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1. This is a description of a scenario in an exercise about expressing emotions:
今度は片山の頭がこわばった。同窓会に行っているはず の妹がボーイフレンドと向こうから歩いてくるのだ。
I don't understand the first sentence, which I'm thinking involves an idiom. The second sentence looks to me like "(Someone's) sister, who should be going to the class reunion, is walking over here with her boyfriend", but I do not understand the connection with the first sentence or with 片山, or the overall purpose of what is being said.
2. 自分の発表の番が近づいてくると、胸がドキドキした。
I understand this to mean "As your turn to 発表 approached, your heart was pounding", but what would 発表 refer to here? Could it be something like a presentation that involves speaking in front of an audience?
3. その人の名前を聞くと、若者は目を輝かせた。彼の探し ている人だったので。
My translation: "When he heard the person's name, the youth's eyes lit up. It was the person he was looking for."
What form of what verb is 輝かせた? Could it be a mistake for 目を輝かした?
4. 「他の人にばっかり気をつかって、自分のことは全然心 配してくれない」と太郎ふてくされた。
My translation: "'You only ever pay attention to other people, you never worry about 自分", sulked Taro.
I suppose 自分 refers to Taro as he is complaining, but can we be sure? Could it alternatively refer to the person that Taro is talking to (i.e., that person doesn't care about themselves)?
5. あっ！あっ、やっちゃった～。んもう～、悔しい～！
As far as I can gather, this is said by a woman who has just dropped a cake.
a) I see in the dictionary that やっちゃう means "to have (esp. sex, food, etc.)", but I am not clear what it refers to here. Could it mean something like "Look what I've done!"
b) What is んもう～? Just an onomatopoeic expression of annoyance?
1. This is a description of a scenario in an exercise about expressing emotions:
今度は片山の頭がこわばった。同窓会に行っているはず の妹がボーイフレンドと向こうから歩いてくるのだ。
I don't understand the first sentence, which I'm thinking involves an idiom. The second sentence looks to me like "(Someone's) sister, who should be going to the class reunion, is walking over here with her boyfriend", but I do not understand the connection with the first sentence or with 片山, or the overall purpose of what is being said.
2. 自分の発表の番が近づいてくると、胸がドキドキした。
I understand this to mean "As your turn to 発表 approached, your heart was pounding", but what would 発表 refer to here? Could it be something like a presentation that involves speaking in front of an audience?
3. その人の名前を聞くと、若者は目を輝かせた。彼の探し ている人だったので。
My translation: "When he heard the person's name, the youth's eyes lit up. It was the person he was looking for."
What form of what verb is 輝かせた? Could it be a mistake for 目を輝かした?
4. 「他の人にばっかり気をつかって、自分のことは全然心 配してくれない」と太郎ふてくされた。
My translation: "'You only ever pay attention to other people, you never worry about 自分", sulked Taro.
I suppose 自分 refers to Taro as he is complaining, but can we be sure? Could it alternatively refer to the person that Taro is talking to (i.e., that person doesn't care about themselves)?
5. あっ！あっ、やっちゃった～。んもう～、悔しい～！
As far as I can gather, this is said by a woman who has just dropped a cake.
a) I see in the dictionary that やっちゃう means "to have (esp. sex, food, etc.)", but I am not clear what it refers to here. Could it mean something like "Look what I've done!"
b) What is んもう～? Just an onomatopoeic expression of annoyance?
