Description: Welcome to Step 3 of the Japanese Core 2000. Mastering all the items in the Core 1000 and Core 2000 will give you a very strong foundation in Japanese. Not only will you understand dialogue in most basic situations, you'll also start to develop skills for reading on your own.
Difficulty Level: 2
Items Count: 100
Sentences Count: 198
Response Text: foreign language
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Text: 外国語を習うのは難しい。
Response: Learning a foreign language is hard.
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Text: 日本では外国語として英語を習います。
Response: In Japan, people learn English as a foreign language.
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Response Text: traditional Japanese clothes
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Text: 彼女は着物がよく似合います。
Response: She looks good in kimono.
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Text: お正月に着物を着る人もいます。
Response: Some people wear kimonos during New Year.
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Response Text: milk
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Text: 私は毎朝、牛乳を飲む。
Response: I drink milk every morning.
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Text: この牛乳はもう古くなっています。
Response: This milk has gotten old.
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Response Text: ambulance
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Text: 誰か救急車を呼んでください。
Response: Someone please call an ambulance.
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Text: 昨日の夜、祖父が救急車で運ばれました。
Response: Last night, my grandfather was taken (to the hospital) by an ambulance.
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Response Text: fruit
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Text: デザートに果物を食べましょう。
Response: Let's have some fruit for dessert.
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Text: 昨日珍しい果物を食べました。
Response: I ate some unusual fruit yesterday.
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Response Text: mistake, error
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Text: この文には間違いがあります。
Response: There's a mistake in this sentence.
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Text: 彼女は同じ間違いを繰り返した。
Response: She repeated the same mistake.
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Response Text: movie theater
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Text: 彼と近くの映画館に行きました。
Response: I went to a nearby movie theater with him.
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Text: この映画館のポップコーンは美味しいですよ。
Response: The popcorn at this movie theater is good.
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Response Text: scary, be afraid
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Text: 私は犬が怖いです。
Response: I'm scared of dogs.
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Text: 私は怖い夢を見ました。
Response: I had a scary dream.
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Response Text: mirror
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Text: 彼女は鏡を見て髪を直した。
Response: She looked in the mirror and fixed her hair.
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Text: 私は夜、鏡を見るのが怖いです。
Response: I'm scared to look at a mirror at night.
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Response Text: grass, weed
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Text: 庭に草が生えている。
Response: Weeds are growing in the garden.
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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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Response Text: polite speech
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Text: お客様には敬語を使いなさい。
Response: Use polite language to customers.
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Text: 敬語を正しく使うのは難しいです。
Response: It is difficult to use honorific language properly.
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Response Text: absence (from school, a gathering, etc.)
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Text: 風邪のため今日は欠席します。
Response: I'll be absent today because I have a cold.
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Text: 彼女は今日、日本語の授業を欠席しました。
Response: She was absent from the Japanese class today.
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Response Text: switch
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Text: 彼はカーラジオのスイッチを入れた。
Response: He switched on his car radio.
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Text: 部屋の電気のスイッチがどこか分かりません。
Response: I don't know where the switch for the light in the room is.
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Response Text: cleaning
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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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Text: トイレを掃除しましたか。
Response: Did you clean the toilet?
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Response Text: straw mat
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Text: そのホテルには畳の部屋がある。
Response: That hotel has tatami rooms.
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Text: 新しい畳はいい匂いがします。
Response: The new tatami mats smell good.
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Response Text: speed
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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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Text: 彼はすごい速さで走っていきました。
Response: He ran off at a great speed.
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Response Text: woods, forest
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Text: 私たちは林の中に入っていった。
Response: We entered the woods.
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Text: その林には鹿がいます。
Response: There are deer in the forest.
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Response Text: present (loan word)
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Text: 誕生日にプレゼントをもらいました。
Response: I got some presents on my birthday.
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Text: 友達が誕生日プレゼントをくれた。
Response: My friend gave me a birthday present.
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Response Text: boxed lunch
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Text: 今日は弁当を持ってきました。
Response: I brought a boxed lunch today.
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Text: お母さんが毎日美味しいお弁当を作ってくれます。
Response: My mother makes me a delicious boxed lunch every day.
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Response Text: at all times, any time
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Text: いつでもうちに来てください。
Response: Please come to my house any time.
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Text: 質問があったら、いつでも聞いてください。
Response: If you have questions, please ask me any time.
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Response Text: lonely, desolate
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Text: これは寂しい曲ですね。
Response: This is a lonely song.
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Text: あなたがいなくて寂しいです。
Response: I feel lonely because you are not with me.
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Response Text: (not) in the least
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Text: あなたは少しも悪くない。
Response: It's not your fault in the least.
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Text: 私は今日の数学の授業が少しも分かりませんでした。
Response: I didn't understand even a bit of today's math class.
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Response Text: respect, esteem
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Text: 祖父は家族みんなに尊敬されています。
Response: My grandfather is respected by the whole family.
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Text: あなたの尊敬する人は誰ですか。
Response: Who is someone you respect?
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Response Text: tennis
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Text: 彼らはよくテニスをしています。
Response: They often play tennis.
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Text: 新しいコートでテニスをしました。
Response: I played tennis on the new court.
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Response Text: area, extent
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Text: その家の広さはどれ位ですか。
Response: How big is that house?
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Text: 私は東京ドームの広さを調べました。
Response: I looked into how big the Tokyo Dome is.
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Response Text: reading
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Text: 私はその漢字の読みを間違えました。
Response: I read the Kanji character wrong.
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Text: 同じ漢字でも読みが二つ以上ある言葉があります。
Response: There are words that use the same Kanji characters but have two or more different readings.
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Response Text: patience, endurance
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Text: 彼のわがままには我慢できません。
Response: I can't put up with his selfishness.
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Text: 我慢が必要な時もあります。
Response: There are times when patience is required.
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Response Text: nationality, citizenship
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Text: 私は日本国籍です。
Response: I'm a Japanese citizen.
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Text: 彼はアメリカと日本の国籍を持っています。
Response: He has Japanese and American citizenship.
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Response Text: embarrassed, ashamed
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Text: とても恥ずかしかった。
Response: It was very embarrassing.
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Text: 私は字が汚くて恥ずかしいです。
Response: I'm embarrassed that my handwriting is messy.
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Response Text: button
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Text: ボタンを押してください。
Response: Please press the button.
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Text: シャツのボタンが取れた。
Response: My shirt button came off.
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Response Text: (western-style) clothes
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Text: 今日は洋服を買いにいきます。
Response: I'm going to buy some clothes today.
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Text: 彼女は洋服をたくさん持っています。
Response: She has lots of clothes.
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Response Text: oil
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Text: 水と油は混ざらない。
Response: Oil and water don't mix.
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Text: 私は料理をする時、油をあまり使いません。
Response: When I cook, I don't use that much oil.
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Response Text: funny, comical
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Text: 彼の話はおかしかった。
Response: His story was funny.
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Text: 子供みたいなことをして、おかしいね。
Response: It's funny that he/she has done a childish thing.
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Response Text: remain, be in excess
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Text: 夕食の料理がたくさん余った。
Response: We have a lot of leftover from dinner.
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Text: みんなから集めたお金が少し余りました。
Response: There's a bit of money leftover (from the amount that) we collected from everybody.
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Response Text: sports court
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Text: 新しいコートでテニスをしました。
Response: I played tennis on the new court.
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Text: コートの数え方は「面」です。
Response: We use (the counting word) "men" to count game courts.
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Response Text: honest, upright
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Text: 彼女はとても正直だ。
Response: She's very honest.
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Text: 自分の気持ちを正直に言ってください。
Response: Please tell me how you really feel.
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Response Text: drama
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Text: 私はドラマを見るのが好きです。
Response: I like to watch TV dramas.
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Text: 私は昼のドラマを毎日見ます。
Response: I watch daytime dramas every day.
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Response Text: visa
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Text: 学生ビザを持っています。
Response: I have a student visa.
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Text: その国はビザなしで入れますか。
Response: Can we enter the country without a visa?
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Response Text: water service, channel
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Text: 東京は水道の水がまずい。
Response: Tap water in Tokyo doesn't taste good.
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Text: この国では水道の水を飲んではいけません。
Response: In this country, you must not drink the tap water.
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Response Text: clerk, salesperson
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Text: あの店員はとても親切です。
Response: That store clerk is very kind.
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Text: 店員は若い女の人でした。
Response: The salesclerk was a young woman.
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Response Text: battery
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Text: 新しい電池を入れましょう。
Response: Let's put in a new battery.
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Text: 携帯電話の電池が切れている。
Response: The battery of my cell phone is drained.
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Response Text: pocket
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Text: 財布をポケットにしまった。
Response: I put my wallet in my pocket.
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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: handshake
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Text: 彼らは握手をした。
Response: They shook hands.
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Text: 卒業式のあと、先生と握手しました。
Response: After the graduation ceremony, I shook hands with the teacher.
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Response Text: soon, it's about time
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Text: そろそろ始めましょうか。
Response: It's about time to begin.
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Text: ではそろそろ失礼します。
Response: Well, it's about time for me to go.
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Response Text: grapes
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Text: 私はぶどうが好きです。
Response: I like grapes.
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Text: このぶどうは酸っぱいです。
Response: These grapes are sour.
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Response Text: get lost
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Text: 道に迷いました。
Response: I'm lost.
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Text: 途中で迷って遅くなってしまいました。
Response: I was late because I got lost on the way.
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Response Text: sightseeing, visit
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Text: みんなで東京見物をした。
Response: We all went sightseeing in Tokyo.
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Text: 今日、浅草を見物しました。
Response: Today, we did sightseeing in Asakusa.
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Response Text: let know, inform
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Text: みんなに会議の日にちを知らせた。
Response: I informed everyone of the date of the meeting.
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Text: 友達がコンサートの時間を知らせてくれました。
Response: A friend of mine told me the time of the concert.
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Response Text: Shinto shrine
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Text: 京都には神社がたくさんある。
Response: There are many Shinto shrines in Kyoto.
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Text: 今日、神社でお祭りがあります。
Response: Today, there is a festival at the shrine.
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Response Text: injection, shot
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Text: 彼は注射があまり好きではありません。
Response: He doesn't like getting shots very much.
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Text: 熱が高かったので注射をしました。
Response: Because I had a high fever, I got a shot.
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Response Text: rarely, seldom
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Text: 彼女はめったに怒りません。
Response: She rarely gets angry.
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Text: 私はめったにテレビを見ません。
Response: I rarely watch TV.
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Response Text: composition, essay
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Text: 日本語で作文を書きました。
Response: I wrote an essay in Japanese.
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Text: 先生に作文をたくさん直されました。
Response: My teacher corrected my composition a lot.
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Response Text: sound, ring
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Text: 今朝、5時に電話が鳴った。
Response: The phone rang at five o'clock this morning.
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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: serious and sincere
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Text: 彼は真面目な人です。
Response: He's a serious and sincere person.
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Text: 彼は真面目な学生です。
Response: He's a serious student.
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Response Text: apply, sign up
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Text: 彼女はそのセミナーに申し込んだ。
Response: She registered for that workshop.
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Text: 日本語の試験を受けるなら、来月5日までに申し込んでください。
Response: If you are going to take the Japanese test, please apply before the 5th of the next month.
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Response Text: refrigerator
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Text: 飲み物は冷蔵庫にあります。
Response: Drinks are in the refrigerator.
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Text: 冷蔵庫が故障しました。
Response: The refrigerator broke down.
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Response Text: like, become fond of
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Text: 新しい靴がとても気に入りました。
Response: I really like my new shoes.
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Text: 私はこのかばんが気に入っています。
Response: I like this bag.
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Response Text: Christmas
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Text: クリスマスにはケーキを食べます。
Response: We eat cake at Christmas.
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Text: クリスマスに雪が降りました。
Response: It snowed on Christmas Day.
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Response Text: tie, necktie
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Text: 父の日にネクタイをプレゼントした。
Response: I gave him a tie on Father's Day.
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Text: うちの会社では、男性はネクタイをしないといけません。
Response: At our company, men have to wear a tie.
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Response Text: birthday
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Text: 彼女の誕生日は7月16日です。
Response: Her birthday is July 16th.
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Text: 誕生日にプレゼントをもらいました。
Response: I got some presents on my birthday.
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Response Text: single, unmarried
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Text: 私の兄はまだ独身です。
Response: My big brother's still single.
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Text: 私はずっと独身でいたいです。
Response: I want to stay single forever.
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Response Text: bitter
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Text: 私は苦いコーヒーが好きです。
Response: I like bitter coffee.
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Text: この薬はとても苦いです。
Response: This medicine is very bitter.
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Response Text: violin
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Text: 彼女はバイオリンを習っています。
Response: She's learning the violin.
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Text: 娘は今、バイオリンを練習しています。
Response: My daughter is practicing the violin now.
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Response Text: bag
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Text: 私は黒いバッグを持っています。
Response: I have a black bag.
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Text: 母は高いバッグをたくさん持っています。
Response: My mother has a lot of expensive bags.
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Response Text: until now
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Text: 今までどこにいたのですか。
Response: Where have you been?
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Text: 私は今までとは違いますよ。
Response: I'm different from before.
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Response Text: ticket
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Text: 東京までの切符を買った。
Response: I bought a ticket to Tokyo.
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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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Response Text: elastic, rubber
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Text: ゴムが伸びてしまった。
Response: The elastic has gone loose.
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Text: 私は海にゴムボートを持っていきました。
Response: I took a rubber boat to the sea.
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Response Text: a little, a bit
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Text: 塩を少々入れてください。
Response: Please put in a little salt.
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Text: 少々お待ちください。
Response: Please wait for a little while.
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Response Text: extremely, considerably
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Text: 随分早く終わったね。
Response: You finished really early.
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Text: 随分ひどいことを言いますね。
Response: You say extremely terrible things.
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Response Text: pull, drag
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Text: 娘が私の手を引っ張った。
Response: My daughter tugged on my hand.
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Text: その女の子は犬に引っ張られている。
Response: That girl is being dragged by the dog.
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Response Text: burn, cook
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Text: 肉が焼けました。
Response: The meat is cooked.
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Text: その家は火事で焼けてしまいました。
Response: The house burned down in a fire.
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Response Text: pencil
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Text: 鉛筆を貸してください。
Response: Can I borrow a pencil?
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Text: 紙と鉛筆はありますか。
Response: Do you have paper and pencil?
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Response Text: conversation
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Text: 親子の会話は大切です。
Response: Conversation between parents and children is important.
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Text: あの夫婦は会話がない。
Response: The couple is not having a conversation.
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Response Text: guitar
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Text: 彼女はギターが得意です。
Response: She's good at the guitar.
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Text: 彼はギターを弾きます。
Response: He plays the guitar.
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Response Text: tea (plain form)
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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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Text: 私のおばあちゃんは熱いお茶が好きです。
Response: My grandmother likes hot tea.
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Response Text: heat (of weather)
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Text: 今年の夏は暑さが厳しい。
Response: The heat this summer is overbearing.
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Text: この暑さでみんな疲れています。
Response: Everybody is tired from this heat.
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Response Text: stomach
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Text: 昨日から胃が痛い。
Response: I've had a stomach ache since yesterday.
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Text: たくさん食べて胃が苦しいです。
Response: I ate a lot, so I feel full in the stomach.
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Response Text: non-smoking
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Text: 彼は今、禁煙しています。
Response: He's quit smoking now.
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Text: この席は禁煙です。
Response: This seat is non-smoking.
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Response Text: round
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Text: 地球は丸い。
Response: The earth is round.
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Text: あの子は少し顔が丸くなりましたね。
Response: That child's face has become a bit round.
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Response Text: be taken , come out (in photograph)
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Text: このカメラはよく写りますよ。
Response: Photos taken with this camera come out well.
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Text: この写真に知らない人が写っています。
Response: There is a stranger in this picture.
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Response Text: coffee shop, café
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Text: 喫茶店でコーヒーを飲んだ。
Response: I drank coffee in the café
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Text: いつもの喫茶店で3時に会いましょう。
Response: Let's meet at 3 o'clock at the usual cafe.
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Response Text: just as I thought, after all
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Text: やっぱり旅が大好きだ。
Response: I just love to travel.
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Text: やっぱり彼は来ませんでした。
Response: He didn't come after all.
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Response Text: weekly magazine
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Text: その週刊誌はゴシップばかりだ。
Response: That weekly is full of gossip.
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Text: この週刊誌を毎週買っているの。
Response: I buy this weekly magazine every week.
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Response Text: shelf, rack
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Text: 大きな棚はとても便利です。
Response: A large set of shelves is very useful.
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Text: 棚からその箱を下ろしてください。
Response: Please take the box down from the shelf.
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Response Text: tremble, shake
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Text: 彼は寒くて震えていました。
Response: He was shivering with cold.
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Text: 授業中、笑うのを我慢して肩が震えた。
Response: My shoulders were shaking from trying not to laugh during the class.
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Response Text: polish, grind, brush
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Text: 靴を磨いてください。
Response: Please polish your shoes.
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Text: 私は日本語のスキルを磨きたいです。
Response: I want to polish my Japanese skills.
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Response Text: curtain
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Text: 朝、カーテンを開けた。
Response: I opened the curtains in the morning.
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Text: 暗くなったので、カーテンを閉めてください。
Response: It's gotten dark, so please close the curtains.
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Response Text: fire, blaze
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Text: 火事です。119番に電話してください。
Response: There's a fire. Please call 119.
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Text: その家は火事で焼けてしまいました。
Response: The house burned down in a fire.
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Response Text: knife
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Text: ナイフで手を切った。
Response: I cut my hand with a knife.
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Text: そのナイフはよく切れます。
Response: The knife cuts well.
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Response Text: everybody, everyone (polite)
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Text: 皆さんにお話があります。
Response: I have something to say to you all.
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Text: 皆さん、静かにしてください。
Response: Everybody, please be quiet.
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Response Text: receive, take, undergo
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Text: 彼は就職試験を受けた。
Response: He took an exam to apply for a job.
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Text: 日本語の試験を受けるなら、来月5日までに申し込んでください。
Response: If you are going to take the Japanese test, please apply before the 5th of the next month.
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Response Text: stick to, cling to
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Text: 靴に泥が付いています。
Response: I have mud on my shoes.
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Text: 猫の毛がセーターに付いた。
Response: I got cat hair on my sweater.
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Response Text: I (formal)
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Text: 私は北海道の出身です。
Response: I'm from Hokkaido.
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Text: 私が伊藤です。
Response: I'm Ito.
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Response Text: quite
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Text: 彼女は結構めがねが似合いますね。
Response: She looks quite good in glasses.
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Text: 最近、結構忙しいんです。
Response: Lately, I've been quite busy.
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Response Text: slander, abuse
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Text: 彼は決して人の悪口を言わないの。
Response: He never speaks ill of other people.
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Text: 誰かが私の悪口を言っているらしい。
Response: Someone seems to speak ill of me.
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Response Text: spread, get around
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Text: その噂はすぐに広まったよ。
Response: The rumor spread quickly.
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Text: あっという間にインフルエンザが広まりました。
Response: The flu spread rapidly.
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Response Text: secrecy, privacy
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Text: この話は課長には内緒ですよ。
Response: You have to keep this secret from the section chief.
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Text: 私は妻に内緒で新しいパソコンを買いました。
Response: I bought a new computer without telling my wife.
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Response Text: close (eyes)
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Text: 目をつぶってください。
Response: Close your eyes.
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Text: 私は目をつぶってよく考えました。
Response: I closed my eyes and thought carefully.
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Response Text: matter, things to be done
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Text: 用件をメモしておきました。
Response: I made a note of the matter.
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Text: どんなご用件ですか。
Response: How can I help you?
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Response Text: romantic
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Text: 彼女はロマンチックな人です。
Response: She's a romantic person.
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Text: その映画はとてもロマンチックでした。
Response: The movie was very romantic.
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