空港くうこうのおにぎり






Featured Kanji
(そら・あく・クウ)
sky

Vocabulary

  • — airport
  • — onigiri (rice ball)
  • — last month
  • — I; me
  • — friend
  • — together
  • — small
  • — to go
  • — airplane
  • — to ride; to get on (a vehicle)
  • — before
  • — very
  • — to get hungry (lit. stomach becomes empty)
  • — something
  • — to eat
  • — closed; day off; holiday
  • — bag
  • — inside
  • — food
  • — (not) at all (used with negatives)
  • — two (things)
  • — to have; to hold; to carry
  • — one (thing)
  • — to give (to me/us)
  • — to say
  • — two people

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜まえに / 〜あとで follows a dictionary-form verb or noun + and means ‘before …’; follows a た-form verb or noun + and means ‘after …’. (“Before getting on the airplane, I got very hungry.”)
  • あげます / もらいます / くれます means to give something to someone else, means to receive something from someone, and means that someone gives something to me or my side. With , the recipient takes ; with , the source can take or . (“But my friend had two onigiri and gave me one.”)
  • 〜が (but) between two clauses means ‘but’ and joins two contrasting ideas into one sentence. The first clause usually ends in the polite form. (“I wanted to eat something, but the airport restaurant was closed.”)

English

Onigiri at the Airport

Last month, I went to a small airport together with my friend.
Before getting on the airplane, I got very hungry.
I wanted to eat something, but the airport restaurant was closed.
Inside my bag, too, there was no food at all.
But my friend had two onigiri and gave me one.
I said “Thank you,” and the two of us ate onigiri together.