バスとタクシー






Featured Kanji
(とき・ジ)
time

Vocabulary

  • — bus
  • — taxi
  • — now
  • — station
  • — boarding area; stop (e.g., bus stop)
  • — to be (exists for people/animals; polite)
  • — five o’clock
  • — (not) at all
  • — to come (polite)
  • — to go home; to return (polite)
  • — to ride; to get on (polite)
  • — black
  • — fast; early
  • — immediately; soon
  • — home; house
  • — to arrive (polite)

Grammar / Notes

  • Invitation pattern: (“Won’t you…?” / “Shall we…?” polite invitation). Example from the story:
  • Sentence-ending : used to seek agreement or share a feeling (”…, right?” / ”…, isn’t it?”). Example from the story:

English

The Bus and the Taxi

I am at the station bus stop now.
It is 5 o’clock, but the bus is not coming at all.
”Shall we go home by taxi?”
We got in a black taxi.
”Taxis are fast, aren’t they.”
We arrived home immediately.