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私わたしは鉄てつ道どうの旅たびが好すきだ。特とくに、田舎いなかをゆっくり走はしる鉄てつ道どうの旅たびは、外そとの景色けしきを楽たのしめて最さい高こうだ。日本にっぽんではかなりの田舎いなかでも鉄てつ道どうが通かよっている。人ひとが少すくない田舍いなかにまで作つくられたのは、自じ動どう車しゃより前まえに鉄てつ道どうが移い動どう手しゅ段だんとして広ひろく使つかわれるようになったからだそうだ。もし順じゅん番ばんが逆さかだったら'私わたしは今いまのように田舎いなかの鉄てつ道どうの旅たびを楽たのしめなかっただろう。この歴れき史しに感かん謝しゃしたい。

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Vocabulary6 words
  • 鉄道てつどう
    • ·railroad; railway; rail transport
    N3
  • 旅たび
    • ·travel; trip; journey
    N3
  • 最高さいこう
    • ·best; supreme; wonderful; finest
    • ·highest; maximum; most; uppermost; supreme
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 順番じゅんばん
    • ·order; turn
    N3
  • 感謝かんしゃ
    • ·thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
    N3
Other levels24 words
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 好きすき
    • ·liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
    • ·liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved
    • ·faddism; eccentricity
    • ·as one likes; as it suits one
    • ·lecherous; lustful; salacious
    N5
  • 走るはしる
    • ·to run
    • ·to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail
    • ·to rush (to); to dash; to race
    • ·to retreat; to flee; to defect (to)
    • ·to run away; to abscond; to elope
    • ·to flash (of lightning); to streak; to shoot (through; e.g. of pain); to run (through); to flare; to flit (e.g. across one's face); to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.)
    • ·to go (e.g. bad, to extremes); to become; to turn; to take to (e.g. crime); to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions); to get involved in; to get wrapped up in
    • ·to run (through; of a road, street, etc.); to extend (e.g. of a mountain range); to stretch; to lie
    N5
  • 外そと
    • ·outside; exterior
    • ·the open (air)
    • ·other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)
    N5
  • 楽しめるたのしめるAs it appears here: 楽しめて
    • ·enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
    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
  • 少ないすくない
    • ·few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare
    N5
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作られた
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • 自動車じどうしゃ
    • ·car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
    N5
  • 前まえ
    • ·in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
    • ·before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
    • ·(the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
    • ·forward; ahead
    • ·(in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
    • ·previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
    • ·portion; helping
    • ·front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
    • ·privates; private parts
    • ·criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
    N5
  • 広いひろいAs it appears here: 広く
    • ·spacious; vast; wide
    N5
  • 使うつかうAs it appears here: 使われる
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 今いま
    • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
    • ·another; more
    N5
  • 楽しめるたのしめるAs it appears here: 楽しめなかった
    • ·enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: したい
    • ·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
  • 特にとくに
    • ·particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
    N4
  • 田舎いなか
    • ·rural area; countryside; the sticks
    • ·hometown
    N4
  • 景色けしき
    • ·scenery; scene; landscape
    N4
  • 通うかようAs it appears here: 通って
    • ·to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between
    • ·to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent
    • ·to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
    • ·to resemble
    N4
  • 田舍いなか
    • ·rural area; countryside; the sticks
    • ·hometown
    N4
  • もし
    • ·if; in case; supposing
    N4
  • 歴史れきし
    • ·history
    N4
Grammar1 patterns

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  • としてN3

    Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".

    人が少ない田舍にまで作られたのは、自動車より前に鉄道が移動手段として広く使われるようになったからだそうだ。

    Apparently, railways were built even in sparsely populated rural areas because railways came into widespread use as a means of transportation before automobiles did.

Other levels10 patterns
  • よりN4

    Particle marking the standard in a comparison (also a starting point), "than / (more) than; from".

    人が少ない田舍にまで作られたのは、自動車より前に鉄道が移動手段として広く使われるようになったからだそうだ。

    Apparently, railways were built even in sparsely populated rural areas because railways came into widespread use as a means of transportation before automobiles did.

  • ようになるN4

    Expresses a gradual change reaching a new state or acquired ability, "come to / become able to".

    人が少ない田舍にまで作られたのは、自動車より前に鉄道が移動手段として広く使われるようになったからだそうだ。

    Apparently, railways were built even in sparsely populated rural areas because railways came into widespread use as a means of transportation before automobiles did.

  • そうだN4

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

    人が少ない田舍にまで作られたのは、自動車より前に鉄道が移動手段として広く使われるようになったからだそうだ。

    Apparently, railways were built even in sparsely populated rural areas because railways came into widespread use as a means of transportation before automobiles did.

  • 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').

    もし順番が逆だったら'私は今のように田舎の鉄道の旅を楽しめなかっただろう。

    If the order had been reversed, I probably would not be able to enjoy rural train journeys as I do now.

  • ように / ようなN4

    Likens or exemplifies one thing by another, "like / as / similar to (a)".

    もし順番が逆だったら'私は今のように田舎の鉄道の旅を楽しめなかっただろう。

    If the order had been reversed, I probably would not be able to enjoy rural train journeys as I do now.

  • 〜ているN5

    Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

    日本ではかなりの田舎でも鉄道が通っている。

    In Japan, railway lines run even through quite remote rural areas.

  • までN5

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

    人が少ない田舍にまで作られたのは、自動車より前に鉄道が移動手段として広く使われるようになったからだそうだ。

    Apparently, railways were built even in sparsely populated rural areas because railways came into widespread use as a means of transportation before automobiles did.

  • 前に（まえに）N5

    Marks that something happens before an action or in front of a place — "before (doing) / in front of."

    人が少ない田舍にまで作られたのは、自動車より前に鉄道が移動手段として広く使われるようになったからだそうだ。

    Apparently, railways were built even in sparsely populated rural areas because railways came into widespread use as a means of transportation before automobiles did.

  • だろうN5

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

    もし順番が逆だったら'私は今のように田舎の鉄道の旅を楽しめなかっただろう。

    If the order had been reversed, I probably would not be able to enjoy rural train journeys as I do now.

  • 〜たいN5

    Expresses the speaker's own desire to do something — “want to do”.

    この歴史に感謝したい。

    I am grateful for that history.

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