私は、あの人と[Fill in the blank],
、「女[Fill in the blank],
*」という言葉があまり好きじゃないんです。

Unlike that person, I don’t like the word ‘womanly’ very much. 　　　　　　

＊Must be 3 hiragana characters

Question

私は、あの人と[Fill in the blank],
、「女[Fill in the blank],
*」という言葉があまり好きじゃないんです。

Unlike that person, I don’t like the word ‘womanly’ very much.

＊Must be 3 hiragana characters

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The task presents a Japanese fill-in-the-blank sentence that includes two blanks to be filled in sequence. The provided correct answers are ["ちがって", "らしさ"].

Option 1 (first blank): ちがって
- This form is the te-form of the verb 違う (to be different / to differ). In this sentence, あの人とちがって means “unlike that person” or “different from that person.” The te-form ちがって is commonly used to link the first clause to the following clause, signaling a contrast. Although there is a note saying the blank must be 3 hiragana characters, the natural linguistic fit is ちがって, which conveys the intended comparison.
- If one were to interpret the constraint strictly as 3 morae/characters, an alternative would be problematic because the standard reading for 違って in kana ちがって uses four characters (ち-が-っ-て). In practice, the intended fill is still ちがって to express contrast.

Option 2 (second blank): らしさ
- The second blank, when combined with 女, yields 女らしさ, which means femininity or womanliness. This is exactly the expression used in Japanese to denote the quality of being feminine. The provided gloss in the prompt—'Unlike that person, I don’t like the word ‘womanly’ very much'—matches the noun 女らしさ rather than a verb or adjective.
- The three-character kana らしさ is correct: ら-し-さ. This aligns with the target word meaning in the translation.

Why the other interpretations would be incorrect:
- If one tried to fill the first blank with a synonym that does not convey contrast (e.g., ちがう itself or 違う without the te-form), the sentence would be ungrammatical or fail to connect the two clauses properly.
- Choosing a different second blank would miss the intended noun form that produces 女らしさ. For instance, using 女らしさ with the intended gloss is correct; other forms like 女らしい (adjective form) would not fit the noun-noun compound required by the sentence structure here.

Overall, the two blanks together form: 私は、あの人とちがって、「女らしさ」という言葉があまり好きじゃないんです. This reads naturally as: “Unlike that person, I don’t like the word ‘womanly’ very much,” with ちがって executing the contrast and 女らしさ functioning as the noun meaning ‘femininity.’

MERGE_2025_0032 J5 Quiz 4 2025

私は、あの人と[Fill in the blank], 、「女[Fill in the blank], *」という言葉があまり好きじゃないんです。 Unlike that person, I don’t like the word ‘womanly’ very much. 　　　　　　＊Must be 3 hiragana characters

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