し合いが平行線をたどる　negotiations fail to reach a consensus

ふた巣の調査を並行して行う　conduct two surveys at the same time (side by side, abreast; concurrent)

平衡感覚を失う　lose one’s sense of balance

失礼な質問に閉口する　be annoyed b y a rude question

Question 44

街頭・該当

Answer 44

街頭で演説する　give a speech on the street

該当者なし　no eligible person

Question 45

欠陥・血管

Answer 45

血管に注射をする　give an injection into a vein

欠陥のある車　a defective car

Question 46

汽車・貴社・記者

Answer 46

蒸気機関車のこと　a locomotive

相手の会社のこと（敬語）　your company

彼は新聞記者だ　He is a newspaper reporter

Question 47

危険・棄権

Answer 47

危険な仕事

投票を棄権する　abstain from voting

Question 48

化繊・河川・下線

Answer 48

科学繊維のこと　a synthetic material

河川工事　improvement work on a riverbank

河川部の読みを書きなさい　please read the underlined portions

Question 49

契機・景気・計器・刑期

Answer 49

自己を契機に安全性を見直す　use the accident as an opportunity to review the saftey measures

景気が回復する　economy recovers

計器を導入する　introduce a measuring instrument

刑期を終える　complete one’s prison term

Question 50

抱負・豊富　

Answer 50

ほうふ

今年の抱負を語る　talk about ones hope for this year
(aspiration, ambition, pretension)

豊富な食材　a variety of ingredients ・　経験豊富　well-experienced (abundance)

Question 51

書斎

Answer 51

しょさい

a study

Question 52

鉢植え

Answer 52

a potted plant

はちうえ

Question 53

食卓

電卓　

卓上　

Answer 53

しょくたく

dining table

calculator

tabletop

Question 54

太鼓

Answer 54

a drum

Question 55

琴

Answer 55

こと

koto

Question 56

碁

Answer 56

ご

go

Question 57

陶器

Answer 57

とうき

a piece of pottery / 陶芸　the art of pottery

Question 58

狩猟

Answer 58

しゅりょう　hunting

狩人　a hunter