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わたしは、いえちかまいにちさんしていますが、こんにちいつもちがみちあるみました

ぶらぶらあるいると、どこからはないいにおいしてきましたいるかおのにそれどんなはななのかおもでもそのときぜんに、むかしいたいえことおも

それは、田舎いなかの、ひろにわあるいえでした。一緒いっしょいてにぎやかまいにちでした。となりいえあきちゃんというおんなと、いえうらあるやまちかのかわしてよく一緒いっしょあそ。②なつかしいおもです。

どうしてあのときむかしいたいえことおものか、わたしでした。いえかえからむかししゃしんしゃしんながらしばらくかんがそしてむかしいたいえにわには、はるなると、しろちいかわいいはなたくさんいたことおもそのはなは、今日きょうみちあるいたときの、あのはなおなかおだったのです

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  1. 1それとあるが、何めことか。
  2. 2なつかしい思い出とあるが、例えはどんな思い出だと言っているか。
  3. 3この文章を書いた人は、散歩のときに昔住んでいた家のことを思い出したのはなぜだと考えているか。

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Vocabulary9 words
  • 今日はこんにちは
    • ·hello; good day; good afternoon
    N3
  • におい
    • ·smell; scent; odour; odor; stench
    • ·aura; whiff; smack; flavour; flavor; mood
    • ·faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
    N3
  • 香りかおり
    • ·aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 自然しぜん
    • ·nature
    • ·natural; spontaneous; automatic
    • ·naturally; spontaneously; automatically
    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
  • 思い出おもいで
    • ·memories; recollections; reminiscence
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 不思議ふしぎ
    • ·wonderful; marvelous; strange; incredible; amazing; curious; miraculous; mysterious
    • ·strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason; curiously
    N3
Other levels51 words
  • わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • いえ
    • ·house; residence; dwelling; home
    • ·family; household
    • ·lineage; family name
    N5
  • 近くちかく
    • ·near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
    • ·nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
    • ·shortly; soon
    N5
  • 毎日まいにち
    • ·every day; daily
    N5
  • 散歩さんぽ
    • ·walk; stroll
    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
  • いつも
    • ·always; all the time; at all times
    • ·never
    • ·usual; regular; habitual; customary
    N5
  • 違うちがう
    • ·to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
    • ·to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
    • ·to become abnormal; to go wrong
    • ·isn't it?; wasn't it?
    N5
  • みち
    • ·road; path; street; lane; passage
    • ·route; way
    • ·distance; journey
    • ·road (e.g. to victory); course
    • ·way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
    • ·teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
    • ·field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
    • ·means; way; method
    N5
  • 歩くあるくAs it appears here: 歩いて
    • ·to walk
    N5
  • どこ
    • ·where; what place
    • ·how much (long, far); what extent
    N5
  • はな
    • ·flower; blossom; bloom; petal
    • ·cherry blossom
    • ·beauty
    • ·blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
    • ·ikebana
    • ·hanafuda
    • ·(the) best
    • ·glorious; lovely
    N5
  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知って
    • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
    • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
    • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
    • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
    • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
    • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 住むすむAs it appears here: 住んで
    • ·to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
    N5
  • 広いひろい
    • ·spacious; vast; wide
    N5
  • にわ
    • ·garden; yard; courtyard
    • ·field (of action); area
    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
  • にぎやか
    • ·bustling; busy; crowded; lively; prosperous; thriving
    • ·lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy; merry; cheerful
    N5
  • となり
    • ·next (to); adjoining; adjacent
    • ·house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour; next-door neighbor
    N5
  • 女の子おんなのこ
    • ·girl; daughter; baby girl
    • ·young woman
    N5
  • やま
    • ·mountain; hill
    • ·mine
    • ·(mountain) forest
    • ·heap; pile; stack; mountain
    • ·protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
    • ·climax; peak; critical point
    • ·guess; speculation; gamble
    • ·(criminal) case; crime
    • ·mountain climbing; mountaineering
    • ·festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
    • ·deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock
    • ·wall; wall tile
    • ·wild
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行ったり
    • ·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
  • かわ
    • ·river; stream
    • ·River; the ... river
    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
  • 遊ぶあそぶAs it appears here: 遊びました
    • ·to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
    • ·to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
    • ·to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
    • ·to meet up (with friends); to hang out
    • ·to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)
    • ·to go to (for pleasure or for study)
    • ·to tease (someone); to play (with)
    • ·to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
    N5
  • どうして
    • ·how; in what way; by what means
    • ·why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for
    • ·cannot possibly
    • ·no way
    N5
  • あの
    • ·that; those; the
    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
  • 写真しゃしん
    • ·photograph; photo; picture; photography
    • ·moving picture; movie
    N5
  • 見るみるAs it appears here:
    • ·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
  • はる
    • ·spring; springtime
    • ·New Year
    • ·prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); heyday
    • ·adolescence; puberty
    • ·sexuality; sexual desire
    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
  • 白いしろいAs it appears here: 白くて
    • ·white
    • ·blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; unmarked; spotless; immaculate
    • ·innocent; not guilty; pure
    • ·bright; vivid
    • ·inexperienced; naive; unrefined
    N5
  • 小さなちいさな
    • ·small; little; tiny
    N5
  • かわいい
    • ·cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
    • ·dear; precious; darling; pet
    • ·innocent; childlike; childish; lovable
    • ·dainty; little; tiny
    • ·precious to oneself; dear (to one)
    N5
  • たくさん
    • ·a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
    • ·enough; sufficient
    • ·enough; too many; too much
    N5
  • 咲くさくAs it appears here: 咲いて
    • ·to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
    • ·to rise up (of breaking waves)
    N5
  • 今日きょう
    • ·today; this day
    • ·these days; recently; nowadays
    N5
  • 同じおなじ
    • ·same; identical; equal; alike; equivalent
    • ·anyway; in any case; if one must ...; if one has to ...; as long as ...
    N5
  • 思い出せるおもいだせるAs it appears here: 思い出せませんでした
    • ·to recall; to remember; to recollect
    N4
  • むかし
    • ·the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago
    • ·the past ten years; the past decade
    N4
  • 思い出すおもいだすAs it appears here: 思い出しました
    • ·to recall; to remember; to recollect
    N4
  • 田舎いなか
    • ·rural area; countryside; the sticks
    • ·hometown
    N4
  • 祖父そふ
    • ·grandfather
    • ·old man
    • ·kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
    N4
  • 祖母そぼ
    • ·grandmother
    N4
  • 思い出すおもいだすAs it appears here: 思い出した
    • ·to recall; to remember; to recollect
    N4
  • しばらく
    • ·for a moment; for a minute
    • ·for a while; for some time
    • ·for the time being; for now
    • ·it's been a long time; long time no see
    N4
  • 考えるかんがえるAs it appears here: 考えました
    • ·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
  • なつかしい
    • ·dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
    N2
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'.

    隣の家の明子ちゃんという女の子と、家の裏にある山に行ったり、近くの川に行ったりして、よく一緒に遊びました。

    I often played with a girl next door named Akiko-chan, going to the mountain behind our house or to the nearby river.

  • しばらくN3

    For a short while / for some time — 'for a while', 'for the time being'.

    家に帰ってから、昔の写真や祖父、祖母の写真を見ながら、しばらく考えました。

    After returning home, I spent some time thinking while looking at old photographs and pictures of my grandfather and grandmother.

Other levels19 patterns
  • だの~だのN1

    Reduplicated listing particle citing examples with a tone of complaint or exasperation ("what with X and Y and all that").

    知っている香りなのに、それがどんな花なのか思い出せませんでした。

    Although the scent was familiar, I could not remember what kind of flower it was.

  • 〜てみるN4

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

    わたしは、家の近くを毎日散歩していますが、今日はいつもと違う道を歩いてみました。

    I take a walk near my house every day, but today I tried walking along a different road from usual.

  • 〜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'.

    ぶらぶら歩いていると、どこからか花のいいにおいがしてきました。

    As I wandered along, a pleasant floral scent drifted toward me from somewhere.

  • 〜のにN4

    Links two clauses so the result contradicts what the first clause leads you to expect — "even though ~ / although ~".

    知っている香りなのに、それがどんな花なのか思い出せませんでした。

    Although the scent was familiar, I could not remember what kind of flower it was.

  • ときN42 times in this passage

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

    でも、そのとき自然に、昔住んでいた家のことを思い出しました。

    But at that moment, I naturally found myself remembering the house where I used to live.

  • 〜ていたN45 times in this passage

    The past progressive/continuous — an action that was ongoing or a state that held in the past — 'was (do)ing'.

    でも、そのとき自然に、昔住んでいた家のことを思い出しました。

    But at that moment, I naturally found myself remembering the house where I used to live.

  • ながらN4

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

    家に帰ってから、昔の写真や祖父、祖母の写真を見ながら、しばらく考えました。

    After returning home, I spent some time thinking while looking at old photographs and pictures of my grandfather and grandmother.

  • 〜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”.

    わたしは、家の近くを毎日散歩していますが、今日はいつもと違う道を歩いてみました。

    I take a walk near my house every day, but today I tried walking along a different road from usual.

  • いつもN5

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

    わたしは、家の近くを毎日散歩していますが、今日はいつもと違う道を歩いてみました。

    I take a walk near my house every day, but today I tried walking along a different road from usual.

  • どんなN5

    Asks or specifies what kind or sort of thing something is, "what kind of".

    知っている香りなのに、それがどんな花なのか思い出せませんでした。

    Although the scent was familiar, I could not remember what kind of flower it was.

  • んですN5

    Explanatory ending that supplies a reason, context, or emphasis — 'the thing is…', 'it's that…'.

    知っている香りなのに、それがどんな花なのか思い出せませんでした。

    Although the scent was familiar, I could not remember what kind of flower it was.

  • がありますN5

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

    ①それは、田舎の、広い庭がある家でした。

    ① It was a house in the countryside with a large garden.

  • 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'.

    ①それは、田舎の、広い庭がある家でした

    ① It was a house in the countryside with a large garden.

  • 一緒に(いっしょに)N52 times in this passage

    Indicates doing something jointly with someone or something else — "together (with)".

    祖父と祖母も一緒に住んでいて、にぎやかな毎日でした。

    My grandfather and grandmother lived with us too, so every day was lively.

  • に行くN52 times in this passage

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

    隣の家の明子ちゃんという女の子と、家の裏にある山に行ったり、近くの川に行ったりして、よく一緒に遊びました。

    I often played with a girl next door named Akiko-chan, going to the mountain behind our house or to the nearby river.

  • 〜たり〜たりN52 times in this passage

    Lists a few representative actions among others done at various times, 'do things like X and Y'.

    隣の家の明子ちゃんという女の子と、家の裏にある山に行ったり、近くの川に行ったりして、よく一緒に遊びました。

    I often played with a girl next door named Akiko-chan, going to the mountain behind our house or to the nearby river.

  • どうしてN5

    Asks the reason for something, "why / how come".

    どうしてあの時、昔住んでいた家のことを思い出したのか、わたしは不思議でした。

    I wondered why, at that moment, I had suddenly remembered the house where I used to live.

  • 〜てからN5

    Marks that one action finishes, and only afterward does the next one happen — “after doing”.

    家に帰ってから、昔の写真や祖父、祖母の写真を見ながら、しばらく考えました。

    After returning home, I spent some time thinking while looking at old photographs and pictures of my grandfather and grandmother.

  • そしてN5

    Additive/sequential conjunction joining clauses, 'and / and then'.

    そして、昔住んでいた家の庭には、春になると、白くて小さな、かわいい花がたくさん咲いていたことを思い出しました。

    Then I remembered that every spring, many small, pretty white flowers used to bloom in the garden of that house.

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