図書館としょかんの辞書じしょ






Featured Kanji
(かりる・シャク)
borrow

Vocabulary

  • — library
  • — dictionary
  • — today
  • — kanji
  • — homework
  • — do
  • — difficult
  • — use
  • — bookshelf
  • — over there
  • — man
  • — person
  • — hold; have; carry
  • — I; me
  • — a little
  • — borrow
  • — ask; listen
  • — say
  • — lend

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜たいです (want to) attaches to the verb stem (the ます-form without ) to say what the speaker wants to do; the negative is . (“Because the kanji is difficult, I want to use a dictionary.”)
  • 〜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 kanji is difficult, I want to use a dictionary.”)

English

The Library’s Dictionary

Today, I am doing kanji homework at the library.
Because the kanji is difficult, I want to use a dictionary.
But, there is no dictionary on the bookshelf.
The man over there has the library’s dictionary.
I asked, “Excuse me, may I borrow it a little?”
The man said, “Sure,” and lent the dictionary to me.