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Table 2 English words used in the pre-test, their Japanese translation, and their usage situation

From: Generalization support environment for understanding ways to use English words

Japanese word

English words (choices of questions)

Usage situation (answers of questions)

Erabu

Prefer

Choose based on personal preference and taste

Pick

Choose quickly and intuitively

Choose

Select people and things from many options.

Atsumeru

Gather

Collect spiritual and abstract things

Assemble

Bring large numbers of people together in one place for a purpose

Collect

Select and collect things in different places

Naosu

Heal

Cure illness

Modify

Improve the original thing

Mend

Repair damage, often used in relatively simple damage.

Repair

Repair damage, often used in cases where specialized skills are required or complicated and large-scale repairs are performed

Ryori wo suru

Boil

Cook at high temperature with water

Fry

Cook a pan or pan with oil, add meat, fish or vegetables

Bake

Bake bread and sweets not by direct heat but by heat conduction

Tsukuru

Create

Create something that did not exist before

Manufacture

Create large-scale product with machine

Generate

Create something automatically by following the fixed process

Miru

Observe

Keep an eye on the situation for a while to observe the progress

Read

Look at words or symbols and understand what they mean

Watch

Look the moving objects for a moment