Description: Welcome to Step 1 of the Japanese Core 2000. The Core 2000 covers the 2nd 1000 most important words in Japanese. If your Japanese is already at an intermediate level, you can start here instead of in the Core 1000.
Difficulty Level: 2
Items Count: 100
Sentences Count: 198
Response Text: great, incredible
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Text: 凄い雨になった。
Response: It began raining heavily.
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Text: 彼はいつもテストで100点を取ります。凄い人です。
Response: He always gets perfect scores on tests. He is an incredible person.
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Response Text: kind, kindhearted
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Text: 親切にしてくださってどうもありがとうございます。
Response: Thank you for being so kind to me.
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Text: あの村の人々はとても親切です。
Response: People in that village are very kind.
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Response Text: absolutely, never
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Text: そんなことは絶対できないよ。
Response: I can never ever do such a thing.
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Text: 絶対に駄目です。
Response: Absolutely not.
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Response Text: last month
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Text: 先月、友達の結婚式があった。
Response: My friend had a wedding last month.
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Text: 先月の七日に孫が生まれました。
Response: My grandchild was born on the seventh of last month.
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Response Text: the year before last (colloquial)
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Text: 一昨年初めて京都へ旅行しました。
Response: I first traveled to Kyoto the year before last.
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Text: 私は一昨年日本に来ました。
Response: I came to Japan the year before last.
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Response Text: winter vacation
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Text: 冬休みにお祖父ちゃんの家に行きます。
Response: I'm going to my grandpa's house during winter break.
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Text: 冬休みは12月25日に始まります。
Response: Winter break starts on December 25th.
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Response Text: summer vacation
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Text: 夏休みにお祖母ちゃんの家へ行きました。
Response: I went to my grandma's house during summer vacation.
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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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Response Text: day off, holiday
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Text: 休日は家でよくテレビを見ます。
Response: I often watch television at home on my days off.
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Text: 明後日は休日です。
Response: The day after tomorrow's a holiday.
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Response Text: New Year
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Text: お正月にはたいてい、家族が集まる。
Response: Our family usually gets together for the New Year.
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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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Response Text: memory
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Text: 旅行で楽しい思い出ができました。
Response: I made wonderful memories during my trip.
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Text: 写真は良い思い出になります。
Response: Photographs make a good souvenir.
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Response Text: occasionally, sometimes
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Text: 彼はたまに料理をします。
Response: He cooks on some occasions.
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Text: 私はたまに映画を見ます。
Response: I sometimes watch movies.
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Response Text: strange, peculiar
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Text: 彼の様子がおかしい。
Response: He's acting strange.
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Text: 近頃、彼女の様子がおかしい。
Response: She's been behaving strangely these days.
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Response Text: shallow, superficial
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Text: この川は浅いです。
Response: This river is shallow.
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Text: ここは浅くて泳げません。
Response: We can't swim here, because it's shallow.
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Response Text: you (referring to fellows or subordinates)
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Text: この本を君にあげます。
Response: I'm going to give you this book.
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Text: 君は何を言っているのかな。
Response: What are you talking about?
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Response Text: (someone else's) wife, married woman
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Text: 彼の奥さんはきれいな方です。
Response: His wife is beautiful.
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Text: 彼は奥さんより年下です。
Response: He's younger than his wife.
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Response Text: baby (colloquial)
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Text: ベッドで赤ちゃんが眠っています。
Response: The baby's sleeping in the bed.
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Text: 赤ちゃんにミルクをあげた。
Response: I gave the baby some milk.
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Response Text: elementary school student
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Text: うちの息子は来年、小学生になります。
Response: Our son will start primary school next year.
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Text: 私の妹は小学生です。
Response: My little sister goes to elementary school.
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Response Text: lend, lease
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Text: 私は彼に本を貸しています。
Response: I'm lending him a book.
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Text: ペンを貸してください。
Response: Can I borrow a pen?
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Response Text: count
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Text: いすの数を数えてください。
Response: Please count the number of chairs.
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Text: その子は指で十数えました。
Response: The child counted to ten on her fingers.
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Response Text: give birth, produce
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Text: うちのネコが子ネコを生みました。
Response: Our cat had kittens.
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Text: 妻はいつか子供を生みたいと言っています。
Response: My wife says she wants to give birth to a baby someday.
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Response Text: be brought up, grow
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Text: 野菜がよく育っている。
Response: The vegetables are growing well.
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Text: 寝る子は育つ。
Response: A child who sleeps well grows well.
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Response Text: by all means, please
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Text: 是非、うちに来てください。
Response: Please come to my house.
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Text: みなさん、是非一緒に歌ってください。
Response: Everybody, please feel free to sing with me.
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Response Text: black color
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Text: 黒のボールペンはありますか。
Response: Do you have a black pen?
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Text: その黒のセーター、いいですね。
Response: The black sweater is nice.
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Response Text: toy, plaything
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Text: 赤ちゃんが自動車のおもちゃで遊んでいる。
Response: The baby's playing with a toy car.
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Text: 息子は飛行機のおもちゃが好きです。
Response: My son likes toy airplanes.
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Response Text: shoes
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Text: 靴が汚れた。
Response: My shoes got dirty.
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Text: この靴は1万円です。
Response: These shoes are ten thousand yen.
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Response Text: contact, communication
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Text: 仕事が終わったら連絡します。
Response: I'll contact you when I finish my work.
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Text: 娘から1週間、連絡がありません。
Response: I haven't heard from my daughter for a week.
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Response Text: message (left by someone)
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Text: 課長から伝言があります。
Response: There's a message from the section chief.
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Text: 伝言をお願いできますか。
Response: Can I leave a message?
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Response Text: deposit, leave (something) with (someone)
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Text: 鍵を彼に預けた。
Response: I left a key with him.
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Text: 今日は姉に子供を預けます。
Response: Today I'll leave my children with my sister.
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Response Text: go down, drop
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Text: やっと熱が下がった。
Response: His fever finally went down.
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Text: あなたの成績が下がったのは当たり前です。
Response: No wonder your grades dropped.
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Response Text: swim
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Text: 彼女はダイエットのために泳いでいる。
Response: She swims to lose weight.
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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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Response Text: part-time job
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Text: 兄はアルバイトをしています。
Response: My big brother works part-time.
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Text: 夏休みにコーヒーショップでアルバイトをしました。
Response: During the summer vacation I had a part-time job at a coffee shop.
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Response Text: coat, jacket (loan word)
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Text: 寒かったのでコートを着た。
Response: I put on a coat because it was cold.
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Text: このコートはとても暖かい。
Response: This coat is really warm.
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Response Text: hobby, interest
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Text: 私の趣味は映画とテニスです。
Response: My hobbies are playing tennis and watching movies.
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Text: 私の趣味は読書です。
Response: My hobby is reading.
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Response Text: walk, stroll
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Text: 公園を散歩しようか。
Response: Do you want to take a walk in the park?
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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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Response Text: happiness, satisfied (colloquial)
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Text: 良い友達がいて私は幸せだ。
Response: I'm happy that I have good friends.
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Text: 私はこの結婚生活に幸せを感じていない。
Response: I'm not happy about my married life.
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Response Text: peace of mind, relief
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Text: それを聞いて安心しました。
Response: I was relieved to hear that.
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Text: 安心するのはまだ早いです。
Response: It's too early to breathe a sigh of relief.
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Response Text: large numbers, a lot of (people)
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Text: 大勢で食事に出かけました。
Response: We went out to eat in a large group.
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Text: そのパーティーに大勢人が来ました。
Response: Many people came to the party.
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Response Text: doctor (colloquial, plain)
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Text: 私は医者に相談した。
Response: I consulted the doctor.
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Text: 彼は医者になりました。
Response: He became a doctor.
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Response Text: driver
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Text: 彼はタクシーの運転手です。
Response: He's a taxi driver.
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Text: 私の父はトラックの運転手です。
Response: My father is a truck driver.
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Response Text: bullet train
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Text: 新幹線で京都に行きました。
Response: I went to Kyoto by bullet train.
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Text: 新幹線の速さはどれくらいですか。
Response: How fast is the bullet train?
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Response Text: round trip
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Text: 往復切符をください。
Response: I'd like a roundtrip ticket please.
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Text: 会社まで往復で2時間かかります。
Response: It takes two hours to get to work and back.
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Response Text: copy, photocopy
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Text: 会議で書類のコピーを配った。
Response: I handed out copies of the document at the meeting.
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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: inner part, the back
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Text: 鋏は机の奥にあった。
Response: The scissors were at the back of the desk.
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Text: 部屋の奥に大きなクローゼットがあります。
Response: There is a big closet in the back of the room.
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Response Text: weight
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Text: この荷物の重さを量ってください。
Response: Please weigh this luggage.
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Text: 彼は自分の言葉の重さが分かっていません。
Response: He doesn't know the weight of his words.
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Response Text: intimate, close
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Text: 週末、親しい友達を家に呼んだ。
Response: I invited a close friend to my house over the weekend.
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Text: 私は、親しい女性は下の名前で呼びます。
Response: I address women I'm close with by their first names.
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Response Text: repair, mending
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Text: 車を修理に出した。
Response: I sent my car for repair.
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Text: 車のモーターを修理したぜ。
Response: I repaired the car's motor.
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Response Text: card
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Text: 支払いはカードでお願いします。
Response: Please pay by credit card.
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Text: 母の日に母にカードを書きました。
Response: On Mother's Day, I wrote my mother a card.
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Response Text: greet, greeting
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Text: 彼女は笑顔で挨拶した。
Response: She greeted me with a smile.
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Text: 始めに会長が挨拶した。
Response: First was the chairman's greetings.
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Response Text: steps, flight of stairs
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Text: 私たちは駅の階段をかけ上がった。
Response: We ran up the station steps.
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Text: そこの階段を下りてください。
Response: Please go down those stairs.
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Response Text: hand out, distribute
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Text: 会議で書類を配った。
Response: I handed out the document at the meeting.
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Text: 道でよくティッシュを配っています。
Response: Tissue packs are often handed out on the street.
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Response Text: refuse, turn down
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Text: 私は彼のプロポーズを断った。
Response: I turned down his marriage proposal.
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Text: 来週のパーティーは断りました。
Response: I turned down the party (invite) next week.
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Response Text: gram
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Text: ひき肉を200グラムください。
Response: Please give me 200 grams of ground meat.
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Text: パンダの赤ちゃんは生まれた時、147グラムしかありませんでした。
Response: The baby panda weighed only 147 grams when it was born.
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Response Text: strong, concentrated
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Text: 私は濃い味が好きだ。
Response: I like strong tastes.
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Text: 彼は眉が濃いね。
Response: He has thick eyebrows.
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Response Text: break (something), destroy
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Text: 彼女が私のケータイを壊した。
Response: She destroyed my cell phone.
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Text: 息子が私の眼鏡を壊しました。
Response: My son broke my glasses.
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Response Text: cherry tree, cherry blossom
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Text: 桜は三月か四月に咲きます。
Response: Cherry blossoms bloom in March or April.
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Text: 桜の花が咲きました。
Response: The cherry blossoms have bloomed.
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Response Text: way, method
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Text: ファイルのダウンロードの仕方が分かりません。
Response: I don't know how to download the file.
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Text: 日本の挨拶の仕方を教えてください。
Response: Please teach me how to greet people in Japanese.
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Response Text: picture, painting
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Text: これは有名な画家の絵です。
Response: This is a painting by a famous artist.
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Text: この絵は美しいです。
Response: This picture is beautiful.
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Response Text: air temperature
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Text: 今日の気温は26度です。
Response: Today's temperature is 26 degrees.
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Text: 現在の気温は30度です。
Response: The current temperature is 30 degrees.
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Response Text: article, goods
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Text: その店はいろいろな品物を売っている。
Response: The shop sells a lot of products.
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Text: 先週送った品物が届いていません。
Response: The goods we sent last week haven't arrived yet.
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Response Text: inhale, suck
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Text: 彼は大きく息を吸った。
Response: He took a deep breath.
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Text: 彼はたばこを吸いません。
Response: He doesn't smoke.
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Response Text: guide, guidance
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Text: 私が中をご案内します。
Response: I'll show you around inside.
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Text: 友達が東京を案内してくれました。
Response: My friend showed me around Tokyo.
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Response Text: ski, skiing
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Text: 冬はよくスキーに行きます。
Response: We go skiing a lot in winter.
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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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Response Text: wealthy person
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Text: 彼は金持ちです。
Response: He's rich.
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Text: 私はもっとお金持ちの家に生まれたかった。
Response: I wanted to be born in a wealthier family.
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Response Text: inquire, ask
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Text: 彼女は道を尋ねた。
Response: She asked for directions.
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Text: 先生は、みんなの意見を尋ねました。
Response: The teacher asked everyone for their opinion.
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Response Text: tap, hit
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Text: 彼は子供のおしりを叩いた。
Response: He slapped his child on his bottom.
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Text: 知らない人に肩を叩かれました。
Response: A stranger tapped my shoulder.
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Response Text: return, going home
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Text: 仕事の帰りにビールを飲んだ。
Response: I had a beer on the way home from work.
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Text: 帰りに叔母の家に寄ります。
Response: I'll drop in at my aunt's house on the way home.
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Response Text: egg
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Text: ニワトリは卵を産みます。
Response: Chickens lay eggs.
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Text: このオムレツに卵を三つ使いました。
Response: I used three eggs for this omelette.
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Response Text: ice
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Text: グラスに氷を入れてください。
Response: Please put some ice in my glass.
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Text: アイスコーヒーを氷なしでお願いします。
Response: I'll have iced coffee without ice.
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Response Text: student studying abroad
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Text: 彼は留学生です。
Response: He's an international student.
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Text: 私の学校にアメリカから留学生が来ます。
Response: A foreign student from America is coming to my school.
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Response Text: software, program (for short)
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Text: このソフトで日本語を勉強することができます。
Response: You can study Japanese with this software.
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Text: このソフトにはいろいろな機能があります。
Response: This software has a variety of features.
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Response Text: dentist
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Text: 私は歯医者が嫌いです。
Response: I hate the dentist.
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Text: 歯が痛いので歯医者に行きました。
Response: I have a toothache, so I went to the dentist.
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Response Text: kick
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Text: ゴールキーパーがボールを蹴った。
Response: The goalkeeper kicked the ball.
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Text: 飛行機で前の席を蹴らないでください。
Response: Please don't kick the seat in front of you on the plane.
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Response Text: lay, spread
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Text: 生まれて初めて布団を敷いた。
Response: I laid out the futon for the first time in my life.
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Text: 彼は部屋にもう1枚カーペットを敷きました。
Response: He laid another carpet (on the floor of) the room.
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Response Text: some moments, a while
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Text: 楽しいひとときをお過ごしください。
Response: Please have a good time.
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Text: 私は、ディズニーランドで夢のようなひとときを過ごしました。
Response: I spent dream-like moments in Disney Land.
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Response Text: traffic accident
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Text: 彼は交通事故を起こした。
Response: He caused a traffic accident.
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Text: 今日の交通事故はゼロです。
Response: There were no traffic accidents today.
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Response Text: encounter, get caught in
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Text: 彼は交通事故に遭った。
Response: He had a traffic accident.
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Text: 兄と喧嘩して、痛い目に遭いました。
Response: I had a fight with my older brother and ended up in pain.
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Response Text: invitation
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Text: 高校のときの先生を結婚式に招待した。
Response: I invited my high school teacher to the wedding.
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Text: ご招待、ありがとうございます。
Response: Thank you for the invitation.
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Response Text: bloom, blossom
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Text: 桜の花が咲きました。
Response: Cherry blossoms have bloomed.
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Text: 小さい花が咲いています。
Response: Small flowers are blooming.
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Response Text: 20 years old
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Text: 妹は来年、二十歳になります。
Response: My little sister will be 20 next year.
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Text: 日本では二十歳からお酒を飲めます。
Response: In Japan, people can drink alcohol after the age of twenty.
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Response Text: silver
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Text: 彼は銀メダルを取った。
Response: He got the silver medal.
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Text: 娘に銀のブレスレットを買いました。
Response: I bought a silver bracelet for my daughter.
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Response Text: inside, interior
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Text: 白線の内側に下がってください。
Response: Please step back behind the white line.
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Text: カップの内側の線までお湯を入れてください。
Response: Please pour hot water up to the line inside the cup.
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Response Text: pond
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Text: 池に鯉がいます。
Response: There are carp in the pond.
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Text: あの池はとても深い。
Response: That pond is very deep.
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Response Text: stone, small rock
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Text: 私は石につまずいた。
Response: I tripped on a stone.
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Text: 男の子が川に石を投げています。
Response: A boy is throwing a rock in the river.
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Response Text: love
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Text: 彼女は愛をこめて手紙を書いた。
Response: She wrote the letter with love.
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Text: 子供は親の愛を求めます。
Response: Children need their parents' love.
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Response Text: section, division
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Text: 今から課のミーティングがある。
Response: Our division is going to have a meeting now.
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Text: 今日は前の課の復習をします。
Response: Today we are going to review the previous section.
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Response Text: graduate school
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Text: 彼は大学院に進みました。
Response: He's gone on to graduate school.
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Text: 私は大学院でもっと科学を勉強したいです。
Response: I want to study science more in graduate school.
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Response Text: kitchen
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Text: お母さんは台所にいます。
Response: Mother's in the kitchen.
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Text: 台所にねずみが出た。
Response: A mouse came out in the kitchen.
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Response Text: color (loan word)
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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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Text: 私たちのチームのカラーは青です。
Response: Our team color is blue.
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Response Text: pickpocket
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Text: すりに財布をとられた。
Response: A pickpocket took my wallet.
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Text: 海外に行く時はすりに気を付けてください。
Response: Please watch out for pickpockets when you go abroad.
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Response Text: camping, camp
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Text: 友達とキャンプに行った。
Response: I went camping with my friend.
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Text: 私たちは毎年、夏に家族でキャンプをします。
Response: We go camping with the family every summer.
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Response Text: motorbike, motorcycle
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Text: 彼はオートバイに乗っている。
Response: He rides a motorcycle.
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Text: 私はオートバイで事故に遭いました。
Response: I got into a motorcycle accident.
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Response Text: be built, be erected
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Text: ここに来年、家が建ちます。
Response: Our house will be built here next year.
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Text: 丘の上にホテルが建ちましたね。
Response: A hotel was built on top of the hill.
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Response Text: sting, stab
Transliterations:
Text: 虫に腕を刺されました。
Response: I got an insect bite on my arm.
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Text: 蚊に足を刺された。
Response: I was bitten on my foot by a mosquito.
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Response Text: way of speaking, expression
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Text: そんな言い方をしてはいけません。
Response: Don't you ever talk like that.
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Text: もっと言い方に気を付けてください。
Response: Please be careful about how you say things.
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Response Text: sink
Transliterations:
Text: ボートが川に沈んだ。
Response: The boat sank in the river.
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Text: 太陽は西に沈みます。
Response: The sun sets in the west.
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Response Text: set up, put together
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Text: 日曜日に本棚を組み立てます。
Response: I'll build and set up the bookshelf on Sunday.
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Text: 私は自分でこのベッドを組み立てました。
Response: I put this bed together by myself.
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Response Text: terrible, awful
Transliterations:
Text: 昨夜恐ろしい夢を見た。
Response: I had a terrible dream last night.
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Text: 3年前、ここで恐ろしい事故がありました。
Response: Three years ago, there was a terrible accident here.
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Response Text: foreigner, alien
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Text: この町には外人が少ない。
Response: There are few foreigners in this town.
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Text: 今日、外人に道を聞かれました。
Response: Today, a foreigner asked me for directions.
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Response Text: cattle, cow
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Text: 牛が草を食べています。
Response: The cow is eating grass.
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Text: 牛は上手に泳ぐことができます。
Response: Cows can swim well.
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Response Text: cafeteria, canteen
Transliterations:
Text: 大学の食堂は安い。
Response: The university cafeteria is cheap.
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Text: この食堂はセルフサービスです。
Response: This canteen is self-service.
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