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N3 · IntermediateLong passagePassage #634
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最さい近きん、日本にっぽんでは夏なつの平へい均きん気き温おんが上あがってきていて、非ひ常じょうに暑あつい日ひはエアコンがなければ何なにもできない。そんな日ひは、ほとんどの人ひとがエアコンのスイッチを入いれる。ひどい暑あつさは体からだにも悪わるい影えい響きょうを与あたえるし、①しかたないことだ。しかし、それぞれの家いえに何なん台だいもエアコンがある今いま、皆みなが同どう時じにエアコンを使つかうと、電でん気きの使し用よう量りょうが増ふえて電でん気きが足たりなくなる心しん配ぱいがある。そこで、できるだけ夏なつの電でん気きの消しょう費ひ量りょうを抑おさえようという工く夫ふうや活かつ動どうが日本にっぽんの各かく地ちで始はじまっている。

夏なつに気き温おんが高たかくなることで有ゆう名めいなK市しでは、毎まい年とし6月つきから9月つきまで、②「家いえのエアコンを止とめて、涼すずしい所ところに行いこう。」と呼よびかけている。例たとえば、木き々ぎの多おおい公こう園えんや神じん社じゃ、寺てら、エアコンのある図と書しょ館かんやレストランやデパートなど、涼すずしい場ば所しょに集あつまって時じ間かんを過すごすのだ。そうすれば、町まちの中なかで同どう時じに使つかわれるエアコンはずっと減へる。市しでは、市し内ないの涼すずしい場ば所しょや、この活かつ動どうに協きょう力りょくしてくれる店みせなどが載のっている③地ち図ずも作つくり、すべての家いえに配くばっている。この地ち図ずにある店みせへ行いって、家いえのエアコンを止とめて来きたと言いえば、飲のみ物ものの無む料りょうサービスが受うけられたり、商しょう品ひんの割わり引びきサービスが受うけられたりする。

電でん気き消しょう費ひ量りょうを抑おさえる効こう果かを期き待たいして始はじまった活かつ動どうだが、町まちの人ひと々びとがお互たがいに交こう流りゅうする機き会かいが増ふえ、前まえよりもっとコミュニケーションが盛さかんになるという効こう果かも出でているそうだ。

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  1. 1①しかたないこととあるが、何がしかたないことか。
  2. 2どうしてK市は、②「家のエアコンを止めて、涼すずしい所に行こう。」と呼びかけているか。
  3. 3③地図に載っている店で、サービスを受けるために必要なことは何か。
  4. 4この文章のテーマは何か。

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Vocabulary19 words
  • 何もなにも
    • ·(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing
    • ·and everything else; and all
    • ·(not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent
    N3
  • 影響えいきょう
    • ·influence; effect; impact
    N3
  • 与えるあたえる
    • ·to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award
    • ·to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
    • ·to assign
    • ·to cause
    • ·to pass (a variable to a function)
    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
  • 台だい
    • ·stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack
    • ·setting (of a gem); mounting
    • ·stock (in grafting)
    • ·counter for machines and vehicles
    • ·level (e.g. price level); mark; range; decade (of one's life)
    • ·tall building (with a fine view); (observation) platform
    • ·plateau; heights
    N3
  • 心配しんぱい
    • ·worry; concern; anxiety; uneasiness; fear
    • ·care; help; aid; assistance
    N3
  • そこで
    • ·so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
    N3
  • できるだけ
    • ·as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
    N3
  • 活動かつどう
    • ·activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation
    • ·moving picture
    N3
  • 気温きおん
    • ·(air) temperature
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 過ごすすごす
    • ·to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live
    • ·to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to carry too far; to carry to excess
    • ·to take care of; to support
    • ·to overdo; to do too much
    • ·to ... without acting on it; to ... without getting involved
    N3
  • 減るへる
    • ·to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
    N3
  • 協力きょうりょく
    • ·cooperation; collaboration; help; support
    N3
  • すべて
    • ·everything; all; the whole
    • ·entirely; completely; wholly; all
    N3
  • 無料むりょう
    • ·free (of charge); gratuitous
    N3
  • 商品しょうひん
    • ·commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
    N3
  • 効果こうか
    • ·effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result
    • ·effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
    N3
  • 期待きたい
    • ·expectation; anticipation; hope
    • ·promising; rising; up-and-coming
    N3
Other levels65 words
  • 夏なつ
    • ·summer
    N5
  • 暑いあつい
    • ·hot; warm; sultry; heated
    • ·passionate; impassioned; burning (desire, etc.)
    • ·on everybody's mind; on the radar; du jour; interested (gaze, etc.)
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できない
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 体からだ
    • ·body
    • ·torso; trunk
    • ·build; physique; frame; figure
    • ·health; constitution
    N5
  • 悪いわるい
    • ·bad; poor; undesirable
    • ·poor (quality); inferior; insufficient
    • ·evil; sinful
    • ·ugly; not beautiful
    • ·at fault; to blame; in the wrong
    • ·bad (at doing something)
    • ·unprofitable; unbeneficial
    • ·sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • 家いえ
    • ·house; residence; dwelling; home
    • ·family; household
    • ·lineage; family name
    N5
  • 何なん
    • ·what
    • ·how many
    • ·many; a lot of
    • ·several; a few; some
    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
  • 今いま
    • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
    • ·another; more
    N5
  • 使うつかう
    • ·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
  • 電気でんき
    • ·electricity
    • ·(electric) light
    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
  • 始まるはじまるAs it appears here: 始まって
    • ·to begin; to start; to commence
    • ·to happen (again); to begin (anew)
    • ·to date (from); to originate (in)
    N5
  • 高いたかいAs it appears here: 高く
    • ·high; tall
    • ·expensive; high-priced
    • ·high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
    • ·loud
    • ·high-pitched; shrill
    N5
  • 有名ゆうめい
    • ·famous; well-known
    N5
  • 涼しいすずしい
    • ·cool; refreshing
    • ·clear (e.g. eyes); bright
    • ·clear; distinct
    • ·composed (facial expression); unruffled; unconcerned
    • ·pure; upright; innocent
    N5
  • 所ところ
    • ·place; spot; scene; site
    • ·address
    • ·district; area; locality
    • ·one's house
    • ·point; aspect; side; facet
    • ·passage (in text); part
    • ·space; room
    • ·thing; matter
    • ·whereupon; as a result
    • ·about to; on the verge of
    • ·was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
    • ·approximately; around; about
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行こう
    • ·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
  • 多いおおい
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • 公園こうえん
    • ·(public) park
    N5
  • 図書館としょかん
    • ·library
    N5
  • 時間じかん
    • ·time
    • ·hour
    • ·period; class; lesson
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: すれば
    • ·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
  • 町まち
    • ·town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
    • ·downtown; main street
    • ·street; road
    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
  • 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
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    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
  • 店みせ
    • ·store; shop; establishment; restaurant
    N5
  • 地図ちず
    • ·map; atlas; chart; plan
    N5
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作り
    • ·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
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行って
    • ·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
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言えば
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 飲み物のみもの
    • ·drink; beverage
    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
  • 始まるはじまるAs it appears here: 始まった
    • ·to begin; to start; to commence
    • ·to happen (again); to begin (anew)
    • ·to date (from); to originate (in)
    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
  • 出るでるAs it appears here: 出て
    • ·to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out
    • ·to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
    • ·to move forward
    • ·to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach
    • ·to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display
    • ·to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out
    • ·to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform
    • ·to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised
    • ·to sell
    • ·to exceed; to go over
    • ·to stick out; to protrude
    • ·to break out; to occur; to start; to originate
    • ·to be produced
    • ·to come from; to be derived from
    • ·to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid
    • ·to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get
    • ·to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave
    • ·to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain
    • ·to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed
    • ·to graduate
    • ·to ejaculate; to cum
    N5
  • 最近さいきん
    • ·recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
    • ·nearest; closest
    N4
  • 非常にひじょうに
    • ·very; extremely; exceedingly
    N4
  • 日ひ
    • ·day; days
    • ·sun; sunshine; sunlight
    • ·(the) day; daytime; daylight
    • ·date; deadline
    • ·(past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood)
    • ·case (esp. unfortunate); event
    N4
  • ほとんど
    • ·almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
    • ·hardly; barely; scarcely; little
    • ·large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)
    N4
  • ひどい
    • ·cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe
    • ·violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme
    • ·very bad; terrible; awful
    • ·excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust
    N4
  • しかた
    • ·way; method; means; resource; course
    N4
  • 皆みな
    • ·everyone; everybody; all
    • ·everything; all
    N4
  • 増えるふえるAs it appears here: 増えて
    • ·to increase; to multiply
    N4
  • 足りるたりるAs it appears here: 足りなく
    • ·to be sufficient; to be enough
    • ·to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve
    • ·to do (the job); to serve; to answer
    N4
  • 市し
    • ·city
    N4
  • 止めるとめるAs it appears here: 止めて
    • ·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
  • 例えばたとえば
    • ·for example; for instance; e.g.
    N4
  • 神社じんじゃ
    • ·Shinto shrine
    N4
  • 寺てら
    • ·temple (Buddhist)
    N4
  • 場所ばしょ
    • ·place; location; spot; position; area
    • ·room; space
    • ·sumo tournament
    N4
  • 受けるうけるAs it appears here: 受けられたり
    • ·to receive; to get
    • ·to catch (e.g. a ball)
    • ·to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
    • ·to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
    • ·to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
    • ·to be given (e.g. life, talent)
    • ·to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by)
    • ·to follow; to succeed; to be descended from
    • ·to face (south, etc.)
    • ·to be modified by
    • ·to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee
    • ·to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well
    N4
  • 機会きかい
    • ·chance; opportunity; occasion
    N4
  • 増えるふえるAs it appears here: 増え
    • ·to increase; to multiply
    N4
  • 工夫くふう
    • ·devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out
    • ·device; design; idea; plan; invention
    • ·dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
    N2
  • 各地かくち
    • ·each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
    N2
  • 載るのるAs it appears here: 載って
    • ·to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on
    • ·to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded; to be reported; to be given
    N2
  • 配るくばるAs it appears here: 配って
    • ·to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to deal out; to serve out
    • ·to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.); to station
    N2
  • 交流こうりゅう
    • ·exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; mingling; mixing; coming together
    • ·alternating current; AC
    N2
  • 上がるあがるAs it appears here: 上がって
    • ·to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
    • ·to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
    • ·to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
    • ·to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore
    • ·to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface
    • ·to increase; to be raised (e.g. of a salary); to rise
    • ·to improve; to make progress
    • ·to be promoted; to advance
    • ·to be made (of profit, etc.)
    • ·to occur (esp. of a favourable result)
    • ·to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
    • ·to be finished; to be done; to be over
    • ·to stop (of rain); to clear up (of weather)
    • ·to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die
    • ·to win (in a card game, etc.)
    • ·to be spoken loudly; to be raised loudly (of a voice)
    • ·to get nervous; to get stage fright
    • ·to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
    • ·to go; to visit
    • ·to eat; to drink
    • ·to serve (in one's master's home)
    • ·to enter a red light district; to amuse oneself in a red light district; to visit a brothel
    • ·to arise vigorously (e.g. of voices in excitement); to become excited; to be in uproar (e.g. of a crowd)
    • ·to be complete; to finish
    • ·adds the connotation of an action happening strongly or violently
    • ·above; north of
    N1
  • 集まるあつまるAs it appears here: 集まって
    • ·to gather; to collect; to assemble
    N1
Grammar4 patterns

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  • というN32 times in this passage

    Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.

    そこで、できるだけ夏の電気の消費量を抑えようという工夫や活動が日本の各地で始まっている。

    For this reason, various ideas and activities aimed at reducing summer electricity consumption as much as possible have begun in different parts of Japan.

  • は～で有名N3

    States what something is well known for — 'famous for X', 'known for X'.

    夏に気温が高くなることで有名なK市では、毎年6月から9月まで、②「家のエアコンを止めて、涼しい所に行こう。」と呼びかけている。

    In K City, which is famous for its high summer temperatures, every year from June through September the city urges people, ②“Turn off the air conditioner at home and go somewhere cool.”

  • 例えば（たとえば）N3

    Introduces an illustrative instance, 'for example / for instance'.

    例えば、木々の多い公園や神社、寺、エアコンのある図書館やレストランやデパートなど、涼しい場所に集まって時間を過ごすのだ。

    For example, people gather and spend time in cool places such as tree-filled parks, shrines, temples, air-conditioned libraries, restaurants, and department stores.

  • と言えば（といえば）N3

    Raises a topic prompted by what was just mentioned — "speaking of", "when it comes to".

    この地図にある店へ行って、家のエアコンを止めて来たと言えば、飲み物の無料サービスが受けられたり、商品の割引サービスが受けられたりする。

    If you go to a store shown on this map and say that you turned off the air conditioner at home before coming, you can receive a free drink or a discount on products.

Other levels11 patterns
  • 〜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'.

    最近、日本では夏の平均気温が上がってきていて、非常に暑い日はエアコンがなければ何もできない。

    Recently, average summer temperatures in Japan have been rising, and on extremely hot days it is almost impossible to do anything without air conditioning.

  • などN42 times in this passage

    Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.

    例えば、木々の多い公園や神社、寺、エアコンのある図書館やレストランやデパートなど、涼しい場所に集まって時間を過ごすのだ。

    For example, people gather and spend time in cool places such as tree-filled parks, shrines, temples, air-conditioned libraries, restaurants, and department stores.

  • 〜の中でN4

    Marks a set or group as the domain of a comparison — "among ~ / of all ~", typically paired with a superlative.

    そうすれば、町の中で同時に使われるエアコンはずっと減る。

    If people do this, the number of air conditioners being used at the same time throughout the city will decrease greatly.

  • 〜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'.

    市では、市内の涼しい場所や、この活動に協力してくれる店などが載っている③地図も作り、すべての家に配っている。

    The city has also created ③a map showing cool places within the city and stores cooperating with this activity, and distributes it to every household.

  • よりN4

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

    電気消費量を抑える効果を期待して始まった活動だが、町の人々がお互いに交流する機会が増え、前よりもっとコミュニケーションが盛んになるという効果も出ているそうだ。

    The activity was started in the hope of reducing electricity consumption, but it has reportedly had another effect as well: people in the city now have more opportunities to interact with one another, and communication has become more active than before.

  • 〜ているN56 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”.

    最近、日本では夏の平均気温が上がってきていて、非常に暑い日はエアコンがなければ何もできない。

    Recently, average summer temperatures in Japan have been rising, and on extremely hot days it is almost impossible to do anything without air conditioning.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、それぞれの家に何台もエアコンがある今、皆が同時にエアコンを使うと、電気の使用量が増えて電気が足りなくなる心配がある。

    However, now that each household has several air conditioners, if everyone uses them at the same time, electricity consumption increases and there is a risk of a power shortage.

  • がありますN52 times in this passage

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

    しかし、それぞれの家に何台もエアコンがある今、皆が同時にエアコンを使うと、電気の使用量が増えて電気が足りなくなる心配がある。

    However, now that each household has several air conditioners, if everyone uses them at the same time, electricity consumption increases and there is a risk of a power shortage.

  • までN5

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

    夏に気温が高くなることで有名なK市では、毎年6月から9月まで、②「家のエアコンを止めて、涼しい所に行こう。」と呼びかけている。

    In K City, which is famous for its high summer temperatures, every year from June through September the city urges people, ②“Turn off the air conditioner at home and go somewhere cool.”

  • に行くN5

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

    夏に気温が高くなることで有名なK市では、毎年6月から9月まで、②「家のエアコンを止めて、涼しい所に行こう。」と呼びかけている。

    In K City, which is famous for its high summer temperatures, every year from June through September the city urges people, ②“Turn off the air conditioner at home and go somewhere cool.”

  • 〜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'.

    この地図にある店へ行って、家のエアコンを止めて来たと言えば、飲み物の無料サービスが受けられたり、商品の割引サービスが受けられたりする。

    If you go to a store shown on this map and say that you turned off the air conditioner at home before coming, you can receive a free drink or a discount on products.

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