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ヤンさん、9月つき10日にちのお手て紙がみ、今日きょう着つきました。毎まい月つき月つきはじめに着つくお手て紙がみが今こん月げつは10日にちをすぎても来きません。それで、日本語にほんごのべんきょうがいそがしいのか、病びょう気きをしたのかとむすめと話はなしをしていました。

お手て紙がみを読よんでほんとうにびっくりしました。じこの後のち、すぐに病びょう院いんでよくしらべたそうですが、ほんとうにもうだいじょぶなのですか。9月つき22日にちにはしごとで東とう京きょうへ行いきます。その後ごであなたのアパートへ行いきたいと思おもいます。じこのこと、けがのようす、その後ごのことをもっと知しりたいと思おもいます。電でん話わではよくわかりませんでしたからね。そして、あなたの元げん気きなかおが見みたいです。ですから、その日ひのつごうはどうか、電でん話わで知しらせてください。夜よるならいつでも家いえにいますから。

とにかく、雨あめの日ひにかさをさして、自じ動どう車しゃにのることはもう二に度どとしないでくださいね。では、22日にちに会あいましょう。おだいじに。

9月つき12日にち

京きょう都と市し山やま田だよし子こ

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  1. 1ヤンさんの手紙はいつ着きましたか。
  2. 2ヤンさんの手紙がおそくなったのはどうしてですか。
  3. 3ヤンさんはこの手紙を読んで、何をしますか。

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Vocabulary6 words
  • すぎるAs it appears here: すぎて
    • ·to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to have expired; to have ended; to be over
    • ·to exceed; to surpass; to be above
    • ·to be no more than ...
    • ·to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...
    N4
  • それで
    • ·so; therefore; and; (and) then
    N4
  • しらべるAs it appears here: しらべた
    • ·to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思います
    • ·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
  • 知らせるしらせるAs it appears here: 知らせて
    • ·to notify; to advise; to inform
    N4
  • 市し
    • ·city
    N4
Other levels57 words
  • 手紙てがみ
    • ·letter; note
    N5
  • 今日きょう
    • ·today; this day
    • ·these days; recently; nowadays
    N5
  • 着くつくAs it appears here: 着きました
    • ·to arrive at; to reach
    • ·to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
    N5
  • はじめ
    • ·beginning; start; outset; opening
    • ·first (in line, etc.)
    • ·origin
    • ·such as ...; not to mention ...
    N5
  • 着くつく
    • ·to arrive at; to reach
    • ·to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
    N5
  • 今月こんげつ
    • ·this month
    N5
  • 来るくるAs it appears here: 来ません
    • ·to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
    • ·to come back; to do ... and come back
    • ·to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
    • ·to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
    • ·to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
    N5
  • きょう
    • ·today; this day
    • ·these days; recently; nowadays
    N5
  • いそがしい
    • ·busy; occupied; hectic
    • ·restless; hurried; fidgety
    N5
  • 病気びょうき
    • ·illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness
    • ·bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing
    • ·crazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: 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
  • め
    • ·eye; eyeball
    • ·eyesight; sight; vision
    • ·look; stare; gaze; glance
    • ·notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
    • ·an experience
    • ·viewpoint
    • ·discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
    • ·(an) appearance
    • ·chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
    • ·spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
    • ·grain (of wood, paper)
    • ·eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
    • ·intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
    • ·dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
    • ·graduation; division (of a scale)
    • ·tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
    • ·ordinal number suffix
    • ·somewhat; -ish
    • ·point (e.g. of change)
    • ·eye (empty space inside a group of stones)
    N5
  • 話はなし
    • ·talk; speech; chat; conversation
    • ·topic; subject
    • ·discussions; negotiation; argument
    • ·rumor; talk; hearsay
    • ·tale; story; fable
    • ·circumstances; particulars
    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
  • 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
  • ほんとう
    • ·truth; reality; actuality; fact
    • ·proper; right; correct; official
    • ·genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable
    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
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 病院びょういん
    • ·hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
    N5
  • よいAs it appears here: よく
    • ·good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
    • ·profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
    • ·OK; all right; fine; no problem
    • ·easy to ...
    N5
  • はし
    • ·bridge
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行きます
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • あなた
    • ·you
    • ·dear; honey
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行きたい
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: す
    • ·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
  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知りたい
    • ·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
  • 電話でんわ
    • ·telephone call; phone call
    • ·telephone (device); phone
    N5
  • わかるAs it appears here: わかりませんでした
    • ·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
  • 元気げんき
    • ·lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited
    • ·healthy; well; fit; in good health
    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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • どう
    • ·how; in what way; how about
    N5
  • 夜よる
    • ·night; evening
    • ·dinner
    N5
  • いつ
    • ·when; at what time; how soon
    • ·normal times; ordinary days
    N5
  • 家いえ
    • ·house; residence; dwelling; home
    • ·family; household
    • ·lineage; family name
    N5
  • いるAs it appears here: います
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • 雨あめ
    • ·rain
    • ·rainy day; rainy weather
    • ·the November suit (in hanafuda)
    N5
  • かさ
    • ·umbrella; parasol
    • ·something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus
    N5
  • 自動車じどうしゃ
    • ·car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
    N5
  • のる
    • ·to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
    • ·to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount
    • ·to reach; to go over; to pass
    • ·to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.)
    • ·to take part; to participate; to join
    • ·to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.)
    • ·to be deceived; to be taken in
    • ·to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered
    • ·to stick; to attach; to take; to go on
    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
  • 会うあうAs it appears here: 会いましょう
    • ·to meet; to encounter; to see
    • ·to have an accident; to have a bad experience
    N5
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 日にち
    • ·Sunday
    • ·nth day (of the month)
    • ·counter for days
    • ·Japan
    N3
  • お
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    N3
  • のべるAs it appears here: のべん
    • ·to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
    N3
  • びっくり
    • ·to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump
    • ·surprise (e.g. surprise party)
    N3
  • 後のち
    • ·later; afterwards
    • ·future
    • ·after one's death
    • ·descendant
    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
  • けが
    • ·injury; wound
    • ·mistake; accident; loss
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • つぐAs it appears here: つごう
    • ·to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)
    N3
  • とにかく
    • ·anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case; at least; just
    • ·setting aside ...; regardless of ...
    • ·really; truly; certainly; definitely; undeniably
    N3
  • むす
    • ·to steam (food, towel, etc.)
    • ·to be hot and humid; to be sultry
    N2
  • さすAs it appears here: さして
    • ·to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks)
    • ·to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye
    N2
  • すぐ
    • ·immediately; at once; right away; directly
    • ·soon; before long; shortly
    • ·easily; readily; without difficulty
    • ·right (near); nearby; just (handy)
    • ·honest; upright; frank; straightforward
    N1
  • ごと
    • ·each; every
    N1
Grammar2 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • てもN4

    Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.

    毎月月はじめに着くお手紙が今月は10日をすぎても来ません。

    Your letter usually comes at the start of the month, but this month it had not come even after the 10th.

  • と思う（とおもう）N42 times in this passage

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

    その後であなたのアパートへ行きたいと思います。

    After that I would like to come to your flat.

Other levels10 patterns
  • すぎるN5

    Attaches to a verb or adjective stem to mean the action or quality is excessive, 'too much / overly ~'.

    毎月月はじめに着くお手紙が今月は10日をすぎても来ません。

    Your letter usually comes at the start of the month, but this month it had not come even after the 10th.

  • 〜ているN5

    Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

    それで、日本語のべんきょうがいそがしいのか、病気をしたのかとむすめと話をしていました。

    So my daughter and I were wondering whether you were busy with your Japanese studies or had fallen ill.

  • だ / ですN53 times in this passage

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

    じこの後、すぐに病院でよくしらべたそうですが、ほんとうにもうだいじょぶなのですか。

    You say you were examined thoroughly at the hospital after the accident, but are you really all right now?

  • もうN52 times in this passage

    The adverb "already" (with an affirmative), or "(not) anymore / any longer" (with a negative).

    じこの後、すぐに病院でよくしらべたそうですが、ほんとうにもうだいじょぶなのですか。

    You say you were examined thoroughly at the hospital after the accident, but are you really all right now?

  • 〜たいN53 times in this passage

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

    その後であなたのアパートへ行きたいと思います。

    After that I would like to come to your flat.

  • んですN5

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

    電話ではよくわかりませんでしたからね。

    I could not make it out properly over the phone.

  • そしてN5

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

    そして、あなたの元気なかおが見たいです。

    And I want to see your face looking well.

  • 〜てくださいN5

    A polite request asking someone to do something — “please do”.

    ですから、その日のつごうはどうか、電話で知らせてください。

    So please ring and let me know whether that day suits you.

  • 〜ないでくださいN5

    A polite request asking someone NOT to do something — “please don't”.

    とにかく、雨の日にかさをさして、自動車にのることはもう二度としないでくださいね。

    In any case, please never again ride with an umbrella up on a rainy day.

  • 〜ましょうN5

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

    では、22日に会いましょう。

    Well then, see you on the 22nd.

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