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たか子こ様さま

もうすぐ夏なつ休やすみですね。皆みなさま、お元げん気きでしょうか。

昨日きのう、メロンや桃ももなどが届とどきました。いつもお心こころ遣づかいをいただき、ありがとうございます。毎まい年とし、この季き節せつにおいしいくだものがいただけるのも、たか子こさんとお兄にいちゃんのおかげです。二ふた人りが力ちからを合あわせて、新あたらしい農のう業ぎょうに挑ちょう戦せんし（注1）、よい結果けっかが出でていること、本ほん当とうにうれしいです。

たけし君くんは大だい学がく受じゅ験けんだと思おもいますが、勉べん強きょうがんばっていますか。昨日きのう、アルバイトから帰かえった二じ郎ろうが桃ももをいただきながら、いとこで集あつまって、またキャンプをしたいと言いっていました。来らい年ねんはできそうですね。たけし君くんにも伝つたえておいてください。

少すこしですが、名めい物ぶつのうめぼし（注2）を送おくります。体からだにいいので、食たべてください。それでは、皆みなさま、元げん気きに暑あつい夏なつをお過すごしください。お兄にいちゃんにもよろしく。

2015年ねん7月つき12日にち

めぐみ


（注ちゅう1）挑ちょう戦せんする：あきらめずにやってみること

（注ちゅう2）うめぼし：ウメの木この実みで作つくった食たべ物もの

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  1. 1この手紙を書いた一番の目的はどれか。
  2. 2めぐみさんとたか子さんの関係はどれか。
  3. 3来年はできそうですねとあるが、その理由はどれか。

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Vocabulary16 words
  • お
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    N3
  • 届くとどくAs it appears here: 届きました
    • ·to reach; to touch; to get to; to carry (of sound)
    • ·to be delivered; to arrive
    • ·to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to be thorough
    • ·to be realized (of a desire); to be fulfilled; to get through (to someone); to be appreciated; to make an impression
    N3
  • 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
  • 合わせるあわせるAs it appears here: 合わせて
    • ·to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
    • ·to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
    • ·to face; to be opposite (someone)
    • ·to compare; to check with
    • ·to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)
    • ·to place together; to connect; to overlap
    • ·to mix; to combine
    • ·to put blade to blade; to fight
    N3
  • 農業のうぎょう
    • ·agriculture; farming
    N3
  • 結果けっか
    • ·result; consequence; outcome; effect
    • ·as a result of ...; as a consequence of ...; after ...; following ...
    • ·bearing fruit; fruiting
    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
  • うれしい
    • ·happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed
    • ·joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant
    N3
  • いとこ
    • ·cousin (male)
    N3
  • くださるAs it appears here: ください
    • ·to give; to confer; to bestow
    • ·to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor
    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
  • 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
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • あきらめるAs it appears here: あきらめ
    • ·to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
    N3
  • ウメうめ
    • ·Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
    • ·lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
    N3
Other levels39 words
  • 夏休みなつやすみ
    • ·summer vacation; summer holiday
    N5
  • 元気げんき
    • ·lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited
    • ·healthy; well; fit; in good health
    N5
  • 昨日きのう
    • ·yesterday
    N5
  • 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
  • おいしい
    • ·good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty
    • ·attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
    N5
  • くだもの
    • ·fruit
    N5
  • 二人ふたり
    • ·two persons; two people; pair; couple
    N5
  • 新しいあたらしい
    • ·new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
    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
  • 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: 出て
    • ·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
  • 大学だいがく
    • ·university; college
    • ·former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
    • ·the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
    N5
  • 勉強べんきょう
    • ·study
    • ·diligence; working hard
    • ·experience; knowledge; lesson (for the future)
    • ·discount; price reduction
    N5
  • 帰るかえるAs it appears here: 帰った
    • ·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
  • 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
  • するAs it appears here: したい
    • ·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
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言って
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 来年らいねん
    • ·next year
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: でき
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 暑いあつい
    • ·hot; warm; sultry; heated
    • ·passionate; impassioned; burning (desire, etc.)
    • ·on everybody's mind; on the radar; du jour; interested (gaze, etc.)
    N5
  • 夏なつ
    • ·summer
    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
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作った
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • 食べ物たべもの
    • ·food
    N5
  • もうすぐ
    • ·soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
    N4
  • 季節きせつ
    • ·season; time of year
    N4
  • 力ちから
    • ·force; strength; might; vigour; vigor; energy
    • ·capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty
    • ·efficacy; effect
    • ·effort; endeavours; endeavors; exertions
    • ·power; authority; influence; good offices; agency
    • ·support; help; aid; assistance
    • ·stress; emphasis
    • ·means; resources
    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
  • 伝えるつたえるAs it appears here: 伝えて
    • ·to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
    N4
  • 送るおくるAs it appears here: 送ります
    • ·to send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship; to remit
    • ·to see (someone) off; to escort; to accompany; to take
    • ·to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to bury
    • ·to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live
    • ·to pass (on, along); to advance (a runner)
    • ·to affix (okurigana)
    N4
  • 受験じゅけん
    • ·taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
    N2
  • 名物めいぶつ
    • ·famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
    N2
  • 挑戦ちょうせん
    • ·challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
    N1
  • 集まるあつまるAs it appears here: 集まって
    • ·to gather; to collect; to assemble
    N1
  • めぐみ
    • ·blessing; grace
    N1
  • やるAs it appears here: やって
    • ·to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study
    • ·to send; to dispatch; to despatch
    • ·to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
    • ·to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
    • ·to make (a vehicle) go faster
    • ·to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
    • ·to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
    • ·to hold (a performance); to perform; to show
    • ·to ease (one's mind)
    • ·to harm; to injure; to kill
    • ·to have sex; to fuck; to bang
    • ·to live; to get by; to get along
    • ·to do ... completely
    • ·to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance
    • ·to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to
    • ·to make active efforts to ...
    • ·to suffer from (an illness); to experience (a medical condition); to be afflicted with
    N1
Grammar2 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • というN3

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

    昨日、アルバイトから帰った二郎が桃をいただきながら、いとこで集まって、またキャンプをしたいと言っていました。

    Yesterday, when Jirou came home from his part-time job, he was eating a peach and said that he wanted all the cousins to get together and go camping again.

  • ずにN3

    Marks doing one thing without doing another; a more formal equivalent of 〜ないで — 'without …ing'.

    （注1）挑戦する：あきらめずにやってみること

    (Note 1) To take on a challenge: to try doing something without giving up

Other levels13 patterns
  • などN4

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

    昨日、メロンや桃などが届きました。

    Yesterday, melons, peaches, and other fruit arrived.

  • 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).

    いつもお心遣いをいただき、ありがとうございます。

    Thank you as always for your thoughtfulness.

  • と思う（とおもう）N4

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

    たけし君は大学受験だと思いますが、勉強がんばっていますか。

    Takeshi-kun must be preparing for his university entrance exams; is he studying hard?

  • ながらN4

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

    昨日、アルバイトから帰った二郎が桃をいただきながら、いとこで集まって、またキャンプをしたいと言っていました。

    Yesterday, when Jirou came home from his part-time job, he was eating a peach and said that he wanted all the cousins to get together and go camping again.

  • 〜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'.

    たけし君にも伝えておいてください。

    Please tell Takeshi-kun as well.

  • 〜てみるN4

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

    （注1）挑戦する：あきらめずにやってみること

    (Note 1) To take on a challenge: to try doing something without giving up

  • 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'.

    もうすぐ夏休みですね。

    Summer vacation is almost here, isn't it?

  • だろうN5

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

    皆さま、お元気でしょうか。

    Is everyone doing well?

  • いつもN5

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

    いつもお心遣いをいただき、ありがとうございます。

    Thank you as always for your thoughtfulness.

  • 〜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”.

    二人が力を合わせて、新しい農業に挑戦し、よい結果が出ていること、本当にうれしいです。

    I am truly happy that the two of you have joined forces to take on new approaches to farming and are achieving good results.

  • 〜たいN5

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

    昨日、アルバイトから帰った二郎が桃をいただきながら、いとこで集まって、またキャンプをしたいと言っていました。

    Yesterday, when Jirou came home from his part-time job, he was eating a peach and said that he wanted all the cousins to get together and go camping again.

  • 〜てくださいN52 times in this passage

    A polite request asking someone to do something — “please do”.

    たけし君にも伝えておいてください。

    Please tell Takeshi-kun as well.

  • のでN5

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

    体にいいので、食べてください。

    They are good for your health, so please enjoy them.

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