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Nuance and hedging — ぼかしとニュアンス

I was sure, apparently, possibly, needless to say, in any case, as far as possible, roughly. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

adverb

てっきり I was sure that (but wrongly)

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どうやら apparently, it seems

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ひょっとすると possibly, by any chance

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もしかすると perhaps, it may be that

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なんとなく somehow, without knowing why

いうまでもなく adverb

言うまでもなく needless to say

むろん adverb

無論 of course, naturally

すくなからず adverb

少なからず not a little, considerably

きまって adverb

決まって invariably, without fail

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いずれにせよ in any case

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とりあえず for now, first of all

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ともかく anyway, in any case

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なるべく as much as possible

きょくりょく adverb

極力 to the utmost, as far as possible

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たかだか at most, merely

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おおよそ approximately, roughly

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ほぼ almost, nearly

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わりと relatively, fairly

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そこそこ reasonably, more or less

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いまいち not quite, a bit lacking

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Nuance and hedging — 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

as much as possible

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for now, first of all

adverb

somehow, without knowing why

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to the utmost, as far as possible

adverb

almost, nearly

adverb

invariably, without fail

adverb

of course, naturally

adverb

in any case

adverb

apparently, it seems

adverb

I was sure that (but wrongly)

adverb

2 What does it mean?

いまいち

おおよそ

ともかく

言うまでもなく

たかだか

わりと

そこそこ

ひょっとすると

もしかすると

少なからず

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