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level: PART B

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level questions: PART B

QuestionAnswer
と to/quotative particle/
Xという ・ Xっていう X to iu / X tte iucalled/known as X (two ways)
Xとおっしゃる ・ Xっておっしゃる X to ossharu / X tte ośshàrucalled/known as X /honorific/ (two ways)
Xと申す X to moosube named X or say X /humble/
どなたかご存じだ dônata ka gozônji daknow who it is /polite/
なんていう nan te iusay what? or is named or called what?
電話を入れる denwa wo ireruput in [i.e. make] a call
電話を入れるとおっしゃる deńwa wo irerù tte ośshàrusay that s/he'll put in a call /polite/
先ほど sakihodoa while ago
テレビに出る têrebi ni dêruappear on television
番組 bangumi / bángùmiprogram; show (on tv, radio)
インタビュー番組 ińtabyuu-bàngumiinterview program, talk show
スポーツ番組 supóotsu-bàngumisports program
天気予報 teńki-yòhouweather forecast
ワイドショー waido-shoogeneral [usu morning] talk-show that covers different stories/gossip of the day.
座談会 zadânkairound-table discussion; symposium
講義 kôugilecture
講演 kouenspeech; lecture
ホームドラマ ・ ドラマ hoómudòrama / dorâmasoap opera (eng: home drama) / tv drama
映画 êiga / eigashow/movie
映画館 éigàkana movie theater
芝居 shibai / oshîbaiplay (at a theater)
演劇 engeki (or geki)theater/drama
劇場 gekijoua theater/playhouse (for showing engeki)
花見 hanamiflower viewing (cherry blossoms in Spring)
何て言う番組 nân te iu bangumia program called what?
何て言ったか覚えていない nân te itta ka obôete inai / nân te (i)tta ka obôete (i)naidoesn't remember what it was called or what [sb] said.
経済 kêizaieconomics
関係 kankeiconnection/related
経済関係 keízai-kànkeia connection with economics
政治 seijipolitics
言語学 gengogakulinguistics
文学 bûngakuliterature
社会学 shakâigakusociology
どういう方 dôu iu katâa person described how? what kind of person? /polite/
誰が出るか聞く dâre ga dêru ka kikuask or hear who will appear
分かんない wakânnai/casual-style equivalent of wakaranai/
正午 shôugonoon
正午過ぎ shoúgo-sugìafter noon
正午っていうの ・ 正午って shôugo tte iu no / shôugo ttethe thing called “shogo” (full way and short way to say)
意味 îmimeaning
意味する (imi-suru)to mean [something]
どういう意味 doo iu imia meaning described how? what kind of meaning?
説明する setsumei-suruto explain
お昼 ohîrunoon; daytime
昼間 hîrumadaytime (from sunrise to sunset, more specific than hiru)
夜間 yâkannighttime (cf. yoru) (sometimes also yabun)
十二時っていう意味 zyuúnì-ji tte iu îmithe meaning "twelve o'clock noon"
説明 setsumeian explanation
XにYを説明する X ni Y wo setsumei-suruExplain Y to X
彼、電話を入れてって言ったよ kare, denwa wo irete tte (i)tta yoHe said [you should] telephone (request from in -te form, is the only thing that makes this different from 'he ssaid he called')
来月この仕事辞めるだろうって言っていた raigetsu kono shigoto yameru darou tte (i)tte (i)taS/he was saying that s/he would probably quit this work next month.
何時に出るかまだ決めていない nan-ji ni deru ka mada kimete (i)nai.I haven’t decided yet what time I’m leaving
どれが一番いいか教えてください dôre ga ichíban iì ka oshíete kudasài.Tell me which one is best.