Description: This is Step 9 of the Japanese Core 1000, a series covering the 1,000 most commonly used words in Japanese. Mastering these 1,000 items and sentences will give you the vocabulary and sentence patterns to function in most everyday situations.
Difficulty Level: 2
Items Count: 100
Sentences Count: 197
Response Text: delicious, tasty (used by male)
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Text: うまい寿司屋を見つけたよ。
Response: I found a good sushi restaurant.
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Text: あそこのハンバーガーはすごくうまい。
Response: The hamburgers there are very delicious.
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Response Text: recollect, recall
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Text: 大切な用事を思い出しました。
Response: I just remembered something important I need to take care of.
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Text: 彼の名前が思い出せない。
Response: I can't remember his name.
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Response Text: hear, be heard
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Text: 隣の部屋からテレビの音が聞こえる。
Response: I can hear the sound of TV from the next room.
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Text: 雨の音が聞こえる。
Response: I can hear the sound of rain.
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Response Text: borrow
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Text: 彼にビデオを借りました。
Response: I borrowed a video from him.
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Text: 図書館で料理の本を借りた。
Response: I borrowed a cookbook from the library.
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Response Text: return, repay
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Text: 図書館に本を返した。
Response: I returned the book to the library.
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Text: まだ母にお金を返していない。
Response: I haven't paid back my mother yet.
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Response Text: receive, get
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Text: 彼からメールを受け取りました。
Response: I got an email from him.
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Text: 昨日、手紙を受け取りました。
Response: Yesterday I received the letter.
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Response Text: discard, abandon
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Text: ゴミを捨ててください。
Response: Please throw away the garbage.
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Text: 私は古い服を全部捨てました。
Response: I discarded all my old clothes.
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Response Text: together, same (colloquial)
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Text: あの二人はいつも一緒です。
Response: Those two are always together.
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Text: どっちでも一緒だよ。
Response: Both are the same.
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Response Text: game, amusement
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Text: お正月にはいろいろな遊びをします。
Response: We play a lot of games at New Year's.
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Text: 日本の遊びを教えてください。
Response: Please teach me Japanese games.
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Response Text: move, transfer
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Text: 机を窓のそばに移しました。
Response: I moved the desk near the window.
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Text: 新しいパソコンにデータを移しました。
Response: I transferred the data to the new computer.
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Response Text: size, dimension
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Text: この大きさの封筒が欲しいのですが。
Response: I'd like an envelope of this size.
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Text: あなたのスーツケースの大きさを教えてください。
Response: Please tell me the size of your suitcase.
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Response Text: thought, idea
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Text: それは良い考えです。
Response: That's a good idea.
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Text: 私には考えがあります。
Response: I have an idea.
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Response Text: airport (for public transportation)
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Text: 空港までリムジンバスで行った。
Response: I went to the airport by shuttle bus.
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Text: 姉が空港まで迎えに来てくれます。
Response: My big sister is coming to pick me up at the airport.
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Response Text: departure, starting
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Text: あと15分で出発です。
Response: Departure will be in fifteen minutes.
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Text: 明日はいよいよ出発の日です。
Response: We'll finally leave here tomorrow.
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Response Text: map, atlas
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Text: 地図を見てきてください。
Response: Please look at the map to get here.
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Text: 私は地図が読めません。
Response: I can't read a map.
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Response Text: drive
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Text: 父は安全運転だ。
Response: My father drives safely.
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Text: トラックを運転できますか。
Response: Can you drive a truck?
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Response Text: get off, land
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Text: 次の駅で降ります。
Response: I get off at the next station.
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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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Response Text: gas (loan word)
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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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Text: ガスを使う時は気を付けてください。
Response: Please be careful when you use gas.
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Response Text: without exception, always
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Text: 必ずシートベルトを着けてください。
Response: Always wear your seatbelt.
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Text: この薬を必ず飲んでください。
Response: Please be sure to take this medicine.
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Response Text: camera
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Text: カメラが壊れた。
Response: My camera broke.
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Text: ホテルにカメラを忘れました。
Response: I forgot my camera at the hotel.
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Response Text: go to and from, frequent a place
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Text: 私はジムに通っています。
Response: I go to a gym.
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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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Response Text: suddenly, unexpectedly
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Text: 急に用事を思い出した。
Response: I suddenly remembered something I have to take care of.
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Text: 友達が急に家に来た。
Response: My friend suddenly came to my home.
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Response Text: salaried worker
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Text: 父はサラリーマンです。
Response: My father is a salaried worker.
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Text: 私の夫はサラリーマンです。
Response: My husband is a salaried worker.
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Response Text: salary, pay
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Text: 来年から給料が上がります。
Response: I'm getting a pay raise as of next year.
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Text: この会社は給料があまりよくありません。
Response: Salaries at this company aren't that good.
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Response Text: piece of music
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Text: 私はこの曲が大好きです。
Response: I love this piece of music.
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Text: この曲、聞いたことがあります。
Response: I've heard of this piece of music.
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Response Text: cut well, be sharp
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Text: このはさみはよく切れますね。
Response: These scissors cut well.
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Text: このナイフはあまり切れません。
Response: This knife doesn't cut well.
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Response Text: correct, righteous
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Text: それは正しい答えです。
Response: That's the correct answer.
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Text: 彼はいつも自分が正しいと思っている。
Response: He thinks he's always right.
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Response Text: painful, agonizing
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Text: 食べ過ぎておなかが苦しい。
Response: I have eaten too much and my stomach hurts.
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Text: このセーターは首の所が苦しいです。
Response: This sweater is tight around the neck.
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Response Text: minute, fine
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Text: 彼女は細かいことにうるさい。
Response: She's fussy about small details.
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Text: 細かいことはあとで決めましょう。
Response: Let's decide on the details later.
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Response Text: quiet
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Text: 今年の夏休みには静かな所へ行きたい。
Response: I want to go to a quiet place this summer vacation.
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Text: 今日はみんな、静かですね。
Response: Everybody is quiet today.
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Response Text: health
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Text: 私は健康な生活を送っています。
Response: I'm living a healthy lifestyle.
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Text: 健康が一番大切だ。
Response: The most important thing is your health.
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Response Text: golf
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Text: 兄はゴルフを始めました。
Response: My older brother started playing golf.
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Text: 明日はゴルフをしに行きます。
Response: Tomorrow, I'll go to play golf.
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Response Text: course, route
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Text: 私は日本語コースを取っています。
Response: I'm taking a Japanese course.
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Text: バスはいつもと違うコースを走った。
Response: The bus took a different route from normal.
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Response Text: order, ask for
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Text: 私はハンバーガーを頼みました。
Response: I ordered a hamburger.
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Text: 今夜はピザを頼みましょう。
Response: Let's order pizza tonight.
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Response Text: be troubled, not know what to do
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Text: ケータイをなくして困っています。
Response: I lost my cell phone and don't know what to do.
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Text: ホテルの場所が分からなくて困っています。
Response: I'm in trouble because I can't find the location of the hotel.
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Response Text: all the time, all through
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Text: 父は休みの日はずっとテレビを見ている。
Response: My father spends his days off watching TV all the time.
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Text: これからはずっと一緒だよ。
Response: We will be together all the time from now on.
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Response Text: for example
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Text: 例えば、このソフトで日本語を勉強することができます。
Response: You can use this software to study Japanese, for example.
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Text: 例えばどんなことをしたいですか。
Response: Like (for example) what kind of things do you want to do?
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Response Text: intention, purpose
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Text: 明日からタバコを止めるつもりです。
Response: I'll stop smoking as of tomorrow.
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Text: 週末は子供と公園に行くつもりです。
Response: This weekend, I'm going to the park with my children.
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Response Text: a little while, a while
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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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Text: しばらく仕事を休みます。
Response: I'll be absent from work for a while.
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Response Text: introduction
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Text: 両親に彼女を紹介した。
Response: I introduced my girlfriend to my parents.
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Text: 誰かいい人を紹介してください。
Response: Please introduce me to someone nice.
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Response Text: elementary school
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Text: 家の近くに小学校があります。
Response: There's an elementary school near my house.
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Text: 娘は今年、小学校に入りました。
Response: My daughter started elementary school this year.
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Response Text: park, public garden
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Text: 公園に小さな池があります。
Response: There's a small pond in the park.
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Text: 子供たちが公園で遊んでいる。
Response: Kids are playing in the park.
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Response Text: junior high
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Text: 息子は中学に通っています。
Response: My son goes to junior high.
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Text: 中学では野球をしていました。
Response: When I was in junior high school, I played baseball.
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Response Text: results, grade
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Text: 成績が上がりました。
Response: His grades went up.
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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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Response Text: textbook, schoolbook
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Text: 日本語の教科書を忘れた。
Response: I forgot my Japanese textbook.
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Text: 教科書を閉じてください。
Response: Please close your textbooks.
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Response Text: seat, one's place
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Text: この席、空いてますか。
Response: Is this seat taken?
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Text: 後ろの席が空いています。
Response: The rear seat is empty.
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Response Text: classroom, class
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Text: 私の教室は3階にあります。
Response: My classroom is on the third floor.
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Text: その学校は教室がとても広いです。
Response: Classrooms in the school are very spacious.
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Response Text: teacher, instructor (formal)
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Text: 彼は高校教師だ。
Response: He's a high school teacher.
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Text: 父は英語教師です。
Response: My father is an English teacher.
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Response Text: exam
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Text: 彼は採用試験に合格した。
Response: He passed the employment exam.
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Text: 明日の試験、頑張ってね。
Response: Good luck on tomorrow's exam.
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Response Text: passing an examination
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Text: 娘が入学試験に合格しました。
Response: My daughter passed the university entrance exam.
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Text: 彼はトップの成績で合格しました。
Response: He passed with the best score.
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Response Text: mathematics
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Text: 兄は数学の先生です。
Response: My big brother's a math teacher.
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Text: 彼は数学を教えています。
Response: He teaches mathematics.
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Response Text: numeric characters, number
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Text: 数字は苦手です。
Response: I'm not good with numbers.
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Text: 1から4の中から一つ選び、数字で答えなさい。
Response: Select (a response) from 1 to 4, and provide the number (of the response).
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Response Text: music
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Text: 私は音楽を聞くのが好きだ。
Response: I like to listen to music.
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Text: 彼はステレオで音楽を聞いた。
Response: He listened to music on the stereo.
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Response Text: meal, food
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Text: 今日は上司と食事をする。
Response: I'm eating with my boss today.
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Text: 一緒に食事しようか。
Response: Do you want to eat together?
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Response Text: wall, partition
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Text: 壁に絵が掛かっている。
Response: There's a painting on the wall.
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Text: 壁に大きな時計が掛かっています。
Response: There's a big clock hanging on the wall.
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Response Text: believe, trust
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Text: 彼はキリストを信じている。
Response: He believes in Jesus Christ.
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Text: 私は彼女の話を信じていません。
Response: I don't believe her story.
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Response Text: bring up, raise
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Text: 彼女は三人の子を育てました。
Response: She raised three children.
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Text: 私は庭でハーブを育てています。
Response: I grow herbs in my yard.
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Response Text: fall over
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Text: 強風で木が倒れた。
Response: A tree fell down in the gale.
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Text: 駅で急に人が倒れました。
Response: Someone suddenly collapsed at the station.
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Response Text: drop
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Text: 途中で財布を落としました。
Response: I lost my purse on the way.
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Text: 皿を落として割った。
Response: I dropped the plate and broke it.
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Response Text: substitute, be substituted for
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Text: 上司に代わって会議に出た。
Response: I attended the conference in place of my boss.
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Text: 彼に代わる人はいません。
Response: Nobody can replace him.
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Response Text: taxi
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Text: タクシーを呼んでください。
Response: Please call a taxi.
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Text: 駅からはタクシーに乗ってください。
Response: Please take a taxi from the station.
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Response Text: for sure, for certain
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Text: 彼の昇進は確かだ。
Response: He's sure to get a promotion.
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Text: 彼が元気なのは確かだ。
Response: It is certain that he's well.
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Response Text: stand, set up
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Text: 彼はケーキにろうそくを立てた。
Response: He placed the candles on the cake.
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Text: みんなで週末の予定を立てました。
Response: We made plans for the weekend with everyone.
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Response Text: junior high school student
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Text: 息子は中学生です。
Response: My son is a junior high school student.
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Text: 私は中学生になって初めて英語を勉強しました。
Response: I started studying English for the first time as a junior high school student.
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Response Text: sell, be in demand
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Text: 今年の夏はクーラーがよく売れた。
Response: Air conditioners sold well this summer.
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Text: この雑誌はよく売れています。
Response: This magazine sells well.
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Response Text: arrive at, reach
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Text: 午後8時に大阪に着きます。
Response: I will arrive in Osaka at 8:00 pm.
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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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Response Text: be decided
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Text: 旅行の日程が決まりました。
Response: I've decided on my travel schedule.
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Text: 新しい仕事が決まりました。
Response: I got a new job.
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Response Text: decorate
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Text: テーブルの上に花を飾りました。
Response: I decorated the table with flowers.
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Text: 玄関に花を飾りました。
Response: I decorated the entrance with flowers.
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Response Text: kill
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Text: 私は生き物を殺すのが嫌いだ。
Response: I hate killing living things.
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Text: そこのゴキブリを殺してください!
Response: Please kill the cockroach there!
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Response Text: lower, turn down
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Text: 少し音量を下げてください。
Response: Please turn the volume down a little.
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Text: 彼はお客様に頭を下げた。
Response: He bowed to his customer.
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Response Text: offer, give
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Text: 母に花を贈った。
Response: I gave my mother some flowers.
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Text: クラスのみんなで先生にプレゼントを贈りました。
Response: Our class gave our teacher a present.
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Response Text: visit, go to see
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Text: 彼はニューヨークの友達を訪ねた。
Response: He visited his friend in New York.
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Text: 私は、夏休みに大阪の祖母を訪ねました。
Response: I visited my grandmother in Osaka during the summer vacation.
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Response Text: hit, strike
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Text: 転んでひざを打ちました。
Response: I fell down and hit my knee.
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Text: 祖父は倒れた時、頭を強く打ちました。
Response: When my grandfather collapsed, he hit his head hard.
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Response Text: consultation, advice
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Text: 相談したいことがあります。
Response: I'd like to get your advice on something.
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Text: 私は医者に相談した。
Response: I consulted the doctor.
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Response Text: entrance, front door
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Text: 玄関に花を飾りました。
Response: I decorated the entrance with flowers.
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Text: 玄関のベルが鳴った。
Response: The door bell rang.
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Response Text: sibling
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Text: 彼は3人兄弟です。
Response: He is one of the three siblings.
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Text: あなたは何人兄弟ですか。
Response: How many kids are in your family?
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Response Text: eldest son
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Text: 彼の長男は8才です。
Response: His oldest son is eight years old.
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Text: 姉は長男と結婚した。
Response: My older sister got married to an eldest son.
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Response Text: height
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Text: 富士山の高さは3,776メートルです。
Response: The height of Mt. Fuji is 3,776m.
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Text: 東京スカイツリーの高さを知っていますか。
Response: Do you know the height of the Tokyo Skytree?
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Response Text: things to do
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Text: 私に何か用ですか。
Response: Do you need me for something?
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Text: 今日はちょっと用があります。
Response: I've got a few things to do today.
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Response Text: age, era
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Text: 今は便利さとスピードの時代だ。
Response: We're living in the age of convenience and speed.
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Text: 江戸時代は1603年に始まりました。
Response: The Edo Period started in 1603.
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Response Text: position, location
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Text: 私の町は東京の北に位置します。
Response: My town is located north of Tokyo.
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Text: ホテルの正しい位置が分かりません。
Response: I don't know the exact location of the hotel.
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Response Text: season
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Text: 私の一番好きな季節は春です。
Response: My favorite season is spring.
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Text: 日本には四つの季節があります。
Response: There are four seasons in Japan.
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Response Text: hole
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Text: 靴下に穴が開いている。
Response: There are holes in my socks.
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Text: 子ネコが穴に落ちてしまった。
Response: A kitten fell into a hole.
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Response Text: the back, the reverse side
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Text: 会社の裏に公園があります。
Response: There's a park behind the company.
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Text: 裏の家にはおじいさんが一人で住んでいます。
Response: In the house behind ours, an elderly man lives alone.
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Response Text: island (Japanese origin)
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Text: 日本は島国です。
Response: Japan is an island nation.
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Text: その島には誰も住んでいません。
Response: Nobody lives on the island.
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Response Text: seashore, coast
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Text: 海岸を散歩しましょう。
Response: Let's take a walk along the coast.
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Text: 初めてのキスは海岸でだったの。
Response: I had my first kiss on the beach.
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Response Text: glass (material)
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Text: クリスタルガラスの花瓶を買いました。
Response: I bought a crystal glass vase.
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Text: シンデレラはガラスの靴を履いていました。
Response: Cinderella was wearing glass shoes.
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Response Text: natural
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Text: 親が子供を守るのは自然なことだ。
Response: It's natural that parents protect their children.
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Text: 私は自然な日本語を話したいです。
Response: I want to speak natural Japanese.
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Response Text: wind
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Text: 今日は風が強いです。
Response: The wind is strong today.
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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: science
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Text: 科学は常に進歩している。
Response: Science is always advancing.
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Text: 私は大学で社会科学を勉強しました。
Response: I studied social science at university.
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Response Text: sun
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Text: 太陽が雲に隠れた。
Response: The sun hid behind the clouds.
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Text: もう1週間、太陽を見ていません。
Response: We haven't seen the sun for a week now.
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Response Text: typhoon
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Text: 台風が近づいている。
Response: The typhoon's getting closer.
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Text: 台風で木が倒れた。
Response: The tree fell in the typhoon.
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Response Text: north
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Text: ロシアは日本の北にあります。
Response: Russia is north of Japan.
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Text: 私の町は東京の北に位置します。
Response: My town is located north of Tokyo.
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Response Text: horse
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Text: 彼は牧場で馬に乗った。
Response: He rode a horse at the ranch.
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Text: 馬はにんじんやりんごが好きです。
Response: Horses like carrots and apples.
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Response Text: beef
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Text: 夕食に牛肉を買った。
Response: I bought beef for dinner.
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Text: 牛肉は高いので、ほとんど買いません。
Response: Beef is expensive, so I hardly ever buy it.
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Response Text: magazine, journal
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Text: この雑誌はよく売れています。
Response: This magazine is selling well.
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Text: 彼女は雑誌を読んでいます。
Response: She's reading a magazine.
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Response Text: novel
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Text: 私は月に3冊くらい小説を読みます。
Response: I read about three novels a month.
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Text: 彼は今、小説を書いています。
Response: He's writing a novel now.
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Response Text: embassy
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Text: 彼は大使館に勤めています。
Response: He works at an embassy.
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Text: カナダの日本大使館はオタワにあります。
Response: The Japanese embassy in Canada is located in Ottawa.
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Response Text: malfunction, breakdown
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Text: 冷蔵庫が故障しました。
Response: The refrigerator broke down.
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Text: 私の車は故障しています。
Response: My car is broken.
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Response Text: temperature
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Text: 今、部屋の温度は25度だ。
Response: This room's temperature is currently 25 degrees.
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Text: 外の温度はマイナス3度です。
Response: The temperature outside is minus three degrees.
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