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Adverbs II — 副詞②

Formerly, still, originally, as expected, unfortunately, if anything, barely, by no means. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

  adverb
かつて formerly, once
いまだ adverb
未だ still, as yet (with negative)
いぜん adverb
依然 still, as before
がんらい adverb
元来 originally, by nature
ほんらい adverb
本来 originally, properly speaking
あんのじょう adverb
案の定 sure enough, as expected
さいわいにも adverb
幸いにも fortunately
ざんねんながら adverb
残念ながら regrettably
あいにく adverb
生憎 unfortunately, as luck would have it
せっかく adverb
折角 taking the trouble to; with effort
  adverb
かえって on the contrary, rather
  adverb
ひたすら single-mindedly, nothing but
なにしろ adverb
何しろ after all, at any rate
  adverb
どうにか somehow, one way or another
かろうじて adverb
辛うじて barely, just about
あやうく adverb
危うく nearly, almost (something bad)
かりに adverb
仮に supposing, temporarily
じゅっちゅうはっく adverb
十中八九 in all likelihood, nine times out of ten
とうてい adverb
到底 (not) possibly, by no means
だんじて adverb
断じて absolutely, under no circumstances
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Adverbs II — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
fortunately
adverb
originally, by nature
adverb
single-mindedly, nothing but
adverb
absolutely, under no circumstances
adverb
after all, at any rate
adverb
somehow, one way or another
adverb
in all likelihood, nine times out of ten
adverb
sure enough, as expected
adverb
still, as before
adverb
barely, just about
adverb
2    What does it mean?
残念ながら
到底
生憎
かつて
危うく
未だ
かえって
折角
本来
仮に
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