てらくろくつ






Featured Kanji
(おおきい・タイ・ダイ)
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Vocabulary

  • — temple
  • — black
  • — shoes
  • — Kyoto
  • — old
  • — I; me
  • — to take off (clothes/shoes)
  • — garden
  • — to see; to look
  • — to take; to get
  • — to go
  • — but
  • — there is not; do not have (polite negative)
  • — important; precious
  • — to lose
  • — to think
  • — person
  • — excuse me; sorry
  • — where
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — next to; neighbor
  • — box
  • — inside; middle
  • — to exist (inanimate); to be; to have

Grammar / Notes

  • Particle (place where an action happens): “” Here, shows the location where the action ( happens.
  • -form + (after doing…, then…): “” This means ‘After looking at the garden, I went to get my shoes.’
  • Verb dictionary form + (go in order to do): “” The pattern means ‘go to get (something)’.
  • Plain past + (I thought that…): “” Using the plain form before expresses what the speaker thought.
  • Location pattern ~ (is inside…): “” The particle shows the location where the shoes existed (.

English

Black Shoes at the Temple

At an old temple in Kyoto, I took off my black shoes.
After looking at the garden, I went to get my shoes.
But, my shoes were not there.
I thought I lost my important shoes.
I asked the temple person, “Excuse me, where are my shoes?”
My shoes were inside the next box.