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N4 · ElementaryShort passagePassage #190
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タイワンから日本にっぽんに来きて驚おどろいたことは、どこでもタバコを吸すう人ひとがいることだ。それにタバコを吸すう女じょ性せいも多おおい。タバコの煙けむりはとても臭くさいし、病びょう気きの原げん因いんにもなる。なぜ吸すいたがるのか。日本にっぽんの会かい社しゃは忙いそがしいし、競きょう争そうも激はげしい。みんなが疲つかれを感かんじているから、その疲つかれを取とりたがるのだろう。ほかにも、若わか者ものがタバコを吸すうことをりっぱで、大人おとならしいと思おもっていることもあるし、タバコ店てんや自じ動どう販はん売ばい機きなどの数かずが多おおく、買かいやすいこともある。もし、買かいにくくすれば吸すう人ひとが少すこしは減へるのではないか。

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  1. 1著者はタバコを吸うことについて、どう思っていますか。

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Vocabulary7 words
  • 驚くおどろくAs it appears here: 驚いた
    • ·to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked
    • ·to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
    N4
  • 女性じょせい
    • ·woman; female
    • ·feminine gender
    N4
  • 原因げんいん
    • ·cause; origin; source
    N4
  • 競争きょうそう
    • ·competition; contest; rivalry; race
    • ·competition (between organisms or species)
    N4
  • みんな
    • ·everyone; everybody; all
    • ·everything; all
    N4
  • 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
  • もし
    • ·if; in case; supposing
    N4
Other levels35 words
  • 来るくるAs it appears here: 来て
    • ·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
  • どこ
    • ·where; what place
    • ·how much (long, far); what extent
    N5
  • 人ひと
    • ·person; someone; somebody
    • ·human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
    • ·human (Homo sapiens)
    • ·(other) people; others
    • ·character; personality; nature
    • ·capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
    • ·adult; grown-up
    • ·I; me; one
    N5
  • いる
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 多いおおい
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • とても
    • ·very; awfully; exceedingly
    • ·(not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
    N5
  • 病気びょうき
    • ·illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness
    • ·bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing
    • ·crazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head
    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
  • なぜ
    • ·why; how; for what reason
    N5
  • 吸うすうAs it appears here: 吸いた
    • ·to breathe in; to inhale; to smoke (a cigarette, etc.)
    • ·to suck; to sip; to slurp
    • ·to absorb; to soak up
    • ·to kiss
    N5
  • 会社かいしゃ
    • ·company; corporation; firm
    • ·one's workplace
    N5
  • 忙しいいそがしい
    • ·busy; occupied; hectic
    • ·restless; hurried; fidgety
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 取るとるAs it appears here: 取りた
    • ·to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold
    • ·to pass; to hand; to give
    • ·to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)
    • ·to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose
    • ·to remove; to get rid of; to take off
    • ·to take away; to steal; to rob
    • ·to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
    • ·to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop)
    • ·to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside
    • ·to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
    • ·to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp
    • ·to record; to take down
    • ·to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get
    • ·to order; to have delivered
    • ·to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
    • ·to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept
    • ·to take control of; to take (the rudder)
    • ·to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
    N5
  • ほか
    • ·another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
    • ·another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
    • ·beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
    • ·except; but; other than; apart from
    • ·besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of
    N5
  • りっぱ
    • ·splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; impressive
    • ·praiseworthy; creditable; worthy
    • ·legal; legitimate; lawful
    • ·undeniable (e.g. crime); indisputable; solid
    N5
  • 大人おとな
    • ·adult; grown-up
    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
  • 多いおおいAs it appears here: 多く
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • 買うかうAs it appears here: 買い
    • ·to buy; to purchase
    • ·to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize
    • ·to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour)
    • ·to accept; to take on; to take up
    • ·to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: すれば
    • ·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
  • 吸うすう
    • ·to breathe in; to inhale; to smoke (a cigarette, etc.)
    • ·to suck; to sip; to slurp
    • ·to absorb; to soak up
    • ·to kiss
    N5
  • 少しすこし
    • ·a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; some; slightly; somewhat
    • ·a little while; a short time; a moment; a minute
    • ·a little way; a short distance
    N5
  • ワンわん
    • ·bay; gulf; inlet
    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
  • 煙けむり
    • ·smoke; fumes
    N3
  • 臭いくさい
    • ·stinking; smelly
    • ·suspicious; fishy
    • ·hammy (acting); over-the-top; cheesy
    • ·clumsy; unskilled
    • ·(overly) gamey; strong-tasting
    • ·smelling of
    • ·looking like; appearing like; smacking of; -ish
    N3
  • 激しいはげしい
    • ·violent; furious; tempestuous
    • ·extreme; intense; fierce; strong
    • ·fervent; vehement
    • ·incessant; relentless
    • ·precipitous; steep
    N3
  • 疲れつかれ
    • ·tiredness; fatigue
    N3
  • 感じるかんじるAs it appears here: 感じて
    • ·to feel; to sense; to experience
    • ·to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to be impressed (by); to respond (to)
    • ·to become infected with (an illness); to catch
    N3
  • 数かず
    • ·number; amount
    N3
  • 減るへる
    • ·to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
    N3
  • 店てん
    • ·store; shop; restaurant
    N1
  • やすい
    • ·easy
    • ·likely to ...; have a tendency to ...
    • ·easy to ...
    N1
Grammar6 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • たがるN42 times in this passage

    Auxiliary attached to a verb stem describing the outward signs that a third party wants to do something ('seems eager to / keeps wanting to').

    なぜ吸いたがるのか。

    So why do they want to smoke?

  • らしいN4

    Evidential auxiliary expressing an inference or hearsay from evidence — 'it seems / apparently ~'; also 'typical of, befitting ~'.

    ほかにも、若者がタバコを吸うことをりっぱで、大人らしいと思っていることもあるし、タバコ店や自動販売機などの数が多く、買いやすいこともある。

    Besides that, young people think smoking looks impressive and grown-up, and there are so many tobacconists and vending machines that it is easy to buy.

  • と思う（とおもう）N4

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

    ほかにも、若者がタバコを吸うことをりっぱで、大人らしいと思っていることもあるし、タバコ店や自動販売機などの数が多く、買いやすいこともある。

    Besides that, young people think smoking looks impressive and grown-up, and there are so many tobacconists and vending machines that it is easy to buy.

  • などN4

    Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.

    ほかにも、若者がタバコを吸うことをりっぱで、大人らしいと思っていることもあるし、タバコ店や自動販売機などの数が多く、買いやすいこともある。

    Besides that, young people think smoking looks impressive and grown-up, and there are so many tobacconists and vending machines that it is easy to buy.

  • やすいN4

    Attaches to a verb stem to mean the action is easy to do ('easy to ~').

    ほかにも、若者がタバコを吸うことをりっぱで、大人らしいと思っていることもあるし、タバコ店や自動販売機などの数が多く、買いやすいこともある。

    Besides that, young people think smoking looks impressive and grown-up, and there are so many tobacconists and vending machines that it is easy to buy.

  • にくいN4

    Attaches to a verb stem to say an action is hard to perform, 'difficult to ~ / hard to ~.'

    もし、買いにくくすれば吸う人が少しは減るのではないか。

    If buying were made harder, wouldn't the number of smokers drop at least a little?

Other levels4 patterns
  • ではないかN2

    Rhetorically seeks agreement or expresses a realization — 'isn't it? / right? / surely.'

    もし、買いにくくすれば吸う人が少しは減るのではないか。

    If buying were made harder, wouldn't the number of smokers drop at least a little?

  • とてもN5

    Degree adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb — "very / extremely."

    タバコの煙はとても臭いし、病気の原因にもなる。

    Cigarette smoke smells terrible, and it causes illness too.

  • 〜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”.

    みんなが疲れを感じているから、その疲れを取りたがるのだろう。

    Everyone feels tired, so they probably want to shake that tiredness off.

  • だろうN5

    Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.

    みんなが疲れを感じているから、その疲れを取りたがるのだろう。

    Everyone feels tired, so they probably want to shake that tiredness off.

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