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結婚けっこんしている世せ帯たい（注1）のうち、「妻つまの親おや」から金きん銭せん（注2）の援えん助じょを受うけている割わり合あいが増ふえ、「夫おっとの親おや」から受うけている割わり合あいを上うわ回まわったことが21日にち、消しょう費ひ者しゃ庁ちょう所しょ管かん（注3）の家計経済研究所かけいけいざいけんきゅうしょがまとめた消しょう費ひ者しゃ生せい活かつパネル調ちょう査さ（注4）で分わかった。

同どう研けん究きゅう所じょは「子こ育そだてをはじめ確たしかなサポート（注5）を得えられる妻つまの親おやの存そん在ざいが重おもみを増ましている」としている。

調ちょう査さによると、妻つまの親おやのみから金きん銭せんの援えん助じょを受うけている世せ帯たいの割わり合あいは2008年ねんで10.4%となり、1998年ねん調ちょう査さの6.1%から上じょう昇しょう。一方いっぽう、夫おっとの親おやのみから受うけている世せ帯たいは9.2%で98年ねんの14.1%から減へった。

両りょう方ほうの親おやから受うけている世せ帯たいは2.8%から5%に増ぞう加か。多た数すう派は（注6）は援えん助じょなしの世せ帯たいで08年ねん調ちょう査さで75.4%を占しめた。妻つまの親おやだけから受うけた援えん助じょの使つかい道みち（注7）は、教きょう育いく費ひなど子こども向むけが60.0%と最さい多た。結婚けっこん世せ帯たいは__________を深ふかめている。

夫おっとの親おやだけからの場ば合あいは、生せい活かつ費ひが50.0%と最もっとも多おおかった。援えん助じょ額がくは妻つまの親おやのみからは月げつ額がく平へい均きん3万まん1千せん円えん、夫おっとの親おやのみからは4万まん3千せん円えん。

調ちょう査さは08年ねん10月つきに実施じっし。金きん銭せんの援えん助じょに関かんする調ちょう査さは25〜35歳さいの女じょ性せい576人にんが答こたえた。

（2009年ねん10月つき22日ひ付づけ中ちゅう日にち新しん聞ぶん朝ちょう刊かんより）

（注ちゅう1）世せ帯たい：一緒いっしょに住すみ、生せい活かつしている人ひとの集あつまり

（注ちゅう2）金きん銭せん：お金かね

（注ちゅう3）所しょ管かん：ある範はん囲いの事じ務むをそこの責せき任にんで管かん理りすること

（注ちゅう4）パネル調ちょう査さ：長ながい期き間かん、同おなじ人ひとを対たい象しょうにして、変へん化かを調しらべる調ちょう査さ

（注ちゅう5）サポート：助たすけたり協きょう力りょくしたりすること

（注ちゅう6）多た数すう派は：人にん数ずうが多おおいほうのグルーブ

（注ちゅう7）使つかい道みち：使つかい方かた、使つかう目もく的てき

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  1. 1この記事は、何を調査した結果を報告しているか。
  2. 2前の調査との違いについて、正しいものはどれか。
  3. 3親からのお金の使い道について、正しいのはどれか。
  4. 4__________に入る文はどれか。

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Vocabulary30 words
  • 金銭きんせん
    • ·money; cash
    N3
  • 援助えんじょ
    • ·assistance; aid; support
    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
  • 日にち
    • ·Sunday
    • ·nth day (of the month)
    • ·counter for days
    • ·Japan
    N3
  • 調査ちょうさ
    • ·investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
    N3
  • 得るえるAs it appears here: 得られる
    • ·to be able to ...; can ...
    • ·to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain
    N3
  • 存在そんざい
    • ·existence; being; presence
    N3
  • 増すますAs it appears here: 増して
    • ·to increase; to grow
    N3
  • 一方いっぽう
    • ·one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party
    • ·on the one hand; on the other hand
    • ·whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn
    • ·just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only
    N3
  • 減るへるAs it appears here: 減った
    • ·to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
    N3
  • 増加ぞうか
    • ·increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
    N3
  • 占めるしめるAs it appears here: 占めた
    • ·to account for; to make up; to take up
    • ·to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.)
    • ·to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind); to grip (e.g. one's heart)
    • ·to gain; to secure; to obtain; to win
    N3
  • 最ももっとも
    • ·most; extremely
    N3
  • 額がく
    • ·(picture) frame; framed picture
    • ·amount (esp. of money); sum
    N3
  • 平均へいきん
    • ·average; mean
    • ·balance; equilibrium
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 実施じっし
    • ·enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters); enactment
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 集まりあつまり
    • ·gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
    N3
  • 範囲はんい
    • ·extent; scope; sphere; range; span
    N3
  • 事務じむ
    • ·office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
    N3
  • 責任せきにん
    • ·duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff)
    • ·liability; onus
    N3
  • 管理かんり
    • ·control; management (e.g. of a business)
    N3
  • 期間きかん
    • ·period; term; interval
    N3
  • 対象たいしょう
    • ·target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
    N3
  • 変化へんか
    • ·change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation
    • ·variety; diversity
    • ·inflection; declension; conjugation
    • ·henka; (expl.) evasive sidestep at the beginning of a bout
    N3
  • 助けるたすけるAs it appears here: 助けたり
    • ·to save; to rescue; to spare
    • ·to help; to assist
    • ·to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid
    • ·to facilitate; to stimulate; to promote; to contribute to
    N3
  • 協力きょうりょく
    • ·cooperation; collaboration; help; support
    N3
  • 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
  • 目的もくてき
    • ·purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
    N3
Other levels39 words
  • 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
  • 分かるわかるAs it appears here: 分かった
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
    • ·to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); to be found out; to make sense
    • ·I know!; I think so too!
    N5
  • はじめ
    • ·beginning; start; outset; opening
    • ·first (in line, etc.)
    • ·origin
    • ·such as ...; not to mention ...
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なり
    • ·to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
    • ·to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
    • ·to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
    • ·to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
    • ·to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
    • ·to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
    • ·to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
    • ·to play (the part of); to act as
    • ·to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
    • ·to be promoted
    • ·to do ...
    N5
  • 多いおおいAs it appears here: 多かった
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • 万まん
    • ·10,000; ten thousand
    • ·myriad
    • ·everything; all
    • ·various
    N5
  • 答えるこたえるAs it appears here: 答えた
    • ·to answer; to reply
    N5
  • 住むすむAs it appears here: 住み
    • ·to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
    N5
  • お金おかね
    • ·money
    N5
  • そこ
    • ·there (place relatively near listener)
    • ·there (place just mentioned); that place
    • ·then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
    • ·you
    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
  • 長いながい
    • ·long (distance, length)
    • ·long (time); protracted; prolonged
    N5
  • 同じおなじ
    • ·same; identical; equal; alike; equivalent
    • ·anyway; in any case; if one must ...; if one has to ...; as long as ...
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: したり
    • ·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
  • 多いおおい
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • 使うつかう
    • ·to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
    • ·to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate
    • ·to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
    • ·to use (language); to speak
    N5
  • うち
    • ·inside; within
    • ·while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
    • ·among; amongst; (out) of; between
    • ·in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success)
    • ·within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts
    • ·we; our company; our organization
    • ·one's home; one's family
    • ·my spouse; my husband; my wife
    • ·signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
    • ·I; me
    • ·imperial palace grounds
    • ·emperor
    N4
  • 妻つま
    • ·wife
    • ·garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings
    • ·accompaniment; side (remark)
    N4
  • 親おや
    • ·parent; parents; mother and father
    • ·dealer; banker
    • ·founder; inventor
    • ·(pet) owner
    • ·key; parent (organization); main
    • ·ancestor; forefather
    N4
  • 受けるうけるAs it appears here: 受けて
    • ·to receive; to get
    • ·to catch (e.g. a ball)
    • ·to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
    • ·to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
    • ·to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
    • ·to be given (e.g. life, talent)
    • ·to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by)
    • ·to follow; to succeed; to be descended from
    • ·to face (south, etc.)
    • ·to be modified by
    • ·to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee
    • ·to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well
    N4
  • 割合わりあい
    • ·rate; ratio; percentage; proportion
    • ·comparatively
    • ·contrary to expectations
    N4
  • 増えるふえるAs it appears here: 増え
    • ·to increase; to multiply
    N4
  • 夫おっと
    • ·husband
    N4
  • 生活せいかつ
    • ·life; living
    • ·livelihood; (one's) living
    N4
  • 確かたしか
    • ·sure; certain; positive; definite
    • ·reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact
    • ·If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly
    N4
  • 両方りょうほう
    • ·both; both sides; both parties
    N4
  • 受けるうけるAs it appears here: 受けた
    • ·to receive; to get
    • ·to catch (e.g. a ball)
    • ·to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
    • ·to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
    • ·to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
    • ·to be given (e.g. life, talent)
    • ·to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by)
    • ·to follow; to succeed; to be descended from
    • ·to face (south, etc.)
    • ·to be modified by
    • ·to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee
    • ·to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well
    N4
  • 場合ばあい
    • ·case; occasion; situation; circumstances
    N4
  • 女性じょせい
    • ·woman; female
    • ·feminine gender
    N4
  • 調べるしらべる
    • ·to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
    N4
  • まとめるAs it appears here: まとめた
    • ·to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify
    • ·to summarize; to aggregate
    • ·to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order
    • ·to establish; to decide
    N2
  • 世帯せたい
    • ·household; family
    N1
  • 上回るうわまわるAs it appears here: 上回った
    • ·to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
    N1
  • 庁ちょう
    • ·government office; agency; board
    N1
  • 同どう
    • ·the same; the said
    • ·likewise
    N1
  • 上昇じょうしょう
    • ·rising; ascending; climbing
    N1
  • 使い道つかいみち
    • ·purpose; utility; objective
    • ·way to use something
    N1
  • 深めるふかめるAs it appears here: 深めて
    • ·to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
    N1
Grammar4 patterns

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  • をはじめN3

    Cites X as the foremost representative example of a larger group — 'starting with X (among others)', 'X and the like'.

    同研究所は「子育てをはじめ確かなサポートを得られる妻の親の存在が重みを増している」としている。

    The institute stated that “the presence of the wife's parents, who can provide reliable support particularly with child-rearing, is becoming increasingly important.”

  • としてN3

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

    同研究所は「子育てをはじめ確かなサポートを得られる妻の親の存在が重みを増している」としている。

    The institute stated that “the presence of the wife's parents, who can provide reliable support particularly with child-rearing, is becoming increasingly important.”

  • によると/によればN3

    Cites the source of reported/hearsay information, typically paired with a hearsay ending; 'according to'.

    調査によると、妻の親のみから金銭の援助を受けている世帯の割合は2008年で10.4%となり、1998年調査の6.1%から上昇。

    According to the survey, in 2008, 10.4% of households received financial assistance only from the wife's parents, up from 6.1% in the 1998 survey.

  • に関する/に関してN3

    Marks the topic that the following statement concerns or relates to; "regarding, concerning, about."

    金銭の援助に関する調査は25〜35歳の女性576人が答えた。

    A total of 576 women aged 25 to 35 responded to the questions concerning financial assistance.

Other levels10 patterns
  • のみN24 times in this passage

    formal/written equivalent of だけ, limiting to one thing — 'only ~', 'nothing but ~'

    調査によると、妻の親のみから金銭の援助を受けている世帯の割合は2008年で10.4%となり、1998年調査の6.1%から上昇。

    According to the survey, in 2008, 10.4% of households received financial assistance only from the wife's parents, up from 6.1% in the 1998 survey.

  • などN4

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

    妻の親だけから受けた援助の使い道は、教育費など子ども向けが60.0%と最多。

    Of the assistance received only from the wife's parents, the largest share, 60.0%, was used for children, such as educational expenses.

  • 場合は（ばあいは）N4

    States the situation or condition under which something applies — 'in the case of; in the event that; if'.

    夫の親だけからの場合は、生活費が50.0%と最も多かった。

    When assistance came only from the husband's parents, living expenses were the most common use, at 50.0%.

  • よりN4

    Particle marking the standard in a comparison (also a starting point), "than / (more) than; from".

    （2009年10月22日付け中日新聞朝刊より）

    (From the morning edition of the Chunichi Shimbun, October 22, 2009)

  • 方（かた）N4

    Attaches to a verb's masu-stem to name the manner or method of doing it, "way of / how to".

    （注7）使い道：使い方、使う目的

    (Note 7) Use: how something is used or the purpose for which it is used

  • 〜ているN59 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”.

    結婚している世帯のうち、「妻の親」から金銭の援助を受けている割合が増え、「夫の親」から受けている割合を上回ったことが21日、消費者庁所管の家計経済研究所がまとめた消費者生活パネル調査で分かった。

    On the 21st, a consumer-life panel survey compiled by the Institute for Research on Household Economics under the Consumer Affairs Agency found that among married households, the percentage receiving financial assistance from the wife's parents had risen above the percentage receiving assistance from the husband's parents.

  • だけN52 times in this passage

    Limiting particle marking 'only / just' — restricts to the stated amount, degree, or item.

    妻の親だけから受けた援助の使い道は、教育費など子ども向けが60.0%と最多。

    Of the assistance received only from the wife's parents, the largest share, 60.0%, was used for children, such as educational expenses.

  • 一緒に（いっしょに）N5

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

    （注1）世帯：一緒に住み、生活している人の集まり

    (Note 1) Household: a group of people who live together and share their daily life

  • にするN5

    To decide on or turn something into a given state or choice, 'to make it ~ / to go with ~.'

    （注4）パネル調査：長い期間、同じ人を対象にして、変化を調べる調査

    (Note 4) Panel survey: a survey that studies changes by following the same people over a long period

  • 〜たり〜たりN52 times in this passage

    Lists a few representative actions among others done at various times, 'do things like X and Y'.

    （注5）サポート：助けたり協力したりすること

    (Note 5) Support: helping or cooperating

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