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先せん月げつ、留りゅう学がくしていたアメリカから帰き国こくした。そして、知しり合あいに頼たのまれ、4月つきから大だい学がくで数すう学がくを教おしえることになった。働はたらき始はじめる前まえに、実家じっかの部屋へやを整せい理りしようと思おもって掃そう除じをしていたら、小しょう学がく生せいのときに書かいた「私わたしの夢ゆめ」という作さく文ぶんが出でてきた。そこには、先せん生せいになりたいと書かいてあった。そんなことはすっかり忘わすれていたが、小ちいさいときにそう書かいていたのだ。とても驚おどろいたが、子こ供どものころの夢ゆめが本ほん当とうになったのだし、頑がん張ばろうと思おもう。

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Vocabulary5 words
  • 留学りゅうがく
    • ·studying abroad
    • ·(temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    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
  • 整理せいり
    • ·sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation
    • ·liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt); paying off
    • ·retrenchment; curtailment; cutting down; disposal
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
Other levels30 words
  • 先月せんげつ
    • ·last month
    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
  • 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
  • 頼むたのむAs it appears here: 頼まれ
    • ·to request; to beg; to ask
    • ·to call; to order; to reserve
    • ·to entrust to
    • ·to rely on
    • ·please; please do; help me out here
    N5
  • 大学だいがく
    • ·university; college
    • ·former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
    • ·the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
    N5
  • 教えるおしえる
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なった
    • ·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
  • 働くはたらくAs it appears here: 働き
    • ·to work; to labor; to labour
    • ·to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
    • ·to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
    • ·to be conjugated
    N5
  • 前まえ
    • ·in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
    • ·before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
    • ·(the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
    • ·forward; ahead
    • ·(in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
    • ·previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
    • ·portion; helping
    • ·front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
    • ·privates; private parts
    • ·criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
    N5
  • 部屋へや
    • ·room; chamber
    • ·apartment; flat; pad
    • ·stable
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しよう
    • ·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
  • 掃除そうじ
    • ·cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
    N5
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書いた
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 作文さくぶん
    • ·writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition
    • ·formal writing with little real meaning
    N5
  • 出るでるAs it appears here: 出て
    • ·to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out
    • ·to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
    • ·to move forward
    • ·to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach
    • ·to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display
    • ·to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out
    • ·to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform
    • ·to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised
    • ·to sell
    • ·to exceed; to go over
    • ·to stick out; to protrude
    • ·to break out; to occur; to start; to originate
    • ·to be produced
    • ·to come from; to be derived from
    • ·to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid
    • ·to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get
    • ·to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave
    • ·to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain
    • ·to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed
    • ·to graduate
    • ·to ejaculate; to cum
    N5
  • そこ
    • ·there (place relatively near listener)
    • ·there (place just mentioned); that place
    • ·then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
    • ·you
    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
  • なるAs it appears here: なりたい
    • ·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
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書いて
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • 忘れるわすれるAs it appears here: 忘れて
    • ·to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
    N5
  • 小さいちいさい
    • ·small; little; tiny
    • ·slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small
    • ·low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
    • ·unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial
    • ·young; juvenile
    N5
  • とても
    • ·very; awfully; exceedingly
    • ·(not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
    N5
  • 数学すうがく
    • ·mathematics
    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
  • 夢ゆめ
    • ·dream
    • ·dream; hope; wish; aspiration; ambition
    • ·unrealistic aspiration; daydream; pipe dream
    • ·delusion; illusion
    • ·fleeting thing; something short-lived
    N4
  • 驚くおどろくAs it appears here: 驚いた
    • ·to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked
    • ·to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
    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
  • 小学生しょうがくせい
    • ·elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
    N2
  • 知り合いしりあい
    • ·acquaintance
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

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  • というN3

    Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.

    働き始める前に、実家の部屋を整理しようと思って掃除をしていたら、小学生のときに書いた「私の夢」という作文が出てきた。

    Before starting work, I was cleaning and organizing my room at my parents’ home when I found an essay titled “My Dream” that I had written in elementary school.

Other levels13 patterns
  • 〜ていたN43 times in this passage

    The past progressive/continuous — an action that was ongoing or a state that held in the past — 'was (do)ing'.

    先月、留学していたアメリカから帰国した。

    Last month, I returned home from the United States, where I had been studying abroad.

  • ことになるN4

    Expresses that something has been decided or comes about, often through external circumstances rather than the speaker's own will; 'it has been decided that / it turns out that.'

    そして、知り合いに頼まれ、4月から大学で数学を教えることになった。

    Then, at the request of an acquaintance, I arranged to start teaching mathematics at a university in April.

  • 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'.

    働き始める前に、実家の部屋を整理しようと思って掃除をしていたら、小学生のときに書いた「私の夢」という作文が出てきた。

    Before starting work, I was cleaning and organizing my room at my parents’ home when I found an essay titled “My Dream” that I had written in elementary school.

  • 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').

    働き始める前に、実家の部屋を整理しようと思って掃除をしていたら、小学生のときに書いた「私の夢」という作文が出てきた。

    Before starting work, I was cleaning and organizing my room at my parents’ home when I found an essay titled “My Dream” that I had written in elementary school.

  • ときN42 times in this passage

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

    働き始める前に、実家の部屋を整理しようと思って掃除をしていたら、小学生のときに書いた「私の夢」という作文が出てきた。

    Before starting work, I was cleaning and organizing my room at my parents’ home when I found an essay titled “My Dream” that I had written in elementary school.

  • 〜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'.

    働き始める前に、実家の部屋を整理しようと思って掃除をしていたら、小学生のときに書いた「私の夢」という作文が出てきた。

    Before starting work, I was cleaning and organizing my room at my parents’ home when I found an essay titled “My Dream” that I had written in elementary school.

  • 頃（ころ / ごろ）N4

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

    とても驚いたが、子供のころの夢が本当になったのだし、頑張ろうと思う。

    I was very surprised, but since my childhood dream has come true, I am determined to do my best.

  • そしてN5

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

    そして、知り合いに頼まれ、4月から大学で数学を教えることになった。

    Then, at the request of an acquaintance, I arranged to start teaching mathematics at a university in April.

  • 前に（まえに）N5

    Marks that something happens before an action or in front of a place — "before (doing) / in front of."

    働き始める前に、実家の部屋を整理しようと思って掃除をしていたら、小学生のときに書いた「私の夢」という作文が出てきた。

    Before starting work, I was cleaning and organizing my room at my parents’ home when I found an essay titled “My Dream” that I had written in elementary school.

  • 〜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”.

    働き始める前に、実家の部屋を整理しようと思って掃除をしていたら、小学生のときに書いた「私の夢」という作文が出てきた。

    Before starting work, I was cleaning and organizing my room at my parents’ home when I found an essay titled “My Dream” that I had written in elementary school.

  • 〜たいN5

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

    そこには、先生になりたいと書いてあった。

    In it, I had written that I wanted to become a teacher.

  • 〜てあるN5

    Describes a state that persists because someone deliberately did something to bring it about — “has been done (and still is)”.

    そこには、先生になりたいと書いてあった。

    In it, I had written that I wanted to become a teacher.

  • とてもN5

    Degree adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb — "very / extremely."

    とても驚いたが、子供のころの夢が本当になったのだし、頑張ろうと思う。

    I was very surprised, but since my childhood dream has come true, I am determined to do my best.

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