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わたしいえからかいしゃまでちかてつでもバスでもバスやすいが、ところまでとおし、ながかんならないちかてつバスくらべるたかが、えきちかさいきんはうんどうためてんいいだけとおまであるバスことしている

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  1. 1ただしいものはどれですか。

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Vocabulary16 words
  • わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • いえ
    • ·house; residence; dwelling; home
    • ·family; household
    • ·lineage; family name
    N5
  • 会社かいしゃ
    • ·company; corporation; firm
    • ·one's workplace
    N5
  • 乗るのる
    • ·to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
    • ·to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount
    • ·to reach; to go over; to pass
    • ·to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.)
    • ·to take part; to participate; to join
    • ·to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.)
    • ·to be deceived; to be taken in
    • ·to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered
    • ·to stick; to attach; to take; to go on
    N5
  • ところ
    • ·place; spot; scene; site
    • ·address
    • ·district; area; locality
    • ·one's house
    • ·point; aspect; side; facet
    • ·passage (in text); part
    • ·space; room
    • ·thing; matter
    • ·whereupon; as a result
    • ·about to; on the verge of
    • ·was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
    • ·approximately; around; about
    N5
  • 遠いとおい
    • ·far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
    • ·distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
    • ·distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
    • ·far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
    • ·hard (of hearing)
    • ·nearsighted
    N5
  • 長いながい
    • ·long (distance, length)
    • ·long (time); protracted; prolonged
    N5
  • 時間じかん
    • ·time
    • ·hour
    • ·period; class; lesson
    N5
  • 待つまつAs it appears here: 待たなければ
    • ·to wait
    • ·to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
    • ·to depend on; to need
    N5
  • 高いたかい
    • ·high; tall
    • ·expensive; high-priced
    • ·high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
    • ·loud
    • ·high-pitched; shrill
    N5
  • えき
    • ·railway station; train station
    • ·staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
    • ·counter for railway stations and bus stations
    N5
  • 近いちかい
    • ·near; close; short (distance)
    • ·close (in time); soon
    • ·close (relationship); friendly; intimate
    • ·closely related
    • ·similar; almost the same; close to; nearly
    N5
  • 天気てんき
    • ·weather
    • ·fair weather; fine weather
    N5
  • 遠いとおいAs it appears here: 遠く
    • ·far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
    • ·distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
    • ·distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
    • ·far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
    • ·hard (of hearing)
    • ·nearsighted
    N5
  • 歩くあるくAs it appears here: 歩いて
    • ·to walk
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: して
    • ·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
Other levels7 words
  • くらべる
    • ·to compare; to make a comparison (between)
    • ·to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
    • ·day; days
    • ·sun; sunshine; sunlight
    • ·(the) day; daytime; daylight
    • ·date; deadline
    • ·(past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood)
    • ·case (esp. unfortunate); event
    N4
  • てつ
    • ·iron (Fe)
    • ·steel
    • ·iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.)
    • ·railway
    • ·railway enthusiast
    N3
  • 運動うんどう
    • ·exercise; physical training; workout; sports; athletics
    • ·appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying
    • ·motion; movement
    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
  • やすい
    • ·easy
    • ·likely to ...; have a tendency to ...
    • ·easy to ...
    N1
Grammar2 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • までN53 times in this passage

    Particle marking the spatial, temporal, or extent limit of an action — "until / up to / as far as."

    わたしの家から会社までちかてつでもバスでも行ける。

    I can get from my house to the office either by subway or by bus.

  • 〜ているN5

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

    さいきんは運動のために天気のいい日だけは遠くまで歩いてバスに乗ることにしている

    Lately, for the exercise, I have taken to walking the long way to the bus, but only on days when the weather is good.

Other levels5 patterns
  • だけはN2

    Singles one thing out for emphasis, 'at least ~ (if nothing else)' / 'this one thing does hold'.

    さいきんは運動のために天気のいい日だけは遠くまで歩いてバスに乗ることにしている。

    Lately, for the exercise, I have taken to walking the long way to the bus, but only on days when the weather is good.

  • ためにN3

    marks a purpose ('in order to') or a cause ('because of / owing to').

    さいきんは運動のために天気のいい日だけは遠くまで歩いてバスに乗ることにしている。

    Lately, for the exercise, I have taken to walking the long way to the bus, but only on days when the weather is good.

  • やすいN4

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

    バスはやすいが、乗るところまで遠いし、長い時間待たなければならない。

    The bus is cheap, but the stop is far away and you have to wait a long time.

  • なければならないN4

    Expresses a general, unavoidable obligation or necessity — 'must / have to'.

    バスはやすいが、乗るところまで遠いし、長い時間待たなければならない

    The bus is cheap, but the stop is far away and you have to wait a long time.

  • ことにするN4

    Expresses a decision the speaker makes by their own volition; 'decide to (do).'

    さいきんは運動のために天気のいい日だけは遠くまで歩いてバスに乗ることにしている。

    Lately, for the exercise, I have taken to walking the long way to the bus, but only on days when the weather is good.

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