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電でん車しゃやバスに乗のっていると、お年とし寄よりや体からだの不ふ自じ由ゆうな人ひとに席せきを譲ゆずらない若わか者ものを見みかけます。しかし、席せきを譲ゆずらない若わか者ものにA聞きいてみると、以い前ぜんは譲ゆずろうとしたことがあるが、B断ことわられてしまって、その後ごはもう譲ゆずろうという気き持もちをなくしてしまったという人ひとも多おおいのです。

若わかい人ひとにとって、知しらない人ひとに声こえをかけるのは少すこし緊きん張ちょうします。人ひとに席せきを譲ゆずるのは少すこし勇ゆう気きがいります。「どうぞ」と声こえをかけたときに、感かん謝しゃの言こと葉ばと笑え顔がおが返かえってくれば、C次じもまた譲ゆずろうという気き持もちになります。だから、もし席せきを譲ゆずられたら、「その必ひつ要ようはない」と思おもっても、素す直なおに座すわり、笑わらって「ありがとう」と答こたえてあげてほしいと思おもいます。

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Vocabulary12 words
  • お
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    N3
  • 譲るゆずるAs it appears here: 譲らない
    • ·to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
    • ·to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
    • ·to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
    • ·to sell
    • ·to postpone; to put off; to defer
    N3
  • 以前いぜん
    • ·before; prior to; ago
    • ·the past; before; previously; former times
    N3
  • 譲るゆずるAs it appears here: 譲ろう
    • ·to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
    • ·to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
    • ·to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
    • ·to sell
    • ·to postpone; to put off; to defer
    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
  • 断ることわるAs it appears here: 断られて
    • ·to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
    • ·to inform; to give notice; to ask in advance (and get approval); to get permission
    • ·to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
    N3
  • 緊張きんちょう
    • ·tension; strain; nervousness; stress
    • ·tensions (between countries, groups, etc.)
    • ·tonus; muscle tone
    N3
  • 勇気ゆうき
    • ·courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 感謝かんしゃ
    • ·thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
    N3
  • 笑顔えがお
    • ·smiling face; smile
    N3
  • 譲るゆずるAs it appears here: 譲られたら
    • ·to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
    • ·to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
    • ·to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
    • ·to sell
    • ·to postpone; to put off; to defer
    N3
Other levels34 words
  • 電車でんしゃ
    • ·train; electric train
    N5
  • 乗るのるAs it appears here: 乗って
    • ·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
  • 人ひと
    • ·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
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • 聞くきくAs it appears here: 聞いて
    • ·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
  • 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
  • ある
    • ·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
  • なくすAs it appears here: なくして
    • ·to lose (something)
    • ·to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove; to eradicate; to abolish
    N5
  • 多いおおい
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • 若いわかい
    • ·young; youthful
    • ·immature; green
    • ·low (number); small
    N5
  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知らない
    • ·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
  • 少しすこし
    • ·a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; some; slightly; somewhat
    • ·a little while; a short time; a moment; a minute
    • ·a little way; a short distance
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: します
    • ·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
  • いるAs it appears here: いります
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • 声こえ
    • ·voice
    • ·singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot
    • ·voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will
    • ·sound
    • ·sense (of something's arrival); feeling
    • ·voice; voiced sound
    N5
  • かけるAs it appears here: かけた
    • ·to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag)
    • ·to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover; to lay; to spread
    • ·to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.)
    • ·to make (a call)
    • ·to spend (time, money); to expend; to use
    • ·to pour (liquid) onto; to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto; to splash; to throw (e.g. water) onto
    • ·to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.); to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.); to put on (a DVD, song, etc.); to use (a device, implement, etc.)
    • ·to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.); to burden (someone); to impose
    • ·to multiply (arithmetic operation)
    • ·to secure (e.g. lock)
    • ·to take a seat; to sit; to rest (something on something else); to support (something on something else)
    • ·to bind
    • ·to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
    • ·to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on
    • ·to hold (a play, festival, etc.)
    • ·to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.)
    • ·to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.)
    • ·to increase further
    • ·to catch (in a trap, etc.)
    • ·to set atop
    • ·to erect (a makeshift building)
    • ·to apply (insurance)
    • ·to pun (on a word); to use (a word) as a pivot word; to play on words
    • ·to be partway doing ...; to begin (but not complete) ...; to be about to ...
    • ·to address (someone); to direct (something, to someone); to do (something, to someone)
    N5
  • 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
  • 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
  • なるAs it appears here: なります
    • ·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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 座るすわるAs it appears here: 座り
    • ·to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor)
    • ·to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
    N5
  • 答えるこたえるAs it appears here: 答えて
    • ·to answer; to reply
    N5
  • ほしい
    • ·wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for
    • ·I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
    N5
  • 席せき
    • ·seat
    • ·location (of a gathering, etc.); place
    • ·position; post
    N4
  • 気持ちきもち
    • ·feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind
    • ·preparedness; readiness; attitude
    • ·thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude
    • ·slightly; a bit; a little
    N4
  • もし
    • ·if; in case; supposing
    N4
  • 必要ひつよう
    • ·necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
    • ·necessity; need; requirement
    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
  • 笑うわらうAs it appears here: 笑って
    • ·to laugh
    • ·to smile
    • ·to sneer; to ridicule
    • ·to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
    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
  • 素直すなお
    • ·obedient; meek; docile; unaffected
    • ·honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
    • ·straight (e.g. hair)
    • ·without peculiarity; without mannerisms; standard; neat (e.g. handwriting)
    N2
  • 年寄りとしより
    • ·old person; elderly person; senior citizen
    • ·trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; (expl.) retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
    • ·senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
    • ·important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
    N1
  • 返るかえるAs it appears here: 返って
    • ·to return; to come back; to go back
    • ·to turn over
    • ·to become extremely; to become completely
    N1
  • 次じ
    • ·next
    • ·hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)
    • ·order; sequence; time; times
    N1
Grammar4 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • ようとするN3

    Describes attempting to do something or being on the verge of doing it — 'try to…', 'be about to…'.

    しかし、席を譲らない若者にA聞いてみると、以前は譲ろうとしたことがあるが、B断られてしまって、その後はもう譲ろうという気持をなくしてしまったという人も多いのです。

    However, when A young people who do not give up their seats are asked about it, many say that they once tried to offer their seats but were B turned down, and afterward lost the desire to offer again.

  • 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'.

    しかし、席を譲らない若者にA聞いてみると、以前は譲ろうとしたことがあるが、B断られてしまって、その後はもう譲ろうという気持をなくしてしまったという人も多いのです。

    However, when A young people who do not give up their seats are asked about it, many say that they once tried to offer their seats but were B turned down, and afterward lost the desire to offer again.

  • 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'.

    しかし、席を譲らない若者にA聞いてみると、以前は譲ろうとしたことがあるが、B断られてしまって、その後はもう譲ろうという気持をなくしてしまったという人も多いのです。

    However, when A young people who do not give up their seats are asked about it, many say that they once tried to offer their seats but were B turned down, and afterward lost the desire to offer again.

  • にとってN3

    Marks the person or thing from whose standpoint something is judged or matters; 'for', 'to'.

    若い人にとって、知らない人に声をかけるのは少し緊張します。

    For young people, speaking to a stranger can be a little nerve-racking.

Other levels13 patterns
  • 〜てみるN4

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

    しかし、席を譲らない若者にA聞いてみると、以前は譲ろうとしたことがあるが、B断られてしまって、その後はもう譲ろうという気持をなくしてしまったという人も多いのです。

    However, when A young people who do not give up their seats are asked about it, many say that they once tried to offer their seats but were B turned down, and afterward lost the desire to offer again.

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN42 times in this passage

    Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.

    しかし、席を譲らない若者にA聞いてみると、以前は譲ろうとしたことがあるが、B断られてしまって、その後はもう譲ろうという気持をなくしてしまったという人も多いのです。

    However, when A young people who do not give up their seats are asked about it, many say that they once tried to offer their seats but were B turned down, and afterward lost the desire to offer again.

  • ときN4

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

    「どうぞ」と声をかけたときに、感謝の言葉と笑顔が返ってくれば、C次もまた譲ろうという気持ちになります。

    If they say, “Please, have my seat,” and receive words of thanks and a smile in return, they will C feel like offering their seat again next time.

  • 〜てくるN4

    Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

    「どうぞ」と声をかけたときに、感謝の言葉と笑顔が返ってくれば、C次もまた譲ろうという気持ちになります。

    If they say, “Please, have my seat,” and receive words of thanks and a smile in return, they will C feel like offering their seat again next time.

  • 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').

    だから、もし席を譲られたら、「その必要はない」と思っても、素直に座り、笑って「ありがとう」と答えてあげてほしいと思います。

    So if someone offers you a seat, even if you think, “I don’t need it,” I hope you will simply accept the seat, smile, and say, “Thank you.”

  • 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'.

    だから、もし席を譲られたら、「その必要はない」と思っても、素直に座り、笑って「ありがとう」と答えてあげてほしいと思います。

    So if someone offers you a seat, even if you think, “I don’t need it,” I hope you will simply accept the seat, smile, and say, “Thank you.”

  • てもN4

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

    だから、もし席を譲られたら、「その必要はない」と思っても、素直に座り、笑って「ありがとう」と答えてあげてほしいと思います。

    So if someone offers you a seat, even if you think, “I don’t need it,” I hope you will simply accept the seat, smile, and say, “Thank you.”

  • 〜てあげるN4

    The subject does an action as a favor for someone else — 'to do (something) for (someone)'.

    だから、もし席を譲られたら、「その必要はない」と思っても、素直に座り、笑って「ありがとう」と答えてあげてほしいと思います。

    So if someone offers you a seat, even if you think, “I don’t need it,” I hope you will simply accept the seat, smile, and say, “Thank you.”

  • 〜てほしいN4

    Expresses that the speaker wants someone else to perform the action — 'to want (someone) to (do)'.

    だから、もし席を譲られたら、「その必要はない」と思っても、素直に座り、笑って「ありがとう」と答えてあげてほしいと思います。

    So if someone offers you a seat, even if you think, “I don’t need it,” I hope you will simply accept the seat, smile, and say, “Thank you.”

  • 〜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”.

    電車やバスに乗っていると、お年寄りや体の不自由な人に席を譲らない若者を見かけます。

    When riding trains or buses, we sometimes see young people who do not give up their seats to elderly people or people with disabilities.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、席を譲らない若者にA聞いてみると、以前は譲ろうとしたことがあるが、B断られてしまって、その後はもう譲ろうという気持をなくしてしまったという人も多いのです。

    However, when A young people who do not give up their seats are asked about it, many say that they once tried to offer their seats but were B turned down, and afterward lost the desire to offer again.

  • もうN5

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

    しかし、席を譲らない若者にA聞いてみると、以前は譲ろうとしたことがあるが、B断られてしまって、その後はもう譲ろうという気持をなくしてしまったという人も多いのです。

    However, when A young people who do not give up their seats are asked about it, many say that they once tried to offer their seats but were B turned down, and afterward lost the desire to offer again.

  • 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、席を譲らない若者にA聞いてみると、以前は譲ろうとしたことがあるが、B断られてしまって、その後はもう譲ろうという気持をなくしてしまったという人も多いのです。

    However, when A young people who do not give up their seats are asked about it, many say that they once tried to offer their seats but were B turned down, and afterward lost the desire to offer again.

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