• 娘むすめ
  • ·daughter
  • ·girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
  N4
• うち
  • ·inside; within
  • ·while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
  • ·among; amongst; (out) of; between
  • ·in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success)
  • ·within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts
  • ·we; our company; our organization
  • ·one's home; one's family
  • ·my spouse; my husband; my wife
  • ·signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
  • ·I; me
  • ·imperial palace grounds
  • ·emperor
  N4
• 考えるかんがえるAs it appears here: 考えて
  • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
  • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
  • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
  • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
  • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
  • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
  • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
  N4
• 周りまわり
  • ·circumference; girth
  • ·surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
  • ·people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
  N4
• 簡単かんたん
  • ·simple; easy; uncomplicated
  • ·brief; quick; light
  N4
• 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思いました
  • ·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
• 送るおくるAs it appears here: 送ろう
  • ·to send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship; to remit
  • ·to see (someone) off; to escort; to accompany; to take
  • ·to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to bury
  • ·to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live
  • ·to pass (on, along); to advance (a runner)
  • ·to affix (okurigana)
  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
• 草くさ
  • ·grass; weed; herb; thatch
  • ·ninja
  • ·marijuana; cannabis
  • ·not genuine; substandard
  • ·LOL; haha
  N4
• きっと
  • ·surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent)
  • ·sternly; severely
  • ·having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight
  • ·suddenly; abruptly; instantly
  N4
• 喜ぶよろこぶAs it appears here: 喜んで
  • ·to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice
  • ·to congratulate
  • ·to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to
  • ·to do with pleasure; to do gladly; to be happy (to do)
  N4

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• ときN42 times in this passage

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

  先週、母がうちに来たとき、娘と絵をかいて遊んでくれました。

  Last week, when my mother came over, she drew together with my daughter.

• 〜てくれるN42 times in this passage

  Someone does an action for the benefit of the speaker (or the speaker's in-group) — '(someone) does (something) for me'.

  先週、母がうちに来たとき、娘と絵をかいて遊んでくれました。

  Last week, when my mother came over, she drew together with my daughter.

• よりN4

  Particle marking the standard in a comparison (also a starting point), "than / (more) than; from".

  母と二人で絵をかいている娘は、いつもよりずっと楽しそうでした。

  Drawing there with her grandmother, my daughter looked far happier than usual.

• 〜てあげるN4

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

  私も娘と一緒に絵をかいてあげたほうがいいかもしれないと考えていたとき、テレビで面白いものを見ました。

  Just as I was thinking I ought to draw with her too, I saw something interesting on television.

• かもしれないN42 times in this passage

  Expresses possibility or conjecture — 'might', 'maybe', 'perhaps'.

  私も娘と一緒に絵をかいてあげたほうがいいかもしれないと考えていたとき、テレビで面白いものを見ました。

  Just as I was thinking I ought to draw with her too, I saw something interesting on television.

• 〜ていたN42 times in this passage

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

  私も娘と一緒に絵をかいてあげたほうがいいかもしれないと考えていたとき、テレビで面白いものを見ました。

  Just as I was thinking I ought to draw with her too, I saw something interesting on television.

• てもN4

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

  テレビで見た絵封筒の中には、上手な絵ではなくても、とてもいいものがありました。

  Among the picture envelopes I saw on television, some were lovely even though the drawing was not skilful.

• と思う（とおもう）N43 times in this passage

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

  簡単にかいたものでしたが、かわいいと思いました。

  It was simply drawn, but I thought it was charming.

• 〜てみるN4

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

  ちょうど、母に娘の写真を送ろうと思っていたので、私もやってみました。

  I happened to be about to send my mother a photo of my daughter, so I gave it a go.

• みたいにN4

  Adverbial form describing an action done in the manner of something, "like ~ / as if ~".

  絵封筒みたいに、娘のかいている絵の周りに私が簡単に絵をかくやり方だったら、私でもできそうです。

  If I do it the picture-envelope way — drawing something simple around the picture my daughter has drawn — that seems within my reach.

• 方（かた）N4

  Attaches to a verb's masu-stem to name the manner or method of doing it, "way of / how to".

  絵封筒みたいに、娘のかいている絵の周りに私が簡単に絵をかくやり方だったら、私でもできそうです。

  If I do it the picture-envelope way — drawing something simple around the picture my daughter has drawn — that seems within my reach.

• 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').

  絵封筒みたいに、娘のかいている絵の周りに私が簡単に絵をかくやり方だったら、私でもできそうです。

  If I do it the picture-envelope way — drawing something simple around the picture my daughter has drawn — that seems within my reach.

• きっとN4

  Adverb expressing the speaker's strong conviction that something is or will be so; 'surely, certainly, definitely, without fail'.

  娘はきっと喜んでくれるでしょう。

  I am sure it would make her happy.