Description: This is Step 3 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: 1
Items Count: 100
Sentences Count: 196
Response Text: shut, close (books, eyes, etc.)
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Text: 教科書を閉じてください。
Response: Please close your textbook.
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Text: 彼女は目を閉じた。
Response: She closed her eyes.
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Response Text: time, moment
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Text: 時の経つのは早い。
Response: Time flies.
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Text: あの時、私はまだ学生でした。
Response: At that time, I was still a student.
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Response Text: rice (grain)
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Text: 日本人はお米が大好きです。
Response: Japanese people love rice.
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Text: あのお寿司屋さんはいいお米を使っていますよ。
Response: That sushi restaurant uses good rice.
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Response Text: cut
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Text: この紙を半分に切ってください。
Response: Please cut this paper in half.
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Text: 昨日、髪を切りました。
Response: I had my hair cut yesterday.
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Response Text: fun, enjoyable
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Text: 彼はとても楽しい人です。
Response: He's a very fun person.
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Text: 日本での生活は楽しいです。
Response: Life in Japan is fun.
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Response Text: clothes (colloquial)
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Text: 昨日、新しい服を買った。
Response: I bought some new clothes yesterday.
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Text: この服はとても安かった。
Response: These clothes were very cheap.
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Response Text: back, behind
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Text: 後ろを向いて。
Response: Turn around.
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Text: 後ろの席が空いています。
Response: The rear seat is empty.
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Response Text: happy, glad
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Text: 彼に会えて嬉しかった。
Response: I was glad to meet him.
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Text: 今日は授業がなくて嬉しいです。
Response: I'm glad I don't have a class today.
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Response Text: waist, lower back
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Text: 昨日から腰が痛い。
Response: I've had a pain in my lower back since yesterday.
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Text: 私のおじいちゃんは腰が曲がっています。
Response: My grandfather's lower back is bent (so bent that he cannot stand up straight).
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Response Text: Sunday
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Text: 日曜日は海に行きました。
Response: We went to the beach on Sunday.
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Text: 日曜日は図書館に行きます。
Response: I go to the library on Sundays.
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Response Text: daytime, midday
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Text: 私は昼のドラマを毎日見ます。
Response: I watch daytime dramas every day.
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Text: 明日は昼頃から曇るでしょう。
Response: It'll probably get cloudy around noon tomorrow.
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Response Text: mother, mom (respectful)
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Text: お母さんによろしくお伝えください。
Response: Please say hello to your mother.
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Text: お母さんは台所にいます。
Response: Mother's in the kitchen.
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Response Text: university student
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Text: 姉は大学生です。
Response: My big sister's a college student.
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Text: 来月から大学生になります。
Response: I'll be a college student beginning next month.
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Response Text: end, finish
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Text: 夏休みももう終わりだ。
Response: Summer vacation's already over.
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Text: 今日はもう終わりにしましょう。
Response: Let's finish (what we've been doing) for today.
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Response Text: height, stature
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Text: 彼女は背が高い。
Response: She's tall.
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Text: 彼は背が低い。
Response: He's short.
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Response Text: help, assist
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Text: 私が手伝いましょう。
Response: I can help you.
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Text: 宿題、手伝ってくれない?
Response: Could you help me with my homework?
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Response Text: nose
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Text: 鼻がかゆいです。
Response: My nose is itchy.
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Text: 豚はすごく鼻がいい。
Response: Pigs have a very keen sense of smell.
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Response Text: occur, happen
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Text: 近所で盗難事件が起きました。
Response: A burglary occured in my neighborhood.
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Text: 事故はここで起きました。
Response: The accident occurred here.
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Response Text: place, put on
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Text: 皿にケーキを載せました。
Response: I put the cake on a plate.
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Text: 彼女はかばんを膝に載せた。
Response: She put her bag on her lap.
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Response Text: sad
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Text: その映画はとても悲しかった。
Response: It was a very sad movie.
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Text: うちのネコが死んでとても悲しいです。
Response: I'm very sad that our cat died.
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Response Text: chat, talk
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Text: 彼女はよくしゃべるね。
Response: She talks a lot.
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Text: 彼は授業中、ずっとしゃべっていました。
Response: He was talking during the entire class.
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Response Text: in the near future, before long
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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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Text: 兄は近く結婚します。
Response: My older brother will get married in the near future.
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Response Text: sweet
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Text: このいちごは甘い。
Response: This strawberry is sweet.
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Text: このジュースは甘すぎる。
Response: This juice is too sweet.
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Response Text: table
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Text: 新しいテーブルを買いました。
Response: I bought a new table.
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Text: こっちの四角いテーブルを買おうよ。
Response: Let's buy this square-shaped table over here.
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Response Text: food (colloquial)
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Text: 日本の食べ物はとてもおいしいです。
Response: Japanese food is very delicious.
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Text: 弟は食べ物の好き嫌いが多い。
Response: My little brother is very particular about food.
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Response Text: begin
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Text: 新しい仕事が始まりました。
Response: My new job started.
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Text: 新しい年が始まりました。
Response: A new year has started.
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Response Text: game (loan word)
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Text: 私たちはビデオゲームをした。
Response: We played a video game.
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Text: このゲームのルールは簡単です。
Response: The rules of this game are easy.
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Response Text: ten
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Text: その子は指で十数えました。
Response: The child counted to ten on her fingers.
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Text: 昨日、友達十人とカラオケに行きました。
Response: Yesterday, I went to karaoke with ten friends.
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Response Text: weather
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Text: 今日はいい天気ですね。
Response: It's nice out today.
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Text: 明日の天気は晴れです。
Response: Tomorrow's weather will be sunny.
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Response Text: hot (of weather)
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Text: 今日はとても暑い。
Response: It's very hot today.
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Text: 外は暑いよ。
Response: It's hot outside.
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Response Text: thick, fat
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Text: 彼女は足が太い。
Response: She has big legs.
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Text: 彼の腕は太い。
Response: He has big arms.
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Response Text: evening, night (from sunset to bedtime)
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Text: 彼は朝から晩まで働いたの。
Response: He worked from morning till night.
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Text: 彼は三日三晩寝ませんでした。
Response: He didn't sleep for three days and nights.
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Response Text: Saturday
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Text: 土曜日の夜はクラブに行きます。
Response: I'm going to a club Saturday night.
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Text: 土曜日はよく友達と映画を見ます。
Response: On Saturdays, I often watch movies with my friends.
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Response Text: sore, painful
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Text: 今日は頭が痛いです。
Response: I have a headache today.
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Text: 昨日から腰が痛い。
Response: I've had a pain in my lower back since yesterday.
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Response Text: father, dad (respectful)
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Text: お父さんは会社員です。
Response: My father's a company employee.
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Text: 私のお父さんはとても優しいです。
Response: My father is very gentle.
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Response Text: probably, perhaps
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Text: 彼女は多分家で寝ています。
Response: She's probably sleeping at home.
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Text: 彼は多分、来ないと思います。
Response: He's probably not coming.
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Response Text: clock, watch
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Text: 時計を見たらちょうど3時だった。
Response: It was exactly three when I looked at the clock.
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Text: あの家には時計が八つあります。
Response: There are eight clocks in that house.
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Response Text: stay overnight
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Text: 今日はこのホテルに泊まります。
Response: I'm staying at this hotel today.
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Text: 私は友達の所に泊まった。
Response: I stayed at my friend's place for the night.
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Response Text: how come
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Text: どうして泣いているの。
Response: How come you are crying?
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Text: あなたはどうして人の話を聞かないんですか。
Response: How come you don't listen to what people say.
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Response Text: hang, put on
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Text: 夫の服をハンガーに掛けた。
Response: I put my husband's clothes on a hanger.
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Text: 本にカバーを掛けました。
Response: I put a cover on the book.
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Response Text: make a turn, turn
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Text: そこを左に曲がってください。
Response: Please turn left there.
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Text: 次の角で左に曲がってください。
Response: Please turn left at the next corner.
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Response Text: stomach, belly
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Text: お腹が空きました。
Response: I'm hungry.
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Text: お腹がすごく痛いです。
Response: My stomach hurts a lot.
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Response Text: meeting (loan word)
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Text: 朝9時からミーティングが始まった。
Response: The meeting started at 9 a.m.
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Text: ミーティングは2時からです。
Response: The meeting starts at two o'clock.
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Response Text: hate, dislike
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Text: 私はタバコが嫌いです。
Response: I hate cigarettes.
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Text: 私はにんじんが嫌いだ。
Response: I hate carrots.
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Response Text: Friday
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Text: 金曜日の夜は友達と出かけます。
Response: I go out with my friends on Friday nights.
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Text: 私は1週間で金曜日がいちばん好きです。
Response: Friday is my favorite day of the week.
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Response Text: need, require
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Text: 予約は要りません。
Response: Reservations are not required.
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Text: 袋は要りません。
Response: I don't need a bag.
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Response Text: to not be
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Text: ここには何も無い。
Response: There's nothing here.
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Text: 私はお金が無いので家にいます。
Response: I don't have money, so I'll stay home.
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Response Text: yellow
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Text: 彼女に黄色いバラを買いました。
Response: I bought her a yellow rose.
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Text: 私は黄色いTシャツを買いました。
Response: I bought a yellow T-shirt.
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Response Text: cold (illness)
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Text: 私は風邪をひきました。
Response: I caught a cold.
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Text: 早く風邪を治してください。
Response: I hope your cold gets better soon.
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Response Text: gentle, kind
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Text: 彼はとても優しい人です。
Response: He's a very kind person.
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Text: 私のお父さんはとても優しいです。
Response: My father is very gentle.
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Response Text: be sunny, clear up
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Text: 明日は晴れるといいですね。
Response: I hope it'll be sunny tomorrow.
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Text: 今日はよく晴れましたね。
Response: It's been very sunny today.
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Response Text: dirty
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Text: 彼の部屋はとても汚い。
Response: His room is very dirty.
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Text: 汚い言葉は使わないでください。
Response: Please don't use dirty words.
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Response Text: brown
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Text: 彼女は茶色の靴を履いています。
Response: She's wearing brown shoes.
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Text: その茶色のかばんが私のです。
Response: The brown bag is mine.
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Response Text: be empty, become less crowded
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Text: レストランは空いていました。
Response: There weren't many people at the restaurant.
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Text: お腹が空きました。
Response: My stomach has become empty (=I'm hungry).
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Response Text: go up, climb
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Text: ネコが屋根に上っている。
Response: The cat's up on the roof.
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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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Response Text: meal, cooked rice
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Text: 私はパンよりご飯が好きだ。
Response: I prefer rice to bread.
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Text: 私は納豆でご飯を3杯食べました。
Response: I had three bowls of cooked rice with natto.
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Response Text: counter for days
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Text: 私たちは先月11日に結婚しました。
Response: We got married on the 11th last month.
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Text: 彼女の誕生日は7月16日です。
Response: Her birthday is July 16th.
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Response Text: hair, each single hair
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Text: パスタに髪の毛が入っていました。
Response: There was a hair in my pasta.
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Text: 彼の部屋に長い髪の毛が落ちていました。
Response: There was a long strand of hair in his room.
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Response Text: switch on, turn on
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Text: 電気をつけてください。
Response: Please turn on the light.
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Text: 暑いのでクーラーをつけました。
Response: I turned on the air conditioning because it was hot.
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Response Text: Monday
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Text: 月曜日に会いましょう。
Response: Let's meet on Monday.
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Text: 私は1週間で月曜日がいちばん嫌いです。
Response: Monday is my least favorite day of the week.
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Response Text: enter
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Text: 寒いので中に入ってください。
Response: It's cold, so please come inside.
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Text: 入る時はドアをノックしてください。
Response: Please knock before entering.
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Response Text: katakana
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Text: お名前をカタカナで書いてください。
Response: Please write your name in katakana.
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Text: 日本語にはひらがなとカタカナと漢字があります。
Response: In Japanese, there are hiragana, katakana and kanji.
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Response Text: this week
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Text: 今週は日本語のテストがあります。
Response: We have a Japanese test this week.
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Text: 私は今週はあまり忙しくありません。
Response: I'm not very busy this week.
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Response Text: open (books, eyes, etc.)
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Text: 32ページを開いてください。
Response: Please open to page 32.
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Text: ノートを開いてください。
Response: Please open your notebook.
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Response Text: water
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Text: 水を一杯ください。
Response: Please give me a glass of water.
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Text: 水を持って行きましょう。
Response: Let's take some water with us.
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Response Text: that (over there)
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Text: あれは何ですか。
Response: What's that?
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Text: あれが東京タワーです。
Response: That is the Tokyo Tower.
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Response Text: two
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Text: その人には二回会った。
Response: I met that person twice.
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Text: 兄は二階にいます。
Response: My elder brother is on the second floor.
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Response Text: tighten, fasten
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Text: 彼はシートベルトを締めた。
Response: He fastened his seatbelt.
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Text: 彼は最後にネクタイを締めました。
Response: Lastly, he tied his tie.
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Response Text: bad (taste), distasteful
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Text: ここの料理はまずい。
Response: The food here is bad.
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Text: あの店のラーメンはすごくまずいですよ。
Response: That ramen shop is very bad.
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Response Text: hiragana
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Text: 私は平仮名を全部読めます。
Response: I can read all hiragana.
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Text: 妹は平仮名を全部覚えました。
Response: My little sister learned all the hiragana.
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Response Text: become cloudy
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Text: 明日は昼頃から曇るでしょう。
Response: It'll probably get cloudy around noon tomorrow.
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Text: 今日は朝から空が曇っている。
Response: Today, it's been cloudy since morning.
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Response Text: touch, feel
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Text: 絵に触らないでください。
Response: Please don't touch the painting.
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Text: 汚い手で赤ちゃんに触らないで。
Response: Don't touch the baby with your dirty hands.
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Response Text: no good
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Text: 彼は駄目な男だ。
Response: He's a loser.
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Text: そんなことしたら駄目だよ。
Response: It's not good to do something like that.
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Response Text: beverage, drink
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Text: 何か飲み物が欲しいな。
Response: I want something to drink.
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Text: 冷たい飲み物をください。
Response: Please give me a cold drink.
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Response Text: Thursday
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Text: 木曜日は仕事が休みです。
Response: I don't have work on Thursday.
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Text: 木曜日の3時から会社でミーティングがあります。
Response: We have a meeting at 3 o'clock in the office on Thursday.
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Response Text: day of the week
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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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Text: ミーティングは何曜日ですか。
Response: What day of the week is the meeting (scheduled for)?
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Response Text: side, vicinity
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Text: そばにいてください。
Response: Stay with me.
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Text: 駅のそばにある古いお寿司屋さんはおいしいですよ。
Response: The old sushi restaurant near the station is good.
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Response Text: here, this way (casual)
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Text: こっちに来てください。
Response: Please come here.
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Text: こっちを向いてください。
Response: Please turn this way.
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Response Text: Tuesday
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Text: 火曜日に会議があります。
Response: There's a meeting on Tuesday.
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Text: 火曜日は日本語の授業があります。
Response: On Tuesday we have Japanese class.
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Response Text: be thirsty
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Text: 喉が渇きました。
Response: I'm thirsty.
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Text: 今日は暑いので、すごく喉が渇きます。
Response: It's hot today, so I get very thirsty.
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Response Text: three
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Text: 彼女は三人の子供の母親だ。
Response: She's a mother of three children.
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Text: 息子は今、三歳です。
Response: My son is three years old now.
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Response Text: Wednesday
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Text: 水曜日はバイトがあります。
Response: I work part time on Wednesdays.
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Text: 水曜日は1時半に学校が終わります。
Response: On Wednesdays, school finishes at 1:30 p.m.
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Response Text: two (things)
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Text: ソフトクリームを二つください。
Response: Can I get two ice cream cones?
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Text: テーブルの上にケーキが二つあります。
Response: There are two pieces of cake on the table.
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Response Text: this evening, tonight
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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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Text: 今晩、飲みに行きませんか。
Response: Would you like to go get some drinks tonight?
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Response Text: thousand
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Text: 千円貸してください。
Response: Please lend me 1000 yen.
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Text: その学校には生徒が千人以上いる。
Response: There are more than a thousand students in the school.
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Response Text: six days, sixth of the month
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Text: 六日前に日本に帰ってきました。
Response: I came back to Japan six days ago.
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Text: 今日は五月六日水曜日です。
Response: It's Wednesday, May 6th today.
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Response Text: older sister
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Text: 昨日、あなたのお姉さんに会ったよ。
Response: I met your older sister yesterday.
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Text: あなたのお姉さんは優しいですね。
Response: Your sister is kind.
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Response Text: be repaired, get fixed
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Text: クーラーはまだ直りません。
Response: The air conditioner hasn't been repaired yet.
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Text: このプリンター、直りますか。
Response: Can this printer be fixed?
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Response Text: just a moment, just a little
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Text: ちょっとだけ待っていてください。
Response: Please wait here for a little while.
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Text: もうちょっと塩を入れて。
Response: Put in a little more salt.
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Response Text: four (Japanese origin)
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Text: ハワイは四回目です。
Response: This is my fourth trip to Hawaii.
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Text: パーティーがあるので、ワインを四本買いました。
Response: Because we are having a party, we bought four bottles of wine.
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Response Text: from now on, after this
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Text: これからはもっと気を付けます。
Response: I will be more careful from now on.
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Text: 私はこれからお医者さんに行きます。
Response: I'm going to a doctor now.
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Response Text: think, consider
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Text: よく考えてください。
Response: Please think carefully.
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Text: 今、何を考えていたんですか。
Response: What were you thinking about just now?
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Response Text: return to a point of departure
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Text: 今、会社に戻ります。
Response: I'm going back to the office now.
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Text: 彼は一人でホテルに戻った。
Response: He returned to the hotel by himself.
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Response Text: change (something), alter
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Text: 旅行の日程を変えました。
Response: I changed my travel schedule.
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Text: テレビのチャンネルを変えてください。
Response: Please change the TV channel.
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Response Text: morning
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Text: 気持ちのいい朝です。
Response: It's a pleasant morning.
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Text: 朝、カーテンを開けた。
Response: I opened the curtains in the morning.
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Response Text: tooth
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Text: 私の歯は丈夫です。
Response: I have strong teeth.
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Text: 彼は歯が白い。
Response: His teeth are white.
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Response Text: work hard, do one's best
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Text: 明日の試験、頑張ってね。
Response: Good luck on tomorrow's exam.
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Text: 今日もお仕事、頑張ってください。
Response: Good luck with your work today.
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Response Text: cellular phone
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Text: この携帯電話はもう古い。
Response: This cell phone is already old.
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Text: 今日、携帯電話を家に忘れました。
Response: Today I forgot my cell phone at home.
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Response Text: rain
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Text: 雨が降っています。
Response: It's raining.
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Text: 今年は雨が少ないです。
Response: There's not much rain this year.
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Response Text: money (colloquial)
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Text: これはかなり金がかかった。
Response: This cost quite a lot of money.
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Text: 今月はあまりお金がない。
Response: I don't have much money this month.
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