What does this kanji mean?
牧
- encourage/urge/recommend
- you/thou/second person
- bright/splendid/glorious
- breed/care for/shepherd ✓ (correct)
Word: 牧
Reading: boku/maki
Meaning: breed/care for/shepherd
Daily Quiz archive › November 2026 › 4 November 2026
🇯🇵 Japanese Daily Quiz #7 – Hard
4 November 2026 · answers & explanations
Here are the five questions of the Japanese hard Daily Quiz from 4 November 2026, with the correct answer and a short explanation for each one. Topics: kanji meaning, vocabulary (reverse), grammar, fill in the blank, word order.
Which word means this?
Gaudy, excessive
- びしびし
- うじうじ
- ごてごて ✓ (correct)
- のそのそ
Word: ごてごて
Reading: gotegote
Meaning: Gaudy, excessive
Choose the correct form.
お先に
“Allow me to leave first”
Allow me to leave first.
- 申し訳ございません
- お願いいたします
- 失礼させていただきます ✓ (correct)
- 頂戴しました
Sentence: お先に失礼させていただきます
Reading: Osaki ni shitsurei sasete itadakimasu
Meaning: Allow me to leave first
Grammar: お先に失礼します is standard, but させていただきます adds extra humility for formal settings.
- お先に = before you
- Leaving work phrase
- させていただく formality
Fill in the blank.
彼を しています
“I trust him”
- 信頼 ✓ (correct)
- 好き
- 感謝
- 恋
Sentence: 彼を信頼しています
Reading: Kare wo shinrai shiteimasu
Meaning: I trust him
Grammar: 信頼する = trust. 信 = believe, 頼 = rely on. Deep trust.
- 信頼 = trust
- 彼 = he/him
- 信 + 頼 compound
Put the words in the correct order.
I go to the same university as her.
Correct order: 彼女と 同じ大学に 通っています
Sentence: 彼女と同じ大学に通っています
Reading: Kanojo to onaji daigaku ni kayotteimasu
Meaning: I go to the same university as her.
Pattern: Person と 同じ + 場所に 通う
Grammar: 通っている = attending (habitual). 大学 = university.
- 大学 = university
- 通う = commute to
- Shared institution
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