Blue Book L9 Vocab

Question 1

幅広い

Answer 1

はばひろい
broad, wide (range)

Question 2

年代

Answer 2

ねんだい
age, era

Question 3

拒む

Answer 3

こばむ
to refuse, to decline, (unwanted feeling)

Question 4

風刺

Answer 4

ふうし
satire (poke fun at)

Question 5

政治

Answer 5

せいじ
politics

Question 6

表現

Answer 6

ひょうげん
expression

Question 7

多様性

Answer 7

たようせい
diversity

Question 8

低俗

Answer 8

ていぞく (な)
vulgar, crude

Question 9

皮肉

Answer 9

ひにく
irony

Question 10

似顔絵

Answer 10

にがおえ
portrait

Question 11

受け入れる

Answer 11

うけいれる
to accept, receive (taking part of self, think its good to receive)

Question 12

とらえる

Answer 12

to catch, grasp (meaning)

Question 13

並ぶ　（～と並ぶ）

Answer 13

ならぶ　（～とならぶ）
to line up

Question 14

重ねる（年齢を～）

Answer 14

かさねる（ねんれいを～）
to pile up, to stack up (to do repeatedly)
acquire age

Question 15

働かせる　（働く）

Answer 15

はたらかせる
to make someone work

Question 16

妨げる

Answer 16

さまたげる
to disturb, prevent
like じゃまん

Question 17

密着する

Answer 17

みっちゃくする
stick firmly to (imagine two things stuck together、cannot be broken apart)

Question 18

自体

Answer 18

じたい
itself, oneself

Question 19

思考

Answer 19

しこう
thought, thinking, consideration

Question 20

疑問

Answer 20

ぎもん
doubt

Question 21

遠回し

Answer 21

とおまわし
indirect、roundabout

Question 22

今や

Answer 22

いまや
now (in contrast to the past, so different)

Question 23

くだらない

Answer 23

insignificant, useless

Question 24

情けない

Answer 24

なさけない
miserable, shameful

Question 25

レイアウト

Answer 25

layout

Question 26

耳を傾ける

Answer 26

みみをかたむける to listen carefully

Question 27

眺める

Answer 27

ながめる to look, watch (attention), look out over scenery

Question 28

次々と

Answer 28

つぎつぎと one by one, continuous, in succession

Question 29

実に

Answer 29

じつに really, truly, indeed とても

Question 30

逆に

Answer 30

ぎゃくに はんたいに、oppositely

Question 31

主に

Answer 31

おもに mainly

Question 32

気軽に

Answer 32

きがるに carefree, at ease, lighthearted, easy,

Question 33

例外

Answer 33

れいがい exception

Question 34

伝統　（的な）

Answer 34

でんとう (てきな） traditional

Question 35

印象

Answer 35

いんしょう impression

Question 36

現状

Answer 36

げんじょ present circumstances, current state

Question 37

想像力

Answer 37

そうぞうりょく power of imagination