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かずこさんのおばあさんは80歳さいで、最さい近きん一ひと人りで歩あるくのが難むずかしくなり、外がい出しゅつには車くるまいすを使つかっています。おばあさんの趣しゅ味みは読どく書しょとビデオを見みることですが、普ふ通つうの本ほんは字じが小ちいさくて疲つかれると言いっています。今こん度どの日にち曜よう日び、かずこさんが図と書しょ館かんに連つれて行いき、4時じ間かん後のちに迎むかえに行いくことになりました。


体からだの不ふ自じ由ゆうな方ほう、お年とし寄よりの方ほうへの図と書しょ館かん情じょう報ほう（◯は利り用ようできます）

車くるまいす用ようトイレ 拡かく大だい読どく書しょ器き（注1） 点てん字じ本ほん（注2） ビデオ 食しょく堂どう
東ひがし図と書しょ館かん ◯ ◯
西にし図と書しょ館かん ◯ ◯ ◯
南みなみ図と書しょ館かん ◯ ◯ ◯
北きた図と書しょ館かん ◯ ◯ ◯

注ちゅう意いしてください！

車くるまいすの方ほうは、必かならず車くるまいす用ようトイレのある図と書しょ館かんをご利り用ようください。


（注ちゅう1）拡かく大だい読どく書しょ器き：文字もじを大おおきくする機き械かい

（注ちゅう2）点てん字じ本ほん：目めが見みえない人ひとが、指ゆびでさわって字じが読よめるようにした本ほん

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  1. 1かずこさんのおばあさんがビデオを楽しめるのはどこか。
  2. 2かずこさんのおばあさんが本が読めて、お昼も食べられるのはどこか。

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Vocabulary11 words
  • 外出がいしゅつ
    • ·going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
    N3
  • 読書どくしょ
    • ·reading (books)
    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
  • 方ほう
    • ·direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
    • ·side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
    • ·type; category
    • ·field (of study, etc.)
    • ·indicates one side of a comparison
    • ·way; method; manner; means
    • ·length (of each side of a square)
    N3
  • お
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    N3
  • 情報じょうほう
    • ·information; news; report; intelligence
    • ·information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
    • ·informatics (as a subject)
    N3
  • 拡大かくだい
    • ·expansion; extension
    • ·magnification; enlargement
    • ·escalation; spread
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 文字もじ
    • ·letter (of an alphabet); character
    • ·writing
    N3
  • 機械きかい
    • ·machine; mechanism
    • ·instrument; appliance; apparatus
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
Other levels44 words
  • おばあさん
    • ·grandmother
    • ·old woman; female senior citizen
    N5
  • 一人ひとり
    • ·one person
    • ·being alone; being by oneself
    • ·being single; being unmarried
    • ·by oneself; alone
    • ·just; only; simply
    N5
  • 歩くあるく
    • ·to walk
    N5
  • 難しいむずかしいAs it appears here: 難しく
    • ·difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
    • ·impossible; unfeasible
    • ·fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
    • ·gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
    • ·dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable
    • ·unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なり
    • ·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
  • 使うつかうAs it appears here: 使って
    • ·to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
    • ·to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate
    • ·to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
    • ·to use (language); to speak
    N5
  • 見るみる
    • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
    • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
    • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
    • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
    • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
    • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
    N5
  • 本ほん
    • ·book; volume; script
    • ·this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
    • ·main; head; principal
    • ·real; genuine; regular; proper
    • ·counter for long, thin objects (sticks, tubes, strings, bottles, pillars, rivers, rail lines, etc.)
    • ·counter for films, TV shows, etc.
    • ·counter for telephone calls, letters, and emails
    • ·counter for goals, home runs, etc.
    • ·counter for rounds or points (in judo, kendo, etc.)
    N5
  • 小さいちいさいAs it appears here: 小さくて
    • ·small; little; tiny
    • ·slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small
    • ·low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
    • ·unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial
    • ·young; juvenile
    N5
  • 疲れるつかれる
    • ·to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued; to become exhausted; to grow weary
    • ·to become worn out (of a well-used object)
    • ·to starve
    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
  • 日曜日にちようび
    • ·Sunday
    N5
  • 図書館としょかん
    • ·library
    N5
  • 時間じかん
    • ·time
    • ·hour
    • ·period; class; lesson
    N5
  • 行くいく
    • ·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
  • 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
  • できるAs it appears here: できます
    • ·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
  • 食堂しょくどう
    • ·dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom
    • ·restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
    N5
  • 東ひがし
    • ·east
    N5
  • 西にし
    • ·west
    N5
  • 南みなみ
    • ·south
    N5
  • 北きた
    • ·north
    • ·the North; northern territories
    • ·North Korea
    • ·north wind
    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
  • 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
  • 大きいおおきいAs it appears here: 大きく
    • ·big; large; great
    • ·loud
    • ·extensive; spacious
    • ·important; decisive; valuable
    • ·older; grown-up
    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
  • 目め
    • ·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
  • 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
  • するAs it appears here: 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
  • 最近さいきん
    • ·recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
    • ·nearest; closest
    N4
  • 趣味しゅみ
    • ·hobby; pastime
    • ·tastes; preference; liking
    N4
  • 普通ふつう
    • ·normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average
    • ·normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly
    • ·local train; train that stops at every station
    N4
  • 字じ
    • ·character (esp. kanji); letter; written text
    • ·handwriting; penmanship
    • ·the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
    N4
  • 今度こんど
    • ·this time; now
    • ·next time; another time; shortly; soon
    • ·recently; lately; the other day
    N4
  • 迎えるむかえるAs it appears here: 迎え
    • ·to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail
    • ·to call for; to summon; to invite
    • ·to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
    • ·to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)
    N4
  • 利用りよう
    • ·use; utilization; utilisation; application
    N4
  • 用よう
    • ·business; task; errand; engagement
    • ·use; purpose
    • ·for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...
    • ·call of nature; excretion
    N4
  • 注意ちゅうい
    • ·attention; notice; heed
    • ·care; caution; precaution; looking out (for); watching out (for)
    • ·advice; warning; caution; reminder
    • ·admonishment; reprimand; telling-off
    N4
  • 必ずかならず
    • ·always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
    N4
  • 見えるみえるAs it appears here: 見えない
    • ·to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
    • ·to look; to seem; to appear
    • ·to come
    N4
  • 指ゆび
    • ·finger; toe; digit
    N4
  • さわるAs it appears here: さわって
    • ·to touch; to feel; to handle
    • ·to get involved (with); to approach
    • ·to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
    N4
  • 年寄りとしより
    • ·old person; elderly person; senior citizen
    • ·trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; (expl.) retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
    • ·senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
    • ·important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
    N1
  • ご
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    • ·honorific suffix
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

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  • というN3

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

    おばあさんの趣味は読書とビデオを見ることですが、普通の本は字が小さくて疲れると言っています。

    Her hobbies are reading and watching videos, but she says that the print in ordinary books is too small and tiring to read.

Other levels6 patterns
  • 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.'

    今度の日曜日、かずこさんが図書館に連れて行き、4時間後に迎えに行くことになりました。

    Next Sunday, Kazuko-san will take her to the library and return to pick her up four hours later.

  • ようにするN4

    Expresses making an ongoing effort or arranging things so that something does or doesn't happen — "make sure to / try to (do regularly)".

    （注2）点字本：目が見えない人が、指でさわって字が読めるようにした本

    (Note 2) Braille book: a book made so that people who cannot see can read the text by touching it with their fingers

  • 〜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”.

    かずこさんのおばあさんは80歳で、最近一人で歩くのが難しくなり、外出には車いすを使っています。

    Kazuko-san’s grandmother is 80 years old, and recently she has found it difficult to walk by herself, so she uses a wheelchair when she goes out.

  • だ / ですN5

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

    おばあさんの趣味は読書とビデオを見ることですが、普通の本は字が小さくて疲れると言っています。

    Her hobbies are reading and watching videos, but she says that the print in ordinary books is too small and tiring to read.

  • に行くN5

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

    今度の日曜日、かずこさんが図書館に連れて行き、4時間後に迎えに行くことになりました。

    Next Sunday, Kazuko-san will take her to the library and return to pick her up four hours later.

  • 〜てくださいN5

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

    注意してください！

    Please note!

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