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Worth, trouble and balance — 手間と甲斐

The effort a thing takes and what it gives back — worthwhile, reward, convenience, the trade-off. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

てま noun
手間 time and effort, trouble
てまひま noun
手間暇 time and trouble
ろうりょく noun
労力 labour, effort
くしん noun
苦心 painstaking effort
  noun
やりがい a sense that it is worth doing
いきがい noun
生きがい what makes life worth living
はりあい noun
張り合い something to work for, motivation
かい noun
甲斐 worth, effect (of an effort)
みかえり noun
見返り something in return, a reward
むくい noun
報い reward; retribution
おんけい noun
恩恵 benefit, blessing
そんとく noun
損得 profit and loss, the pros and cons
とくさく noun
得策 the wise course, a good plan
こうつごう な-adj
好都合 convenient, favourable
ふつごう な-adj
不都合 inconvenient; improper
かげん noun
加減 degree, adjustment; condition
かねあい noun
兼ね合い balance between two things
おりあい noun
折り合い compromise, getting along
てごろ な-adj
手頃 reasonable, just right (in size or price)
てがる な-adj
手軽 easy, simple, casual
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Worth, trouble and balance — 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
what makes life worth living
noun
compromise, getting along
noun
benefit, blessing
noun
a sense that it is worth doing
noun
reward; retribution
noun
balance between two things
noun
profit and loss, the pros and cons
noun
painstaking effort
noun
the wise course, a good plan
noun
inconvenient; improper
な-adj
2    What does it mean?
手軽
甲斐
手間暇
手頃
好都合
労力
張り合い
手間
見返り
加減
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