Lesson 14
Contrast (Scale)
- 1 〜一方(で) ~ippou (de) while / on the other hand Showing two sides of the same thing at once.
- 2 〜どころか ~dokoro ka far from ~ "Far from it — the opposite, in fact."
- 3 〜ながらも ~nagara mo even though N4's 「〜ながら」meant "while" — add も and it becomes "even though".
- 4 〜ばかりでなく・だけでなく ~bakari de naku / dake de naku not only ~ but also Not just the one — the other too; widening the scope.
- 5 〜反面 ~hanmen on the other side Setting the good and bad sides of one thing together.
Lesson check
All 5 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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「雨は止む＿、ますます強くなった。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:You hoped for one thing; the opposite happened.
V + どころか = "far from …, in fact the opposite". だけでなく adds in the same direction; 反面 is two sides of one thing.
「体に悪いと知り＿、たばこがやめられない。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Which one attaches to the ます stem 知り?
ます stem + ながらも = "even though". どころか, 反面 and だけでなく don't attach to the ます stem.
「この店は安い＿、店員さんも親切だ。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Note the 「も」 — both are good points.
Adj + だけでなく … も = "not only …, also …". 反面 and ながらも join opposites, not two good points.
「スマホは便利な＿、使いすぎると目に悪い。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:The good and bad side of one thing.
な-adj + な + 反面 = "…, but on the other side…". ばかりでなく adds in the same direction; どころか and ながらも don't attach to 便利な.
「兄はスポーツが得意な＿、弟は本を読むのが好きだ。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:There are two different people here.
一方で can set two different people or things side by side. 反面 is only for two sides of the same thing.
「彼は若い＿、店長としてよく頑張っている。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:"Young, and yet…" — not what you'd expect.
Adj + ながらも = "even though". どころか flips to the opposite, ばかりでなく adds; 一方だ ends a sentence.
Which sentence says "far from being thanked, I got scolded"?
💡 Hint:No thanks came at all — the opposite did.
どころか shows the exact opposite of what was expected. The other three all imply you were thanked too.
「彼は仕事ができる＿、後輩にも優しい。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Two good qualities, plus 「も」.
V + ばかりでなく … も = "not only …, also …". 反面 pairs good with bad; ながらも needs the stem でき, not できる.
Your score: /8