夏なつのネクタイ






Featured Kanji
(なつ・カ)
summer

Vocabulary

  • — summer
  • — necktie
  • — today
  • — very
  • — hot
  • — day
  • — this morning
  • — I; me
  • — to hurry
  • — company; office
  • — to go
  • — but
  • — house; home
  • — to forget
  • — section manager
  • — to say
  • — excuse me; I’m sorry
  • — do not have to (do); it’s okay not to (do)
  • — I’m glad; thank goodness
  • — to think

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜なくてもいいです (need not) replaces the of the ない-form and means ‘do not have to’: the action is not necessary. (“The section manager said, ‘You don’t have to wear a necktie.’”)

English

Summer Necktie

Today is a very hot day.
This morning, I hurriedly went to the office.
But, I forgot my necktie at home.
I said “I’m sorry” to the section manager.
The section manager said, “You don’t have to wear a necktie.”
I thought, “Thank goodness.”