Lesson 28
Suffixes: -like, covered in, full of
- 1 〜めく ~meku to show signs of ~ / to take on a ~ feel When the feel of something starts to show by itself — 春めく, 謎めいた.
- 2 〜びる ~biru to look / come to seem ~ (grown-up, old) A child looking grown-up, a thing looking old — 大人びる, 古びる.
- 3 〜ぶり ~buri the way / manner of ~ How someone works, talks or eats — the manner you can see.
- 4 〜じみた ~jimita smacking of ~ (negative) Smacking of something it shouldn't — 子どもじみた, 説教じみた, always in a bad sense.
- 5 〜ぐるみ ~gurumi the whole ~, all together A family, a town or an organisation — everyone in it acting as one.
- 6 〜ずくめ ~zukume nothing but ~ / ~ from head to toe One thing and nothing else all around — black clothes, rules everywhere, or nothing but good news.
- 7 〜まみれ ~mamire covered in ~ A body or a thing smeared all over with sweat, mud, oil and the like.
- 8 〜並み ~nami on a par with ~ / ~-level At the same level as a standard — プロ並み, 平年並み, 人並み.
Lesson check
All 8 forms of this lesson together — pick the right one from its look-alikes, the way the exam does. 6/8 completes the lesson.
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「３月に入り、日差しもすっかり＿＿。」 — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:A season's feel showing up by itself in nature.
春めく = spring is in the air. 「びる」lives only in a few words like 大人・古い, 「じみた」is only negative, and 「ぶり」is the way a person does something.
「久しぶりに会った姪は、ずいぶん＿＿いた。」 — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:A young girl coming to look grown-up.
大人びる = to come to look grown-up. 「ぐるみ」is a group acting together, 「まみれ」is smeared with dirt, 「ずくめ」is nothing but one thing all around.
「新人の仕事＿＿を見て、課長は安心したようだ。」 — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:The way someone works.
仕事ぶり = the way someone works. 「仕事めき」and 「仕事じみ」aren't words, and 「ぐるみ」needs a group of people.
「先輩の＿＿アドバイスには、もううんざりだ。」 — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Preachy and tiresome — a negative sense.
説教じみたアドバイス = preachy, tiresome advice. 「並み」compares levels, 「まみれ」is for clinging dirt, and 「びる」lives only in a few words like 大人・古い.
「隣のスミさんの家とは、子どもが小さいころから＿＿で付き合っている。」 — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Every member of both families together.
家族ぐるみで付き合う = to be friends as whole families. 「並み」is level, 「ずくめ」is nothing but one thing, 「めく」is a hint of a season or tone — none fits.
「結婚式で、新婦は頭から足まで＿＿だった。」 — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:One colour from head to toe.
白ずくめ = all in white from head to toe. 「まみれ」is for dirt, 「ぐるみ」for groups of people, 「並み」only for comparing levels.
「雨の中で一日中作業をして、全身＿＿になった。」 — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Mud stuck all over the body.
泥まみれ = covered in mud. 「ずくめ」isn't used for clinging dirt, 「並み」compares levels, and 「ぶり」is a person's manner.
「この新しい特急は、新幹線＿＿のスピードが出るそうだ。」 — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:A level of speed — equal to the Shinkansen.
新幹線並みのスピード = a speed on a par with the Shinkansen. 「じみた」and 「めいた」can't take 「の」, and じみた is negative anyway; 「ぐるみ」is only for a group acting together.
Your score: /8