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「ミス（注1）日本酒にほんしゅ」コンテスト（注2）のお知しらせ

このコンテストに応おう募ぼできる（注3）方ほうは、18歳さい以い上じょうの結婚けっこんしていない女じょ性せいで、観かん光こう行ぎょう事じなどに参さん加かできる人ひとです。20歳さい未み満まんの人ひとは親おやの許きょ可かが必ひつ要ようです。現げん在ざい、他たのミスを務つとめている人ひとや高こう校こう生せいは応おう募ぼすることができません。

応おう募ぼ用よう紙しに記き入にゅうして、3ヶ月げつ以い内ないにとった全ぜん身しん写しゃ真しんと一緒いっしょに、ミス日本酒にほんしゅ係かかりまでお送おくりください。締しめ切きりは4月つき10日にち（木き）、コンテストは5月つき10日にち（土ど）、ABC会かい館かんで行おこなわれます。


（注ちゅう1）ミス：代だい表ひょうとして選えらばれた結婚けっこんしていない女じょ性せい

（注ちゅう2）コンテスト：競きょう技ぎする会かい

（注ちゅう3）応おう募ぼする：募ぼ集しゅうに応おうじる

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  1. 1このコンテストについて、正しいのはどれか。

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Vocabulary14 words
  • 方ほう
    • ·direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
    • ·side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
    • ·type; category
    • ·field (of study, etc.)
    • ·indicates one side of a comparison
    • ·way; method; manner; means
    • ·length (of each side of a square)
    N3
  • 観光かんこう
    • ·sightseeing; tourism
    N3
  • 参加さんか
    • ·participation; joining; entry
    N3
  • 許可きょか
    • ·permission; approval; authorization; license
    N3
  • 現在げんざい
    • ·the present; present time; now
    • ·as of
    • ·present tense
    • ·this world; this life
    • ·to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one
    N3
  • こと
    • ·thing; matter
    • ·incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
    • ·circumstances; situation; state of affairs
    • ·work; business; affair
    • ·after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
    • ·nominalizing suffix
    • ·pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
    • ·alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
    • ·necessity; need
    • ·you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
    N3
  • 記入きにゅう
    • ·entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 日にち
    • ·Sunday
    • ·nth day (of the month)
    • ·counter for days
    • ·Japan
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 代表だいひょう
    • ·representation; representative; delegate; delegation
    • ·exemplification; typification; being representative of; being typical of; representative example; exemplar; model
    • ·leader
    • ·switchboard number; main number
    N3
  • 競技きょうぎ
    • ·game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event
    N3
  • 会かい
    • ·meeting; assembly; party; gathering; conference; athletic meet
    • ·society; association; club
    N3
  • 応じるおうじる
    • ·to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
    N3
Other levels22 words
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • できる
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • 結婚けっこん
    • ·marriage
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: して
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 人ひと
    • ·person; someone; somebody
    • ·human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
    • ·human (Homo sapiens)
    • ·(other) people; others
    • ·character; personality; nature
    • ·capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
    • ·adult; grown-up
    • ·I; me; one
    N5
  • する
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できません
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • 木き
    • ·tree; shrub; bush
    • ·wood; timber
    • ·wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
    N5
  • 以上いじょう
    • ·not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
    • ·beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
    • ·the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
    • ·since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
    • ·that's all; that is the end; the end
    N4
  • 女性じょせい
    • ·woman; female
    • ·feminine gender
    N4
  • 親おや
    • ·parent; parents; mother and father
    • ·dealer; banker
    • ·founder; inventor
    • ·(pet) owner
    • ·key; parent (organization); main
    • ·ancestor; forefather
    N4
  • 必要ひつよう
    • ·necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
    • ·necessity; need; requirement
    N4
  • 高校生こうこうせい
    • ·senior high school student
    N4
  • 以内いない
    • ·within; inside of; less than
    N4
  • 選ぶえらぶAs it appears here: 選ばれた
    • ·to choose; to select; to pick (out)
    N4
  • 行事ぎょうじ
    • ·event; function
    N2
  • 務めるつとめるAs it appears here: 務めて
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
    N2
  • 会館かいかん
    • ·meeting hall; assembly hall
    N2
  • 募集ぼしゅう
    • ·recruitment; invitation; selection; advertisement; taking applications
    • ·raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; subscription; solicitation
    • ·flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
    N2
  • 応募おうぼ
    • ·application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
    N1
  • 係りかかり
    • ·charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
    • ·connection; linking
    N1
  • 締め切りしめきり
    • ·deadline; closing; cut-off
    • ·closing (a door, window, etc.)
    • ·cofferdam
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

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  • としてN3

    Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".

    （注1）ミス：代表として選ばれた結婚していない女性

    (Note 1) Miss: an unmarried woman chosen to serve as a representative

Other levels7 patterns
  • などN4

    Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.

    このコンテストに応募できる方は、18歳以上の結婚していない女性で、観光行事などに参加できる人です。

    Applicants must be unmarried women aged 18 or older who are able to participate in tourism events and similar activities.

  • が必要（がひつよう）N4

    Marks something as necessary or required — 'need X / X is necessary'.

    20歳未満の人は親の許可が必要です。

    Applicants under the age of 20 need permission from their parents.

  • 〜ているN53 times in this passage

    Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

    このコンテストに応募できる方は、18歳以上の結婚していない女性で、観光行事などに参加できる人です。

    Applicants must be unmarried women aged 18 or older who are able to participate in tourism events and similar activities.

  • だ / ですN52 times in this passage

    The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.

    このコンテストに応募できる方は、18歳以上の結婚していない女性で、観光行事などに参加できる人です。

    Applicants must be unmarried women aged 18 or older who are able to participate in tourism events and similar activities.

  • 〜ことができるN5

    States that someone is able to do something — “can do” / “is able to do”.

    現在、他のミスを務めている人や高校生は応募することができません。

    Those currently serving as another “Miss” representative and high school students may not apply.

  • 一緒に（いっしょに）N5

    Indicates doing something jointly with someone or something else — "together (with)".

    応募用紙に記入して、3ヶ月以内にとった全身写真と一緒に、ミス日本酒係りまでお送りください。

    Please fill out the application form and send it, together with a full-body photograph taken within the past three months, to the Miss Japanese Sake office.

  • までN5

    Particle marking the spatial, temporal, or extent limit of an action — "until / up to / as far as."

    応募用紙に記入して、3ヶ月以内にとった全身写真と一緒に、ミス日本酒係りまでお送りください。

    Please fill out the application form and send it, together with a full-body photograph taken within the past three months, to the Miss Japanese Sake office.

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