Description: This is Step 8 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: 193
Response Text: all over, here and there
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Text: 私たちは朝からあちこち散歩しました。
Response: Since this morning, we've been strolling about here and there.
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Text: 彼の話をあちこちで聞きます。
Response: I hear about him here and there.
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Response Text: there (polite)
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Text: 夕方そちらに着きます。
Response: I'll get there in the evening.
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Text: 今からそちらに行ってもいいですか。
Response: Can I go over there now?
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Response Text: over there (polite)
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Text: あちらに行ってみよう。
Response: Let's go over there.
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Text: お手洗いはあちらです。
Response: The washroom is over there.
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Response Text: if, in case of
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Text: もし雨が降ったら、行きません。
Response: I won't go if it rains.
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Text: もし私があなただったら、彼女とは結婚しません。
Response: If I were you, I wouldn't marry her.
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Response Text: noisy, annoying
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Text: この通りは車の音がうるさい。
Response: Traffic is noisy on this street.
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Text: 朝から子どもたちがうるさい。
Response: The children have been noisy since morning.
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Response Text: stiff, tight
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Text: 私の上司は頭が固い。
Response: My boss is stubborn.
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Text: 彼女は口が固い。
Response: She has a tight mouth (= She can keep a secret).
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Response Text: deep, profound
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Text: あの池はとても深い。
Response: That pond is very deep.
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Text: あの辺は雪が深い。
Response: The snow is deep around there.
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Response Text: interesting, funny
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Text: この本はすごく面白かった。
Response: This book was very interesting.
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Text: あなたの話は面白いね。
Response: Your story's interesting.
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Response Text: entirely, truly
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Text: 私には全く分かりません。
Response: I don't understand at all.
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Text: あの子は授業を全く聞いていません。
Response: That child is not listening to the class at all.
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Response Text: half
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Text: お菓子を友達に半分あげた。
Response: I gave half of the sweets to my friend.
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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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Response Text: normal, regular
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Text: 彼女は普通の女の子だ。
Response: She's just a normal girl.
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Text: あの人は普通じゃない。
Response: That person is not normal.
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Response Text: amount, share
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Text: このケーキはあなたの分です。
Response: This is your share of the cake.
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Text: 弟が私の分を食べてしまった。
Response: My younger brother ate my share of the food.
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Response Text: culture
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Text: 私はこの国の文化を勉強しています。
Response: I'm studying this country's culture.
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Text: 私は日本の文化をもっと知りたいです。
Response: I want to learn more about the Japanese culture.
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Response Text: every day
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Text: 私たちは毎日散歩をします。
Response: We go for a walk every day.
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Text: 彼は毎日トレーニングをするの。
Response: He works out every day.
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Response Text: be careful about, pay attention to
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Text: 体に気を付けてください。
Response: Please take care of yourself.
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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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Response Text: protect, observe
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Text: 彼は約束を守る人です。
Response: He's one to keep his promise.
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Text: みんなで自然を守りましょう。
Response: Let's all work to protect Nature.
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Response Text: of course
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Text: もちろん一緒に行きます。
Response: Of course I'll go with you.
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Text: もちろん一緒に来てもいいですよ。
Response: Of course, you can come with me.
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Response Text: as expected
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Text: 彼はやはり遅刻しました。
Response: He was late, as expected.
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Text: やはり彼女は来なかった。
Response: As expected, she didn't come.
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Response Text: how much (money)
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Text: この靴はいくらですか。
Response: How much are these shoes?
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Text: カラーコピーは一枚いくらですか。
Response: How much is a color copy?
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Response Text: one's regards
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Text: よろしくお願いします。
Response: My best regards.
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Text: お母さんによろしくお伝えください。
Response: Please give my best to your mother.
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Response Text: who (polite)
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Text: 失礼ですが、どなたですか。
Response: Excuse me, but who are you?
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Text: どなたか私のかばんを見ませんでしたか。
Response: Has anyone seen my bag?
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Response Text: permit, forgive
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Text: 私は彼を許しました。
Response: I forgave him.
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Text: まあ今回は許してあげよう。
Response: Well, I'll let you off this time.
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Response Text: divide, share
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Text: お菓子をみんなで分けました。
Response: We shared the sweets with everyone.
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Text: ドーナッツを妹と二人で分けた。
Response: I shared a doughnut with my younger sister.
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Response Text: nature
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Text: みんなで自然を守りましょう。
Response: Let us all work together to protect nature.
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Text: この町は自然が美しいです。
Response: This town has beautiful nature.
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Response Text: apartment, flat
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Text: 彼はアパートに住んでいます。
Response: He lives in an apartment.
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Text: 私のうちはアパートの二階です。
Response: My place is on the second floor of an apartment building.
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Response Text: hotel
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Text: 今ホテルに着きました。
Response: I've just arrived at the hotel.
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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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Response Text: personal computer
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Text: 彼はパソコンを2台持っています。
Response: He has two personal computers.
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Text: このパソコンを使ってください。
Response: Please use this computer.
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Response Text: good at
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Text: 彼は野球がうまい。
Response: He's good at baseball.
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Text: 彼は文章がとてもうまい。
Response: His writing is very good.
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Response Text: bright, cheerful
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Text: 彼女は明るい性格です。
Response: She has a cheerful personality.
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Text: 妻は明るくて賑やかな人です。
Response: My wife is cheerful and lively.
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Response Text: hurry, do quickly
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Text: 私たちは駅へ急ぎました。
Response: We hurried to the station.
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Text: 時間がないので急いでください。
Response: We don't have time, so please hurry.
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Response Text: song
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Text: 私はその歌を知らなかった。
Response: I didn't know that song.
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Text: 妹は歌が上手です。
Response: My little sister can sing.
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Response Text: junior high school
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Text: 息子の中学校は家から5分です。
Response: My son's junior high is five minutes from our house.
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Text: この中学校は生徒が何人いますか。
Response: How many students are there in this junior high school?
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Response Text: test
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Text: 明日は理科のテストです。
Response: I have a science test tomorrow.
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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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Response Text: postbox, mailbox
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Text: 手紙をポストに入れました。
Response: I put a letter in the mailbox.
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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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Response Text: handkerchief
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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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Text: 右のポケットにハンカチが入っています。
Response: I have a handkerchief in my right pocket.
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Response Text: hair, hairstyle
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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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Text: 彼女の髪はとても長い。
Response: Her hair is very long.
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Response Text: hat, cap
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Text: 暑いので帽子を被りましょう。
Response: You should wear a hat because it's hot.
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Text: 彼女の大きな帽子はとても目立つ。
Response: Her big hat really stands out.
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Response Text: wear, put on (on one's head)
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Text: 帽子を被って外出した。
Response: I went out wearing a hat.
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Text: 暑いので帽子を被りましょう。
Response: You should wear a hat because it's hot.
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Response Text: blouse
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Text: 彼女は白いブラウスを着ている。
Response: She's wearing a white blouse.
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Text: ブラウスをクリーニングに出した。
Response: I took my blouse to the dry cleaner.
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Response Text: weekend
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Text: 週末は家でゆっくりします。
Response: I relax at home on weekends.
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Text: 週末は部屋の掃除をしました。
Response: I cleaned my room on the weekend.
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Response Text: last week
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Text: 先週は海に行った。
Response: I went to the beach last week.
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Text: 私は先週、イギリスから帰ってきました。
Response: I returned from England last week.
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Response Text: the week after next
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Text: 再来週は忙しいです。
Response: I'll be busy the week after next.
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Text: 再来週なら時間がありますよ。
Response: I have time the week after next.
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Response Text: some time, some day
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Text: 僕はいつかアフリカに行きたい。
Response: I want to go to Africa some day.
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Text: 私はいつか、日本語の先生になりたいです。
Response: I want to be a Japanese teacher someday.
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Response Text: homework
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Text: 宿題、手伝ってくれない?
Response: Can you help me with my homework?
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Text: 一緒に宿題をやろう。
Response: Let's do our homework together.
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Response Text: key, lock
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Text: 出かけるときは鍵を掛けてください。
Response: Please lock the door when you leave.
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Text: 今日、鍵を無くしました。
Response: I lost my key today.
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Response Text: umbrella
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Text: 電車に傘を忘れた。
Response: I left my umbrella on the train.
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Text: 今日は傘を持っていきなさい。
Response: Take your umbrella with you today.
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Response Text: change, transfer
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Text: 次の駅で地下鉄に乗り換えます。
Response: I'm transfering to the subway at the next station.
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Text: 私は会社に行くのに2回乗り換えます。
Response: I change trains twice to go to work.
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Response Text: face, head toward
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Text: 今、会社に向かっています。
Response: I'm heading for the office right now.
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Text: これから車でそちらに向かいます。
Response: I'll head there by car from now.
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Response Text: bookstore (colloquial)
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Text: 駅前に本屋があります。
Response: There's a bookstore in front of the station.
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Text: 最近、本屋の数が減っている。
Response: Lately, there are fewer and fewer book stores.
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Response Text: tea (polite)
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Text: お茶を入れましょうか。
Response: Shall I make tea?
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Text: 私たちは毎日お茶を飲みます。
Response: We drink tea every day.
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Response Text: ticket gate
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Text: 改札口で会いましょう。
Response: Let's meet at the ticket gate.
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Text: 改札口で待ってます。
Response: I'll wait for you at the ticket gate.
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Response Text: fine weather, clear sky
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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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Text: 今日は晴れときどき曇りです。
Response: It will be sunny but sometimes cloudy.
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Response Text: bus stop
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Text: 次のバス停で降ります。
Response: I'll get off at the next bus stop.
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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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Response Text: cloudy weather
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Text: 今日は一日曇りでした。
Response: It was cloudy all day today.
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Text: 今日は晴れときどき曇りです。
Response: It will be sunny but sometimes cloudy today.
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Response Text: salt
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Text: もうちょっと塩を入れて。
Response: Add a little more salt.
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Text: 塩を取ってください。
Response: Please pass me the salt.
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Response Text: a lot, in large quantity
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Text: 昨日はたくさん泳ぎました。
Response: I swam a lot yesterday.
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Text: 私は毎日たくさん野菜を食べます。
Response: I eat a lot of vegetables every day.
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Response Text: hate
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Text: 私はテストが大嫌い。
Response: I hate tests.
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Text: 私の息子は勉強が大嫌いだ。
Response: My son hates studying so much.
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Response Text: inside, middle
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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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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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Response Text: second floor, upstairs
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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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Text: 私のうちはアパートの二階です。
Response: My place is on the second floor of an apartment.
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Response Text: lose, get rid of
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Text: 今日、鍵を無くしました。
Response: I lost my key today.
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Text: 学校で財布を無くした。
Response: I lost my wallet at school.
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Response Text: OK, not bad
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Text: 彼の成績はまあまあです。
Response: His grades are not bad.
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Text: ここのステーキはまあまあです。
Response: The steak here is OK.
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Response Text: yellow color
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Text: 信号は黄色でした。
Response: The traffic light was yellow.
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Text: 黄色のブラウスを着ているのが妻です。
Response: The one wearing a yellow blouse is my wife.
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Response Text: lunch (loan word)
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Text: 一緒にランチに行きませんか。
Response: Do you want to go to lunch with us?
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Text: 友達がランチをごちそうしてくれた。
Response: My friend treated me to lunch.
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Response Text: fish
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Text: 魚がたくさん泳いでいます。
Response: There are a lot of fish swimming.
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Text: 肉と魚とどちらが好きですか。
Response: Which do you prefer, meat or fish?
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Response Text: taste, flavor
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Text: この料理は味が薄い。
Response: This dish is tasteless.
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Text: そのアイスはどんな味ですか。
Response: What does the ice cream taste like?
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Response Text: apple
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Text: りんごを1つください。
Response: Please give me one apple.
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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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Response Text: mandarin orange
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Text: みかんを1つください。
Response: Please give me a tangerine.
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Text: うちの庭にみかんの木があります。
Response: There is a mandarin orange tree in our yard.
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Response Text: plate, counter (for plates or helpings)
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Text: 空いたお皿をお下げします。
Response: I'll clear away the empty plates.
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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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Response Text: coffee
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Text: 私は毎朝コーヒーを飲みます。
Response: I drink coffee every morning.
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Text: コーヒーに砂糖は入れますか。
Response: Do you want sugar in your coffee?
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Response Text: cup, glass
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Text: 私は毎朝コップ一杯の水を飲む。
Response: I drink a glass of water every morning.
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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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Response Text: two persons
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Text: 今日は妻と二人で食事をします。
Response: Today I'm having dinner with my wife, just the two of us.
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Text: 私には兄が二人います。
Response: I have two brothers.
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Response Text: stop, cease
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Text: 雨が止みました。
Response: The rain stopped.
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Text: 風は止んでいます。
Response: The wind has stopped blowing.
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Response Text: nine
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Text: 私は九月に行く予定です。
Response: I'm planning to go there in September.
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Text: 今日は九時までに帰ります。
Response: I'll come home by nine today.
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Response Text: daytime, during the day
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Text: 昼間は仕事で忙しいです。
Response: I'm busy with work during the daytime.
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Text: 昼間は電気を消してください。
Response: Please turn the lights off during the day.
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Response Text: about when, about what time
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Text: いつ頃夏休みを取りますか。
Response: When are you going to take a summer vacation?
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Text: いつ頃日本に来れますか。
Response: When will you be able to come to Japan?
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Response Text: (individual) character, letter
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Text: もっと大きく字を書いてください。
Response: Please write in larger letters.
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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: seven (Chinese origin)
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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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Text: 七時に朝ご飯を食べました。
Response: I ate breakfast at seven o'clock.
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Response Text: change (of money)
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Text: 母はお釣りを確かめた。
Response: My mother checked the change.
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Text: お釣りが多いですよ。
Response: You gave me too much change.
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Response Text: surname, family name
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Text: あなたの名字は何ですか。
Response: What's your surname?
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Text: 私の名字は伊藤です。
Response: My last name is Ito.
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Response Text: (one's own) uncle
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Text: おじは銀行に勤めています。
Response: My uncle works at a bank.
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Text: 大阪からおじが来ています。
Response: My uncle is visiting us from Osaka.
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Response Text: (one's own) aunt
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Text: おばは大阪に住んでいます。
Response: My aunt lives in Osaka.
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Text: おばは小さな会社の社長です。
Response: My aunt is the president of a small firm.
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Response Text: (one's own) grandfather (formal)
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Text: 祖父は元気です。
Response: My grandfather is well.
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Text: 祖父が病気になった。
Response: My grandfather got sick.
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Response Text: (one's own) grandmother (formal)
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Text: 祖母は京都で生まれました。
Response: My grandmother was born in Kyoto.
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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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Response Text: importance
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Text: お体をお大事に。
Response: Take care of yourself.
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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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Response Text: view, perspective
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Text: 彼に対する見方が変わりました。
Response: My view of him has changed.
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Text: あなたのものの見方はおもしろいですね。
Response: Your outlook on life is interesting.
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Response Text: bird
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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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Text: 鳥が飛んでいます。
Response: A bird is flying.
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Response Text: dog
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Text: 私は犬が大好きだ。
Response: I love dogs.
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Text: 隣の家には犬がいます。
Response: They have a dog next door.
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Response Text: answer, reply
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Text: 手紙の返事を出しました。
Response: I sent a reply to the letter.
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Text: 友達から返事が来ました。
Response: I've gotten a reply from my friend.
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Response Text: again, also, or
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Text: 明日、また来ます。
Response: I'll come again tomorrow.
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Text: またいつか会いたいですね。
Response: I hope we can see each other again someday.
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Response Text: period of one year
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Text: 年間5万人がここを訪れます。
Response: This place gets 50,000 visitors a year.
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Text: 私は年間で100万円、娘のバレエのレッスンに使います。
Response: I spend about a million yen a year on my daughter's ballet lessons.
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Response Text: blue, green
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Text: 私の好きな色は青です。
Response: My favorite color is blue.
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Text: 信号が青に変わりました。
Response: The traffic light turned green.
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Response Text: red color
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Text: 信号が赤に変わりました。
Response: The traffic light changed to red.
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Text: 私の好きな色は赤です。
Response: My favorite color is red.
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Response Text: signal, traffic light
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Text: 信号が青になった。
Response: The traffic light turned green.
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Text: 信号は黄色でした。
Response: The traffic light was yellow.
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Response Text: circle
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Text: そこに大きな円を描いて。
Response: Draw a big circle there.
Transliterations:
Text: ゲームをするので円になってください。
Response: Because we are playing a game, please make a circle.
Transliterations:
Response Text: very, extremely
Transliterations:
Text: これは非常に重要です。
Response: This is very important.
Transliterations:
Text: この問題は非常に複雑です。
Response: This problem is very complicated.
Transliterations:
Response Text: complicated, intricate
Transliterations:
Text: このプログラムはとても複雑です。
Response: This program is very complicated.
Transliterations:
Text: この問題は非常に複雑です。
Response: This problem is very complicated.
Transliterations:
Response Text: peace, harmony
Transliterations:
Text: この国は平和です。
Response: This country is at peace.
Transliterations:
Text: 私は世界の平和を守りたい。
Response: I want to preserve world peace.
Transliterations:
Response Text: turn round, go around
Transliterations:
Text: 月は地球のまわりを回っています。
Response: The moon spins around the earth.
Transliterations:
Text: 犬が木のまわりを回っている。
Response: A dog is going around the tree.
Transliterations:
Response Text: young person, youth
Transliterations:
Text: 最近の若者は本を読まない。
Response: Young people these days don't read books.
Transliterations:
Text: このエリアは若者に人気です。
Response: This area is popular among young people.
Transliterations:
Response Text: snow, snowfall
Transliterations:
Text: クリスマスに雪が降りました。
Response: It snowed on Christmas Day.
Transliterations:
Text: 白は雪の色です。
Response: White is the color of snow.
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