美術館びじゅつかんの短みじかい時間じかん






Featured Kanji
(と・とお・ジュウ)
ten

Vocabulary

  • — art museum
  • — short
  • — time
  • — Tuesday
  • — afternoon / p.m.
  • — I
  • — alone; one person
  • — old
  • — go
  • — train
  • — late; slow
  • — enter
  • — time; when
  • — already
  • — 4:30
  • — person
  • — 5:00
  • — 30 minutes
  • — only; just
  • — say; tell
  • — slowly; taking one’s time
  • — see; look
  • — a little
  • — regrettable; disappointing
  • — but; however
  • — hurry
  • — number one; most
  • — liked; favorite
  • — painting; picture
  • — very
  • — beautiful; clean

Grammar / Notes

  • もう / まだ with a past verb means ‘already’. with a negative verb means ‘not yet’, and with a positive verb ‘still’. (“Because the train was slow, when I entered inside, it was already 4:30.”)
  • 〜だけ and counters after a noun or a counter means ‘only’. A counter such as , or gives a number of things and usually stands right before the verb. (“The museum staff said, ‘Since it is open until 5 o’clock, you only have 30 minutes.’”)

English

A Short Time at the Art Museum

On Tuesday afternoon, I went to an old art museum alone.
Because the train was slow, when I entered inside, it was already 4:30.
The museum staff said, “Since it is open until 5 o’clock, you only have 30 minutes.”
I wanted to take my time looking, so I was a little disappointed.
But, I hurried and looked at my favorite painting.
It was a short time, but that painting was very beautiful.