NHK英会話タイムトライアル2025年度12月

Do we eat this empanada with our hands?　※エンパナーダ：empanada /ˌem.pəˈnɑː.də/
My fingers are oily.　※ベトベト：oily
Do you have any wipes?　※ウェットティッシュ：wipe

This copper bracelet is too big for my wrist. 　※bracelet：/ˈbreɪ.slət/

I’m right-handed.　※右/左利き：right/left -handed

Tap your palm with your fingers.
Don’t clap with both palms.

That woman is waving to our cruise ship.　※手を振る：wave
Let’s wave back.

The salsa sauce spilled on my arm.　※こぼれる：spill
Do you have a napkin?　※紙ナプキン：napkin（paperはない方が自然）

The Andes Mountains will be very cold.　※アンデス山脈：the Andes Mountains /ˈæn.diːz/
You might wanna put this scarf around your neck.

This backpack is too tight for my shoulders.
My armpits hurt.　※脇：armpit

Would you take a picture of us?

It’s windy, so you might wanna put your elbows on this rock.

Could you scratch my back here?　※掻く：scratch
That girl is tickling her father.　※くすぐる：tickle

If your feet are cold, just wear these wool slippers.　※footの複数形：feet　legとの使い分けは下記GPT欄参照
These slippers are too small for my feet.

I put my toes in the ocean. It was freezing!

I scraped my knee.　※擦りむく：scrape

That moai statue has a belt around his waist.

This moai (statue) has a lower body.　※下半身：lower body　上半身：upper body
Most moai replicas in Japan don’t have lower bodies.

This moai has a belly button.　※へそ：belly button
Clothing is covering the moai’s private parts.　※下半身の大事な部分：parivate parts

My hands are full. I’ll use my hip to push the door open.

Ah, you might wanna pull up your pants. Your rear end is showing.　※お尻：rear end, buttock

This moai is full-figured.　※ふくよかな：full-figured
My sister-in-law is slender.　※細身の：slender

Did you lose weight?

Have you seen Steve recently? He is really fit!　※ひきしまっている：fit
Have you seen Steve recently? He is really tanned!　※日焼けしている：tanned

This dress is perfect for my mom. My mom is petite.　※小柄な：petite /pəˈtiːt/

My mom looks like my grandmother.
You look exactly like your father.

Do these two moai look similar? / look like each other?
There are subtle differences.

Let’s see the moai’s face up close.　※近くで見る：see ～ up close

Their mouths look similar, but noses look different.

You have your mother’s eyes.
You have your father’s (facial) features.

My mother has very distinct features.　※顔が濃い：distinct/distinctive features /dɪˈstɪŋkt/
※顔の特徴はsensitiveなのでこういう言い方が良い

This moai has a very prominent nose.　※鼻が高い：prominent nose
This moai’s nose is straight.
That moai’s nose is more rounded.「やや丸みを帯びています」　※丸みを帯びている：be rounded

This moai has a broad forehead.

Do long earlobes symbolize something?　※earlobe：耳たぶ　symbolize：象徴する
I heard that long earlobes symbolize wealth.

That moai has rounded eyes.「丸い目をしています」　※roundにすると完全な真ん丸ということになる
This moai has deep eye sockets.　※目の彫り：eye socket　美術品等で使うことが多い表現

He looks a little surprised.
He looks peaceful.「穏やかな表情です」

【cueca（クエッカ：チリの伝統的な踊り）の踊り方】
Can you snap your fingers?　※指を鳴らす：snap one’s fingers
Hold the handkerchief on the corner.　※ハンカチの端：handkerchief on the corner
Twirl the handkerchief above your head.　※人が何かを持って何かをクルクル回す：twirl
Just use your wrists and arms.

ど真ん中に：in the heart of
I live in the heart of Osaka.

ものすごく高い：cost an arm and a leg
These tickets cost an arm and a leg!

目が肥えている：have a good eye
You have a good eye!

見張る：keep an eye on
Just keep an eye on him for a while.

手がいっぱい：have my hands full
I have my hands full today.
※My hands are full は物理的に実際に手がふさがっている場合。忙しいという意味ならこちら。

熟知している：know ～ like the back of my hand
I know this building like the back of my hand.

「取って」：get ～ off
「家まで送る」：drive ～ home
「それが友達ってもんだよ」：That’s what friends are for.
「おんぶする」：carry ～ on one’s back
「抱っこする」：carry ～ in one’s arms
「そんなぁ」：Really?!