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N3 · IntermediateShort passagePassage #666
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「夜よるご飯はん」という言こと葉ばを初はじめて聞きいた。最さい近きん、「晩ばんご飯はん」の代かわりに使つかわれるようになってきたらしい。食しょく事じの時じ間かんが「晩ばん」から「夜よる」へとだんだん遅おそくなり、言こと葉ばも一緒いっしょに変へん化かしてきたそうだが、「晩ばんご飯はん」という言こと葉ばが当あたり前まえの私わたしは、「夜よるご飯はん」という言こと葉ばを変へんだと感かんじる。しかし、「晩ばんご飯はん」も「夕ゆうご飯はん」の代かわりに使つかわれるようになった言こと葉ばだそうだ。「夕ゆうご飯はん」が当あたり前まえだった人ひとたちも、私わたしと同おなじように感かんじたかもしれない。

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  1. 1「夕ご飯」が当たり前だった人たちも、私と同じように感じたとあるが、「夕ご飯」が当たり前だった人たちは、どのように感じたのか。

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Vocabulary5 words
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 食事しょくじ
    • ·meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
    • ·diet
    N3
  • 変化へんか
    • ·change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation
    • ·variety; diversity
    • ·inflection; declension; conjugation
    • ·henka; (expl.) evasive sidestep at the beginning of a bout
    N3
  • 感じるかんじる
    • ·to feel; to sense; to experience
    • ·to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to be impressed (by); to respond (to)
    • ·to become infected with (an illness); to catch
    N3
  • 感じるかんじるAs it appears here: 感じた
    • ·to feel; to sense; to experience
    • ·to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to be impressed (by); to respond (to)
    • ·to become infected with (an illness); to catch
    N3
Other levels18 words
  • 言葉ことば
    • ·language; dialect
    • ·word; phrase; expression; term
    • ·speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
    • ·words; remark; statement; comment
    • ·learning to speak; language acquisition
    N5
  • 初めてはじめて
    • ·for the first time
    • ·only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
    • ·first time; (one's) first
    N5
  • 聞くきくAs it appears here: 聞いた
    • ·to hear
    • ·to listen (e.g. to music)
    • ·to ask; to enquire; to query
    • ·to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
    • ·to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
    • ·to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
    • ·to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
    • ·to taste (alcohol); to try
    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: なって
    • ·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
  • 時間じかん
    • ·time
    • ·hour
    • ·period; class; lesson
    N5
  • 晩ばん
    • ·evening; night
    • ·dinner; evening meal
    • ·counter for nights
    N5
  • 夜よる
    • ·night; evening
    • ·dinner
    N5
  • だんだん
    • ·gradually; by degrees; little by little; more and more; increasingly
    • ·steps; stairs; staircase; terrace
    N5
  • 遅いおそいAs it appears here: 遅く
    • ·slow
    • ·late
    • ·too late
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なり
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    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
  • 最近さいきん
    • ·recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
    • ·nearest; closest
    N4
  • 変へん
    • ·strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy
    • ·unexpected
    • ·change
    • ·incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; emergency
    • ·flat
    N4
  • 当たり前あたりまえ
    • ·natural; reasonable; obvious
    • ·usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm
    N2
Grammar2 patterns

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  • というN33 times in this passage

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

    「夜ご飯」という言葉を初めて聞いた。

    I heard the expression “yoru-gohan” for the first time.

  • 代わりに（かわりに）N32 times in this passage

    Expresses doing one thing in place of, or in exchange for, another, 'instead of / in return for'.

    最近、「晩ご飯」の代わりに使われるようになってきたらしい。

    Apparently, it has recently begun to be used instead of “ban-gohan.”

Other levels7 patterns
  • ようになるN42 times in this passage

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

    最近、「晩ご飯」の代わりに使われるようになってきたらしい。

    Apparently, it has recently begun to be used instead of “ban-gohan.”

  • 〜てくるN42 times in this passage

    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、「晩ご飯」の代わりに使われるようになってきたらしい。

    Apparently, it has recently begun to be used instead of “ban-gohan.”

  • らしいN4

    Evidential auxiliary expressing an inference or hearsay from evidence — 'it seems / apparently ~'; also 'typical of, befitting ~'.

    最近、「晩ご飯」の代わりに使われるようになってきたらしい。

    Apparently, it has recently begun to be used instead of “ban-gohan.”

  • そうだN4

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

    しかし、「晩ご飯」も「夕ご飯」の代わりに使われるようになった言葉だそうだ。

    However, “ban-gohan” itself is apparently an expression that came to be used instead of “yuu-gohan.”

  • かもしれないN4

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

    「夕ご飯」が当たり前だった人たちも、私と同じように感じたかもしれない。

    People for whom “yuu-gohan” had been the natural expression may have felt the same way I do.

  • 一緒に（いっしょに）N5

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

    食事の時間が「晩」から「夜」へとだんだん遅くなり、言葉も一緒に変化してきたそうだが、「晩ご飯」という言葉が当たり前の私は、「夜ご飯」という言葉を変だと感じる。

    Apparently, as mealtimes have gradually shifted later from “ban” to “yoru,” the language has changed along with them; however, since “ban-gohan” is the expression that feels natural to me, “yoru-gohan” sounds strange.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、「晩ご飯」も「夕ご飯」の代わりに使われるようになった言葉だそうだ。

    However, “ban-gohan” itself is apparently an expression that came to be used instead of “yuu-gohan.”

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