Deck 11

Question 1

芳しい

Answer 1

かぐわしい　意：好ましい。すばらしい　例：評判は芳しくなかった

Question 2

歯がゆい

Answer 2

irritating　例：歯がゆくて見ていられない

Question 3

締め出す

Answer 3

to block out, lock out 例：外国製品を締め出す

Question 4

道化

Answer 4

どうけ　buffoonery, clowning

Question 5

むきになる

Answer 5

to become serious, to take something (joke, teasing) seriously

Question 6

Sports are effective to cultivate friendship.

Answer 6

友情を培う（つちかう）のにスポーツは効果的だ。

Question 7

導火線

Answer 7

どうかせん

Question 8

浜辺

Answer 8

Sea or lake shore

Question 9

挙手

Answer 9

きょしゅ raising (holding up) one’s hand

Question 10

当て外れ

Answer 10

あてはずれ disappointment

Question 11

He is pussyfooting around on our marriage.

Answer 11

彼は結婚に対して煮（に）えきらない態度を取るの

Question 12

人後に落ちない

Answer 12

じんごにおちない　to be second to none (in)

Question 13

hand in hand

Answer 13

手を携えて（てをたずさえて）

Question 14

手を煩わせる

Answer 14

てをわずらわせる　to cause a person trouble

Question 15

稚拙

Answer 15

ちせつ　unskillful

Question 16

苦し紛れ

Answer 16

くるしまぎれ in desperation

Question 17

When you employ him, you must make allowances for his youth

Answer 17

彼を雇うときは、彼が若いのだということを酌量（しゃくりょう）してやらねばならない

Question 18

掛け替えのない

Answer 18

かけがえのない　irreplaceable

Question 19

いたぶる

Answer 19

to torment, to harass, to tease

Question 20

干物女

Answer 20

ひものおんな woman who while young has abandoned love

Question 21

悪態をつく

Answer 21

あくたいをつく to call a person names, to curse

Question 22

人の陰口を叩くのは正しくない

Answer 22

かげぐちをたたく It is not right to criticize people behind their backs.

Question 23

彼は医学の研究に携わっている。

Answer 23

たずさわる　He is engaged in medical research.

Question 24

井戸端会議

Answer 24

content-free chat, idle gossip

Question 25

労働者は労働条件に不平をこぼしている。

Answer 25

The laborers are murmuring against their working conditions.

Question 26

書きなぐる

Answer 26

to scribble (write quickly)

Question 27

重荷

Answer 27

おもに　load, heavy burden

Question 28

君の本心は見え透いている

Answer 28

みえすく　I can see your true intentions

Question 29

せっかちな運転者が赤信号を無視して交差点を通りぬけた。

Answer 29

An impatient driver forced his way through the crossing against the red light.

Question 30

人を後ろから指さして非難する

Answer 30

to talk about someone behind their back, to backbite

Question 31

呆れ果てる

Answer 31

あきれはてる　to be flabbergasted, to be dumbfounded

Question 32

あきれて物が言えない

Answer 32

utterly scandalized

Question 33

私たちが宿泊したホテルの部屋はみすぼらしかった

Answer 33

The hotel room where we stayed was shabby.

Question 34

蓄財

Answer 34

ちくざい　amassing of wealth

Question 35

この報告は彼の背信を裏付けしている。

Answer 35

This report confirms his betrayal.

Question 36

引き締まる

Answer 36

相場が上がり気味になる　例：低迷していた相場が引き締まる

Question 37

青臭い

Answer 37

あおくさい　inexperienced, immature　例：青臭いことを言うな

Question 38

癒着関係

Answer 38

ゆちゃくかんけい　extremely close relationship

Question 39

醜聞

Answer 39

しゅうぶん

Question 40

目に余る

Answer 40

めにあまる　to be intolerable or unpardonable　例：彼の行動は目に余る

Question 41

水たまり

Answer 41

みずたまり　puddle, pool of water

Question 42

逐一

Answer 42

ちくいち　one by one, in detail

Question 43

連れ去る

Answer 43

つれさる　to take away, to kidnap

Question 44

いとこ

Answer 44

cousin

Question 45

姪っ子

Answer 45

めいっこ Niece

Question 46

手ぶら

Answer 46

てぶら　empty-handed

Question 47

ヤミ金

Answer 47

ヤミきん　black-market lending, illegal loan

Question 48

天涯孤独

Answer 48

てんがいこどく　a person without a single relative

Question 49

形見

Answer 49

かたみ　意：残した品や遺品、memento, souvenir

Question 50

capital punishment

Answer 50

極刑（きょっけい）

Question 51

屈辱

Answer 51

くつじょく disgrace, humiliation

Question 52

蒸発

Answer 52

じょうはつ evaporation; disappearance

Question 53

この靴は爪先が窮屈だ

Answer 53

きゅうくつ　The shoes pinch my toes.

Question 54

激似

Answer 54

げきに greatly resembling

Question 55

禿げる

Answer 55

はげる to lose hair, to become bald

Question 56

釘付け

Answer 56

くぎづけ　nailing down or shut, being rooted to the spot　その場に釘付けになる

Question 57

同点

Answer 57

どうてん　deadlock, tie, draw

Question 58

試合は同点引き分けに終わった

Answer 58

The game ended in a tie　どうてん　ひきわけ

Question 59

引き分け

Answer 59

引き分け　意：勝負事で、決着がつかず、双方勝ち負けなしとして終えること　例：試合を引き分けに持ち込む

Question 60

虚報

Answer 60

きょほう　false alarm

Question 61

さりげない

Answer 61

nonchalant, unconcerned

Question 62

立ち止まる

Answer 62

たちどまる　to stop, to halt, to stand still

Question 63

四角四面

Answer 63

しかくしめん square, formal 四角四面な挨拶

Question 64

偽り者

Answer 64

いつわりもの　impostor, liar

Question 65

溜飲が下がる

Answer 65

りゅういんがさがる　to feel gratified

Question 66

力を注ぐ

Answer 66

ちからをそそぐ　to concentrate one's effort (on something)

Question 67

根も葉もない

Answer 67

ねもはもない　unfounded rumor, unfounded rumour

Question 68

てこずる

Answer 68

to have much trouble, to have a hard time　交渉にてこずる

Question 69

弾む

Answer 69

はずむ　to spring, to bound　このボールはよく弾む

Question 70

もっともらしい

Answer 70

plausible, believable; solemn, dignified, serious　もっともらしい顔つきで講釈する

Question 71

講釈

Answer 71

こうしゃく　意：物事の道理や心得などを説いて聞かせること　例：論語を講釈する

Question 72

幻想

Answer 72

げんそう　illusions

Question 73

活気付く

Answer 73

かっきづく　意：生き生きとしてくる　例：市場は活気付く

Question 74

Everyone hoped for a snow flurry for Christmas.

Answer 74

みんなクリスマスに小雪がちらつくのを望んでいた。

Question 75

唐突

Answer 75

とうとつ　abrupt, sudden

Question 76

彼女の行動は常軌を逸した物だ。

Answer 76

Her behavior was a departure from the normal. じょうき

Question 77

常軌

Answer 77

じょうき　proper course

Question 78

問題点からそれないようにしましょう

Answer 78

We've got to stick to the point.

Question 79

He succumbed to authority.

Answer 79

彼は権力に屈した。（くっする）

Question 80

二の句が継げない

Answer 80

にのくがつげない　at a loss for words, dumbfounded, struck dumb

Question 81

喚き立てる

Answer 81

わめきたてる　to yell, to bawl out

Question 82

The story wandered.

Answer 82

話がそれた。

Question 83

枢軸

Answer 83

すうじく

Question 84

与する

Answer 84

くみする　to take part in, to be implicated in, to side with　私は彼の思想にはくみしない

Question 85

しょっちゅう

Answer 85

always, constantly, frequently, often

Question 86

手間を取る

Answer 86

to take time/effort

Question 87

金に飽かして

Answer 87

かねにあかして sparing no money, regardless of expense

Question 88

水の泡

Answer 88

みずのあわ coming to nothing

Question 89

彼は苛立たしい表現で答えた。

Answer 89

いらだたしい He answered with a look of annoyance.

Question 90

癇癪を起こす

Answer 90

かんしゃくをおこす to lose one's temper, to throw a tantrum

Question 91

indescribable, having no way to express

Answer 91

言いようがない いいようがない

Question 92

目を伏せる

Answer 92

めをふせる to cast down one's eyes

Question 93

見破る

Answer 93

みやぶる to see through another's thoughts

Question 94

嘔吐

Answer 94

おうと　い切きたものを食する慣習を目の当たりにした精神的ショックから、嘔吐を繰り返しております

Question 95

手の込んだ

Answer 95

てのこんだ　intricate, elaborate, complicated, complex

Question 96

けりをつける

Answer 96

to settle, to finish, to bring to an end

Question 97

省く

Answer 97

はぶく　to omit, to leave out, to exclude, to economize

Question 98

金に汚い

Answer 98

mean (greedy) about money, stingy

Question 99

Washing machines spare housewives a lot of trouble.

Answer 99

洗濯機のおかげで主婦はずいぶん手間が省ける。（はぶく）

Question 100

糸口を開く

Answer 100

いとぐちをひらく　to find a clue, to make a beginning