漢検10級の言葉ステップ15

Question 1

長男

Answer 1

ちょうなん
eldest son (may be only son), first-born son

Question 2

眠る

Answer 2

ねむる
to sleep, to slumber
寝る：to go to bed (but not necessarily sleep)

Question 3

竹とんぼ

Answer 3

たけとんぼ

a small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one’s hands.

Question 4

竹林

Answer 4

ちくりん

bamboo thicket

Question 5

竹馬

Answer 5

たけうま
stilts
竹馬に乗る：to walk on stilts

Question 6

中指

Answer 6

なかゆび

middle finger

Question 7

空中

Answer 7

くうちゅう
the air (as in: "midair" or "smoke ascended into the air")

Question 8

一日中

Answer 8

いちにちじゅう

all day long, all throughout the day

Question 9

虫歯

Answer 9

むしば

a cavity, tooth decay

Question 10

甲虫

Answer 10

かぶとむし

rhinoceros beetle

Question 11

昆虫

Answer 11

こんちゅう

insect, bug

Question 12

観察する

Answer 12

かんさつする
to observe something
昆虫を観察する：to observe an insect

Question 13

竹

Answer 13

たけ

bamboo

Question 14

水辺

Answer 14

みずべ

waterside, waterfront

Question 15

それぞれ

Answer 15

each, every

箱にはそれぞれ同じ漢字が入ります。：Each kanji that you enter in the box is the same.

Question 16

力持ち

Answer 16

ちからもち

muscleman, strong man

Question 17

竹やぶ

Answer 17

たけやぶ

a bamboo grove

Question 18

中心

Answer 18

ちゅうしん

center, middle, core, the heart of something (figuratively)

Question 19

求める

Answer 19

もとめる
to ask for, to request, to demand, to want, to wish for
円の中心を求める：To seek the center of a circle (as in a math equation).

Question 20

虫かご

Answer 20

むしかご

an insect cage

Question 21

起きる

Answer 21

おきる
to get up, to get out of bed
先生は起きるのが早い。：Teachers get up early.

Question 22

洗う

Answer 22

あらう
to wash, to cleanse
川の水で手を洗う。：to wash your hands with water from the river.

Question 23

飛び出す

Answer 23

とびだす
to fly/jump/leap out (from somewhere)
竹やぶから虫が飛び出す：A bug flew out from the bamboo grove.

Question 24

とめ

Answer 24

an end (i.e., the end point of a kanji stroke)

Question 25

跳ね／撥ね

Answer 25

はね
upward turn (of the bottom of a vertical kanji stroke or of a hairdo)

Question 26

沈む

Answer 26

しずむ
to sink, to go down (to the bottom), to go under water
草原に沈む夕日：The evening sun sank into the meadow

Question 27

しまう

Answer 27

to put away

千円札を財布の中にしまう。：to put a 1,000-yen bill in a wallet.

Question 28

操り人形

Answer 28

あやつりにんぎょう

a puppet

Question 29

動かす

Answer 29

うごかす
to move, shift, change (something)
操り人形の足を動かす。：to move the leg/foot of a puppet.

Question 30

謎

Answer 30

なぞ

a riddle, puzzle

Question 31

一部

Answer 31

いちぶ
a part, a portion, a section
漢字の一部：a section of kanji

Question 32

不思議な

Answer 32

ふしぎな

mysterious, amazing, marvelous!

Question 33

出来上がる

Answer 33

できあがる

to be finished, to be completed, to be ready

Question 34

さて

Answer 34

well, now

さてどうしよう：Well, what should I do? What should I do now?

Question 35

写し

Answer 35

うつし

a copy, duplicate

Question 36

取る

Answer 36

とる

to take, to pick up

Question 37

崩す

Answer 37

くずす
to break, to destroy, to make change (with money)
ひらがなは、漢字を崩して生まれました。：Kanji was broken and hiragana was born.

Question 38

当夜

Answer 38

とうや

that night