９課 | Japanese Folktale・日本昔話

Question 1

昔話

むかしばなし

Answer 1

folktale

9ka1 adsen

Question 2

劇

げき

Answer 2

drama; play

9ka1 adsen

Question 3

ナレーター

Answer 3

narrator

9ka1

Question 4

お日様

おひさま

Answer 4

the Sun [polite]

9ka1 adsen

Question 5

雲

くも

Answer 5

cloud

9ka1 adsen

Question 6

壁

かべ

Answer 6

wall

9ka1 adsen

Question 7

（お)金持ち

かねもち

Answer 7

rich person

9ka1 adsen

Question 8

貧乏

びんぼう

Answer 8

poor

9ka1 naadj

Question 9

明るい

あかるい

Answer 9

bright

9ka1 iadj adsen

Question 10

暗い

くらい

Answer 10

dark

9ka1 iadj adsen

Question 11

偉い

えらい

Answer 11

great; excellent; admirable

9ka1 iadj adsen (used to describe people)

Question 12

~に なる

Answer 12

become ~

9ka1 g1 adsen

Question 13

嫁入り

よめいり

Answer 13

wedding

9ka1 adsen add

Question 14

紙芝居

かみしばい

Answer 14

paper play [Japanese traditional storytelling using pictures]

9ka1 adsen add

Question 15

(thing を) 隠す

かくす

Answer 15

to hide; conceal

9ka2 g2 adsen

Question 16

吹き飛ばす

ふきとばす

Answer 16

to blow away

9ka2 g1 adsen
(ふくto blow away + とばす to fly)

Question 17

(thing が) 動く

うごく

Answer 17

(thing) moves

9ka2 g1 adsen [intvb]

Question 18

ガリガリ

Answer 18

chew away; gnaw

9ka2 adsen [onoma]

Question 19

穴（を 開ける）

あな を あける

Answer 19

(to open up) a hole

9ka2 g2 adsen

Question 20

力

ちから

Answer 20

power, strength, ability

9ka2 adsen (ちからがつよい: has strength)

Question 21

(Verb て) + しまいます

Answer 21

do ~ completely

9ka2 adsen

Question 22

だから

Answer 22

therefore,

9ka2 adsen [inf]

Question 23

ですから、

Answer 23

therefore,

9ka2 adsen [fo]

Question 24

how to express completion or regret

Question 25

how to provide reasons w this and tha

Question 26

擬声語

ぎせいご

Answer 26

onomatopeia: sounds by living things

cul

Question 27

擬音語

ぎおんご

Answer 27

onomatopeia: sounds made by inanimate things

cul

Question 28

フワフワ

Answer 28

lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly

cul [onoma]

Question 29

ギラギラ

Answer 29

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly​

cul [onoma]

Question 30

ザーザー

Answer 30

(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily​

cul [onoma]

Question 31

ビュービュー

Answer 31

sound of the wind

cul [onoma]

Question 32

じゃぶじゃぶ

Answer 32

splashing (water)

cul [onoma]

Question 33

一生懸命

いっしょうけんめい

Answer 33

　with one’s utmost effort

9ka3 adsen

Question 34

とんでもない

Answer 34

that’s impossible

9ka3 adsen

Question 35

なるほど

Answer 35

indeed; i see

9ka3 adsen

Question 36

[~] と 言った

いった

Answer 36

(someone) said, “~.”

9ka3 adsen

Question 37

えっ

Answer 37

huh?

9ka3 adsen

Question 38

いや（っ）

Answer 38

No

9ka3 adsen (stronger negation than いいえ; used in speaking only)

Question 39

娘

むすめ

Answer 39

(own) daughter, young lady

9ka3 adsen
(むすめさん: someone else’s daughter, young lady [polite])

Question 40

息子

むすこ

Answer 40

(one’s own) son

9ka3 adsen (むすこさん: someone else’s son)

Question 41

主人

しゅじん

Answer 41

(own) husband; master

9ka3 adsen add

Question 42

ご主人

ごしゅじん

Answer 42

(someone else’s) husband

9ka3 adsen add

Question 43

家内

かない

Answer 43

(own) wife

9ka3 adsen add

Question 44

奥さん

おくさん

Answer 44

(someone else’s) wife

9ka3 adsen add

Question 45

how to use quotation

Question 46

昔々

むかしむかし

Answer 46

long, long ago

9ka4 adsen

Question 47

ある(ところに)

Answer 47

(at) a certain (place)

9ka4 adsen (ある 日: one day)

Question 48

とうとう

Answer 48

finally, at last

9ka4 adsen [after much effort]

Question 49

おしまい

Answer 49

the end

9ka4 adsen

Question 50

思う

おもう

Answer 50

to think

9ka4 g1 adsen

Question 51

(Noun/な Adj.) + だ

Answer 51

Plain form of copula です

9ka adsen

Question 52

(noun/な Adj.) + だった

Answer 52

plain form of copula でした

9ka4 adsen

Question 53

sentence + とさ

Answer 53

and so it is

9ka4 adsen add (used at the end of folktales)

Question 54

年取った人

としとったじん

Answer 54

an elderly person

9ka4 adsen add

Question 55

how to indicate sentence subjects