Hi,
1. 最近、特に用事がなければ、彼に会うことはない。
To me this looks like "Recently, especially when there are no things/jobs to do, I haven't had to meet him". I am not sure I grasp the point of what is being said. Does it mean that the speaker normally meets him during the course of 用事, but when there are no 用事 he doesn't meet him?
2. This is part of an explanation of expressions such as ～ように思う／感じる／見える etc.
推量の「～ようだ」、「まるで～ようだ」と同じ意味だ が、これらの動詞、表現を付けることで、それがその人 の個人的な受け取り方であること示す。
My guess is: "(Expressions such as ～ように思う) have the same meaning as the inferences 「～ようだ」 and 「まるで～ようだ」, but by attaching these verbs and expressions, they show the speaker's personal understanding/interpretation".
a) Does これらの動詞、表現 refer to ～ように思う／感じる／見える etc.?
b) What does それ refer to? Logically it seems it ought to refer to ～ように思う／感じる／見える etc., but in that case I don't understand why they are called これら in one place and それ in another. I think I have something wrong somewhere.
c) Is there a missing を before 示す?
3. The conversation is about 最近の日本の歌手の名前, and someone says 何か日本人じゃないみたいだね. Does this mean "It seems that there are no (recent) Japanese (singers)", presumably referring to well-known singers? It seems a surprsing thing to say, so I wonder if I have misunderstood.
4. 私はそんなに心配しないのだが、夫にしてみれば、何が 起こっても大丈夫なように、しっかり＿＿＿＿たいらし い。
The blank is to be filled in by the student.
Does this mean "I don't worry all that much, but as far as my husband is concerned, whenever anything happens he likes to carefully check so that everything is OK."? In other words, basically, the speaker doesn't worry much, but her husband is a big worrier? Is the missing word supposed to have a basic sense like "check" or "verify"?
1. 最近、特に用事がなければ、彼に会うことはない。
To me this looks like "Recently, especially when there are no things/jobs to do, I haven't had to meet him". I am not sure I grasp the point of what is being said. Does it mean that the speaker normally meets him during the course of 用事, but when there are no 用事 he doesn't meet him?
2. This is part of an explanation of expressions such as ～ように思う／感じる／見える etc.
推量の「～ようだ」、「まるで～ようだ」と同じ意味だ が、これらの動詞、表現を付けることで、それがその人 の個人的な受け取り方であること示す。
My guess is: "(Expressions such as ～ように思う) have the same meaning as the inferences 「～ようだ」 and 「まるで～ようだ」, but by attaching these verbs and expressions, they show the speaker's personal understanding/interpretation".
a) Does これらの動詞、表現 refer to ～ように思う／感じる／見える etc.?
b) What does それ refer to? Logically it seems it ought to refer to ～ように思う／感じる／見える etc., but in that case I don't understand why they are called これら in one place and それ in another. I think I have something wrong somewhere.
c) Is there a missing を before 示す?
3. The conversation is about 最近の日本の歌手の名前, and someone says 何か日本人じゃないみたいだね. Does this mean "It seems that there are no (recent) Japanese (singers)", presumably referring to well-known singers? It seems a surprsing thing to say, so I wonder if I have misunderstood.
4. 私はそんなに心配しないのだが、夫にしてみれば、何が 起こっても大丈夫なように、しっかり＿＿＿＿たいらし い。
The blank is to be filled in by the student.
Does this mean "I don't worry all that much, but as far as my husband is concerned, whenever anything happens he likes to carefully check so that everything is OK."? In other words, basically, the speaker doesn't worry much, but her husband is a big worrier? Is the missing word supposed to have a basic sense like "check" or "verify"?
