3000 JLPT N1 Vocab (Tango) Lesson 61: Adverbs 1

Lesson 1

Adverbs 1

Chapter 13: Confusing Expressions ① • 16 words
#1

くすくす

chuckle, giggle, snicker

授業じゅぎょう中ちゅうにくすくす笑わらっていたら、先生せんせいに注意ちゅういされた。

→ While giggling during class, I was reprimanded by the teacher.

#2

げらげら

guffaw, laughing out loud

彼かれの冗談じょうだんがおもしろすぎて、みんなげらげら笑わらった。

→ His joke was so funny that everyone burst into loud guffaws.

#3

そこそこ(其処其処)

hurriedly; reasonably, fairly, so-so

朝あさごはんもそこそこに、会社かいしゃに急いそいだ。

→ Leaving breakfast half-eaten in a rush, I hurried to the office.

#4

ぺこぺこする

bowing repeatedly, servile; famished

お腹なかがぺこぺこで、何なにでもいいから食たべたい。

→ My stomach is famished and rumbling, I'll eat anything available.

#5

ひしひし[と]

keenly, acutely, deeply, acutely felt

一人暮ひとりぐらしを始はじめて、親おやのありがたさをひしひしと感かんじた。

→ Starting to live alone, I felt the deep gratitude toward my parents keenly.

#6

ばらばら[と]

scattered, in drops, falling apart

地震じしんで本棚ほんだなの本ほんがばらばらに落おちた。

→ Due to the earthquake, books tumbled down scattered all over the place.

#7

ぱらぱら[と]

flipping quickly, scattering; pattering

辞書じしょをぱらぱらとめくって、目的もくてきの単語たんごを探さがした。

→ Flipping through the dictionary rapidly, I searched for the target word.

#8

ぞろぞろ[と]

in droves, in a stream, shuffling out

試験しけんが終おわると、学生がくせいたちがぞろぞろと教室きょうしつから出でてきた。

→ When the exam concluded, students filed out of the classroom in droves.

#9

ぼちぼち

gradually, slowly, it's about time

桜さくらがぼちぼち咲さき始はじめた。

→ The cherry blossoms have gradually begun to open their petals.

#10

ずるずる[と]

dragging on, procrastinating; slurping

返事へんじをずるずる先延さきのばしにしている。

→ They are endlessly dragging out and procrastinating on the reply.

#11

ちくちく[と]する

pricking, tingling, prickly (sensation)

マフラーの生地きじがちくちくして首くびが赤あかくなった。

→ The scarf's fabric was so prickly that my neck turned red.

#12

のこのこ

shamelessly, nonchalantly showing up

約束やくそくを破やぶったくせに、のこのこ謝あやまりに来きた。

→ Despite having broken the promise, he shamelessly strolled in to apologize.

#13

くらくら(眩暈)[と]する

dizzy, giddy, lightheaded (to feel dizzy)

暑あつさでくらくらして、倒たおれそうになった。

→ I felt dizzy from the heat and was on the verge of collapsing.

#14

ちょくちょく

often, frequently, repeatedly

最近さいきん、この店みせにちょくちょく来くるようになった。

→ Lately, I have come to visit this shop frequently.

#15

ふわふわ[と]する

fluffy, soft, floating lightly

このパンケーキはふわふわでおいしい。

→ This pancake is wonderfully fluffy and delicious.

#16

ちらほら[と]する

here and there, sparsely, in patches

公園こうえんの桜さくらがちらほら咲さき始はじめた。

→ The cherry blossoms in the park have begun to bloom sparsely here and there.