Description: This is Step 7 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: 199
Response Text: I see, now I understand
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Text: なるほど、よく分かりました。
Response: I see--now I understand well.
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Text: なるほど、これなら簡単です。
Response: I see. It's easier this way.
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Response Text: in short, that is to say
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Text: つまり、あなたは何も知らないのですね。
Response: So, in short, you don't know anything.
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Text: つまり、あなたは今の仕事が好きじゃないんですね。
Response: In short, you don't like your current job, right?
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Response Text: as it is, just like that
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Text: そのままお待ちください。
Response: Please hold on.
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Text: これはそのまま食べられます。
Response: You can eat this as it is.
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Response Text: clearly
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Text: 今日は山がはっきり見える。
Response: You can see the mountains clearly today.
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Text: あの人はいつも自分の意見をはっきり言う。
Response: That person always expresses his opinions clearly.
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Response Text: awful, hard
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Text: 大変なことが起こりました。
Response: A terrible thing happened.
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Text: 毎日勉強が大変です。
Response: My studies are a lot of work every day.
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Response Text: simple, easy
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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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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: look like, resemble
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Text: 私は母に似ています。
Response: I resemble my mother.
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Text: 彼はお兄さんによく似ている。
Response: He looks a lot like his older brother.
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Response Text: be surprised, be startled
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Text: 彼は血を見て驚いた。
Response: He was surprised when he saw the blood.
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Text: 風の強さに驚きました。
Response: I was surprised by the strength of the wind.
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Response Text: dislike, don't like
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Text: 私は待つのが嫌だ。
Response: I don't like to wait.
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Text: 彼は嫌な男だ。
Response: He is an unlikable man.
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Response Text: fight, argument
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Text: 喧嘩はやめて。
Response: Stop fighting.
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Text: 妹とひどい喧嘩をした。
Response: I had an awful fight with my little sister.
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Response Text: be late
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Text: 今朝彼女は学校に遅れました。
Response: She was late for school this morning.
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Text: 飛行機が1時間以上遅れた。
Response: The plane arrived over an hour late.
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Response Text: carrot
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Text: 私はにんじんが嫌いだ。
Response: I hate carrots.
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Text: スーパーマーケットでにんじんを買った。
Response: I bought carrots at the supermarket.
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Response Text: potato
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Text: ポテトサラダを作るから、ジャガイモを買ってきて。
Response: I'm going to make a potato salad, so go and buy some potatoes.
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Text: 私はカレーにジャガイモを入れません。
Response: I don't put potatoes in curry.
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Response Text: eggplant
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Text: 夕飯にナスの天ぷらを食べました。
Response: I ate eggplant tempura for dinner.
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Text: 私はナスとひき肉のカレーが大好きだ。
Response: I love curry with eggplants and ground meat.
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Response Text: kettle
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Text: やかんでお湯を沸かしました。
Response: I boiled some water in the kettle.
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Text: やかんに水を入れてください。
Response: Please put water in the kettle.
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Response Text: discuss, talk over
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Text: 私たちはよく話し合いました。
Response: We often talked to each other.
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Text: 今日はこれらの問題について話し合います。
Response: We will discuss these issues today.
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Response Text: leave, leave undone
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Text: 彼女はメッセージを残しました。
Response: She left a message.
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Text: 彼は家族を残してアメリカに行った。
Response: He left his family behind and went to America.
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Response Text: treat, host (a meal)
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Text: 今日の夕食は私がごちそうします。
Response: I'll treat you to dinner tonight.
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Text: 友達が昼ご飯をごちそうしてくれた。
Response: My friend treated me to lunch.
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Response Text: fit, match
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Text: この靴は私の足に合っている。
Response: These shoes fit me.
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Text: 焼き鳥はビールに合うな。
Response: Yakitori goes well with beer.
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Response Text: (go straight and) hit, strike
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Text: ボールが彼の頭に当たった。
Response: The ball went straight to him and hit him on the head.
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Text: 後ろの人のかばんが私の足に当たっている。
Response: The bag of the person behind me is hitting my leg.
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Response Text: gather, be collected
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Text: 駅前に人が集まっています。
Response: There are people gathering in front of the station.
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Text: 先生の周りに集まってください。
Response: Gather around the teacher.
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Response Text: place, space
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Text: 会社の場所を教えてください。
Response: Please tell me where the office is.
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Text: ピクニックにいい場所を知っていますか。
Response: Do you know a good place for a picnic?
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Response Text: sea, ocean
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Text: 海は広くて大きい。
Response: The sea is vast and wide.
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Text: ここの海はとても青い。
Response: The sea here is very blue.
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Response Text: boy (between 7 and 18 years old)
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Text: 少年たちがサッカーをしている。
Response: The boys are playing soccer.
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Text: 私はあの少年たちを助けたい。
Response: I want to help those boys.
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Response Text: grandchild
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Text: 昨日、孫が生まれました。
Response: My grandchild was born yesterday.
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Text: 彼には孫が8人いる。
Response: He has eight grandchildren.
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Response Text: pupil, student
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Text: このクラスの生徒は30人です。
Response: There are 30 students in this class.
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Text: この学校では一人一人の生徒を大切にしています。
Response: Each individual student is valued in this school.
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Response Text: high school (for short)
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Text: 妹は高校に通っています。
Response: My little sister goes to high school.
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Text: 彼は高校教師だ。
Response: He's a high school teacher.
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Response Text: older, senior
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Text: 彼は私より年上です。
Response: He's older than me.
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Text: 彼は年上の女の人が好きだ。
Response: He likes women who are older than him.
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Response Text: graduation
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Text: 私は去年、大学を卒業した。
Response: I graduated from university last year.
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Text: 姉は大学を卒業して、アメリカで働いています。
Response: My older sister graduated from university and is working in the States.
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Response Text: movement, exercise
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Text: 彼はもっと運動した方がいい。
Response: He should exercise more.
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Text: 私はもっと運動が必要だ。
Response: I need more exercise.
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Response Text: athlete, (sports) player
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Text: 彼はプロのサッカー選手だ。
Response: He's a professional soccer player.
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Text: 彼らはバスケットの選手です。
Response: They're basketball players.
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Response Text: movie
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Text: 彼はよく映画を見ます。
Response: He watches movies a lot.
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Text: 仕事のあと、映画を見た。
Response: I saw a movie after work.
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Response Text: English
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Text: あなたは英語が話せますか。
Response: Can you speak English?
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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: letter
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Text: 友人から手紙をもらいました。
Response: I got a letter from my friend.
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Text: 彼に手紙を書きました。
Response: I wrote him a letter.
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Response Text: animal
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Text: 私は動物が大好きです。
Response: I love animals.
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Text: 私はアフリカで動物をたくさん見ました。
Response: I saw many animals in Africa.
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Response Text: sound, noise
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Text: 雨の音が聞こえる。
Response: I can hear the sound of rain.
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Text: 大きな音にびっくりしました。
Response: I was startled by a sudden noise.
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Response Text: overseas, abroad
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Text: 彼は海外での生活が長いです。
Response: He's lived abroad for a long time.
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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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Response Text: foreigner
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Text: 日本に住む外国人が増えています。
Response: The number of foreigners living in Japan is increasing.
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Text: 私はシェアハウスで外国人と住んでいます。
Response: I lived with foreigners in a shared house.
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Response Text: return to one's country
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Text: 彼は帰国しました。
Response: He returned to his country.
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Text: 帰国することに決めました。
Response: I've decided to go back to my country.
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Response Text: they
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Text: 彼らはバスケットの選手です。
Response: They're basketball players.
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Text: 彼らはよくテニスをしています。
Response: They often play tennis.
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Response Text: machine
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Text: 新しい機械が壊れた。
Response: The new machine broke.
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Text: この機械は何に使うんですか。
Response: What do you use this machine for?
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Response Text: basics
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Text: 今、ジャズダンスの基本を習っています。
Response: We're learning the basics of jazz dance right now.
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Text: 彼はサッカーの基本を知らない。
Response: He doesn't know the basics of soccer.
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Response Text: this time, next time
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Text: 今度はどこに行きたいですか。
Response: Where do you want to go this time?
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Text: 今度の休暇にフィリピンに行きます。
Response: I'm going to the Philippines for my next vacation.
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Response Text: last
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Text: 今日が夏休み最後の日だ。
Response: Today's the last day of summer vacation.
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Text: あなたと会うのは今日が最後です。
Response: Today is the last time I'll see you.
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Response Text: first, outset
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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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Text: 彼女は最初は大人しかった。
Response: She was quiet at first.
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Response Text: preparation, arrangement
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Text: 明日の会議の準備をした。
Response: I prepared for tomorrow's meeting.
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Text: 先生が授業の準備をしています。
Response: The teacher is preparing for her class.
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Response Text: advance, move forward
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Text: 前に進んでください。
Response: Please move forward.
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Text: 会議の準備は進んでいますか。
Response: Are you making progress on the preparation for the meeting?
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Response Text: directly
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Text: 彼に直接お願いしなさい。
Response: Ask him directly.
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Text: 直接会って話したいです。
Response: I want to talk to you in person (directly).
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Response Text: specially, particularly
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Text: 特に質問はありません。
Response: I don't have any particular questions.
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Text: 私は特にドイツのビールが好きです。
Response: I particularly like German beer.
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Response Text: reach, be received
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Text: 昨日、父から手紙が届いた。
Response: I got a letter from my father yesterday.
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Text: さっき郵便が届きました。
Response: The mail has just arrived.
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Response Text: why
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Text: なぜ来なかったの?
Response: Why didn't you come?
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Text: なぜ昨日、学校を休んだんですか。
Response: Why were you absent from school yesterday?
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Response Text: line up, be parallel
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Text: ここに並んでください。
Response: Please line up here.
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Text: テーブルの上にごちそうが並んでいる。
Response: There are some delicious treats lined up on the table.
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Response Text: carry, transport
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Text: いすを2階に運んでください。
Response: Please carry the chair to the second floor.
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Text: ウェーターが水を運んできました。
Response: The waiter brought some water.
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Response Text: repair, fix
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Text: 私がそれを直しました。
Response: I mended it.
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Text: 私は自分でパソコンを直した。
Response: I fixed my computer myself.
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Response Text: oppose, object
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Text: 私は反対です。
Response: I'm against it.
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Text: 両親が私の結婚に反対している。
Response: My parents are against my marriage.
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Response Text: situation, case
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Text: 分からない場合は私に聞いてください。
Response: Please ask me if you don't understand.
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Text: 雨の場合は、教室で授業をします。
Response: In case of rain, we will have class in the classroom.
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Response Text: detailed, have detailed knowledge
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Text: もっと詳しく説明してください。
Response: Please explain it in greater detail.
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Text: 彼はコンピューターに詳しい。
Response: He is very familiar with computer.
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Response Text: mischief, prank
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Text: その子はいたずらが大好きだ。
Response: That kid loves playing tricks.
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Text: いたずらは止めなさい。
Response: Stop playing pranks.
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Response Text: celebration
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Text: 彼の就職のお祝いをしよう。
Response: Let's celebrate his new employment.
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Text: 家族みんなで弟の卒業をお祝いしました。
Response: My family celebrated my younger brother's graduation.
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Response Text: comb
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Text: 彼はくしで髪をとかした。
Response: He combed his hair.
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Text: このくしはおばあちゃんからもらいました。
Response: I got this comb from my grandmother.
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Response Text: spill, overflow
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Text: 彼女の目から涙がこぼれた。
Response: Tears rolled down from her eyes.
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Text: 大変だ、バスタブからお湯がこぼれてる!
Response: Oh no! The bathtub is overflowing with hot water.
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Response Text: convey, transmit
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Text: みんなにこのことを伝えてください。
Response: Please tell everyone about this matter.
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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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Response Text: knee
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Text: スキーで膝を怪我しました。
Response: I injured my knee while skiing.
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Text: 膝に痛みを感じます。
Response: I feel a pain in my knee.
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Response Text: elbow
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Text: 彼は肘に怪我をした。
Response: He injured his elbow.
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Text: 机に肘を付くのは止めなさい。
Response: Don't put your elbows on the desk.
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Response Text: pillow
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Text: 私は低い枕が好きです。
Response: I like thin pillows.
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Text: この枕は低すぎる。
Response: This pillow is too low.
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Response Text: building, structure
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Text: これは日本一古い建物です。
Response: This is the oldest building in Japan.
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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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Response Text: road
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Text: この道路は3年前にできました。
Response: This road was completed three years ago.
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Text: 道路で遊ばないでください。
Response: Don't play on the road.
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Response Text: intersection
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Text: あそこの四つ角を左に曲がってください。
Response: Please turn left at that crossroad up there.
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Text: 郵便局はあの四つ角にあります。
Response: The post office is located at that intersection.
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Response Text: corner (to turn)
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Text: ポストはそこの曲がり角にあります。
Response: There's a post box on that corner.
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Text: そこの曲がり角で事故があった。
Response: There was an accident at the corner there.
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Response Text: police
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Text: 警察を呼んでください。
Response: Call the police.
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Text: 事故だ!誰か警察に電話して!
Response: Accident! Somebody, please call the police!
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Response Text: air, atmosphere
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Text: ここは空気がきれいです。
Response: The air is clean here.
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Text: 山の空気はきれいだ。
Response: The mountain air is clean.
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Response Text: sport
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Text: あなたは何かスポーツをしていますか。
Response: Do you play any sports?
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Text: 私はスポーツは何もしません。
Response: I don't play any sports.
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Response Text: chance
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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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Text: こんなチャンスは二度とありませんよ。
Response: You won't have such a chance again.
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Response Text: dry cleaning
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Text: スーツをクリーニングに出しました。
Response: I sent the suit to the cleaners.
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Text: このシャツはクリーニングに出せません。
Response: You cannot take this shirt to the dry cleaners.
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Response Text: service
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Text: この店はサービスがいい。
Response: The service in this restaurant is good.
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Text: このコーヒーはサービスです。
Response: This coffee is complimentary.
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Response Text: group
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Text: 店に学生のグループが来た。
Response: A group of students came to the shop.
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Text: そのグループのメンバーは全部で七人だ。
Response: In total, there are seven members in the group.
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Response Text: one's house, one's home
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Text: 自宅に電話をください。
Response: Please call me at home.
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Text: ご自宅はどちらですか。
Response: Where is your house?
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Response Text: home, family
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Text: 彼は家庭を大切にしている。
Response: Family is important to him.
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Text: 家庭と仕事、どちらも大切だ。
Response: My family and work are both important.
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Response Text: term, period
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Text: テスト期間は10日から15日までだ。
Response: The exam period is from the 10th to the 15th.
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Text: 今、あのお店はセール期間中だ。
Response: That store is currently having a sales period.
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Response Text: year, school year
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Text: 売り上げは年度によって違います。
Response: Sales differ in each fiscal year.
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Text: 明日から新年度が始まります。
Response: A new year starts tomorrow.
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Response Text: experience, knowledge or skill gained
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Text: 今日の試合はいい経験になりました。
Response: Today's game was a good experience.
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Text: この経験はあなたにとってプラスになるでしょう。
Response: This experience will be a good thing for you.
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Response Text: safety, security
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Text: 安全が第一です。
Response: Safety comes first.
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Text: 安全のため、シートベルトを締めてください。
Response: For your safety, please fasten your seatbelt.
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Response Text: danger, dangerous
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Text: その地域は今、危険だ。
Response: That region is dangerous now.
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Text: それはとても危険な手術です。
Response: It's a very dangerous surgery.
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Response Text: attention, care
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Text: 車に注意してください。
Response: Please watch out for cars.
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Text: この道を走る時は注意が必要だ。
Response: You need to pay attention when you drive on this road.
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Response Text: success
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Text: ついに実験が成功した。
Response: The experiment finally succeeded.
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Text: そのイベントは大成功でした。
Response: The event was very successful.
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Response Text: endeavor, effort
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Text: もっと努力しよう。
Response: Let's try harder.
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Text: あなたはもっと努力が必要です。
Response: You need to work harder.
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Response Text: explanation, description
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Text: この単語の意味を説明してください。
Response: Please tell me the meaning of this word.
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Text: もっと詳しく説明してください。
Response: Please explain in greater detail.
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Response Text: earthquake
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Text: 日本は地震が多いです。
Response: There are a lot of earthquakes in Japan.
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Text: 地震でガスが止まった。
Response: The gas line stopped due to the earthquake.
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Response Text: surgical operation
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Text: 父は胸の手術をした。
Response: My father had a chest operation.
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Text: 腕の手術に4時間かかった。
Response: The surgery on my arm took 4 hours.
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Response Text: burn
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Text: 彼は手に火傷をしました。
Response: He burned his hand.
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Text: 腕の火傷が治りません。
Response: The burn on my arm isn't healing.
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Response Text: task, assignment
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Text: 夏休みの課題は何ですか。
Response: What's our summer assignment?
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Text: 姉が日本語の課題を手伝ってくれた。
Response: My older sister helped me with my Japanese assignment.
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Response Text: young child, kid
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Text: その子は日本語が分からない。
Response: That kid doesn't understand Japanese.
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Text: 彼女は2才の子の母親です。
Response: She's a mother of a two-year-old kid.
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Response Text: confirmation
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Text: もう一度、予約を確認した。
Response: I confirmed my reservation one more time.
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Text: ミーティングの時間を確認してください。
Response: Please confirm the time of the meeting.
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Response Text: reality, actual state
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Text: 彼は実際にはあまり背が高くない。
Response: Actually, he's not very tall.
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Text: これは実際にあった話です。
Response: This is a true story.
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Response Text: international
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Text: ここで国際会議が開かれます。
Response: An international conference is going to be held here.
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Text: 今日の授業は国際社会についてです。
Response: Today's lesson is about international society.
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Response Text: conference, meeting
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Text: 今日の午後、大事な会議があります。
Response: There's an important meeting this afternoon.
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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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Response Text: suggestion, proposal
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Text: そのアイデアは彼の提案です。
Response: The idea is his suggestion.
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Text: 今度のイベントについて、彼がいい提案をした。
Response: He made a good suggestion about the upcoming event.
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Response Text: office, one's place of business
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Text: 後で事務所に来てください。
Response: Please come to the office later.
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Text: 彼らは大阪に新しい事務所を開いた。
Response: They opened a new office in Osaka.
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Response Text: professor
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Text: 彼は化学の教授です。
Response: He's a chemistry professor.
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Text: 教授はカナダ出身です。
Response: The professor is from Canada.
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Response Text: century
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Text: 新しい世紀の始まりです。
Response: It's the start of a new century.
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Text: この建物は17世紀に建てられました。
Response: This structure was built in the 17th century.
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