Description: This is Step 4 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: 195
Response Text: easy, simple (colloquial)
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Text: この問題はかなり易しいです。
Response: This problem is fairly easy.
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Text: テストはとても易しかった。
Response: The test was very easy.
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Response Text: older brother
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Text: あなたのお兄さんは何歳?
Response: How old is your big brother?
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Text: あの子はお兄さんと同じ大学に行っている。
Response: That girl goes to the same university as her brother.
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Response Text: big
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Text: あの大きい建物は何ですか。
Response: What's that big building?
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Text: 海は広くて大きい。
Response: The sea is vast and wide.
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Response Text: small
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Text: 小さい花が咲いています。
Response: Small flowers are blooming.
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Text: こう小さい字は読めない。
Response: I can't read such small letters.
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Response Text: spicy, hot
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Text: 彼は辛いものが好きです。
Response: He likes spicy food.
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Text: このカレーはすごく辛い。
Response: This curry is very spicy.
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Response Text: eight
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Text: りんごを八個ください。
Response: Please give me eight apples.
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Text: 今日は八人も仕事を休んでいます。
Response: As many as eight people are absent from work today.
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Response Text: over there
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Text: あそこにバス停があります。
Response: There's a bus stop over there.
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Text: 出口はあそこです。
Response: The exit's over there.
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Response Text: come
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Text: 彼は昼すぎに来ます。
Response: He'll come after lunch.
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Text: 彼女はいつ来ますか。
Response: When is she coming?
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Response Text: front, before
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Text: その店の前で会いましょう。
Response: Let's meet in front of the store.
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Text: 前の車はとても遅い。
Response: The car in front is very slow.
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Response Text: five days, fifth of the month
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Text: 五月五日は祝日です。
Response: May 5th is a holiday.
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Text: あと五日でクリスマスだ。
Response: There are five more days until Christmas.
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Response Text: full, a lot
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Text: プールは人でいっぱいです。
Response: The pool is packed.
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Text: 彼の家にはゲームがいっぱいあります。
Response: There are many games at his home.
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Response Text: nine (used before counter words and in decimal places)
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Text: 野球は九人で1チームです。
Response: In baseball there are nine people on one team.
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Text: うちの子どもは今年、九歳になります。
Response: Our child will turn nine this year.
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Response Text: sour
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Text: このぶどうは酸っぱいです。
Response: These grapes are sour.
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Text: レモンは酸っぱいので好きではありません。
Response: I don't like lemons, because they're sour.
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Response Text: differ, be wrong
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Text: 答えが違います。
Response: The answer is wrong.
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Text: これまでの私とは違うんです。
Response: I am not the same as before.
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Response Text: thin, slender
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Text: 彼女は指が細いですね。
Response: Her fingers are thin.
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Text: あの子はすごく細いですね。
Response: That child is so thin.
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Response Text: three (things)
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Text: コップを三つ買いました。
Response: I bought three glasses.
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Text: ジャムを作るのにりんごが三つ要ります。
Response: We need three apples to make jam.
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Response Text: eight days, eighth of the month
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Text: 八日からイギリスに行きます。
Response: I will go to England from the eighth.
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Text: 次のミーティングは五月八日の3時からです。
Response: The next meeting is at 3 o'clock on May 8th.
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Response Text: high school student
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Text: 私の弟は高校生です。
Response: My little brother's a high school student.
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Text: 高校生の時、よく図書館で勉強した。
Response: When I was a high school student, I often studied in the library.
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Response Text: good, skilled
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Text: 妹は歌が上手です。
Response: My little sister can sing well.
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Text: 彼はかなり英語が上手です。
Response: He's pretty good at English.
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Response Text: strong
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Text: 今日は風が強い。
Response: There's a strong wind today.
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Text: このウィスキーは強いよ。
Response: This whisky is strong.
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Response Text: seven (Japanese origin)
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Text: バナナが七本あります。
Response: There are seven bananas.
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Text: 父は今日、本を七冊も買った。
Response: My father bought seven books today.
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Response Text: 20 days, 20th of the month
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Text: 来月の二十日は弟の誕生日です。
Response: The 20th of next month is my little brother's birthday.
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Text: 前は七月二十日が海の日でした。
Response: Before, July 20th was Marine Day.
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Response Text: left
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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: この車は左ハンドルです。
Response: This car has the steering wheel on the left.
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Response Text: two days, second of the month
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Text: 私は二日待った。
Response: I waited two days.
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Text: 二日前に駅で彼を見ましたよ。
Response: I saw him at the station two days ago.
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Response Text: four (things)
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Text: 私は腕時計を四つ持っています。
Response: I have four wristwatches.
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Text: じゃがいもを四つに切ってください。
Response: Please cut the potato in four.
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Response Text: warm
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Text: このコートはとても暖かい。
Response: This coat is really warm.
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Text: 今年の春は暖かいね。
Response: It's warm this spring, isn't it.
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Response Text: exist, there is
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Text: 私の机の上に書類がたくさんあります。
Response: There are a lot of documents on my desk.
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Text: 財布は机の下にあった。
Response: My purse was under the desk.
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Response Text: good (informal/spoken form)
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Text: 彼女はいい友達です。
Response: She's a good friend of mine.
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Text: それはとてもいい話だ。
Response: That's a really nice story.
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Response Text: up, above
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Text: 上を向いて。
Response: Look up.
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Text: 彼はかばんをいすの上に置きました。
Response: He put the bag on the chair.
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Response Text: train station
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Text: 駅はどこですか。
Response: Where's the station?
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Text: 私の家は駅の近くです。
Response: My house is near the station.
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Response Text: tasty
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Text: このケーキは美味しいね。
Response: This cake is yummy.
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Text: 夏はすいかが美味しい。
Response: Watermelon is delicious in summer.
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Response Text: yesterday (colloquial)
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Text: 昨日、友達に会った。
Response: I met my friend yesterday.
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Text: 昨日の夜は家にいました。
Response: I was at home last night.
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Response Text: pretty, clean
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Text: 彼女はとても綺麗だ。
Response: She's very pretty.
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Text: あそこに綺麗な鳥がいます。
Response: There's a beautiful bird there.
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Response Text: five
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Text: 五人で旅行に行きました。
Response: Five of us went on a trip.
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Text: うちは五人家族です。
Response: We're a family of five.
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Response Text: nine (things)
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Text: 娘は明日九つになります。
Response: My daughter's turning nine tomorrow.
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Text: 兄はおにぎりを九つも食べた。
Response: My older brother ate nine rice balls.
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Response Text: favor
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Text: お願いがあります。
Response: I have a favor to ask.
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Text: 支払いはカードでお願いします。
Response: Please pay by credit card.
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Response Text: give an answer
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Text: 私の質問に答えてください。
Response: Please answer my question.
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Text: 誰も彼の質問に答えられませんでした。
Response: Nobody was able to answer his question.
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Response Text: ahead, first
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Text: ここから先は入らないでください。
Response: Please do not go beyond this point.
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Text: この先に何があるか誰も知らない。
Response: Nobody knows what is beyond this.
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Response Text: cold (temperature of the air)
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Text: この部屋は寒いです。
Response: It's cold in this room.
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Text: カナダの冬はとても寒いです。
Response: Canadian winters are very cold.
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Response Text: four (Chinese origin)
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Text: 四月に大学に入学しました。
Response: I entered college in April.
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Text: 「四」という漢字は「し」とも読みます。
Response: The Chinese character for "yon" (four) can also be read as "shi."
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Response Text: three days, third of the month
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Text: 手紙が届くのに三日かかりました。
Response: It took three days for the letter to arrive.
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Text: 三月三日は耳の日です。
Response: March 3rd is Ear Day.
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Response Text: under, below
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Text: 財布は机の下にあった。
Response: My purse was under the desk.
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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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Response Text: all right, OK
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Text: 大丈夫ですか。
Response: Are you OK?
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Text: 少し頭が痛いけど、大丈夫です。
Response: I have a slight headache, but I'm OK.
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Response Text: adult
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Text: 大人の言うことを聞きなさい。
Response: Listen to what adults say.
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Text: お酒は大人になってから。
Response: You can drink alcohol when you're an adult.
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Response Text: take out
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Text: 彼はかばんから教科書を出した。
Response: He took the textbook out of his bag.
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Text: ポケットから手を出しなさい。
Response: Take your hands out of the pockets.
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Response Text: one's own father (humble)
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Text: 私は父が大好きです。
Response: I love my father.
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Text: 父は家の中にいます。
Response: My father is inside the house.
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Response Text: one's own mother (humble)
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Text: 昨日、母と話をしました。
Response: I talked to my mother yesterday.
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Text: 母がコーンスープを作っている。
Response: My mother is making some corn chowder.
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Response Text: moon
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Text: 今夜は月がとてもきれいです。
Response: The moon looks so beautiful tonight.
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Text: 雲の間から月が出た。
Response: The moon came out from between the clouds.
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Response Text: younger sister
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Text: 私の妹は小学生です。
Response: My little sister goes to elementary school.
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Text: 妹は漫画が好きです。
Response: My little sister likes comics.
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Response Text: cold (to touch)
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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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Text: 今日は海の水が冷たい。
Response: Today, the ocean water is cold.
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Response Text: younger brother
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Text: 弟は野球が好きです。
Response: My little brother likes baseball.
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Text: 私の弟は高校生です。
Response: My little brother's a high school student.
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Response Text: hand
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Text: 分かった人は手を上げてください。
Response: Raise your hand if you know the answer.
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Text: ハンカチで手をふきました。
Response: I wiped my hands with my handkerchief.
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Response Text: ten days, tenth of the month
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Text: 十日後に帰ります。
Response: I'll be back in ten days.
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Text: テストまであと十日です。
Response: There are ten more days until the exam.
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Response Text: mouth
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Text: 口を大きく開けてください。
Response: Open wide, please.
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Text: 食べる時は口を閉じなさい。
Response: Close your mouth when eating.
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Response Text: summer
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Text: 私は夏が大好き。
Response: I love summer.
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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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Response Text: seven (things)
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Text: この子は今年七つになります。
Response: This kid is turning seven this year.
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Text: ロールパンを七つ買ってきてください。
Response: Please go and get seven bread rolls.
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Response Text: sometimes
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Text: 彼は時々遅刻します。
Response: He's sometimes late.
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Text: 私は時々母に電話します。
Response: I sometimes call my mother.
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Response Text: what
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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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Text: 晩ご飯のおかずは何?
Response: What are we having for dinner?
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Response Text: person
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Text: 彼は優しい人です。
Response: He's a nice guy.
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Text: プールは人でいっぱいです。
Response: The pool is packed.
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Response Text: one person
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Text: そこには私一人しかいなかった。
Response: I was the only one there.
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Text: 今日は一人の時間を楽しみたい。
Response: Today I want to enjoy some time to myself.
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Response Text: first of the month
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Text: 来月の一日は空いていますか。
Response: Are you available on the first of next month?
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Text: 日本でも四月一日はエイプリルフールです。
Response: April 1st is April Fool in Japan as well.
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Response Text: nine days, ninth of the month
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Text: 九日に荷物が届きます。
Response: The package will arrive on the ninth.
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Text: 九日2時にこちらのオフィスでお会いしましょう。
Response: Let's meet at our office here at 2 o'clock on the 9th.
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Response Text: direction, side
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Text: 彼は私の方を見ました。
Response: He looked at me.
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Text: ネコが窓の方を見ている。
Response: The cat is looking in the direction of the window.
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Response Text: other (Japanese origin)
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Text: 他に方法がありません。
Response: There's no other way.
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Text: 他の人たちはどこへ行ったんですか。
Response: Where did the other people go?
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Response Text: I, me (usually used by young males)
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Text: 僕は学生です。
Response: I'm a student.
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Text: 僕は新しい靴が欲しいです。
Response: I want new shoes.
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Response Text: want, desire (of the speaker)
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Text: 僕は新しい靴が欲しいです。
Response: I want new shoes.
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Text: 何か飲み物が欲しいな。
Response: I could really use something to drink.
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Response Text: ten thousand
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Text: この靴は1万円です。
Response: These shoes are ten thousand 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: be visible, can see
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Text: ここから富士山がよく見えます。
Response: You can see Mount Fuji well from here.
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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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Response Text: street, way
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Text: この道を真っ直ぐ行くと駅です。
Response: Go straight along this street to get to the station.
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Text: この道は車が多い。
Response: There are many cars on this road.
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Response Text: five (things)
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Text: 桃を五つください。
Response: I'd like five peaches, please.
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Text: 私の家には部屋が五つあります。
Response: There are five rooms in my house.
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Response Text: eye
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Text: 彼女は青い目をしています。
Response: She has blue eyes.
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Text: 目をつぶってください。
Response: Close your eyes.
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Response Text: eight (things)
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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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Text: 二人でドーナッツを八つ食べました。
Response: We two had eight doughnuts.
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Response Text: stop, give up
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Text: 話すのを止めてください。
Response: Stop talking, please.
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Text: 冗談は止めてください。
Response: Please stop joking.
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Response Text: four days, fourth of the month
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Text: 新学期は来月の四日からです。
Response: The new school term starts on the fourth of next month.
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Text: 私の誕生日は五月四日です。
Response: My birthday is May 4th.
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Response Text: night (from sunset to sunrise)
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Text: 昨日の夜は家にいました。
Response: I was at home last night.
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Text: 夜のニュースを見ましたか。
Response: Did you see the news last night?
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Response Text: next year
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Text: 来年一緒に旅行しましょう。
Response: Let's travel together next year.
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Text: 妹は来年、二十歳になります。
Response: My little sister will be 20 next year.
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Response Text: six
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Text: 彼には子供が六人います。
Response: He has six children.
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Text: 左から六番目が娘です。
Response: The sixth person from the left is my daughter.
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Response Text: bad
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Text: タバコは体に悪い。
Response: Cigarettes are bad for your health.
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Text: 彼は悪い人ではない。
Response: He is not a bad person.
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Response Text: rest room, lavatory
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Text: お手洗いはどこですか。
Response: Where's the bathroom?
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Text: お手洗いに行ってきます。
Response: I'm going to the rest room.
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Response Text: (someone else's) husband
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Text: ご主人はお元気ですか。
Response: How is your husband?
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Text: 彼女のご主人はアメリカ人です。
Response: Her husband is American.
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Response Text: really, truly
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Text: あなたが本当に好きです。
Response: I really like you.
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Text: 私は納豆が本当に嫌いだ。
Response: I really hate natto.
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Response Text: self, oneself
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Text: 宿題は自分でやりなさい。
Response: Do your homework on your own.
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Text: 彼は自分が大好きだ。
Response: He loves himself.
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Response Text: sake, purpose
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Text: これは医者のためのサイトです。
Response: This is a site for doctors.
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Text: 彼女はダイエットのために泳いでいる。
Response: She swims to lose weight.
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Response Text: be found, be caught
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Text: メガネが見つかりません。
Response: My glasses cannot be found.
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Text: パスポートが見つからない。
Response: My passport cannot be found.
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Response Text: take a rest, take a break
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Text: 明日、会社を休みます。
Response: I'm off work tomorrow.
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Text: そこでしばらく休んでいます。
Response: He's resting over there for a while.
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Response Text: slowly
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Text: もっとゆっくり話してください。
Response: Please speak more slowly.
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Text: ゆっくり行きましょう。
Response: Let's go slowly.
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Response Text: six (things)
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Text: 息子は六つになりました。
Response: My son turned six.
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Text: おにぎりを六つ作りました。
Response: I made six rice balls.
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Response Text: flower
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Text: きれいな花が咲きました。
Response: Beautiful flowers have bloomed.
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Text: 母に花を贈った。
Response: I sent my mother some flowers.
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Response Text: move
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Text: 動かないで。
Response: Don't move!
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Text: お腹が痛くて動けません。
Response: My stomach hurts so much that I can't move.
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Response Text: line
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Text: 赤い線を2本引いてください。
Response: Please draw two red lines.
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Text: この線をもっと細くしてください。
Response: Please make this line thinner.
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Response Text: seven days, seventh of the month
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Text: 先月の七日に孫が生まれました。
Response: My grandchild was born on the seventh of last month.
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Text: 十月七日にスポーツイベントがあります。
Response: On October 7th there is a sports event.
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Response Text: except for
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Text: 私は雨の日以外は自転車で学校に行く。
Response: I go to school by bicycle except on rainy days.
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Text: 私は月曜日以外は仕事があります。
Response: I work every day except Mondays.
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Response Text: man, male
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Text: 男の人が私たちに話しかけた。
Response: This guy began talking to us.
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Text: 彼は駄目な男だ。
Response: He's a loser.
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Response Text: he, one's boyfriend
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Text: 彼は今、勉強しています。
Response: He's studying now.
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Text: 彼の父親は先生です。
Response: His father is a teacher.
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Response Text: woman
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Text: 店員は若い女の人でした。
Response: The salesclerk was a young woman.
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Text: 彼女は悪い女だ。
Response: She is a bad woman.
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Response Text: (one's own) wife
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Text: 今日は妻の誕生日だ。
Response: It's my wife's birthday today.
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Text: 妻にネックレスをプレゼントしました。
Response: I gave my wife a necklace.
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Response Text: hundred
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Text: 私の祖母は百才です。
Response: My grandmother is 100 years old.
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Text: この古い時計は百年前のものだ。
Response: This old clock is a hundred years old.
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Response Text: vicinity
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Text: 彼はこの辺に住んでいます。
Response: He lives around here.
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Text: この辺は田んぼがたくさんあります。
Response: There are a lot of rice fields around here.
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Response Text: shop, store
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Text: 私はこの店によく来ます。
Response: I come to this store quite often.
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Text: この店はサービスがいい。
Response: The service in this store is good.
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Response Text: be shut, be closed
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Text: お店はもう閉まっていました。
Response: The store was already closed.
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Text: その図書館は日曜日は5時に閉まります。
Response: The library closes at five o'clock on Sundays.
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