かしら (ka shira)

Meaning

    All JLPT 4 grammar : かしら(かしら, ka shira), I wonder, [Particle]

    Abbreviation

    Example

    日本語意味
    私はもっと敵の抵抗があると踏んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢に進むほど敵が減ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思わないかしら?I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre… Don’t you think that’s strange?
    同性をセクハラで訴えることできないのかしら。I wonder if you can sue someone of the same sex for sexual harassment?
    テニスウェアってなんでミニスカートなのかしら?I wonder why tennis is played in mini-skirts.
    蓮くんは察しは良い様だけど、もう少し心の機微というものを理解出来る様に努力するべきじゃないかしら。You’re considerate, but don’t you think you should work a little more at understanding the subtleties of the human mind?

    Vocabulary

    日本語ローマ字意味
    抵抗teikouresistance, opposition
    tekiopponent, rival
    進むsusumuto advance, to go forward
    nakainside, in, among
    watashiI, me
    seigender
    訴えるuttaeruto appeal, to sue
    スカートsukaatoskirt
    努力doryokugreat effort, exertion
    理解rikaiunderstanding, comprehension
    kokoromind, heart, spirit
    来るkuruto come
    少しsukoshismall quantity, little
    するsuruto do

    Kanji

    漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
    チュウなか, うち, あた.るin, inside, middle, center
    おも.う, おもえら.く, おぼ.すthink
    わたくし, わたしprivate, me
    シンすす.む, すす.めるadvance, progress
    ドウおな.じsame, equal
    セイ,ショウさがsex, gender, nature
    ライ,タイく.る, きた.る, きた.すcome, due, next, cause, become
    シュツ,スイで.る, -で, だ.すexit, leave, go out, come out, put out
    ことわりlogic, reason
    リョク,リキ,リイちからpower, strength
    シンこころ, -ごころheart, mind
    ショウすく.ない, すこ.しfew, little
    つと.めるtoil, digilent
    カイ,ゲと.く, と.かす, と.けるexplanation, solve
    はたmechanism, machine
    リョウよ.い, -よ.い, い.いgood, pleasing
    サツguess, presume
    ヨウ,ショウさま, さんmanner, situation

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