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N4 · ElementaryShort passagePassage #305
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吉よし田ださんへ

吉よし田ださん、長ながい間あいだ本ほんを返かえせなくて、ごめんなさい。実じつは引ひき出だしの中なかに入いれておいて、引ひき出だしのかぎを無なくしてしまったのです。それで、本ほんをずっと読よんでいなかったのです。引ひき出だしが開ひらいたので、昨日きのうから読よみ始はじめました。明あ日したには返かえせると思おもいます。

斎さい藤とう

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  1. 1本は今どうなっていますか。

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Vocabulary3 words
  • 引き出しひきだし
    • ·drawer
    • ·withdrawal (of money from an account)
    • ·variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
    N4
  • それで
    • ·so; therefore; and; (and) then
    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
Other levels14 words
  • 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
  • 中なか
    • ·inside; interior
    • ·among; within
    • ·middle; center; centre
    • ·during; while; middle; midst; amid
    • ·interval; gap
    • ·mean; average
    • ·second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
    • ·medium grade; medium quality
    • ·red-light district
    N5
  • 入れるいれるAs it appears here: 入れて
    • ·to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to install (e.g. software); to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. tattoo)
    • ·to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
    • ·to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to
    • ·to include
    • ·to pay (one's rent, etc.)
    • ·to cast (a vote)
    • ·to make (tea, coffee, etc.)
    • ·to turn on (a switch, etc.)
    • ·to send (a fax); to call
    N5
  • かぎ
    • ·key
    • ·lock
    • ·key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
    N5
  • 無くすなくすAs it appears here: 無くして
    • ·to lose (something)
    • ·to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove; to eradicate; to abolish
    N5
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読んで
    • ·to read
    • ·to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
    • ·to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
    • ·to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
    • ·to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
    • ·to count; to estimate
    • ·to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    N5
  • 開くひらくAs it appears here: 開いた
    • ·to open (e.g. doors)
    • ·to open (e.g. business, etc.)
    • ·to be empty
    • ·to be vacant; to be available; to be free
    • ·to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)
    • ·to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
    • ·to come to an end
    • ·to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
    • ·to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
    N5
  • 昨日きのう
    • ·yesterday
    N5
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読み
    • ·to read
    • ·to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
    • ·to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
    • ·to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
    • ·to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
    • ·to count; to estimate
    • ·to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    N5
  • 明日あした
    • ·tomorrow
    • ·near future
    N5
  • ごめんなさい
    • ·I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
    N3
  • 実はじつは
    • ·as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
    N3
  • 返せるかえせるAs it appears here: 返せなくて
    • ·to return; to come back; to go back
    • ·to turn over
    • ·to become extremely; to become completely
    N1
  • 返せるかえせる
    • ·to return; to come back; to go back
    • ·to turn over
    • ·to become extremely; to become completely
    N1
Grammar3 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • 〜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'.

    実は引き出しの中に入れておいて、引き出しのかぎを無くしてしまったのです。

    The truth is I had put it in a drawer, and then I lost the key to the drawer.

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN4

    Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.

    実は引き出しの中に入れておいて、引き出しのかぎを無くしてしまったのです。

    The truth is I had put it in a drawer, and then I lost the key to the drawer.

  • と思う（とおもう）N4

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

    明日には返せると思います。

    I think I can return it tomorrow.

Other levels2 patterns
  • だ / ですN52 times in this passage

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

    実は引き出しの中に入れておいて、引き出しのかぎを無くしてしまったのです。

    The truth is I had put it in a drawer, and then I lost the key to the drawer.

  • のでN5

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

    引き出しが開いたので、昨日から読み始めました。

    The drawer is open now, so I started reading it yesterday.

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