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ある雑誌ざっしに、おいしそうケーキクッキーしゃしんいるページあったよくしおあじせんでんしているこうこくだった。しおからなのかとおもそうではなくてあまさのなかに、しおあじかんなのだそうだ。しおあじあま和菓子わがしことあるが、洋菓子ようがしにもおなものあったのだ。いちみようおも

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  1. 1一度買ってみようとあるが、この文章を書いた人は何を買ってみようと思っているか。

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Vocabulary3 words
  • 広告こうこく
    • ·advertisement; advertising
    • ·announcement; notice
    N3
  • 感じるかんじるAs it appears here: 感じられる
    • ·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
  • 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
Other levels22 words
  • 雑誌ざっし
    • ·magazine; journal; periodical
    N5
  • おいしいAs it appears here: おいし
    • ·good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty
    • ·attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
    N5
  • 写真しゃしん
    • ·photograph; photo; picture; photography
    • ·moving picture; movie
    N5
  • ページぺーじ
    • ·page
    • ·nth page; page ...
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あった
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見たら
    • ·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
  • しお
    • ·salt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride
    • ·hardship; toil; trouble
    • ·saltiness
    • ·cold; unwelcoming; indifferent
    N5
  • お菓子おかし
    • ·confections; sweets; candy; cake
    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
  • 甘いあまいAs it appears here:
    • ·sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared
    • ·fragrant (smelling); sweet (music)
    • ·lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy
    • ·indulgent; lenient; soft (on); easy-going; generous
    • ·naive; overly optimistic; simplistic
    • ·half-hearted; not finished properly
    • ·insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose
    • ·mild
    • ·tempting; enticing; luring
    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
  • 甘いあまい
    • ·sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared
    • ·fragrant (smelling); sweet (music)
    • ·lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy
    • ·indulgent; lenient; soft (on); easy-going; generous
    • ·naive; overly optimistic; simplistic
    • ·half-hearted; not finished properly
    • ·insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose
    • ·mild
    • ·tempting; enticing; luring
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べた
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • もの
    • ·thing; object; article; stuff; substance
    • ·one's things; possessions; property; belongings
    • ·things; something; anything; everything; nothing
    • ·quality
    • ·reason; the way of things
    • ·used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen
    • ·item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
    • ·cause of ...; cause for ...
    • ·somehow; somewhat; for some reason
    • ·really; truly
    N5
  • 買うかうAs it appears here: 買って
    • ·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
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思ったら
    • ·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
  • 一度いちど
    • ·once; one time; on one occasion
    • ·temporarily; for a moment
    • ·one degree; one tone; one musical interval
    N4
  • 思うおもう
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 宣伝せんでん
    • ·publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
    N2
  • 塩辛いしおからい
    • ·salty (taste); briny
    N2
Grammar0 patterns

No N3 grammar patterns in this passage.

Other levels12 patterns

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  • だの~だのN12 times in this passage

    Reduplicated listing particle citing examples with a tone of complaint or exasperation ("what with X and Y and all that").

    塩辛いお菓子なのかと思ったら、そうではなくて、甘さの中に、塩味も感じられるお菓子なのだそうだ。

    I thought they were salty snacks, but that was not the case; apparently, they are sweets in which you can also taste salt amid the sweetness.

  • かと思ったら(かとおもったら)N2

    Marks that a second, often surprising, event happens right after the first — 'just when / no sooner had… than'.

    塩辛いお菓子なのかと思ったら、そうではなくて、甘さの中に、塩味も感じられるお菓子なのだそうだ。

    I thought they were salty snacks, but that was not the case; apparently, they are sweets in which you can also taste salt amid the sweetness.

  • ものがあるN2

    Conveys the speaker's strong impression that something genuinely possesses a certain quality — 'there is something ... about it', 'it really does have...'.

    塩の味がする甘い和菓子は食べたことがあるが、洋菓子にも同じようなものがあったのだ。

    I have eaten sweet wagashi with a salty taste before, but it turns out there are similar kinds of Western sweets as well.

  • 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').

    よく見たら、塩の味がするお菓子を宣伝している広告だった。

    When I looked closely, I saw that it was an advertisement for sweets with a salty taste.

  • がするN42 times in this passage

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

    よく見たら、塩の味がするお菓子を宣伝している広告だった。

    When I looked closely, I saw that it was an advertisement for sweets with a salty taste.

  • そうだN4

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

    塩辛いお菓子なのかと思ったら、そうではなくて、甘さの中に、塩味も感じられるお菓子なのだそうだ

    I thought they were salty snacks, but that was not the case; apparently, they are sweets in which you can also taste salt amid the sweetness.

  • ようだN4

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

    塩の味がする甘い和菓子は食べたことがあるが、洋菓子にも同じようなものがあったのだ。

    I have eaten sweet wagashi with a salty taste before, but it turns out there are similar kinds of Western sweets as well.

  • 〜てみるN4

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

    一度買ってみようと思う。

    I think I’ll try buying some.

  • と思う(とおもう)N4

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

    一度買ってみようと思う

    I think I’ll try buying some.

  • 〜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”.

    ある雑誌に、おいしそうなケーキやクッキーの写真が載っているページがあった。

    In a magazine, there was a page with photographs of delicious-looking cakes and cookies.

  • がありますN5

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

    ある雑誌に、おいしそうなケーキやクッキーの写真が載っているページがあった。

    In a magazine, there was a page with photographs of delicious-looking cakes and cookies.

  • 〜たことがあるN5

    States that the speaker has had the experience of doing something at some point — “have done (before)”.

    塩の味がする甘い和菓子は食べたことがあるが、洋菓子にも同じようなものがあったのだ。

    I have eaten sweet wagashi with a salty taste before, but it turns out there are similar kinds of Western sweets as well.

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