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山やま田だ一いち郎ろう様さま

いつも当とうホテルをご利り用よういただき、まことにありがとうございます。

さて、山やま田だ様ようには現げん在ざい、10月つき3日にちご一泊いっぱくのご予よ約やくをいただいておりますが、この度たび、消しょう防ぼう署しょの検けん査さで消しょう防ぼう設せつ備びに問もん題だいが見みつかり、10月つき1日にちより2週しゅう間かん休きゅう業ぎょうして修しゅう理りすることになりました。突とつ然ぜんのことでまことに申もうし訳わけありませんが、どうかご理り解かいいただきたくお願ねがい申もうし上あげます。なお、ご希き望ぼうがあれば、代かわりのホテルをご紹しょう介かいいたします。

修しゅう理り終しゅう了りょう後ごは、10月つき15日にちよりこれまで通とおり営えい業ぎょうする予よ定ていでおります。1泊はく50%割わり引びきの券けんをお送おくりしますので、ご利り用よういただければ幸さいわいです。

ご不ふ便べんをおかけし大たい変へん申もうし訳わけありませんが、どうか今こん後ごも変かわらず当とうホテルをご利り用よういただきたく、よろしくお願ねがい申もうし上あげます。

さくらホテル

田た中なかまりこ


さくらホテル御おん中ちゅう

10月つき3日にちに予よ約やくをしました山やま田だです。仕し事ごとの予よ定ていが変へん更こうできないので、代かわりのホテルを紹しょう介かいしてもらえればと思おもいます。

場ば所しょはA駅えきの近ちかくで、予よ算さんはサービス料りょうなど全ぜん部ぶ答こたえめて7000円えんです。

少しょう々しょう急いそいでおりますので、今日中きょうじゅうに返へん事じをいただけないでしょうか。

よろしくお願ねがいします。

山やま田だ一いち郎ろう

Questions

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  1. 1さくらホテルが山田さんに一番伝えたいことはどれか。
  2. 2さくらホテルが山田さんにした提案はどれか。
  3. 3山田さんがさくらホテルに出したメールの内容と違うものはどれか。

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Vocabulary25 words
  • いただくAs it appears here: いただき
    • ·to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy
    • ·to eat; to drink
    • ·to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top)
    • ·to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)
    • ·to get someone to do something
    N3
  • さて
    • ·well; now; then
    N3
  • 現在げんざい
    • ·the present; present time; now
    • ·as of
    • ·present tense
    • ·this world; this life
    • ·to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 日にち
    • ·Sunday
    • ·nth day (of the month)
    • ·counter for days
    • ·Japan
    N3
  • いただくAs it appears here: いただいて
    • ·to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy
    • ·to eat; to drink
    • ·to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top)
    • ·to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)
    • ·to get someone to do something
    N3
  • 度たび
    • ·time (three times, each time, etc.); times
    N3
  • 検査けんさ
    • ·inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
    N3
  • 消防しょうぼう
    • ·fire fighting
    • ·fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
    N3
  • 設備せつび
    • ·equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
    N3
  • 週間しゅうかん
    • ·week
    N3
  • 修理しゅうり
    • ·repair; mending; fixing; servicing
    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
  • 突然とつぜん
    • ·abrupt; sudden; unexpected
    N3
  • 理解りかい
    • ·understanding; comprehension; appreciation
    • ·sympathy
    N3
  • 希望きぼう
    • ·hope; wish; aspiration
    • ·(bright) prospects; expectation
    N3
  • 通りとおり
    • ·street; road; avenue; thoroughfare
    • ·traffic; coming and going
    • ·flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running
    • ·transmission (of sound); reach (of voice)
    • ·reputation; favor; favour; popularity
    • ·understanding; comprehension; comprehensibility; clarity
    • ·the same way (as); as (follows, stated, expected, etc.)
    • ·counter for sets of things
    • ·counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.
    N3
  • 営業えいぎょう
    • ·business; trade; operations
    • ·sales
    N3
  • 券けん
    • ·ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
    N3
  • 今後こんご
    • ·from now on; hereafter
    N3
  • よろしく
    • ·well; properly; suitably
    • ·best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do
    • ·just like ...; as though one were ...
    • ·by all means; of course
    N3
  • 変更へんこう
    • ·change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
    N3
  • 予算よさん
    • ·estimate (of costs); budget
    N3
  • 円えん
    • ·yen (currency of Japan)
    • ·circle
    N3
  • 少々しょうしょう
    • ·a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; a pinch; some
    • ·a little while; a short time; a moment; a minute; a second
    N3
Other levels40 words
  • いつも
    • ·always; all the time; at all times
    • ·never
    • ·usual; regular; habitual; customary
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 問題もんだい
    • ·question (e.g. on a test); problem
    • ·problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
    • ·question (i.e. doubt)
    • ·public discussion; controversy
    • ·trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
    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
  • する
    • ·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
  • なるAs it appears here: なりました
    • ·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
  • あるAs it appears here: あれば
    • ·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
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • おりるAs it appears here: おります
    • ·to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down
    • ·to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount
    • ·to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to fold
    • ·to be granted; to be issued; to be given
    • ·to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.)
    • ·to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
    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
  • するAs it appears here: し
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できない
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • 駅えき
    • ·railway station; train station
    • ·staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
    • ·counter for railway stations and bus stations
    N5
  • 近くちかく
    • ·near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
    • ·nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
    • ·shortly; soon
    N5
  • 全部ぜんぶ
    • ·all; entire; whole; altogether
    N5
  • め
    • ·eye; eyeball
    • ·eyesight; sight; vision
    • ·look; stare; gaze; glance
    • ·notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
    • ·an experience
    • ·viewpoint
    • ·discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
    • ·(an) appearance
    • ·chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
    • ·spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
    • ·grain (of wood, paper)
    • ·eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
    • ·intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
    • ·dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
    • ·graduation; division (of a scale)
    • ·tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
    • ·ordinal number suffix
    • ·somewhat; -ish
    • ·point (e.g. of change)
    • ·eye (empty space inside a group of stones)
    N5
  • 利用りよう
    • ·use; utilization; utilisation; application
    N4
  • 予約よやく
    • ·reservation; appointment; booking; advance order
    • ·contract; subscription; pledge
    • ·programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
    N4
  • 見つかるみつかるAs it appears here: 見つかり
    • ·to be found; to be discovered
    N4
  • 申し上げるもうしあげるAs it appears here: 申し上げます
    • ·to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.)
    • ·to do
    N4
  • 代わりかわり
    • ·substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
    • ·stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor
    • ·compensation; exchange; return
    • ·another helping; second helping; seconds; refill
    • ·upcoming program; upcoming programme
    N4
  • 紹介しょうかい
    • ·introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
    N4
  • 予定よてい
    • ·plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate
    N4
  • 不便ふべん
    • ·inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
    N4
  • 変わるかわるAs it appears here: 変わら
    • ·to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
    • ·to move to
    • ·to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思います
    • ·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
  • 場所ばしょ
    • ·place; location; spot; position; area
    • ·room; space
    • ·sumo tournament
    N4
  • 答こたえ
    • ·answer; reply; response
    • ·answer; solution; result
    N4
  • 急ぐいそぐAs it appears here: 急いで
    • ·to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
    N4
  • 返事へんじ
    • ·reply; answer; response
    N4
  • 消防署しょうぼうしょ
    • ·fire station
    N2
  • 休業きゅうぎょう
    • ·suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
    N2
  • 割引わりびき
    • ·discount; reduction; rebate
    • ·tenths discounted; tenths reduced
    N2
  • 御中おんちゅう
    • ·... and Company; Messrs; for the attention of ...
    N2
  • お願いしますおねがいします
    • ·please
    N2
  • ご
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    • ·honorific suffix
    N1
  • なお
    • ·still; yet
    • ·more; still more; greater; further
    • ·furthermore; in addition; moreover; note that ...
    • ·as if; just like; as though
    N1
  • 泊はく
    • ·counter for nights of a stay
    • ·overnight stay; lodging
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • さてN3

    Shifts to a new topic or the next action — 'well then', 'now then'.

    さて、山田様には現在、10月3日ご一泊のご予約をいただいておりますが、この度、消防署の検査で消防設備に問題が見つかり、10月1日より2週間休業して修理することになりました。

    Yamada-sama currently has a reservation for one night on October 3, but a recent fire department inspection found a problem with our fire-safety equipment, so we have decided to close for two weeks starting October 1 to carry out repairs.

Other levels14 patterns
  • お～願うN2

    Humble form for politely requesting an action — "(please) kindly ~, could you ~".

    よろしくお願いします。

    Thank you in advance.

  • ございますN4

    The highly polite (teineigo) equivalent of ある/です, used in formal speech and set phrases — 'there is / to be' (polite).

    いつも当ホテルをご利用いただき、まことにありがとうございます。

    Thank you very much for your continued patronage of our hotel.

  • よりN42 times in this passage

    Particle marking the standard in a comparison (also a starting point), "than / (more) than; from".

    さて、山田様には現在、10月3日ご一泊のご予約をいただいておりますが、この度、消防署の検査で消防設備に問題が見つかり、10月1日より2週間休業して修理することになりました。

    Yamada-sama currently has a reservation for one night on October 3, but a recent fire department inspection found a problem with our fire-safety equipment, so we have decided to close for two weeks starting October 1 to carry out repairs.

  • ことになるN4

    Expresses that something has been decided or comes about, often through external circumstances rather than the speaker's own will; 'it has been decided that / it turns out that.'

    さて、山田様には現在、10月3日ご一泊のご予約をいただいておりますが、この度、消防署の検査で消防設備に問題が見つかり、10月1日より2週間休業して修理することになりました。

    Yamada-sama currently has a reservation for one night on October 3, but a recent fire department inspection found a problem with our fire-safety equipment, so we have decided to close for two weeks starting October 1 to carry out repairs.

  • いたしますN4

    Humble (kenjougo) form of する used to lower oneself when doing something for another — 'to do (humbly)'.

    なお、ご希望があれば、代わりのホテルをご紹介いたします。

    If you wish, we can recommend an alternative hotel.

  • と思う（とおもう）N4

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

    仕事の予定が変更できないので、代わりのホテルを紹介してもらえればと思います。

    Since I cannot change my work schedule, I would appreciate it if you could recommend another hotel.

  • などN4

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

    場所はA駅の近くで、予算はサービス料など全部答めて7000円です。

    I would like a hotel near Station A, with a total budget of 7,000 yen including service charges and other fees.

  • いつもN5

    Adverb expressing habitual, unchanging frequency, "always / usually".

    いつも当ホテルをご利用いただき、まことにありがとうございます。

    Thank you very much for your continued patronage of our hotel.

  • 〜たいN52 times in this passage

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

    突然のことでまことに申し訳ありませんが、どうかご理解いただきたくお願い申し上げます。

    We sincerely apologize for this sudden situation and respectfully ask for your understanding.

  • がありますN5

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

    なお、ご希望があれば、代わりのホテルをご紹介いたします。

    If you wish, we can recommend an alternative hotel.

  • までN5

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

    修理終了後は、10月15日よりこれまで通り営業する予定でおります。

    After the repairs are completed, we plan to resume normal operations from October 15.

  • のでN53 times in this passage

    Gives a reason or cause with a soft, objective/polite nuance — 'because / since'.

    1泊50%割引の券をお送りしますので、ご利用いただければ幸いです。

    We will send you a coupon for 50% off one night's stay, and we would be delighted if you could use it.

  • だ / ですN53 times in this passage

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

    1泊50%割引の券をお送りしますので、ご利用いただければ幸いです。

    We will send you a coupon for 50% off one night's stay, and we would be delighted if you could use it.

  • だろうN5

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

    少々急いでおりますので、今日中に返事をいただけないでしょうか。

    I am in a bit of a hurry, so could you please reply by the end of today?

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