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わたしほんで、よくほんですが、せんじつしっぱいしてしまいましたいえばかりほんいたらまえことあるようしてきたですもしかしたらいるほんかもしれないおもほんだなさがみたらやっぱりありましたそしてそのほんことおもです

わたしたまにこんなしっぱいしますことあるほんのにことないようわすいるです

それおもしろほんだっときは、つまらないほんためふたたびかねはらことくやなりますでもおもしろかんどうしたほんだっときには、くやだけではなくぶんいやなりますいいおもほんことわすしまったぶんなさです

これからおなことしてしまうかもしれませんでもほんのはたののでほんがよやめられそうありません

Questions

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  1. 1失敗とあるが、どのようなことか。
  2. 2自分が嫌になりますとあるが、それはなぜか。
  3. 3本を買うことについて、「私」はどう思っているか。

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Vocabulary6 words
  • 先日せんじつ
    • ·the other day; a few days ago
    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
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 内容ないよう
    • ·contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 感動かんどう
    • ·being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
    N3
Other levels46 words
  • わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • ほん
    • ·book; volume; script
    • ·this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
    • ·main; head; principal
    • ·real; genuine; regular; proper
    • ·counter for long, thin objects (sticks, tubes, strings, bottles, pillars, rivers, rail lines, etc.)
    • ·counter for films, TV shows, etc.
    • ·counter for telephone calls, letters, and emails
    • ·counter for goals, home runs, etc.
    • ·counter for rounds or points (in judo, kendo, etc.)
    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
  • 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
  • 買うかう
    • ·to buy; to purchase
    • ·to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize
    • ·to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour)
    • ·to accept; to take on; to take up
    • ·to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
    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
  • いえ
    • ·house; residence; dwelling; home
    • ·family; household
    • ·lineage; family name
    N5
  • 買うかうAs it appears here: 買った
    • ·to buy; to purchase
    • ·to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize
    • ·to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour)
    • ·to accept; to take on; to take up
    • ·to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
    N5
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読んで
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読んだ
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 持つもつAs it appears here: 持って
    • ·to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
    • ·to possess; to have; to own
    • ·to maintain; to keep
    • ·to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
    • ·to take charge of; to be in charge of
    • ·to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
    • ·to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
    N5
  • 本棚ほんだな
    • ·bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: ありました
    • ·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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: します
    • ·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
  • 忘れるわすれるAs it appears here: 忘れて
    • ·to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 面白いおもしろいAs it appears here: 面白くない
    • ·interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
    • ·amusing; funny; comical
    • ·enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging
    N5
  • つまらない
    • ·dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious
    • ·insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless
    • ·absurd; foolish; silly; stupid
    • ·useless; pointless; disappointing
    N5
  • お金おかね
    • ·money
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なります
    • ·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
  • 面白いおもしろいAs it appears here: 面白くて
    • ·interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
    • ·amusing; funny; comical
    • ·enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging
    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
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • 読むよむ
    • ·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
  • 楽しいたのしい
    • ·enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: ありません
    • ·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
  • 失敗しっぱい
    • ·failure; mistake; blunder
    N4
    • ·spirit; mind; heart
    • ·nature; disposition
    • ·intention; mind; will; motivation
    • ·mood; feelings
    • ·consciousness
    • ·care; attention; consideration; worry
    • ·interest
    • ·(the) air; atmosphere
    • ·ambience; atmosphere (of); air (of); mood
    • ·fragrance; aroma; flavour; taste
    • ·qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine); chi; ki
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思って
    • ·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
  • 探すさがすAs it appears here: 探して
    • ·to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek
    • ·to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around
    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
  • たまに
    • ·occasionally; once in a while; now and then
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 払うはらうAs it appears here: 払った
    • ·to pay (e.g. money, bill)
    • ·to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
    • ·to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
    • ·to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of
    • ·to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
    • ·to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert
    • ·to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
    • ·to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside
    • ·to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
    • ·to reset (an abacus)
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思った
    • ·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
  • これから
    • ·from now on; after this; in the future; in future
    • ·from here; from this point
    N4
  • やめるAs it appears here: やめられ
    • ·to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit
    • ·to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain
    N4
  • やっぱり
    • ·as expected; sure enough; just as one thought
    • ·after all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case
    • ·too; also; as well; likewise; (not) either
    • ·still; as before
    • ·all the same; even so; still; nonetheless
    N2
  • 悔しいくやしいAs it appears here: 悔しく
    • ·frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed; frustrating; annoying; regrettable
    N2
  • 悔しいくやしい
    • ·frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed; frustrating; annoying; regrettable
    N2
  • 本のほんの
    • ·mere; only; just; slight
    N1
  • 嫌にいやに
    • ·awfully; terribly
    N1
Grammar4 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • ことがあるN32 times in this passage

    After a plain verb, 'there are times when...'; after a past-tense verb (〜たことがある), 'have (ever) done, have the experience of'.

    家で買ったばかりの本を読んでいたら、前に読んだことがあるような気がしてきたのです。

    While I was reading the book I had just bought at home, I began to feel that I might have read it before.

  • もしかしたらN3

    Raises a tentative possibility, typically resolved with かもしれない, 'perhaps / maybe / by any chance'.

    もしかしたら持っている本かもしれないと思って本棚を探してみたら、やっぱりありました。

    Thinking that I might already own the book, I searched my bookshelf, and sure enough, it was there.

  • ためにN3

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

    それが面白くない本だったときは、つまらない本のために二度もお金を払ったことが悔しくなります。

    When it was an uninteresting book, I feel frustrated that I paid twice for such a boring book.

  • だけでなくN3

    Correlative adding a further item beyond the one stated — 'not only ... (but also)'.

    でも、面白くて感動した本だったときには、悔しいだけではなく②自分が嫌になります。

    But when it was a book that I found interesting and moving, I do not just feel frustrated; I also ② dislike myself.

Other levels16 patterns
  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN43 times in this passage

    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.

    私は本が好きで、よく本を買うのですが、先日①失敗をしてしまいました。

    I like books and often buy them, but the other day I ① made a mistake.

  • たばかりN4

    Marks an action as having only just finished — "just did, only just…"

    家で買ったばかりの本を読んでいたら、前に読んだことがあるような気がしてきたのです。

    While I was reading the book I had just bought at home, I began to feel that I might have read it before.

  • たらN42 times in this passage

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

    家で買ったばかりの本を読んでいたら、前に読んだことがあるような気がしてきたのです。

    While I was reading the book I had just bought at home, I began to feel that I might have read it before.

  • ようだN42 times in this passage

    Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".

    家で買ったばかりの本を読んでいたら、前に読んだことがあるような気がしてきたのです。

    While I was reading the book I had just bought at home, I began to feel that I might have read it before.

  • がするN4

    With a perception noun (sound, smell, taste, feeling), expresses that such a sensation occurs — 'there is a smell/sound', 'I sense that'.

    家で買ったばかりの本を読んでいたら、前に読んだことがあるような気がしてきたのです。

    While I was reading the book I had just bought at home, I began to feel that I might have read it before.

  • 〜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'.

    家で買ったばかりの本を読んでいたら、前に読んだことがあるような気がしてきたのです。

    While I was reading the book I had just bought at home, I began to feel that I might have read it before.

  • かもしれないN42 times in this passage

    Expresses possibility or conjecture — 'might', 'maybe', 'perhaps'.

    もしかしたら持っている本かもしれないと思って本棚を探してみたら、やっぱりありました。

    Thinking that I might already own the book, I searched my bookshelf, and sure enough, it was there.

  • と思う(とおもう)N42 times in this passage

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

    もしかしたら持っている本かもしれないと思って本棚を探してみたら、やっぱりありました。

    Thinking that I might already own the book, I searched my bookshelf, and sure enough, it was there.

  • 〜てみるN4

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

    もしかしたら持っている本かもしれないと思って本棚を探してみたら、やっぱりありました。

    Thinking that I might already own the book, I searched my bookshelf, and sure enough, it was there.

  • 〜のにN4

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

    読んだことがある本なのに、買ったことも内容も忘れているのです。

    Even though it is a book I have read before, I forget both that I bought it and what it was about.

  • ときN42 times in this passage

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

    それが面白くない本だったときは、つまらない本のために二度もお金を払ったことが悔しくなります。

    When it was an uninteresting book, I feel frustrated that I paid twice for such a boring book.

  • 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'.

    私は本が好きで、よく本を買うのですが、先日①失敗をしてしまいました。

    I like books and often buy them, but the other day I ① made a mistake.

  • 前に(まえに)N5

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

    家で買ったばかりの本を読んでいたら、前に読んだことがあるような気がしてきたのです。

    While I was reading the book I had just bought at home, I began to feel that I might have read it before.

  • 〜ているN52 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”.

    もしかしたら持っている本かもしれないと思って本棚を探してみたら、やっぱりありました。

    Thinking that I might already own the book, I searched my bookshelf, and sure enough, it was there.

  • そしてN5

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

    そして、その本を読んだことも思い出したのです。

    Then I also remembered that I had already read it.

  • のでN5

    Gives a reason or cause with a soft, objective/polite nuance — 'because / since'.

    でも、本を読むのは楽しいので、本屋通いはやめられそうもありません。

    But reading books is enjoyable, so it seems I will not be able to stop going to bookstores.

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