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わたしからのがで、よくひとほめられていましたでもこくすうがくなどべんきょうあまりよくできませんでした

ちゅうがく2ねんときははわたしは「あいさんじゅつせいせきいいですが、ほかべんきょうもっとがんいけませんね。」とせんせいははは「あいがんべんきょうしているですが、テストてんでもわたしそれいいおもいるですあいだしじょうのでそれやりたいです。」とくれましたすると、せんせいも「①かあのおかんがは、よくわかりましたじゃあいさんじゅぎょうわからないことあったらいつでもせんせいしつもんしてね。」と

それからわたしせんせいよくしつもんようなりましたが、せいせきあまりそれでもははけっわたしに「べんきょうは?」とはずに、ゆうえがくれました

わたしじゅつ専門学校せんもんがっこうそつぎょうし、いまは、ことごとしています。②あのときははに「ありがとう」とです

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  1. 1中学生のころの「私」は、どんな子どもだったか。
  2. 2お母さんのお考えとあるが、それはどのような考えか。
  3. 3あの時の母に「ありがとう」と言いたいとあるが、今、「私」がそう思っているのはどうしてか。

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Vocabulary13 words
  • 国語こくご
    • ·national language
    • ·Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
    • ·one's native language; mother tongue
    • ·native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
    N3
  • 中学ちゅうがく
    • ·junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 成績せいせき
    • ·results; record; grades; marks
    N3
  • あい
    • ·love; affection; care
    • ·attachment; craving; desire
    • ·agape
    • ·Ireland
    N3
  • 取れるとれるAs it appears here: 取れません
    • ·to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)
    • ·to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to come out (of a stain); to come off (e.g. of dust); to be removed (e.g. of wrinkles)
    • ·to be harvested; to be picked; to be produced; to be caught (of fish); to be obtained; to be extracted
    • ·to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as); to be understood (as); to be read (as)
    • ·to be attained (of balance, harmony, etc.); to be achieved
    • ·to be able to get; to be able to obtain; to be able to secure; to be able to win; to be able to catch
    N3
  • 伸ばすのばすAs it appears here: 伸ばして
    • ·to grow long (e.g. hair, nails)
    • ·to lengthen; to extend; to stretch
    • ·to reach out; to hold out
    • ·to straighten; to smooth out
    • ·to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.)
    • ·to dilute; to thin out
    • ·to postpone
    • ·to prolong
    • ·to strengthen; to develop; to expand
    N3
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    N3
  • 考えかんがえ
    • ·thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept
    • ·idea; notion; imagination
    • ·intention; plan; design
    • ·consideration; judgement; deliberation; reflection
    • ·wish; hope; expectation
    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
  • それでも
    • ·but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
    N3
  • 描くえがくAs it appears here: 描かせて
    • ·to draw; to paint; to sketch
    • ·to depict; to describe
    • ·to picture in one's mind; to imagine
    • ·to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
    N3
Other levels39 words
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    • ·picture; drawing; painting; sketch
    • ·image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
    N5
  • 勉強べんきょう
    • ·study
    • ·diligence; working hard
    • ·experience; knowledge; lesson (for the future)
    • ·discount; price reduction
    N5
  • あまり
    • ·remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers
    • ·(not) very; (not) much
    • ·too much; excessively; overly
    • ·extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible
    • ·not very good; so-so; mediocre
    • ·more than; over
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できませんでした
    • ·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
  • ほか
    • ·another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
    • ·another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
    • ·beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
    • ·except; but; other than; apart from
    • ·besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of
    N5
  • 先生せんせい
    • ·teacher; instructor; master
    • ·sensei; (expl.) title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
    • ·(expl.) intimate or teasing form of address
    • ·one's elder
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言われました
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 上手じょうず
    • ·skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever
    • ·flattery
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言って
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    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
  • お母さんおかあさん
    • ·mother; mom; mum; ma
    • ·wife
    • ·you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she; her
    N5
  • わかるAs it appears here: わかりました
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
    • ·to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); to be found out; to make sense
    • ·I know!; I think so too!
    N5
  • 授業じゅぎょう
    • ·lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
    N5
  • わかるAs it appears here: わからない
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
    • ·to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); to be found out; to make sense
    • ·I know!; I think so too!
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あったら
    • ·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
  • いつ
    • ·when; at what time; how soon
    • ·normal times; ordinary days
    N5
  • 質問しつもん
    • ·question; inquiry; enquiry
    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
  • なるAs it appears here: なりました
    • ·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
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言わ
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • するAs it appears here:
    • ·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
  • いま
    • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
    • ·another; more
    N5
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    N5
  • あの
    • ·that; those; the
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言いたい
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • ほめるAs it appears here: ほめられて
    • ·to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
    N4
  • 数学すうがく
    • ·mathematics
    N4
  • てん
    • ·dot; spot; point; speck; mark
    • ·mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points
    • ·point (in a game); score; goal; run
    • ·point
    • ·point; aspect; matter; detail; part; respect; way; viewpoint
    • ·(punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point); dot
    • ·"dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)
    • ·counter for points, marks, goals, etc.
    • ·counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
    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
  • 変わるかわるAs it appears here: 変わりませんでした
    • ·to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
    • ·to move to
    • ·to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
    N4
  • 決してけっして
    • ·(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
    N4
  • 卒業そつぎょう
    • ·graduation; completion (of a course)
    • ·moving on (from); outgrowing (something)
    • ·leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
    N4
  • 美術びじゅつ
    • ·art; fine arts
    N1
Grammar6 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • あまり〜ないN32 times in this passage

    The degree adverb あまり, typically with a following negative, expresses a limited degree, "not very / not much."

    でも、国語や数学などの勉強はあまりよくできませんでした。

    However, I was not very good at subjects such as Japanese and mathematics.

  • 〜ないと(いけない)N3

    Obligation construction (short for ないといけない/ないとだめ) meaning one is required to do something; "have to / must".

    中学2年のとき、母と私は「愛さんは美術の成績はいいんですが、ほかの勉強ももっと頑張らないといけませんね。」と先生に言われました。

    When I was in my second year of junior high school, the teacher said to my mother and me, “Ai-san does well in art, but you need to work harder at your other subjects too.”

  • 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'.

    愛は絵が好きだし上手なので、それを伸ばしてやりたいんです。」と言ってくれました。

    Ai likes drawing and is good at it, so I want to help Ai develop that talent.”

  • ことがあるN3

    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'.

    じゃ、愛さん、授業でわからないことがあったら、いつでも先生に質問してね。」と言いました。

    All right then, Ai-san, if there is anything you don’t understand in class, you can always ask me.”

  • 決して~ないN3

    Adverb pairing with a following negative to stress absolute denial, 'never / by no means / not at all'.

    それでも、母は決して私に「勉強は?」とは言わずに、自由に絵を描かせてくれました。

    Even so, my mother never asked me, “What about your studies?” and let me draw freely.

  • ずにN3

    Marks doing one thing without doing another; a more formal equivalent of 〜ないで — 'without …ing'.

    それでも、母は決して私に「勉強は?」とは言わずに、自由に絵を描かせてくれました。

    Even so, my mother never asked me, “What about your studies?” and let me draw freely.

Other levels17 patterns
  • 頃(ころ / ごろ)N4

    Suffix/noun marking an approximate point in time; 'around (the time of), about when, back when'.

    私は子どものころから、絵を描くのが好きで、よく人に絵をほめられていました。

    I have liked drawing since I was a child, and people often praised my pictures.

  • などN4

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

    でも、国語や数学などの勉強はあまりよくできませんでした。

    However, I was not very good at subjects such as Japanese and mathematics.

  • ときN4

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

    中学2年のとき、母と私は「愛さんは美術の成績はいいんですが、ほかの勉強ももっと頑張らないといけませんね。」と先生に言われました。

    When I was in my second year of junior high school, the teacher said to my mother and me, “Ai-san does well in art, but you need to work harder at your other subjects too.”

  • と思う(とおもう)N4

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

    でも、私はそれでいいと思っているんです。

    But I think that’s all right.

  • てやるN4

    Marks doing an action as a favor for someone (often a subordinate, child, or animal) or, emphatically, as the speaker's defiant resolve — 'do (for someone)' / 'I'll show them, I'll do it'.

    愛は絵が好きだし上手なので、それを伸ばしてやりたいんです。」と言ってくれました。

    Ai likes drawing and is good at it, so I want to help Ai develop that talent.”

  • 〜てくれるN42 times in this passage

    Someone does an action for the benefit of the speaker (or the speaker's in-group) — '(someone) does (something) for me'.

    愛は絵が好きだし上手なので、それを伸ばしてやりたいんです。」と言ってくれました。

    Ai likes drawing and is good at it, so I want to help Ai develop that talent.”

  • 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').

    じゃ、愛さん、授業でわからないことがあったら、いつでも先生に質問してね。」と言いました。

    All right then, Ai-san, if there is anything you don’t understand in class, you can always ask me.”

  • ようになるN4

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

    それから、私は先生によく質問をするようになりましたが、成績はあまり変わりませんでした。

    After that, I began asking the teacher questions often, but my grades did not change very much.

  • それでもN4

    Concessive conjunction — 'even so, nevertheless, still.'

    それでも、母は決して私に「勉強は?」とは言わずに、自由に絵を描かせてくれました。

    Even so, my mother never asked me, “What about your studies?” and let me draw freely.

  • のが好き(のがすき)N5

    Nominalizes an action with の and states liking it — 'likes (doing something)'.

    私は子どものころから、絵を描くのが好きで、よく人に絵をほめられていました。

    I have liked drawing since I was a child, and people often praised my pictures.

  • 〜ているN54 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”.

    私は子どものころから、絵を描くのが好きで、よく人に絵をほめられていました。

    I have liked drawing since I was a child, and people often praised my pictures.

  • んですN56 times in this passage

    Explanatory ending that supplies a reason, context, or emphasis — 'the thing is…', 'it's that…'.

    でも、国語や数学などの勉強はあまりよくできませんでした。

    However, I was not very good at subjects such as Japanese and mathematics.

  • のでN5

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

    愛は絵が好きだし上手なので、それを伸ばしてやりたいんです。」と言ってくれました。

    Ai likes drawing and is good at it, so I want to help Ai develop that talent.”

  • 〜たいN52 times in this passage

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

    愛は絵が好きだし上手なので、それを伸ばしてやりたいんです。」と言ってくれました。

    Ai likes drawing and is good at it, so I want to help Ai develop that talent.”

  • それからN5

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

    それから、私は先生によく質問をするようになりましたが、成績はあまり変わりませんでした。

    After that, I began asking the teacher questions often, but my grades did not change very much.

  • にするN5

    To decide on or turn something into a given state or choice, 'to make it ~ / to go with ~.'

    その後、私は美術の専門学校を卒業し、今は、好きな絵を描くことを仕事にしています。

    Later, I graduated from a vocational art school, and now I make a living by drawing the pictures I love.

  • だ / ですN5

    The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.

    でも、私はそれでいいと思っているんです

    But I think that’s all right.

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