Today’s Good Morning Hayashi-sensei Word Test on May 9th posed the question “What is the meaning of ‘soku’ in the phrase ‘mubyō soku sō’ (無病息災)?” The answer choices provided were:
1. to continue
2. to maintain
3. Free is suspicious
The correct answer for today’s question was 2. to maintain.
Today, on May 9th, in the Good Morning Hayashi Sensei Word Test, the question is “What is the meaning of the word ‘息’ in the phrase ‘無病息災’?”
For the question “What is the meaning of the word ‘息’ in the phrase ‘無病息災’?”, the answer choices are as follows.
① to live
② to preserve
③ Nothing is free
Among these choices, today’s answer was ② to preserve.