ノートのしたかぎ






Featured Kanji
(した・さがる・さげる・おりる・おろす・カ・ゲ)
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Vocabulary

  • — notebook
  • — under; below
  • — key
  • — evening
  • — company
  • — work; job
  • — to finish; to end
  • — I; me
  • — desk
  • — on; above; top
  • — to see; to look
  • — but; however
  • — car
  • — to not exist; there is/are not (polite negative of あります)
  • — to lose (something)
  • — to think
  • — next to; neighbor
  • — Mr./Ms. Yamada
  • — to ask; to hear
  • — to say
  • — to exist; to be (for inanimate things)
  • — I’m glad; it was good

Grammar / Notes

  • After doing something: ~: “” (After work at the company finished, I looked on my desk.) ~ means “after” one action is finished, the next action happens.
  • Location particle with /: “” (It’s under the notebook.) marks the place where something exists/does not exist.
  • Reason/result with ~: “” (The key was under the notebook, so I was glad.) ~ means “because/so” and gives the reason for the result.

English

The Key Under the Notebook

In the evening, after work at the company finished, I looked on my desk.
But, my car key was not there.
I thought I had lost the key.
I asked Mr. Yamada next to me, “Did you see my key?”
Mr. Yamada said, “It’s under the notebook.”
The key was under the notebook, so I was glad.