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先せん週しゅう、うれしいことがあった。

支し店てんで難むずかしい問もん題だいが発生はっせいし、広ひろ島しまに出張しゅっちょうすることになった。三みっ日か目めにやっと解かい決けつでき、（注）ほっとしてホテルに戻もどったのだが、荷に物もつを整せい理りしたとき、間ま違ちがえて重じゅう要ような書しょ類るいを捨すててしまった。しかし、気きがつかずにその日にち夜や遅おそく東とう京きょうに帰かえってきた。翌よく朝あさ気きがついて、あわててホテルに電でん話わをしたら、すぐに書しょ類るいを見みつけてくれた。そのホテルでは、客きゃくがチェックアウトしたあとも部屋へやのゴミはもう一泊いっぱくさせるのだそうだ。客きゃくのことをよく考かんがえたサービスだと感かん心しんし、本ほん当とうにうれしかった。

（注ちゅう）ほっとする：安あん心しんする



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  1. 1うれしいこととあるが、どのようなことか。

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Vocabulary11 words
  • うれしい
    • ·happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed
    • ·joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant
    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
  • 支店してん
    • ·branch office; branch store
    N3
  • 解決かいけつ
    • ·settlement; solution; resolution
    N3
  • 整理せいり
    • ·sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation
    • ·liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt); paying off
    • ·retrenchment; curtailment; cutting down; disposal
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 重要じゅうよう
    • ·important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
    N3
  • 書類しょるい
    • ·document; papers
    N3
  • 感心かんしん
    • ·admiration; being impressed
    • ·admirable; praiseworthy
    • ·astonishment; being appalled
    N3
  • うれしいAs it appears here: うれしかった
    • ·happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed
    • ·joyful; delightful; gratifying; pleasant
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
Other levels35 words
  • 先週せんしゅう
    • ·last week; the week before
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あった
    • ·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
  • 難しいむずかしい
    • ·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
  • 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
    • ·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: なった
    • ·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
  • 三日みっか
    • ·3rd day of the month
    • ·three days
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 荷物にもつ
    • ·luggage; baggage; package
    • ·burden
    • ·payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
    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
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 遅いおそいAs it appears here: 遅く
    • ·slow
    • ·late
    • ·too late
    N5
  • 帰るかえるAs it appears here: 帰って
    • ·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
  • 電話でんわ
    • ·telephone call; phone call
    • ·telephone (device); phone
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: したら
    • ·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
  • あと
    • ·behind; rear
    • ·after; later
    • ·remainder; the rest
    • ·more (e.g. five more minutes); left
    • ·also; in addition
    • ·descendant; successor; heir
    • ·after one's death
    • ·past; previous
    N5
  • 部屋へや
    • ·room; chamber
    • ·apartment; flat; pad
    • ·stable
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: させる
    • ·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
  • よく
    • ·nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
    • ·frequently; often
    • ·I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
    • ·(you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
    N5
  • 戻るもどるAs it appears here: 戻った
    • ·to turn back (e.g. half-way)
    • ·to return; to go back
    • ·to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned
    • ·to rebound; to spring back
    N4
  • 間違えるまちがえるAs it appears here: 間違えて
    • ·to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to do incorrectly
    • ·to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
    N4
  • 捨てるすてるAs it appears here: 捨てて
    • ·to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard
    • ·to abandon; to desert; to leave
    • ·to give up; to resign
    • ·to sacrifice (stones)
    N4
  • 見つけるみつけるAs it appears here: 見つけて
    • ·to find; to discover; to come across; to spot; to catch (someone doing)
    • ·to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
    N4
  • 客きゃく
    • ·guest; visitor
    • ·customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
    • ·counter for containers used to entertain guests
    N4
  • 考えるかんがえるAs it appears here: 考えた
    • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
    • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
    • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
    • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
    • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
    • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
    • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
    N4
  • 安心あんしん
    • ·peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
    N4
  • 出張しゅっちょう
    • ·business trip; official trip
    N2
  • あわてるAs it appears here: あわてて
    • ·to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic
    • ·to hurry; to rush; to hasten
    N2
  • 発生はっせい
    • ·occurrence; incidence; outbreak; birth (e.g. of civilization)
    • ·generation (of power, heat, etc.); production
    • ·ontogeny; development; growth; breeding
    N1
  • 日夜にちや
    • ·day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
    N1
  • すぐ
    • ·immediately; at once; right away; directly
    • ·soon; before long; shortly
    • ·easily; readily; without difficulty
    • ·right (near); nearby; just (handy)
    • ·honest; upright; frank; straightforward
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • ずにN3

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

    しかし、気がつかずにその日夜遅く東京に帰ってきた。

    However, without realizing it, I returned to Tokyo late that night.

Other levels13 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.'

    支店で難しい問題が発生し、広島に出張することになった。

    A difficult problem arose at the branch office, so I had to go on a business trip to Hiroshima.

  • やっとN4

    Adverb marking that something long-awaited or hard-won has finally happened, "finally / at last".

    三日目にやっと解決でき、ほっとしてホテルに戻ったのだが、荷物を整理したとき、間違えて重要な書類を捨ててしまった。

    On the third day, I finally managed to solve the problem and returned to the hotel feeling relieved, but while organizing my luggage, I accidentally threw away an important document.

  • ときN4

    Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."

    三日目にやっと解決でき、ほっとしてホテルに戻ったのだが、荷物を整理したとき、間違えて重要な書類を捨ててしまった。

    On the third day, I finally managed to solve the problem and returned to the hotel feeling relieved, but while organizing my luggage, I accidentally threw away an important document.

  • 〜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.

    三日目にやっと解決でき、ほっとしてホテルに戻ったのだが、荷物を整理したとき、間違えて重要な書類を捨ててしまった。

    On the third day, I finally managed to solve the problem and returned to the hotel feeling relieved, but while organizing my luggage, I accidentally threw away an important document.

  • に気がつく（にきがつく）N42 times in this passage

    To notice or become aware of something, the noticed thing marked by に, 'to notice / realize ~.'

    しかし、気がつかずにその日夜遅く東京に帰ってきた。

    However, without realizing it, I returned to Tokyo late that night.

  • 〜てくるN4

    Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

    しかし、気がつかずにその日夜遅く東京に帰ってきた。

    However, without realizing it, I returned to Tokyo late that night.

  • たらN4

    Conditional/temporal ending on the plain-past stem meaning that once or if the first action happens, the second follows ('if / once / when ... then').

    翌朝気がついて、あわててホテルに電話をしたら、すぐに書類を見つけてくれた。

    I realized it the next morning and hurriedly called the hotel, and they quickly found the document for me.

  • 〜てくれるN4

    Someone does an action for the benefit of the speaker (or the speaker's in-group) — '(someone) does (something) for me'.

    翌朝気がついて、あわててホテルに電話をしたら、すぐに書類を見つけてくれた。

    I realized it the next morning and hurriedly called the hotel, and they quickly found the document for me.

  • させるN4

    Causative construction — make or let someone do an action ('make/let ~ do').

    そのホテルでは、客がチェックアウトしたあとも部屋のゴミはもう一泊させるのだそうだ。

    Apparently, at that hotel, even after a guest checks out, the trash from the room is kept for one more night.

  • そうだN4

    Reports information the speaker heard from another source, attached to a plain form — "I hear that…, they say…, apparently."

    そのホテルでは、客がチェックアウトしたあとも部屋のゴミはもう一泊させるのだそうだ。

    Apparently, at that hotel, even after a guest checks out, the trash from the room is kept for one more night.

  • がありますN5

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

    先週、うれしいことがあった。

    Something very nice happened to me last week.

  • しかしN5

    Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.

    しかし、気がつかずにその日夜遅く東京に帰ってきた。

    However, without realizing it, I returned to Tokyo late that night.

  • もうN5

    The adverb "already" (with an affirmative), or "(not) anymore / any longer" (with a negative).

    そのホテルでは、客がチェックアウトしたあとも部屋のゴミはもう一泊させるのだそうだ。

    Apparently, at that hotel, even after a guest checks out, the trash from the room is kept for one more night.

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