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