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100

a)That British teacher didn’t eat any sashimi.

b)That British teacher ate ( ) sashimi.


no

100

a)The rules of shogi are so difficult that I cannot explain them.

b)The rules of shogi are ( ) difficult for me ( ) explain.


too / to

100

a)The book on tea ceremony was far from easy. ●tea ceremony「茶道」

b)The book on tea ceremony was not easy ( )( ).


at all

100

a)I have almost no knowledge of Japanese folk songs. ●folk song「民謡」

b)I have ( ) knowledge of Japanese folk songs.



little

200

歌舞伎役者に女性はいない。

( ) kabuki actors are women.


No

200

最近は、海外留学する日本人が以前よりも減っている。

( ) Japanese go overseas to study these days.


Fewer

200

日本人がみな能の鑑賞を好むわけではない。

( )( ) Japanese like to see Noh performances.


Not every

200

京都では、金閣寺の写真を撮りそこなった。

In Kyoto, I ( ) to take a photo of the Kinkakuji Temple.


failed

300

マグロの養殖(tuna farming)は、もはや夢ではない。

Tuna farming (a / any / dream / is / longer / not).



 is not a dream any longer.

300

その水墨画(India-ink picture)の美しさに感嘆せずにはいられなかった。●admire「~に感嘆する」

(admiring / could / help / I / not) the beauty of the India-ink picture.


I could not help admiring

300

彼女は、毎年必ず親戚にお歳暮(year-end gift)を送る。 ●relative「親戚」

She (fails / never / her relatives / send / to / to / year-end gifts) every year.


never fails to send year-end gifts to her relatives

300

まもなく彼の新作アニメが公開される。

(be / before / it / long / not / will) his new animated film is released.

It will not be long before

400

誰もが携帯電話を持っているわけではない。


Not everybody/everyone has a cellphone [cellular phone; mobile (phone)].

400

伊豆半島(the Izu Peninsula)では、雪はめったに降らない。


It rarely/seldom snows in the Izu Peninsula.

400

彼の狂言の演技(kyogen performance)は、決して満足の行くものではなかった。


His kyogen performance was far from satisfactory [not satisfactory at all; not at all satisfactory].

400

日本の漫画ほど面白いものはない。


Nothing is more amusing/interesting than Japanese comics [comic books].