電車でんしゃの窓まど






Featured Kanji
(おおい・タ)
many

Vocabulary

  • — train
  • — window
  • — inside
  • — very
  • — hot
  • — person; people
  • — many
  • — near; close
  • — height; back (in 「背せが高たかい」)
  • — tall; high
  • — man; male
  • — to stand
  • — I; me
  • — to open (something)
  • — luggage; baggage
  • — to exist; to be (for things)
  • — therefore; so
  • — excuse me; sorry
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — yes
  • — please; go ahead
  • — to say
  • — to hold; to carry
  • — cool (weather/air)
  • — to become
  • — already; now
  • — okay; all right

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜てもいいです (may) attaches to the て-form and grants permission (‘you may …’); as a question, , it asks for it. (“Therefore, I asked, ‘Excuse me, may I open the window?’”)
  • Linking adjectives (〜くて / 〜で) To describe something with two adjectives, an i-adjective drops and takes ( becomes ), and a na-adjective or noun takes ; only the last one carries . (“Inside the train was very hot, and there were many people.”)
  • 〜から (because) at the end of a clause gives the reason for what follows: ‘because A, B’. The reason clause comes first and may end in the polite form. (“Because the inside of the train became cool, I was fine now.”)

English

The Train Window

Inside the train was very hot, and there were many people.
Near the window, a tall man was standing.
I wanted to open the window, but the man’s luggage was there.
Therefore, I asked, “Excuse me, may I open the window?”
The man said, “Yes, go ahead,” and held his luggage.
Because the inside of the train became cool, I was fine now.