Description: Welcome to the 10th and final step of the Japanese Core 1000, a series covering the 1,000 most commonly used words in Japanese. Mastering these 1,000 items and sentences will give you the vocabulary and sentence patterns to function in most everyday situations.
Difficulty Level: 2
Items Count: 100
Sentences Count: 197
Response Text: something, some
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Text: 道に何か落ちています。
Response: Something has fallen on the road.
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Text: 私に何か用ですか。
Response: Do you need me for something?
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Response Text: over there, on the other side
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Text: 友達は向こうにいます。
Response: My friend is over there.
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Text: 入り口は向こうです。
Response: The entrance is over there.
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Response Text: center, middle (casual)
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Text: 道の真ん中に人が立っている。
Response: Someone is standing in the middle of the road.
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Text: 私は三人兄弟の真ん中です。
Response: I'm the middle of three brothers.
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Response Text: far away, distance
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Text: 遠くに船が見えます。
Response: I can see a ship in the distance.
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Text: 遠くから音楽が聞こえる。
Response: I can hear music from a distance.
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Response Text: side, width across
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Text: 横の長さは1メートルです。
Response: Its width is one meter.
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Text: 私の犬は横から見るとかわいくない。
Response: My dog isn't cute when I look at him from the side.
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Response Text: boring, dull
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Text: 彼の話はつまらないですね。
Response: His story is boring.
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Text: あの映画はつまらなかった。
Response: That movie was boring.
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Response Text: excellent, wonderful
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Text: 素晴らしい景色ですね。
Response: The scenery is great.
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Text: これは素晴らしいチャンスだ。
Response: This is a great chance.
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Response Text: every year (colloquial)
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Text: 私は毎年、海外旅行に行きます。
Response: I travel abroad every year.
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Text: 毎年多くの人が海外へ旅行する。
Response: A lot of people travel abroad every year.
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Response Text: next month
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Text: 来月から大学生になります。
Response: I'll be a college student next month.
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Text: 私たちは来月結婚します。
Response: We will get married next month.
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Response Text: date and time
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Text: 試写会の日時を教えてください。
Response: Please tell me the date of the sneak preview.
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Text: 次のミーティングの日時が決まりました。
Response: The date and time of the next meeting have been decided.
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Response Text: early evening, at dusk
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Text: 夕方、雨が降りました。
Response: It rained in the early evening.
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Text: 夕方そちらに着きます。
Response: I'll get there in the evening.
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Response Text: pass, go through
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Text: 毎日、この道を通ります。
Response: I take this road every day.
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Text: この道は車がたくさん通ります。
Response: Many cars pass through this road.
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Response Text: automobile
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Text: 彼は自動車会社で働いています。
Response: He works for an automobile company.
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Text: この道は人も自動車も多いです。
Response: There are many people and cars on this street.
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Response Text: grow accustomed to, get used to
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Text: 新しい家にはもう慣れましたか。
Response: Have you gotten used to the new house yet?
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Text: 私はまだ新しい学校に慣れていない。
Response: I haven't gotten used to the new school yet.
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Response Text: take (a photograph), film
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Text: 写真をたくさん撮りました。
Response: I took a lot of photographs.
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Text: 空の写真を撮るのが好きです。
Response: I like to take photographs of the sky.
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Response Text: at last, finally (used only for a good outcome)
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Text: やっと仕事が終わりました。
Response: At last, I finished my work.
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Text: やっと母に会えました。
Response: I finally met my mother.
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Response Text: knock, bang
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Text: ドアをどんどんとたたいた。
Response: I banged on the door.
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Text: 隣からどんどん言う音が聞こえる。
Response: I hear banging sounds from the next door.
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Response Text: line up, arrange
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Text: 私は料理をテーブルに並べた。
Response: I arranged the food on the table.
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Text: 彼は授業中、机の上にえんぴつをきれいに並べた。
Response: He arranged his pencils neatly on his desk during a class.
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Response Text: escape, run away
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Text: 鳥が窓から逃げたよ。
Response: The bird flew out of the window.
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Text: 公園で犬が逃げてしまった。
Response: My dog ran away in the park.
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Response Text: hand over, give
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Text: 彼に手紙を渡しました。
Response: I handed him the letter.
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Text: この本をお姉さんに渡してください。
Response: Please give this book to your older sister.
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Response Text: price
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Text: このベルトの値段は2500円でした。
Response: The price of this belt was 2,500 yen.
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Text: 値段はちょうど3万円です。
Response: The price is exactly 30,000 yen.
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Response Text: both
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Text: チョコレートとケーキを両方ください。
Response: I'll have both the chocolate and cake, please.
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Text: 私は赤ワインも白ワインも両方好きです。
Response: I like both red wine and white wine.
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Response Text: promise, vow
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Text: 約束は守ります。
Response: I keep my promise.
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Text: 約束を忘れないでください。
Response: Please don't forget your promise.
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Response Text: part
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Text: 一部の生徒は大学に行きませんでした。
Response: Some students didn't go to university.
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Text: 日本はアジアの一部です。
Response: Japan is part of Asia.
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Response Text: radio
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Text: 私は毎朝ラジオを聞きます。
Response: I listen to the radio every morning.
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Text: 彼女はラジオを聞いています。
Response: She's listening to the radio.
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Response Text: hospitalization
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Text: 昨日、母が入院しました。
Response: My mother was hospitalized yesterday.
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Text: 父は入院が必要かもしれない。
Response: My father may need to be hospitalized.
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Response Text: news
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Text: 夜のニュースを見ましたか。
Response: Did you see the evening news?
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Text: 午前9時のニュースです。
Response: Now for the 9.00 a.m. news.
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Response Text: travel, trip
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Text: 彼女は旅行が好きです。
Response: She likes traveling.
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Text: 毎年多くの人が海外へ旅行する。
Response: A lot of people travel abroad every year.
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Response Text: preparation
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Text: 食事の用意ができました。
Response: The meal is ready.
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Text: 早く明日の用意をしなさい。
Response: Hurry up and prepare for tomorrow.
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Response Text: stretch, grow
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Text: 髪がだいぶ伸びたね。
Response: Your hair has grown a lot, hasn't it?
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Text: 息子は1年で10センチ、背が伸びました。
Response: My son has grown 10 centimeters taller over the past year.
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Response Text: party
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Text: 明日、うちでパーティーを開きます。
Response: Tomorrow I'm having a party at my house.
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Text: 今晩のパーティーは何時からですか。
Response: What time does the party start tonight?
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Response Text: beer
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Text: 夏はビールがとても美味しい。
Response: Beer tastes really good in summer.
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Text: 仕事の帰りにビールを飲んだ。
Response: I had a beer on the way home from work.
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Response Text: early, soon
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Text: なるべく早く来てください。
Response: Please come as early as possible.
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Text: 今朝は早く家を出ました。
Response: I left home early this morning.
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Response Text: (television, radio) program
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Text: 私はこの番組が好きです。
Response: I like this show.
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Text: クイズ番組を見るのが好きです。
Response: I like to watch quiz shows.
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Response Text: video
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Text: 私はその番組をビデオに撮った。
Response: I recorded that program on video.
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Text: 彼にビデオを借りました。
Response: I borrowed a video from him.
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Response Text: increase (something), add (something)
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Text: あの町は緑を増やしています。
Response: That town is increasing its greenery.
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Text: その病院はベッドの数を増やしました。
Response: The hospital increased the number of beds.
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Response Text: wave, shake
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Text: 犬がしっぽを振っている。
Response: The dog is wagging its tail.
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Text: 腕をもっと大きく振ってください。
Response: Please swing your arms more widely.
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Response Text: welcome, receive (a visitor)
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Text: みんな、私を温かく迎えてくれました。
Response: Everybody welcomed me warmly.
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Text: 今日は海外からのお客様を迎えています。
Response: Today we have a guest from overseas.
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Response Text: unreasonable, impossible
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Text: 5時までに家に帰るのは無理です。
Response: It's impossible for me to get home by five o'clock.
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Text: 無理はしないでください。
Response: Don't try to do the impossible.
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Response Text: rare, scarce
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Text: 昨日珍しい果物を食べました。
Response: I ate some unusual fruit yesterday.
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Text: ここには珍しい動物がいます。
Response: There are rare animals here.
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Response Text: famous
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Text: 彼は有名な歌手です。
Response: He's a famous singer.
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Text: このレストランはとても有名です。
Response: This restaurant is very famous.
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Response Text: be happy, be delighted
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Text: 彼女はとても喜びました。
Response: She was very pleased.
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Text: 彼はそのニュースを喜びました。
Response: He was delighted by the news.
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Response Text: studying abroad
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Text: 1年間、アメリカに留学しました。
Response: I went to study in the United States for a year.
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Text: 近く、留学する予定です。
Response: I'm planning to study abroad in the near future.
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Response Text: cooking, dish
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Text: 母は料理が得意です。
Response: My mother is good at cooking.
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Text: この料理はとても簡単です。
Response: This dish is very easy to make.
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Response Text: vegetable
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Text: 私は毎日たくさん野菜を食べます。
Response: I eat a lot of vegetables every day.
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Text: 大根は白くて長い野菜です。
Response: The daikon radish is a long, white vegetable.
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Response Text: be divided, split off
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Text: グループの中で意見が分かれました。
Response: Opinion was divided within the group.
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Text: 彼とクラスが分かれてしまった。
Response: He and I were separated into different classes.
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Response Text: special
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Text: あなたは私にとって特別な人です。
Response: You're special to me.
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Text: 彼女は特別な力を持っています。
Response: She has special powers.
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Response Text: reason, excuse
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Text: 遅れた理由を教えてください。
Response: Please tell me why you were late.
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Text: あなたが1か月も仕事を休んだ理由は何ですか。
Response: What is the reason that you were absent from work for a month?
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Response Text: freedom
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Text: 今日は自由な時間が多い。
Response: I have a lot of free time today.
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Text: 私はもっと自由が欲しいです。
Response: I want more freedom.
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Response Text: direction, course
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Text: あの人たちは皆、同じ方向を見ている。
Response: Those people are all looking at the same direction.
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Text: 鳥が南の方向へ飛んでいった。
Response: Birds flew southward.
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Response Text: remain, be left over
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Text: 料理がたくさん残りました。
Response: A lot of food was left over.
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Text: おにぎりはいくつ残っていますか。
Response: How many rice balls are left?
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Response Text: building (loan word)
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Text: 私の会社はあのビルの8階です。
Response: My company's on the eighth floor of that building.
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Text: これがこの町でいちばん高いビルです。
Response: This is the tallest building in this town.
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Response Text: gather together, put in order
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Text: 彼女は荷物をまとめて出て行った。
Response: She packed her luggage and left.
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Text: みんなの考えをまとめてください。
Response: Please gather (and summarize) everyone's ideas.
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Response Text: flow, run
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Text: ラジオから美しい音楽が流れています。
Response: Beautiful music is coming out from the radio.
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Text: この町には大きな川が流れています。
Response: A large river runs through this town.
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Response Text: sweater
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Text: このセーターはウールだ。
Response: This sweater is made of wool.
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Text: すてきな色のセーターですね。
Response: I like the color of your sweater.
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Response Text: shirt
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Text: このシャツはアイロンが必要だ。
Response: This shirt needs ironing.
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Text: 白いシャツが一枚もない。
Response: I don't have even one white shirt.
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Response Text: laundry, washing
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Text: 一週間、洗濯をしていない。
Response: I haven't done the laundry for a week.
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Text: 雨で洗濯ができない。
Response: I can't do laundry because of the rain.
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Response Text: make a (careless) mistake, fail at (something)
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Text: 電話番号を間違えました。
Response: I called the wrong number.
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Text: 曜日を間違えました。
Response: I got the day of the week wrong.
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Response Text: ice cream
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Text: 弟はアイスクリームが大好きです。
Response: My little brother loves ice cream.
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Text: 暑いのでアイスクリームを食べました。
Response: Because it was hot, I ate ice cream.
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Response Text: become dry
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Text: 夏は洗濯物がすぐ乾く。
Response: Laundry dries quickly in summer.
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Text: 洗濯物がまだ乾いていない。
Response: My laundries haven't dried yet.
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Response Text: cool off
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Text: 彼への気持ちが冷めた。
Response: My feelings for him have died down.
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Text: スープが冷めています。
Response: The soup has gone cold.
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Response Text: a variety of
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Text: 彼はいろいろなことを知っている。
Response: He knows a variety of things.
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Text: その店はいろいろな品物を売っている。
Response: The shop sells a variety of products.
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Response Text: take, bring
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Text: 水を持って行きましょう。
Response: Let's bring some water.
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Text: 私は海に大きなタオルを持って行きました。
Response: I brought a big towel to the sea.
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Response Text: change clothes
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Text: 彼はきれいな服に着替えた。
Response: He changed into clean clothes.
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Text: 私は、パーティーの前に会社で着替えました。
Response: I changed my clothes at the office before the party.
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Response Text: soap
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Text: 石鹸で手を洗ってください。
Response: Please wash your hands with soap.
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Text: 石鹸がないので買ってきてください。
Response: There is no soap, so please go and get (some).
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Response Text: baseball
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Text: 友達と野球をしました。
Response: I played baseball with my friends.
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Text: 彼は野球がうまい。
Response: He's good at baseball.
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Response Text: lunch (formal)
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Text: 昼食に寿司を食べました。
Response: I ate sushi for lunch.
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Text: 昼食におにぎりを食べました。
Response: I ate rice balls for lunch.
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Response Text: breakfast (formal)
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Text: 朝食に納豆を食べました。
Response: I ate natto for breakfast.
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Text: そのホテルは朝食が付いています。
Response: The hotel offers free breakfast.
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Response Text: sleep, lie idle
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Text: 昨日は8時間眠りました。
Response: I slept for eight hours yesterday.
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Text: ベッドで赤ちゃんが眠っています。
Response: The baby's sleeping in the bed.
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Response Text: first, beginning (in terms of time passage)
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Text: 初めは上手くできませんでした。
Response: I couldn't do it well at first.
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Text: 私は初めは自分の仕事が好きではありませんでした。
Response: I didn't like my job in the beginning.
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Response Text: fire, flame
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Text: 火を消して。
Response: Put out the fire.
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Text: その家は火の海となった。
Response: The house was engulfed in flames.
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Response Text: west, western
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Text: 太陽は西に沈みます。
Response: The sun sets in the west.
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Text: 大阪は東京より西にあります。
Response: Osaka is located to the west of Tokyo.
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Response Text: east, eastern
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Text: 日は東から上ります。
Response: The sun rises in the east.
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Text: 東の空が暗いです。
Response: The eastern sky is dark.
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Response Text: south
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Text: 私の家は町の南にあります。
Response: My house is in the south of the town.
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Text: 来年は南の島に行きたいです。
Response: Next year I want to go to a southern (tropical) island.
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Response Text: supper, dinner (formal)
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Text: 夕食は7時です。
Response: Dinner's at seven o'clock.
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Text: 夕食には何を食べたいですか。
Response: What would you like to eat for dinner?
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Response Text: pretty, considerably
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Text: 彼女は絵がなかなか上手です。
Response: She's pretty good at painting.
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Text: この映画はなかなか面白いですね。
Response: This movie is pretty funny.
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Response Text: encourage, cheer up
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Text: 父が息子を励ましたの。
Response: The father encouraged his son.
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Text: 大切な試験の前、友達が励ましてくれました。
Response: Before the important exam, my friend cheered me up.
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Response Text: tear
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Text: 母は涙を流していた。
Response: My mother was crying.
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Text: 彼女は涙を流したんだ。
Response: She shed tears.
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Response Text: dream
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Text: 私の夢は先生になることです。
Response: My dream is to become a teacher.
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Text: 私には大きな夢があります。
Response: I have a big dream.
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Response Text: place of work, office
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Text: 自宅から職場まで1時間かかります。
Response: It takes one hour from home to the office.
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Text: 私の職場は女性の方が多いです。
Response: There are more women (than men) in my workplace.
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Response Text: next to, next door
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Text: 隣の家には犬がいます。
Response: They have a dog next door.
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Text: 隣の部屋からテレビの音が聞こえる。
Response: I can hear the sound of TV from the next room.
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Response Text: apartment, residential building
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Text: 彼はマンションに住んでいます。
Response: He lives in an apartment.
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Text: 来年、ここに大きなマンションができます。
Response: Next year a big apartment building will be built here.
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Response Text: elevator
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Text: エレベーターで下に降りましょう。
Response: Let's take the elevator down.
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Text: そのエレベーターは故障していて使えません。
Response: We can't use the elevator because it's out of order.
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Response Text: window
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Text: 窓を開けてください。
Response: Please open the window.
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Text: 鳥が窓から逃げたよ。
Response: The bird flew out of the window.
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Response Text: push, press down
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Text: ボタンを押してください。
Response: Please press the button.
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Text: 前の人を押さないでください。
Response: Please don't push the person in front of you.
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Response Text: enter a school, matriculate
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Text: 妹は九月にアメリカの大学に入学します。
Response: My little sister's entering college in the United States in September.
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Text: 四月に大学に入学しました。
Response: I entered my university in April.
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Response Text: door, sliding door
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Text: 部屋の戸が開いています。
Response: The room's sliding door is open.
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Text: そこの戸を閉めてください。
Response: Please close the door there.
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Response Text: street, road
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Text: この通りはにぎやかですね。
Response: This street is lively, isn't it?
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Text: この通りは車の音がうるさい。
Response: Traffic is noisy on this street.
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Response Text: die, pass away
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Text: おととい、昔の友人が亡くなった。
Response: Their old friend died the day before yesterday.
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Text: 祖父は去年、亡くなりました。
Response: My grandfather passed away last year.
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Response Text: husband and wife, married couple
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Text: その夫婦はとても仲がいい。
Response: That couple is getting on very well.
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Text: 姉夫婦に男の子が生まれました。
Response: My sister and her husband had a baby boy.
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Response Text: woman, female (formal)
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Text: そのパーティーに女性は何人来ますか。
Response: How many women are coming to the party?
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Text: 私の職場は女性の方が多いです。
Response: There are more women (than men) in my workplace.
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Response Text: forest
Transliterations:
Text: 私は森を歩くのが好きです。
Response: I like to walk in the forest.
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Text: その森にはクマが住んでいます。
Response: Bears live in the forest.
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Response Text: truck
Transliterations:
Text: トラックを運転できますか。
Response: Can you drive a truck?
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Text: 私たちはトラックでそのピアノを運びました。
Response: We transported the piano on a truck.
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Response Text: record
Transliterations:
Text: ジャズのレコードをかけました。
Response: I put on a jazz record.
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Text: 父は古いレコードを集めています。
Response: My father collects old records.
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Response Text: heat, fever
Transliterations:
Text: 昨日の夜、熱が出ました。
Response: I had a fever last night.
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Text: 熱があるのでお医者さんに行った。
Response: I went to the doctor because I had a fever.
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Response Text: page
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Text: 教科書の36ページを開いてください。
Response: Please open your textbooks to page 36.
Transliterations:
Text: 5ページの最初を見てください。
Response: Please look at the beginning of page 5.
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Response Text: dance
Transliterations:
Text: 彼女はクラブで踊るのが好きです。
Response: She likes to dance at a club.
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Text: 若者が道で踊っている。
Response: Young people are dancing on the street.
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Response Text: length
Transliterations:
Text: このケーブルの長さは1メートルです。
Response: The length of this cable is one meter.
Transliterations:
Text: 今日は昼と夜の長さが同じです。
Response: Today, day and night are the same length.
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Response Text: thickness
Transliterations:
Text: 私は板の厚さを測った。
Response: I measured the thickness of the board.
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Text: この部屋は壁の厚さが十分ではありません。
Response: The walls are not thick enough (the thickness is not enough).
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Response Text: secret, privacy
Transliterations:
Text: これは秘密です。
Response: This is a secret.
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Text: 彼はいつも秘密を守りません。
Response: He never keeps secrets.
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