#82 乗代雄介『旅する練習』
亜美の中学受験は無事に終わった。学力もぎりぎりのところで周囲も心配していたが、本人の楽観と勉強への身の入らなさはそれ以上で、塾に行く以外の勉強はほとんどしなかったと聞いている。
Vocabulary:
乗代雄介 のりしろゆうすけ Norishiro Yusuke (author, 1986-)
亜美 あみ Ami (name)
中学 ちゅうがく middle school
受験 じゅけん taking an exam
無事に ぶじに without problems, smoothly
学力 がくりょく academic ability
ぎりぎり only just, to the limit
周囲 しゅうい the surroundings, the people around oneself
心配する しんぱいする to worry
本人 ほんにん the person themselves
楽観 らっかん optimism
身が入る みがはいる to give one’s all, to be enthused
塾 じゅく cram school
Translation:
Ami finished her middle school exams without problems. Her academic ability was barely sufficient to pass, so the people around her were worried, but even stronger than their worries were her optimism and lack of enthusiasm towards her studies, and I heard she almost never studied outside of going to cram school.
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