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「まんが」

日本にっぽんでは　子こどもの　ための　まんがから　大人おとなも　楽たのしめる　まんがまで、いろいろな　まんがが　売うられて　います。絵えが　じょうずだと　いう　ことも　ありますが、話はなしが　おもしろいのです。「この　後ご　どうなるのだろう。」と思おもうと、とちゅうで　止とめる　ことが　できなく　なるほどです。

人にん気きが　ある　まんがから　映えい画がや　テレビの　ばんぐみが　生うまれる　ことも　あります。今いまでは　「まんが」は　「ＭＡＮＧＡ」と　なって　世せ界かい中じゅうで　日本にっぽんのまんがが　読よまれて　います。

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  1. 1まんがは どの くらい おもしろいですか。

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Vocabulary3 words
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 思うおもう
    • ·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
  • 止めるとめる
    • ·to stop; to turn off
    • ·to park
    • ·to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain)
    • ·to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
    • ·to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind
    • ·to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple
    • ·to detain; to keep in custody
    N4
Other levels24 words
  • 大人おとな
    • ·adult; grown-up
    N5
  • 楽しめるたのしめる
    • ·enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
    N5
  • いろいろ
    • ·various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
    • ·variously; in various ways; in many ways
    • ·various things; this and that
    N5
  • 売るうるAs it appears here: 売られて
    • ·to sell
    • ·to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.)
    • ·to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself
    • ·to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.); to provoke; to force on someone
    N5
  • いるAs it appears here: います
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • 絵え
    • ·picture; drawing; painting; sketch
    • ·image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
    N5
  • じょうず
    • ·skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever
    • ·flattery
    N5
  • いう
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あります
    • ·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
  • 話はなし
    • ·talk; speech; chat; conversation
    • ·topic; subject
    • ·discussions; negotiation; argument
    • ·rumor; talk; hearsay
    • ·tale; story; fable
    • ·circumstances; particulars
    N5
  • おもしろい
    • ·interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
    • ·amusing; funny; comical
    • ·enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • どう
    • ·how; in what way; how about
    N5
  • なる
    • ·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: できなく
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 映画えいが
    • ·movie; film; motion picture
    N5
  • ばん
    • ·evening; night
    • ·dinner; evening meal
    • ·counter for nights
    N5
  • 生まれるうまれる
    • ·to be born
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なって
    • ·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
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読まれて
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 後ご
    • ·after
    N3
  • 人気にんき
    • ·popularity; public favor
    • ·condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature
    N3
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • と思う（とおもう）N4

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

    「この　後　どうなるのだろう。」と思うと、とちゅうで　止める　ことが　できなく　なるほどです。

    Once you start wondering "what happens next?", you find you cannot stop halfway.

Other levels4 patterns
  • ためにN3

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

    日本では　子どもの　ための　まんがから　大人も　楽しめる　まんがまで、いろいろな　まんがが　売られて　います。

    In Japan all kinds of manga are sold, from manga for children to manga adults can enjoy too.

  • までN5

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

    日本では　子どもの　ための　まんがから　大人も　楽しめる　まんがまで、いろいろな　まんがが　売られて　います。

    In Japan all kinds of manga are sold, from manga for children to manga adults can enjoy too.

  • 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'.

    絵が　じょうずだと　いう　ことも　ありますが、話が　おもしろいのです。

    The drawing is skilful, certainly, but it is the stories that are interesting.

  • だろうN5

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

    「この　後　どうなるのだろう。」と思うと、とちゅうで　止める　ことが　できなく　なるほどです。

    Once you start wondering "what happens next?", you find you cannot stop halfway.

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