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今年ことしなつわたしぞくやまなかあるホテル

えきからホテルちかていまでバスで2かんじょうかかりましたていからホテルまでは、ほそみち30ふんちかあるホテルちいふるですが、なかとてもきれいでした。ホテルと、息子むすこは「テレビ。」「ゲームしたい。」としかしこのホテルにはどちらありませんそれかられいぞうエアコンありませんこのホテル便べんではありませんでしたが、やまみずうみいろいろことできました

部屋へやもつまどと、みずうみからすずかぜはいすこやすからまだあかのでさんくうおいしくて景色けしきうつくですよるは、ほしとてもきれいでした。ホテルにるまいにちみんなさんしたりみずうみおよむしとったりひるしたりしました

ホテルには1しゅうかんいましたわたしたちは「たのね。②こんなせいかつたまにはいいね。」とはなながらいえかえ

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  1. 1どんな①ホテルに止まりましたか。
  2. 2駅からホテルまでどうやって行きましたか。
  3. 3ホテルに着いてから、何をしましたか。
  4. 4こんな生活とありますが、どんな生活ですか。

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Vocabulary12 words
  • 泊まるとまるAs it appears here: 泊まりました
    • ·to stay at (e.g. hotel)
    • ·to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
    N4
  • 以上いじょう
    • ·not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
    • ·beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
    • ·the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
    • ·since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
    • ·that's all; that is the end; the end
    N4
  • 息子むすこ
    • ·son
    • ·penis
    N4
  • みずうみ
    • ·lake
    N4
  • 空気くうき
    • ·air; atmosphere
    • ·mood; situation
    • ·someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
    N4
  • 景色けしき
    • ·scenery; scene; landscape
    N4
  • 美しいうつくしいAs it appears here: 美しかった
    • ·beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
    N4
  • ほし
    • ·star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body
    • ·star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk
    • ·star (actor, player, etc.)
    • ·dot; spot; fleck
    • ·bullseye
    • ·perp; perpetrator; culprit; offender; suspect
    • ·one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune
    • ·point; score
    • ·star point (intersection marked with a dot); hoshi
    • ·(pyrotechnic) star
    N4
  • にる
    • ·to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
    N4
  • みんな
    • ·everyone; everybody; all
    • ·everything; all
    N4
  • むし
    • ·insect; bug; cricket; moth
    • ·worm; roundworm
    • ·thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious
    • ·nervousness; fretfulness
    • ·person devoted to one thing; single-minded person
    • ·valve core
    • ·mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
    N4
  • 生活せいかつ
    • ·life; living
    • ·livelihood; (one's) living
    N4
Other levels61 words
  • 今年ことし
    • ·this year
    N5
  • なつ
    • ·summer
    N5
  • わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 家族かぞく
    • ·family
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • えき
    • ·railway station; train station
    • ·staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)
    • ·counter for railway stations and bus stations
    N5
  • 近くちかく
    • ·near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
    • ·nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
    • ·shortly; soon
    N5
  • 時間じかん
    • ·time
    • ·hour
    • ·period; class; lesson
    N5
  • かかるAs it appears here: かかりました
    • ·to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
    • ·to hang
    • ·to come into view; to arrive
    • ·to come under (a contract, a tax)
    • ·to start (engines, motors)
    • ·to attend; to deal with; to handle
    • ·to have started to; to be on the verge of
    • ·to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover
    • ·to (come) at
    • ·to be fastened
    • ·to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
    • ·to be caught in
    • ·to get a call
    • ·to depend on
    • ·to begin (a task); to set about (doing); to get down to
    N5
  • 細いほそい
    • ·thin; slender; fine
    • ·unlucky
    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: 歩きました
    • ·to walk
    N5
  • 小さいちいさいAs it appears here: 小さくて
    • ·small; little; tiny
    • ·slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small
    • ·low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
    • ·unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial
    • ·young; juvenile
    N5
  • 古いふるいAs it appears here: 古かった
    • ·old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn
    • ·long; since long ago; time-honored
    • ·of the distant past; long-ago
    • ·stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
    • ·old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date
    N5
  • とても
    • ·very; awfully; exceedingly
    • ·(not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
    N5
  • 着くつく
    • ·to arrive at; to reach
    • ·to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
    N5
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見たい
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言いました
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • どちら
    • ·which way; which direction; where
    • ·which one (esp. of two alternatives)
    • ·who
    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
  • 冷蔵庫れいぞうこ
    • ·refrigerator; fridge
    N5
  • 便利べんり
    • ·convenient; handy; useful
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: ありませんでした
    • ·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
  • いろいろ
    • ·various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
    • ·variously; in various ways; in many ways
    • ·various things; this and that
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できました
    • ·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
  • 部屋へや
    • ·room; chamber
    • ·apartment; flat; pad
    • ·stable
    N5
  • 荷物にもつ
    • ·luggage; baggage; package
    • ·burden
    • ·payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
    N5
  • 置くおくAs it appears here: 置いて
    • ·to put; to place
    • ·to leave (behind)
    • ·to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
    • ·to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
    • ·to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.)
    • ·to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
    • ·to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
    • ·to separate spatially or temporally
    • ·to do something in advance
    • ·to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state
    N5
  • まど
    • ·window
    N5
  • 開けるあける
    • ·to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
    • ·to open (for business, etc.)
    • ·to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room
    • ·to move out; to clear out
    • ·to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily)
    • ·to dawn; to grow light
    • ·to end (of a period, season)
    • ·to begin (of the New Year)
    • ·to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for)
    • ·to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
    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
  • かぜ
    • ·wind; breeze; draught; draft
    • ·manner; behaviour; behavior
    • ·cold; influenza
    N5
  • 入るはいるAs it appears here: 入って
    • ·to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive
    • ·to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into
    • ·to be contained (in); to be included (in); to be inside (e.g. a box); to come under (a heading); to belong (in a category)
    • ·to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.); to be (able to be) held; to be (able to be) accommodated
    • ·to be introduced; to be brought in; to be installed
    • ·to be received; to be obtained
    • ·to be scored (of points); to be won (of votes)
    • ·to turn on; to start functioning; to start working
    • ·to enter (a month, season, etc.); to reach (e.g. a climax); to get to (e.g. the main topic); to enter into (e.g. negotiations); to start (doing); to begin
    • ·to form (of a crack, fissure, etc.); to develop
    • ·to be put in (of effort, spirit, feeling, etc.); to be applied (e.g. of strength)
    • ·to be ready (of tea, coffee, etc.); to be made
    • ·to enter the body (of alcohol); to become drunk
    N5
  • 少しすこし
    • ·a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; some; slightly; somewhat
    • ·a little while; a short time; a moment; a minute
    • ·a little way; a short distance
    N5
  • 休むやすむAs it appears here: 休んで
    • ·to be absent; to take a day off
    • ·to rest; to have a break
    • ·to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
    • ·to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
    N5
  • まだ
    • ·still; as yet; only
    • ·(not) yet
    • ·more; (more) still
    • ·at least; comparatively; relatively
    • ·unfinished; incomplete; not yet done
    N5
  • 散歩さんぽ
    • ·walk; stroll
    N5
  • 出かけるでかけるAs it appears here: 出かけました
    • ·to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out
    • ·to be about to leave; to be just going out
    N5
  • おいしいAs it appears here: おいしくて
    • ·good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty
    • ·attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
    N5
  • よる
    • ·night; evening
    • ·dinner
    N5
  • 毎日まいにち
    • ·every day; daily
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: したり
    • ·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
  • 泳ぐおよぐAs it appears here: 泳いだり
    • ·to swim
    • ·to struggle through (a crowd)
    • ·to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life)
    • ·to totter; to lose one's balance
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しました
    • ·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
  • いるAs it appears here: いました
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • 楽しいたのしいAs it appears here: 楽しかった
    • ·enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
    N5
  • 話すはなすAs it appears here: 話し
    • ·to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
    • ·to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
    • ·to speak (a language)
    N5
  • いえ
    • ·house; residence; dwelling; home
    • ·family; household
    • ·lineage; family name
    N5
  • 帰るかえるAs it appears here: 帰りました
    • ·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
  • 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
    • ·time; pause
    • ·space
    • ·room
    N3
  • 週間しゅうかん
    • ·week
    N3
  • たま
    • ·ball; sphere; globe; orb
    • ·bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
    • ·ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball)
    • ·pile (of noodles, etc.)
    • ·bullet
    • ·bulb (i.e. a light bulb)
    • ·lens (of glasses, etc.)
    • ·bead (of an abacus)
    • ·ball (i.e. a testicle)
    • ·gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl
    • ·female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
    • ·person (when commenting on their nature); character
    • ·item, funds or person used as part of a plot
    • ·egg
    • ·okonomiyaki
    • ·coin
    • ·precious; beautiful; excellent
    N3
  • 昼寝ひるね
    • ·(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
    N2
  • ふん
    • ·minute (unit of time)
    • ·fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
    N1
  • 明るいあかるいAs it appears here: 明るかった
    • ·light; bright; well-lit; well-lighted
    • ·bright (colour)
    • ·cheerful; bright; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition)
    • ·bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy; encouraging; promising
    • ·knowledgeable (about); familiar (with); well versed (in); well acquainted (with)
    • ·fair (e.g. politics); clean; impartial
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • ながらN4

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

    ②こんな生活もたまにはいいね。」と話しながら、家に帰りました。

    ②A life like this now and then is rather nice."

Other levels12 patterns
  • というN3

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

    「ゲームがしたい。」と言いました。

    "I want to play video games."

  • までN52 times in this passage

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

    駅からホテルの近くのバス停まで、バスで2時間以上かかりました。

    From the station to the bus stop near the hotel took more than two hours by bus.

  • 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'.

    ホテルは小さくて古かったですが、中はとてもきれいでした。

    The hotel was small and old, but inside it was very clean.

  • とてもN52 times in this passage

    Degree adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb — "very / extremely."

    ホテルは小さくて古かったですが、中はとてもきれいでした。

    The hotel was small and old, but inside it was very clean.

  • 〜たいN52 times in this passage

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

    ホテルに着くと、息子は「テレビが見たい。」

    As soon as we arrived, my son said, "I want to watch television."

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、このホテルにはどちらもありません。

    But this hotel had neither.

  • それからN5

    Sequential connective linking events in order, 'and then / after that'.

    それから、冷蔵庫もエアコンもありません。

    There was no fridge and no air conditioning either.

  • じゃない・ではないN5

    Negates a noun or na-adjective with the copula, "is not / am not".

    このホテルは便利ではありませんでしたが、山や湖でいろいろなことができました。

    This hotel was not convenient, but there was all sorts to do in the mountains and at the lake.

  • 〜ことができるN5

    States that someone is able to do something — “can do” / “is able to do”.

    このホテルは便利ではありませんでしたが、山や湖でいろいろなことができました。

    This hotel was not convenient, but there was all sorts to do in the mountains and at the lake.

  • まだN5

    Adverb showing an action or state still continues, or (with a negative) has not happened yet — "still / (not) yet."

    少し休んでから、まだ明るかったので、散歩に出かけました。

    After a short rest, as it was still light, we went out for a walk.

  • のでN5

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

    少し休んでから、まだ明るかったので、散歩に出かけました。

    After a short rest, as it was still light, we went out for a walk.

  • 〜たり〜たりN54 times in this passage

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

    ホテルにる間は毎日、みんなで散歩をしたり、湖で泳いだり、虫をとったり、昼寝をしたりしました。

    Every day of our stay at the hotel we all went walking, swam in the lake, caught insects and took naps.

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