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さいしょおきたいのは、しゃきらものは、どもなれないということですだんまずいきら」といるもの美味おいおものはとうぜんですまたいやものも、いやおものこばかりで、よい結果けっか

それたいさいしょにがだっものでも、しゅう大人おとなたちが「美味おいね」とがおいる姿すがたきょうようなることありますつまりへんしょくなくすには「おや一緒いっしょたのながら」がコツなのです

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Vocabulary2 words
  • 嫌がるいやがる
    • ·to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
    N2
  • 湧くわくAs it appears here: 湧き
    • ·to well (up); to gush out (of water); to spring out; to surge
    • ·to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to cry
    • ·to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds); to well up; to arise
    • ·to hatch; to breed; to propagate; to be infested (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
    N2
Other levels35 words
  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知って
    • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
    • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
    • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
    • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
    • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
    • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
    N5
  • 嫌いきらい
    • ·disliked; hated; disagreeable
    • ·tendency; smack (of); touch (of)
    • ·distinction; discrimination
    N5
  • もの
    • ·thing; object; article; stuff; substance
    • ·one's things; possessions; property; belongings
    • ·things; something; anything; everything; nothing
    • ·quality
    • ·reason; the way of things
    • ·used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen
    • ·item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
    • ·cause of ...; cause for ...
    • ·somehow; somewhat; for some reason
    • ·really; truly
    N5
  • 子供こども
    • ·child; children
    N5
  • 好きすき
    • ·liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
    • ·liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved
    • ·faddism; eccentricity
    • ·as one likes; as it suits one
    • ·lecherous; lustful; salacious
    N5
  • まずい
    • ·bad(-tasting); unpalatable; unsavoury; unsavory; awful; terrible; unpleasant
    • ·poor; unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy
    • ·ugly; unattractive; homely; plain
    • ·awkward; problematic; troublesome; unfavorable; unfavourable; unwise
    • ·oh no; uh-oh; this is bad
    N5
  • 美味しいおいしい
    • ·good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty
    • ·attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
    N5
  • また
    • ·again; once more; once again; another time; some other time
    • ·also; too; as well; likewise
    • ·on the other hand; while
    • ·and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore
    • ·or; otherwise
    • ·really; how; (what, why) on earth
    • ·some time (in the future)
    • ·indirect
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べさせて
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • よい
    • ·good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
    • ·profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
    • ·OK; all right; fine; no problem
    • ·easy to ...
    N5
  • 出るでるAs it appears here: 出ません
    • ·to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out
    • ·to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
    • ·to move forward
    • ·to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach
    • ·to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display
    • ·to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out
    • ·to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform
    • ·to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised
    • ·to sell
    • ·to exceed; to go over
    • ·to stick out; to protrude
    • ·to break out; to occur; to start; to originate
    • ·to be produced
    • ·to come from; to be derived from
    • ·to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid
    • ·to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get
    • ·to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave
    • ·to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain
    • ·to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed
    • ·to graduate
    • ·to ejaculate; to cum
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 食べ物たべもの
    • ·food
    N5
  • 大人おとな
    • ·adult; grown-up
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べて
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見て
    • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
    • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
    • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
    • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
    • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
    • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べられる
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • なる
    • ·to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
    • ·to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
    • ·to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
    • ·to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
    • ·to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
    • ·to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
    • ·to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
    • ·to play (the part of); to act as
    • ·to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
    • ·to be promoted
    • ·to do ...
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あります
    • ·to be; to exist; to live
    • ·to have
    • ·to be located
    • ·to be equipped with
    • ·to happen; to come about
    • ·to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)
    N5
  • なくす
    • ·to lose (something)
    • ·to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove; to eradicate; to abolish
    N5
  • 最初さいしょ
    • ·beginning; outset; first; onset
    N4
  • なれるAs it appears here: なれない
    • ·to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with
    • ·to become skilled in; to become experienced at
    • ·to become tame; to become domesticated
    • ·to get used to doing
    N4
  • 無理むり
    • ·unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
    • ·impossible
    • ·forcible; forced; compulsory
    • ·excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
    • ·to work too hard; to try too hard
    • ·no way; not a chance; never; dream on
    • ·irrational
    N4
  • 残るのこる
    • ·to remain; to be left
    N4
  • 興味きょうみ
    • ·interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
    N4
  • こと
    • ·thing; matter
    • ·incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
    • ·circumstances; situation; state of affairs
    • ·work; business; affair
    • ·after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
    • ·nominalizing suffix
    • ·pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
    • ·alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
    • ·necessity; need
    • ·you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
    N3
  • 思い出おもいで
    • ·memories; recollections; reminiscence
    N3
  • 結果けっか
    • ·result; consequence; outcome; effect
    • ·as a result of ...; as a consequence of ...; after ...; following ...
    • ·bearing fruit; fruiting
    N3
  • 苦手にがて
    • ·poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
    • ·not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
    N3
  • 周囲しゅうい
    • ·surroundings; environs
    • ·circumference
    N3
  • 笑顔えがお
    • ·smiling face; smile
    N3
  • 姿すがた
    • ·figure; form; shape
    • ·appearance; dress; guise
    • ·state; condition; picture; image
    • ·form (of a waka)
    • ·dressed in ...; wearing ...
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • つまり
    • ·that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
    • ·in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
    • ·clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
    • ·shrinkage
    • ·end; conclusion
    • ·dead end; corner
    • ·distress; being at the end of one's rope
    N3
  • 楽しむたのしむAs it appears here: 楽しみ
    • ·to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to have fun; to amuse oneself
    • ·to look forward to
    N1
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Other levels15 patterns

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  • だの~だのN1

    Reduplicated listing particle citing examples with a tone of complaint or exasperation ("what with X and Y and all that").

    つまり、偏食をなくすには「親子で一緒に楽しみながら」がコツなのです。

    In other words, the key to overcoming picky eating is for “parents and children to enjoy food together.”

  • ということだN3

    Reports hearsay or states a conclusion drawn from what precedes — 'I hear that…' / 'that is to say / it amounts to…'.

    最初に知っておきたいのは、保護者が嫌いなものは、子供も好きになれないということです

    The first thing to understand is that children cannot easily come to like foods that their parents or guardians dislike.

  • ばかりだN3

    Says a situation only keeps moving in one (usually worsening) direction, or that all that remains is one final step — 'keeps getting more and more…; all that's left is to…'.

    また、嫌がるものを無理に食べさせても、いやな思い出が残るばかりで、よい結果は出ません。

    Moreover, forcing children to eat foods they dislike will only leave unpleasant memories and will not produce good results.

  • に対してN3

    Marks the target or object an action is directed at, or sets up a contrast between two things, 'toward / with regard to / in contrast to'.

    それに対して、最初は苦手だった食べ物でも、周囲の大人たちが「美味しいね」と笑顔で食べている姿を見て興味が湧き、食べられるようになることがあります。

    By contrast, even with foods they initially dislike, children may become interested after seeing the adults around them eating with smiles and saying, “This is delicious,” and eventually become able to eat them.

  • ことがあるN3

    After a plain verb, 'there are times when...'; after a past-tense verb (〜たことがある), 'have (ever) done, have the experience of'.

    それに対して、最初は苦手だった食べ物でも、周囲の大人たちが「美味しいね」と笑顔で食べている姿を見て興味が湧き、食べられるようになることがあります。

    By contrast, even with foods they initially dislike, children may become interested after seeing the adults around them eating with smiles and saying, “This is delicious,” and eventually become able to eat them.

  • つまりN3

    Restates or sums up the preceding statement more plainly — 'in other words / that is to say'.

    つまり、偏食をなくすには「親子で一緒に楽しみながら」がコツなのです。

    In other words, the key to overcoming picky eating is for “parents and children to enjoy food together.”

  • 〜ておくN4

    Verb te-form plus 置く, doing something in advance as preparation or leaving it done for later — 'do ... in advance'.

    最初に知っておきたいのは、保護者が嫌いなものは、子供も好きになれないということです。

    The first thing to understand is that children cannot easily come to like foods that their parents or guardians dislike.

  • させるN4

    Causative construction — make or let someone do an action ('make/let ~ do').

    また、嫌がるものを無理に食べさせても、いやな思い出が残るばかりで、よい結果は出ません。

    Moreover, forcing children to eat foods they dislike will only leave unpleasant memories and will not produce good results.

  • てもN4

    Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.

    また、嫌がるものを無理に食べさせても、いやな思い出が残るばかりで、よい結果は出ません。

    Moreover, forcing children to eat foods they dislike will only leave unpleasant memories and will not produce good results.

  • ようになるN4

    Expresses a gradual change reaching a new state or acquired ability, "come to / become able to".

    それに対して、最初は苦手だった食べ物でも、周囲の大人たちが「美味しいね」と笑顔で食べている姿を見て興味が湧き、食べられるようになることがあります。

    By contrast, even with foods they initially dislike, children may become interested after seeing the adults around them eating with smiles and saying, “This is delicious,” and eventually become able to eat them.

  • ながらN4

    Attaches to a verb stem to show two actions by the same subject happening at once — 'while (doing) / as'.

    つまり、偏食をなくすには「親子で一緒に楽しみながら」がコツなのです。

    In other words, the key to overcoming picky eating is for “parents and children to enjoy food together.”

  • 〜たいN5

    Expresses the speaker's own desire to do something — “want to do”.

    最初に知っておきたいのは、保護者が嫌いなものは、子供も好きになれないということです。

    The first thing to understand is that children cannot easily come to like foods that their parents or guardians dislike.

  • 〜ているN52 times in this passage

    Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

    普段から「まずい、嫌い」と聞かされているものを美味しいと思えないのは当然です。

    Naturally, children cannot think something tastes good when they regularly hear adults saying, “It tastes bad; I don't like it.”

  • だ / ですN52 times in this passage

    The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.

    普段から「まずい、嫌い」と聞かされているものを美味しいと思えないのは当然です

    Naturally, children cannot think something tastes good when they regularly hear adults saying, “It tastes bad; I don't like it.”

  • 一緒に(いっしょに)N5

    Indicates doing something jointly with someone or something else — "together (with)".

    つまり、偏食をなくすには「親子で一緒に楽しみながら」がコツなのです。

    In other words, the key to overcoming picky eating is for “parents and children to enjoy food together.”

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