Verbal Logic Quiz, May 1

What’s the Meaning of This?

Just two questions this week, and one draws on a kanji discussed deep inside today’s blog. Use your intuition to choose the meaning of each compound.

1. 極言 (kyokugen)     to go to extremes + to say

a. to go so far as to say
b. to lose one’s temper
c. to say crazy, incoherent things
d. to sound like an extremist or political radical

2. If 親父 (oyaji: parent + father) means “one’s father; old man; one’s boss,” then what is 雷親父 (kaminarioyaji: thunder + old man (last 2 kanji))?

a. god of thunder
b. god of lightning
c. irascible old man
d. loud old man