Japanese Proverbs
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Finish the song
100

“Even monkeys fall from trees”

猿も木から落ちる


Pronunciation: Saru mo ki kara ochiru

100

Brenda sent her son to the park to play with his friends. ___________, she got dinner ready for the family. When her son came home, they ate dinner together.

A. Meanwhile

B. Share

C. Certainly

D. Similarly

E. Overall

A. Meanwhile

100

What gets wet while drying?

A. Towel

B. A dryer

C. Clouds

A. Towel

100

There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?

Three ducks.

3羽。最後のアヒルの前に2羽のアヒルがいて、最初のアヒルの後ろに2羽のアヒルがいて、他の2羽の間に1羽のアヒルがいる。

100

Taylor swift- 22

I don't know about you
But I'm feeling twenty-two
Everything will be alright if
You keep me ____ to you
You don't know about me
But I'll bet you want to
______ will be alright if
We just keep dancing like we're
Twenty-two, twenty-two


A. Next, everything

B. about, tomorrow

C. away, nothing

A. Next, everything

200

“The winds of tomorrow will blow tomorrow”

明日は明日の風が吹く


Pronunciation: ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku

200

Last Saturday, Pete and his family drove to the beach. In order to avoid the heavy ___________ on the highway, they left early in the morning.

A. rhythm

B. nuclear

C. pride

D. temple

E. traffic 

E. Traffic


200

I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?

A. Your friend

B. Your Shadow

C. The Sun

B. Your Shadow
200

A father and son have a car accident and both are very injured. They are taken to separate hospitals for treatment. When the boy is taken in for an operation, the surgeon says, “I can’t do this surgery…. this boy is my son!” How is this possible?

The doctor is the boys mother!

医者は男の子の母親

200

Ariana Grande: One last time

So, one last time
I need to be the one who takes you ______
One more time
I ______ after that, I'll let you go
Baby, I don't care if you got her in your heart
All I really care is you wake up in my arms
One last time
I need to be the one who takes you home


A. Home, promise

B. Out, think

C. To jail, know

A. Home, promise

300

“Gold coins to a cat”

 猫に小判


Pronunciation: neko ni koban.

300

Mike has lived in Seattle for two years. He enjoys living there, but he does not like the cool, rainy ___________.

A. excuse

B. climate

C. pleasant

D. surface

E. design 

B. Climate

300

What is so fragile that just saying its name breaks it?

A. Silence

B. Glass

C. Feather

A. Silence


300

A tank has 10 fish. Out of the 10 fish: 2 drown 4 swim, and 3 die.

How many fish are left in the tank?

A. 1 fish

B. 10 fish

C. No fish

10 fish

3匹が死んでも水槽に残っているので、答えは合計10匹となる。

300

Maroon 5- Payphone

I'm at a ______, tryin' to call_______
All of my change I spent on you
Where have the times gone? Baby, it's all wrong
_______ are the plans we made for two?

A. Police station, the bank, how

B. School, teachers, when

C. Payphone, home, where

C. Payphone, home, where

400

“One who chases after 2 rabbits will not even catch one”

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず


400

Sam studied for his math test every evening last week. His hard work ___________ a very good score on the test.

A. resulted in

B. looked up

C. as a result of

D. dropped by

E. turned off 

A. Resulted in

400

 Simon’s dad had four sons: March, April, and May. What is the name of the fourth son?

Simon


400

You’re driving a city bus. At the first stop, three women get on. At the second stop, one woman gets off and a man gets on. At the third stop, two children get on. The bus is blue and it’s raining outside in December. What colour is the bus driver’s hair?

You are driving the bus! The answer is your hair color!

あなたはバスを運転している!答えは自分の髪の色!

400

One Direction- What makes you beautiful

Baby, you ____ up my ______ like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets _____ overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell
You don't know, oh-oh, you don't know you're _______

A. Light, world, his, ugly

B. Light, world, me, beautiful

C. Dark, world, her, beautiful

B. Light, world, me, beautiful

500

“If a fish cares for water, the water will care for the fish.”

魚心あれば水心


Pronunciation: uogokoroareba mizugokoro

500

Professor Holt was surprised by his students' ___________ of World War I. Because they knew so little, he decided to spend more time on the topic.

A. opposite

B. currency

C. journey

D. transplant

E. ignorance

E. Ignorance

500

A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family? 


Four sisters and three brothers

500

 Five people were eating apples, A finished before B, but behind C. D finished before E, but behind B. What was the finishing order?




CABDE. 

最初の3人を順番に並べると、AはBの前でCの後ろでフィニッシュした。次に、DはBより前にゴールしているのでCABD。EはDの後にゴールしているのでCABDE。

500

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're _______
Just the way you are
And when you _______
The whole world ______ and stares for a while
'Cause, girl, you're amazing
_____ the way you are
Yeah

A. Amazing, smile, stops, just

B. Wonderful, is, scowl, just

C. Amazing, is, sad, just

D. Wonderful, are, smile, just



A. Amazing, smile, stops, just