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最さい近きん、仕し事ごとの連れん絡らくをする時ときにメールを利り用ようすることが多おおくなりました。メールは時じ間かんを選えらんで読よめますから。相あい手ての都つ合ごうがいいときに相あい手てに読よんでもらうことができます。しかし、分わかりやすいメールを書かくのは意い外がいに難むずかしいものです。読よみやすいメールを書かくには、どのような工く夫ふうが必ひつ要ようでしょうか。

まず、一行いっこうの文字数もじすうを多おおくしないで、短みじかく切きって次つぎの行くだりに進すすむようにしましょう。そして、一ひとつの内ない容ようを書かき終おわったら。次つぎの一行いっこうは何なにも書かかないで、その次つぎの行くだりから書かき始はじめます。また、約やく束そくの時じ間かんや場ば所しょなど、特とくに重じゅう要ようなことは、文ぶん章しょうの最さい後ごにももう一いち度ど書かいたほうがいい。

文ぶん章しょうを全ぜん部ぶ書かき終おわったら、自じ分ぶんの名な前まえと連れん絡らく先さきを書かきます。メールで返へん事じをもらうつもりでも、メールアドレスのほかに自じ分ぶんの電でん話わ番ばん号ごうとFAX番ばん号ごうも知しらせておきましょう。

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  1. 1この文章では、メールについて、どのように言っているか。
  2. 2この文章で、言っていないことはどれか。
  3. 3この文章によると、下のメールはどう直せばいいか。
    会議の時間と場所が決まりました。4月10日（金）2時から2階の会議室です。テーマは、「社員旅行」です。欠席の人は、山下まで連絡してください。あとで旅行の予定表を送りします。
    では、4月10日2時に2階の会議室にお集まりください。
    山下ひろみ
    hiromiy@xxx.yyy.co.jp
    電話：03_555_1111
    FAX：03_555_1112

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Vocabulary11 words
  • 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
  • 相手あいて
    • ·companion; partner; company
    • ·other party; addressee; counterparty
    • ·opponent (sports, etc.)
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 意外いがい
    • ·unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • まず
    • ·first (of all); firstly; to begin with; before anything else
    • ·probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually
    • ·more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; reasonably
    • ·anyway; at any rate; for now (at least); for the time being
    N3
  • 内容ないよう
    • ·contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
    N3
  • 何もなにも
    • ·(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing
    • ·and everything else; and all
    • ·(not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent
    N3
  • 重要じゅうよう
    • ·important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
    N3
  • ほう
    • ·direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
    • ·side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
    • ·type; category
    • ·field (of study, etc.)
    • ·indicates one side of a comparison
    • ·way; method; manner; means
    • ·length (of each side of a square)
    N3
  • もらう
    • ·to receive; to take; to accept
    • ·to get someone to do something
    • ·to have in one's pocket (a fight, match)
    • ·to contract (a disease); to catch; to be affected
    N3
Other levels45 words
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    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
  • 多いおおいAs it appears here: 多く
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    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
  • 時間じかん
    • ·time
    • ·hour
    • ·period; class; lesson
    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
  • できるAs it appears here: できます
    • ·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
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • 書くかく
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • 難しいむずかしい
    • ·difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
    • ·impossible; unfeasible
    • ·fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
    • ·gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
    • ·dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable
    • ·unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
    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
  • どの
    • ·which; what (way)
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しないで
    • ·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
  • 短いみじかいAs it appears here: 短く
    • ·short
    • ·brief
    N5
  • 切るきるAs it appears here: 切って
    • ·to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
    • ·to sever (connections, ties)
    • ·to turn off (e.g. the light)
    • ·to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect
    • ·to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
    • ·to open (something sealed)
    • ·to start
    • ·to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
    • ·to reduce; to decrease; to discount
    • ·to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
    • ·to cross; to traverse
    • ·to criticize sharply
    • ·to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
    • ·to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
    • ·to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
    • ·to shuffle (cards)
    • ·to discard a tile
    • ·to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expel; to excommunicate
    • ·to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
    • ·to trump
    • ·to cut (the connection between two groups)
    • ·to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)
    • ·to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
    • ·to do completely; to finish doing
    • ·to be completely ...; to be totally ...; to be terribly ...
    • ·to do clearly; to do decisively; to do firmly
    N5
  • 次つぎ
    • ·next; following; subsequent
    • ·stage; station
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しましょう
    • ·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
  • 一つひとつ
    • ·one
    • ·for one thing
    • ·only
    • ·(not) even
    • ·just (e.g. "just try it")
    • ·some kind of; one type of
    N5
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書き
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書かないで
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • また
    • ·again; once more; once again; another time; some other time
    • ·also; too; as well; likewise
    • ·on the other hand; while
    • ·and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore
    • ·or; otherwise
    • ·really; how; (what, why) on earth
    • ·some time (in the future)
    • ·indirect
    N5
  • 文章ぶんしょう
    • ·writing; composition; essay; article; passage; prose; (writing) style
    • ·sentence
    N5
  • もう一度もういちど
    • ·once more; again
    N5
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書いた
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • 全部ぜんぶ
    • ·all; entire; whole; altogether
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • 名前なまえ
    • ·name
    • ·given name; first name
    N5
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書きます
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    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
  • 番号ばんごう
    • ·number; series of digits
    N5
  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知らせて
    • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
    • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
    • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
    • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
    • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
    • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
    N5
  • 最近さいきん
    • ·recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
    • ·nearest; closest
    N4
  • 連絡れんらく
    • ·contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch; communication; correspondence; call; message
    • ·connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); meeting
    • ·connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation; link
    N4
  • 利用りよう
    • ·use; utilization; utilisation; application
    N4
  • 選ぶえらぶAs it appears here: 選んで
    • ·to choose; to select; to pick (out)
    N4
  • 必要ひつよう
    • ·necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
    • ·necessity; need; requirement
    N4
  • 進むすすむ
    • ·to advance; to go forward
    • ·to precede; to go ahead (of)
    • ·to make progress; to improve
    • ·to deepen; to heighten
    • ·to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead
    • ·to do of one's own free will
    N4
  • 約束やくそく
    • ·promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact
    • ·appointment; engagement; date
    • ·convention; rule
    • ·destiny; fate
    N4
  • 場所ばしょ
    • ·place; location; spot; position; area
    • ·room; space
    • ·sumo tournament
    N4
  • 特にとくに
    • ·particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
    N4
  • 最後さいご
    • ·end; conclusion
    • ·last; final; latest; most recent
    • ·no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences)
    • ·one's final moments
    N4
  • 返事へんじ
    • ·reply; answer; response
    N4
  • つもり
    • ·intention; plan; purpose; expectation
    • ·belief; assumption; thought; conviction
    • ·estimate; estimation; calculation
    N4
  • 工夫くふう
    • ·devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out
    • ·device; design; idea; plan; invention
    • ·dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • つもりでN3

    Acts while treating something as if it were the case — 'with the intention of / assuming that'.

    メールで返事をもらうつもりでも、メールアドレスのほかに自分の電話番号とFAX番号も知らせておきましょう。

    Even if you intend to receive the reply by email, you should provide your telephone and fax numbers in addition to your email address.

Other levels16 patterns
  • ときN4

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

    相手の都合がいいときに相手に読んでもらうことができます。

    This allows the recipient to read it when it is convenient for them.

  • やすいN42 times in this passage

    Attaches to a verb stem to mean the action is easy to do ('easy to ~').

    しかし、分かりやすいメールを書くのは意外に難しいものです。

    However, writing an easy-to-understand email is surprisingly difficult.

  • ようだN4

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

    読みやすいメールを書くには、どのような工夫が必要でしょうか。

    What kinds of techniques are needed to write an easy-to-read email?

  • が必要（がひつよう）N4

    Marks something as necessary or required — 'need X / X is necessary'.

    読みやすいメールを書くには、どのような工夫が必要でしょうか。

    What kinds of techniques are needed to write an easy-to-read email?

  • ないでN42 times in this passage

    Negative te-form that links a clause — "without doing ~", or a soft "don't ~".

    まず、一行の文字数を多くしないで、短く切って次の行に進むようにしましょう。

    First, do not put too many characters on one line; keep the lines short and move on to the next line.

  • ようにするN4

    Expresses making an ongoing effort or arranging things so that something does or doesn't happen — "make sure to / try to (do regularly)".

    まず、一行の文字数を多くしないで、短く切って次の行に進むようにしましょう。

    First, do not put too many characters on one line; keep the lines short and move on to the next line.

  • 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').

    そして、一つの内容を書き終わったら。

    And after you finish writing one topic.

  • などN4

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

    また、約束の時間や場所など、特に重要なことは、文章の最後にももう一度書いたほうがいい。

    Also, particularly important information such as the time and place of an appointment should be written once again at the end of the message.

  • 〜ておくN4

    Verb te-form plus 置く, doing something in advance as preparation or leaving it done for later — 'do ... in advance'.

    メールで返事をもらうつもりでも、メールアドレスのほかに自分の電話番号とFAX番号も知らせておきましょう。

    Even if you intend to receive the reply by email, you should provide your telephone and fax numbers in addition to your email address.

  • 〜ことができるN5

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

    相手の都合がいいときに相手に読んでもらうことができます。

    This allows the recipient to read it when it is convenient for them.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、分かりやすいメールを書くのは意外に難しいものです。

    However, writing an easy-to-understand email is surprisingly difficult.

  • だ / ですN5

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

    しかし、分かりやすいメールを書くのは意外に難しいものです。

    However, writing an easy-to-understand email is surprisingly difficult.

  • だろうN5

    Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.

    読みやすいメールを書くには、どのような工夫が必要でしょうか。

    What kinds of techniques are needed to write an easy-to-read email?

  • 〜ましょうN52 times in this passage

    A polite invitation or suggestion to do something together — “let's do”.

    まず、一行の文字数を多くしないで、短く切って次の行に進むようにしましょう。

    First, do not put too many characters on one line; keep the lines short and move on to the next line.

  • そしてN5

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

    そして、一つの内容を書き終わったら。

    And after you finish writing one topic.

  • ほうがいいN5

    Advises that one course of action is preferable — "had better / it's better to".

    また、約束の時間や場所など、特に重要なことは、文章の最後にももう一度書いたほうがいい。

    Also, particularly important information such as the time and place of an appointment should be written once again at the end of the message.

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