Sample Sentences with 接触

接触 (sesshoku: touch, contact)     contact + contact

彼は私が誘拐犯人と接触できるようにしてくれた。
Kare wa watashi ga yūkaihannin to sesshoku dekiru yō ni shite kureta.
He put me in touch with the kidnappers.

彼 (kare: he)
私 (watashi: I)
誘拐犯人 (yūkaihannin: kidnapper)
     to induce + to kidnap + criminal + person

彼は色々な種類の人と接触する。
Kare wa iroirona shurui no hito to sesshoku suru.
He comes into contact with all kinds of people.

彼 (kare: he)
色々 (iroiro: various)     kind + kind
種類 (shurui: kinds)     kind + kind
人 (hito: person)

日本は西洋諸国との接触を必要とした。
Nihon wa seiyō shokoku to no sesshoku o hitsuyō to shita.
Japan needed contact with the Western countries.

日本 (Nihon: Japan)     Japan + origin
西洋 (seiyō: the West)     the West + the West
諸国 (shokoku: various countries)     various + countries

The sentence contains a nice rhyme: shokoku and sesshoku.

必要 (hitsuyō (to suru): to need)
     certainly + to require

父親の約４分の１が子どもとの平日の接触が「ほとんどない」と答えた。
Chichi-oya no yaku yonbun no ichi ga kodomo to heijitsu no sesshoku ga hotondo nai to kotaeta.
Approximately 1 out of 4 fathers said they have almost no contact with their children on weekdays.

父親 (chichi-oya: father)     father + parent
約 (yaku: approximately)
４分の1 (yonbun no ichi: one-fourth)    4 + fraction + 1

This is such a neat structure, but I also find it really hard to remember. Another hard thing: the yomi. When 4分 means “4 minutes,” the yomi could be either yonfun or yonpun. But when 分 means “division,” as in fractions, the yomi is more likely bun. Yikes!

子ども (kodomo: child)
平日 (heijitsu: weekday)     ordinary + days
答 (kota(eru): to answer)

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