Gender and Family
Learn vocabulary and expressions for discussing gender equality, family, and social roles.
N1 Topic-Based Conversation — Social Issues & Debate · All lessons · All courses
Vocabulary
- 性別（せいべつ） (性別): sex; gender
- 男女平等（だんじょびょうどう） (男女平等): gender equality
- 伝統的役割（でんとうてきやくわり） (伝統的役割): traditional role
- 家事分担（かじぶんたん） (家事分担): sharing of household chores
- 育児休業（いくじきゅうぎょう） (育児休業): childcare leave
- 共働き（ともばたらき） (共働き): dual-income household
- 夫婦別姓（ふうふべっせい） (夫婦別姓): separate surnames for spouses
- 社会的地位（しゃかいてきちい） (社会的地位): social status
- 固定観念（こていかんねん） (固定観念): stereotype; fixed idea
- 家族形態（かぞくけいたい） (家族形態): family structure
- 少人数家族（しょうにんずうかぞく） (少人数家族): small family
- 責任（せきにん） (責任): responsibility
- 両立（りょうりつ） (両立): combining; balancing both
- 性役割（せいやくわり） (性役割): gender role
In-lesson practice
- Gender and Family — Exercises (6 questions)
Related JLPT N1 quizzes
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 28 (4 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 27 (6 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 26 (5 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 25 (5 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 24 (5 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 23 (5 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 22 (5 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 21 (4 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 20 (5 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 19 (6 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 18 (5 questions)
- JLPT N1 – Listening Exercise 17 (5 questions)
Frequently asked questions
- What does 「性別（せいべつ）」 mean in this lesson?
- sex; gender
- What does 「男女平等（だんじょびょうどう）」 mean in this lesson?
- gender equality
- What does 「伝統的役割（でんとうてきやくわり）」 mean in this lesson?
- traditional role
- What does 「家事分担（かじぶんたん）」 mean in this lesson?
- sharing of household chores
- What does 「育児休業（いくじきゅうぎょう）」 mean in this lesson?
- childcare leave
- What does 「共働き（ともばたらき）」 mean in this lesson?
- dual-income household
- What does 「夫婦別姓（ふうふべっせい）」 mean in this lesson?
- separate surnames for spouses
- What does 「社会的地位（しゃかいてきちい）」 mean in this lesson?
- social status
- What does 「固定観念（こていかんねん）」 mean in this lesson?
- stereotype; fixed idea
- What does 「家族形態（かぞくけいたい）」 mean in this lesson?
- family structure
- What does 「少人数家族（しょうにんずうかぞく）」 mean in this lesson?
- small family
- What does 「責任（せきにん）」 mean in this lesson?
- responsibility
- What does 「両立（りょうりつ）」 mean in this lesson?
- combining; balancing both
- What does 「性役割（せいやくわり）」 mean in this lesson?
- gender role
- 男女平等が実現した（ ）。
- It cannot be said definitively that gender equality has been achieved.
- 家事の負担の不均等は差別（ ）。
- The unequal burden of household chores is equivalent to discrimination.
- 女性は二者択一（ ）場面が多い。
- Women are often pressured into an either-or choice.
- 筆者が現状について述べていることは何か。
- The reading stresses this point.
- 育児休業の取得率の格差についてどう指摘されているか。
- The reading presents this pointed-out equivalence.
- 今求められているとされている社会制度の特徴は何か。
- The reading calls for systems that share responsibility.