Lesson 21
Suffixes (2)
- 1 〜げ ~ge looking ~ (visible emotion) The feeling you can see on a face, in eyes or a voice — the literary cousin of 「そうだ」.
- 2 〜抜く ~nuku do ~ through to the end / thoroughly Hard as it was, you did not give up and saw it through — stronger than 「通す」or 「切る」.
- 3 〜ぶる ~buru act as if / put on airs of Not really like that, but acting grand, refined or good — a word with a sneer in it.
Lesson check
All 3 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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「店長は何か＿顔で、私のほうを見た。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:A 'wants to say something' look visible on the face.
Drop い from Vたい + げ (言いたげ) = an emotion visible on the face, with な before a noun. 言いたいそう is hearsay そう and cannot take な.
「帰国するか残るか、一晩＿答えを出した。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Verb + 'thoroughly, day and night'.
Vます + 抜く = thoroughly, through to the end (悩み抜く・考え抜く). 切る is for using something up (使い切る), not 悩む; げ and ぶる do not attach to verbs.
「弟は日本に来てから、急に＿、私の話を聞かなくなった。」— which says 'acting grown-up' (annoyed)?
💡 Hint:Not really one, just posing — with the speaker's irritation.
N + ぶる = putting on a character + criticism (大人ぶる). 大人らしい is praise for being genuinely adult-like; げ takes only emotion words.
Which sentence is unnatural?
💡 Hint:What kind of word can げ attach to?
げ attaches only to feelings (楽しい・不安・自信); with おいしい・高い there is no げ, say おいしそう.
Which sentence is unnatural?
💡 Hint:Does 抜く go with struggle, or with using something up?
抜く takes only verbs of struggle or effort (生きる・走る・考える); for using something up it is 使い切る, never 使い抜く.
The company president never puts on airs — praising him, how do you say 'a person who does not act big'?
💡 Hint:ぶる conjugates like a Group 1 verb — use its negative.
偉ぶらない = does not put on airs (praise). 偉そう = looks bossy (criticism); ふり is for faking an action or state, and a character word like 偉い takes ぶる.
A friend failed the exam and sadness shows on his face — which is 'a sad-looking face'?
💡 Hint:An emotion seen on someone else's face.
Drop い from the い-adj + げ (悲しげ) = an emotion that shows. ぶる is faking a character and does not attach to 悲しい; がち is for a recurring bad tendency.
「あの先輩は店長の前ではいい子＿けど、裏では文句ばかり言っている。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Playing 'the good kid', then the opposite behind backs.
いい子ぶる = character word + ぶる, with the speaker's scorn. げ needs a visible emotion, 抜く a verb, がち a bad tendency — none fits here.
Your score: /8