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N2 · Upper intermediateMedium passagePassage #153
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このふゆの3げつかんわたしかいしゃごとアメリカいましたわたし日本料理にほんりょうりみせにはまったくがいこくいるときは、そのくにりょうおもいるからですところが、3しゅうかん12つきころなぜしょうがつ日本料理にほんりょうりというなってきました日本人にっぽんじんともおくに、ざいりょうどこのかみましたそういうまとめているスーパーダウンタウン(注)あるからいまたのおくいいおしくれました

これにはほんとうびっくりしました15ねんまえまだがくせいだっころふゆやすここあそきたとき日本料理にほんりょうりみせしょうがつりょうですそれいまやすだんかんたんしまうですからこれおおへんです

この15ねんなにあったでしょうかここいる日本人にっぽんじんでしょうか。それとも日本料理にほんりょうりにんたかなったでしょうか。どちらただようおもし、どちらちがようしますとにかくしょうがつ日本料理にほんりょうりのは、うれことでした。

ちゅうダウンタウンしたまちしょうぎょういき

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  1. 1そういうのとありますが、どういうものか。
  2. 2この15年の間に何があったのでしょうかとあるが、筆者は何に対してそう言っているか。
  3. 3この文章の内容と合っているのはどれか。

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Vocabulary2 words
  • まとめるAs it appears here: まとめて
    • ·to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify
    • ·to summarize; to aggregate
    • ·to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order
    • ·to establish; to decide
    N2
  • 下町したまち
    • ·low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
    • ·Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
    N2
Other levels74 words
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • ふゆ
    • ·winter
    N5
  • わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 会社かいしゃ
    • ·company; corporation; firm
    • ·one's workplace
    N5
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行って
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • みせ
    • ·store; shop; establishment; restaurant
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行きませんでした
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • 外国がいこく
    • ·foreign country
    N5
  • いる
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • くに
    • ·country; state
    • ·region
    • ·national government; central government
    • ·home (i.e. hometown, home country)
    • ·province (of Japan)
    • ·land; earth
    N5
  • 料理りょうり
    • ·cooking; cookery; cuisine; food; dish
    • ·dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べたい
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • なぜ
    • ·why; how; for what reason
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なって
    • ·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
  • 奥さんおくさん
    • ·wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
    N5
  • どこ
    • ·where; what place
    • ·how much (long, far); what extent
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行ったら
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • 買えるかえる
    • ·to return; to come home; to go home; to go back
    • ·to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.)
    • ·to get home; to get to home plate
    N5
  • 聞くきくAs it appears here: 聞いて
    • ·to hear
    • ·to listen (e.g. to music)
    • ·to ask; to enquire; to query
    • ·to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
    • ·to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
    • ·to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
    • ·to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
    • ·to taste (alcohol); to try
    N5
  • 売るうるAs it appears here: 売って
    • ·to sell
    • ·to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.)
    • ·to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself
    • ·to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.); to provoke; to force on someone
    N5
  • ある
    • ·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
  • 頼むたのむAs it appears here: 頼んで
    • ·to request; to beg; to ask
    • ·to call; to order; to reserve
    • ·to entrust to
    • ·to rely on
    • ·please; please do; help me out here
    N5
  • 教えるおしえるAs it appears here: 教えて
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    N5
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しました
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • まえ
    • ·in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
    • ·before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
    • ·(the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
    • ·forward; ahead
    • ·(in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
    • ·previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
    • ·portion; helping
    • ·front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
    • ·privates; private parts
    • ·criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
    N5
  • まだ
    • ·still; as yet; only
    • ·(not) yet
    • ·more; (more) still
    • ·at least; comparatively; relatively
    • ·unfinished; incomplete; not yet done
    N5
  • 学生がくせい
    • ·student (esp. a university student)
    N5
  • ここ
    • ·here; this place
    • ·this point; here; now
    • ·these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
    • ·the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
    N5
  • くるAs it appears here: きた
    • ·to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
    • ·to come back; to do ... and come back
    • ·to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
    • ·to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
    • ·to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行かなければ
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べられなかった
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • いま
    • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
    • ·another; more
    N5
  • 安いやすい
    • ·cheap; inexpensive
    • ·calm; peaceful; quiet
    N5
  • 大きなおおきな
    • ·big; large; great
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あった
    • ·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
  • 住むすむAs it appears here: 住んで
    • ·to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
    N5
  • 高いたかいAs it appears here: 高く
    • ·high; tall
    • ·expensive; high-priced
    • ·high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
    • ·loud
    • ·high-pitched; shrill
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なった
    • ·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
  • どちら
    • ·which way; which direction; where
    • ·which one (esp. of two alternatives)
    • ·who
    N5
  • 違うちがう
    • ·to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
    • ·to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
    • ·to become abnormal; to go wrong
    • ·isn't it?; wasn't it?
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: します
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べられた
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思って
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 気持ちきもち
    • ·feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind
    • ·preparedness; readiness; attitude
    • ·thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude
    • ·slightly; a bit; a little
    N4
  • 遊びあそび
    • ·play; playing; game
    • ·pleasure; amusement; pastime; recreation; diversion
    • ·play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel)
    • ·flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.); freedom
    • ·flyleaf
    N4
  • 値段ねだん
    • ·price; cost
    N4
  • 簡単かんたん
    • ·simple; easy; uncomplicated
    • ·brief; quick; light
    N4
  • 増えるふえるAs it appears here: 増えた
    • ·to increase; to multiply
    N4
  • 正しいただしい
    • ·right; correct
    • ·proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
    N4
    • ·spirit; mind; heart
    • ·nature; disposition
    • ·intention; mind; will; motivation
    • ·mood; feelings
    • ·consciousness
    • ·care; attention; consideration; worry
    • ·interest
    • ·(the) air; atmosphere
    • ·ambience; atmosphere (of); air (of); mood
    • ·fragrance; aroma; flavour; taste
    • ·qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine); chi; ki
    N4
  • まったく
    • ·really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
    • ·indeed
    • ·good grief
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • ところが
    • ·even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite
    N3
  • 週間しゅうかん
    • ·week
    N3
  • 経つたつAs it appears here: 経った
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    N3
  • つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • ころ
    • ·(approximate) time; around; about; toward
    • ·suitable time (or condition)
    • ·time of year; season
    N3
  • 材料ざいりょう
    • ·materials; ingredients
    • ·material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter
    • ·grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis; evidence; data
    • ·(market) factor
    N3
  • びっくり
    • ·to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump
    • ·surprise (e.g. surprise party)
    N3
  • ころ
    • ·(approximate) time; around; about; toward
    • ·suitable time (or condition)
    • ·time of year; season
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 変化へんか
    • ·change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation
    • ·variety; diversity
    • ·inflection; declension; conjugation
    • ·henka; (expl.) evasive sidestep at the beginning of a bout
    N3
  • なに
    • ·what
    • ·you-know-what; that thing
    • ·whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
    • ·penis; (one's) thing; dick
    • ·(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
    • ·what?; huh?
    • ·hey!; come on!
    • ·oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)
    N3
  • 人気にんき
    • ·popularity; public favor
    • ·condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • とにかく
    • ·anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case; at least; just
    • ·setting aside ...; regardless of ...
    • ·really; truly; certainly; definitely; undeniably
    N3
  • 嬉しいうれしい
    • ·happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed
    • ·joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant
    N3
  • 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
  • ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 終わるおわるAs it appears here: 終わり
    • ·to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over
    • ·to finish; to complete; to conclude
    • ·to finish doing
    • ·to be past its (one's) prime
    • ·to be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopeless
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • それともN2

    Conjunction presenting an alternative between two questions or options, 'or / or else'.

    それとも、日本料理の人気が高くなったのでしょうか。

    Or has Japanese food become more popular?

Other levels21 patterns
  • ところがN3

    Sentence-initial conjunction introducing a result that runs contrary to what was expected — "however; but (unexpectedly)".

    ところが、3週間経った12月の終わりの頃、なぜか正月は日本料理を食べたいという気持ちになってきました。

    However, around the end of December, after three weeks had passed, for some reason I began to feel that I wanted to eat Japanese food for New Year’s.

  • というN3

    Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.

    ところが、3週間経った12月の終わりの頃、なぜか正月は日本料理を食べたいという気持ちになってきました。

    However, around the end of December, after three weeks had passed, for some reason I began to feel that I wanted to eat Japanese food for New Year’s.

  • といい/たらいいN3

    Expresses a hope or gentle suggestion — "it'd be good if", "you should", "I hope ~".

    そういうのをまとめて売っているスーパーがダウンタウンにあるから、今から頼んでおくといいと教えてくれました。

    She told me that there was a supermarket downtown that sold all those things together and that it would be a good idea to place an order right away.

  • のでしょうかN33 times in this passage

    Softens a question to ask for the reason or explanation behind something — 'I wonder why...', 'could it be that...'.

    この15年の間に何があったのでしょうか

    What has happened over these fifteen years?

  • と思う(とおもう)N4

    Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.

    外国にいる時は、その国の料理を食べたいと思っているからです。

    That is because when I am abroad, I want to eat the food of that country.

  • 頃(ころ / ごろ)N42 times in this passage

    Suffix/noun marking an approximate point in time; 'around (the time of), about when, back when'.

    ところが、3週間経った12月の終わりの、なぜか正月は日本料理を食べたいという気持ちになってきました。

    However, around the end of December, after three weeks had passed, for some reason I began to feel that I wanted to eat Japanese food for New Year’s.

  • 〜てくるN4

    Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

    ところが、3週間経った12月の終わりの頃、なぜか正月は日本料理を食べたいという気持ちになってきました。

    However, around the end of December, after three weeks had passed, for some reason I began to feel that I wanted to eat Japanese food for New Year’s.

  • たらN4

    Conditional/temporal ending on the plain-past stem meaning that once or if the first action happens, the second follows ('if / once / when ... then').

    日本人の友だちの奥さんに、材料はどこへ行ったら買えるのか聞いてみました。

    I asked the wife of a Japanese friend where I could go to buy the ingredients.

  • 〜てみるN4

    Verb te-form plus 見る, doing something on a trial basis to see what happens — 'try ...ing'.

    日本人の友だちの奥さんに、材料はどこへ行ったら買えるのか聞いてみました。

    I asked the wife of a Japanese friend where I could go to buy the ingredients.

  • 〜てくれるN4

    Someone does an action for the benefit of the speaker (or the speaker's in-group) — '(someone) does (something) for me'.

    そういうのをまとめて売っているスーパーがダウンタウンにあるから、今から頼んでおくといいと教えてくれました。

    She told me that there was a supermarket downtown that sold all those things together and that it would be a good idea to place an order right away.

  • ときN4

    Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."

    15年前、まだ学生だったころの冬休みにここへ遊びにきたとき、日本料理の店に行かなければ、正月の料理は食べられなかったのです。

    Fifteen years ago, when I was still a student and came here during winter vacation, there was no way to eat Japanese New Year’s food unless I went to a Japanese restaurant.

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN4

    Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.

    それが今、安い値段で簡単に買えてしまうのですから、これは大きな変化です。

    Yet now they can be bought easily and cheaply, so this is a major change.

  • 間(あいだ)N4

    Marks a span of time or space throughout which, or between whose endpoints, something else continuously holds — 'while; during; between'.

    この15年の間に何があったのでしょうか。

    What has happened over these fifteen years?

  • ようだN4

    Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".

    どちらも正しいように思えるし、どちらも違うような気もします。

    Both seem as though they could be right, yet I also have the feeling that neither quite explains it.

  • に行くN52 times in this passage

    Go somewhere in order to do something — [verb masu-stem] + に行く, 'go to (do) …'.

    この冬の3ヶ月間、私は会社の仕事でアメリカに行っていました。

    For three months this winter, I was in the United States on company business.

  • 〜ているN53 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”.

    この冬の3ヶ月間、私は会社の仕事でアメリカに行っていました。

    For three months this winter, I was in the United States on company business.

  • んですN5

    Explanatory ending that supplies a reason, context, or emphasis — 'the thing is…', 'it's that…'.

    私は日本料理の店にはまったく行きませんでした。

    I did not go to any Japanese restaurants at all.

  • 〜たいN52 times in this passage

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

    外国にいる時は、その国の料理を食べたいと思っているからです。

    That is because when I am abroad, I want to eat the food of that country.

  • だ / ですN55 times in this passage

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

    外国にいる時は、その国の料理を食べたいと思っているからです

    That is because when I am abroad, I want to eat the food of that country.

  • まだN5

    Adverb showing an action or state still continues, or (with a negative) has not happened yet — "still / (not) yet."

    15年前、まだ学生だったころの冬休みにここへ遊びにきたとき、日本料理の店に行かなければ、正月の料理は食べられなかったのです。

    Fifteen years ago, when I was still a student and came here during winter vacation, there was no way to eat Japanese New Year’s food unless I went to a Japanese restaurant.

  • がありますN5

    States the existence or possession of an inanimate thing, "there is / to have".

    この15年の間に何があったのでしょうか。

    What has happened over these fifteen years?

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