Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (September 28, 2023)

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  1. [1]
    > そんな二人の脇を、カサカサと乾燥したような軽い空気の唸りが**翳め飛んで行った**。

    I’m unsure if 翳め飛んで行った is a word. かす appeared as furigana above 翳. However, if that is 翳む, its ます-stem is 翳み, not 翳め. I also tried a Google search for 翳み飛ぶ (with the ます-stem) but didn’t get anything. Anyone have any ideas on this?

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    > 彼女はその冷徹**なる**視線をヒロトへと向ける。

    Just need some confirmation on this usage of なる. The lack of any particle made me think “to become” isn’t the right interpretation, so I did a little searching and found this on [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B#Etymology_2):

    > adnominal of なり (nari, “to be”)

    Is that the usage here? If so, would the meaning remain unchanged if the なる was swapped with な (so if 冷徹 was used as a な-adjective)?

    Is the usage I referenced from Wiktionary considered archaic?

  2. I’m starting to prepare for the N1 in December, but it has been a good while since I’ve done the jlpt. I was wondering how much time I should aim to spend on a 中文 question. It’s the two-ish paragraph text with three questions.

    During a practice it took me about seven minutes to comfortably read through and answer with confidence. I’m almost certain that’s probably two minutes too long.

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