関連づけて読む / きって / 保険証 / なれない

[eeky]

Hi,


1. This is in a list of ポイント pertaining to a reading comprehension:

関連づけて読む
１．グラフと本文の説明
２．筆者の主張と具体例

I don't understand the connection between these three phrases. Is 関連づけて読む an imperative? Is it telling the students to relate (1) to (2)?


2. 田中くんは省内きっての馬鹿者だよ。

Translation given: "Young Tanaka is the stupidest person in the Department."

What きって is this?


3. もしうっかり忘れたのであれば、次回持ってくればいい のだが、その日の診察料金を聞いて驚く。

I am pretty unsure about what this is saying. My best guess is "If you accidentally forget (your 保険証 when visiting hospital for treatment), it's OK to produce it (保険証) on your next visit, but you will be surprised when you hear the (amount of the) consultation fee" ... i.e. they will tell you the fee, but you will not actually have to pay it as long as you produce your 保険証 next time? Is that anywhere close? Does その日 refer to the day you forget your certificate?


4. The text goes on to say, I think, that it could get unpleasantly expensive if you keep forgetting your 保険証. Then:

うっかり病気にもなれない。

What does this mean? To me it looks like "One does not accidentally get used to illness either", but that does not make any sense. Or maybe it's not 慣れない?

 

[masaegu]

1. Unless a larger context disproves it, which I do not think would be the case, it is talking about two pairs of items that one should link together respectively when reading. So, it is not telling the students to relate (1) to (2).


関連づけて読む is not an imperative as far as the form but it certanly functions as one. This form is often used in memo writing and listing.

2. It is the suffix きって that is sometimes written as 切って. It means "the best/most (within the preceding word)", and it has nothing to do with cutting.

3. You are not reading this sentence correctly. In most cases, you WILL have to pay the full amount on your first visit if you do not produce your insuarance card, which is why it says the amount will surprise you. If you bring your card the next time you go, however, they will refund the difference. その日 refers to what you said.

4. It is なれない, not 慣れない. 「 うっかり病気にもなれない。」 means "You can't even get sick inadvertently.", which may sound strange if directly translated. It is saying that it is better if you just do not get sick too often.

 

[Toritoribe]

2)
きって would be originally from 切る.

14 際立った、または、思いきった行為・動作をする。

きる【切る／斬る／伐る／截る／剪る】の意味 - 国語辞書 - goo辞書

4)
That's 成れない, when written in kanji.

 

[eeky]

Thank you both.

If you bring your card the next time you go, however, they will refund the difference.

Which part of the sentence says that they will refund the difference? Is it just an implication of いい?

 

[masaegu]

Which part of the sentence says that they will refund the difference? Is it just an implication of いい?

It does not say it explicitly as you know, but the 次回持ってくればいい part clearly implies that you will receive a refund. In a sense, however, this is as much a question about one's knowledge or familiarity of the Japanese health insuarance system as a purely linguistic question.

 

[eeky]

OK, thanks.