デパートの階段かいだん






Featured Kanji
(ちち・フ)
father

Vocabulary

  • — department store
  • — stairs
  • — 5th floor
  • — father (my father)
  • — shirt
  • — to buy
  • — to go home; to return
  • — time; when
  • — elevator
  • — to use
  • — can do; to be able to
  • — person
  • — to say
  • — I; me
  • — 1st floor
  • — slowly
  • — to walk
  • — leg; foot
  • — painful; hurts
  • — very
  • — to get tired
  • — chair
  • — 30 minutes
  • — about; approximately
  • — to rest; to take a break

Grammar / Notes

  • Obligation: means “must / have to.” It is formed from the negative plain form ( + . Example from the story:

English

The Department Store Stairs

I bought my father’s shirt on the 5th floor of the department store.
When I was leaving, I could not use the elevator.
A department store staff member said, ‘You must use the stairs.‘
I walked slowly to the 1st floor.
My legs hurt, and I was very tired.
I rested for about 30 minutes on a chair on the 1st floor.