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Featured Kanji
(いつ・いつつ・ゴ)
five

Vocabulary

  • — the Golden Pavilion
  • — bus
  • — August
  • — the 5th day; five days
  • — I; me
  • — Kyoto
  • — station
  • — front; before
  • — to be (for people/animals)
  • — 9 o’clock
  • — red
  • — blue
  • — to come
  • — to go
  • — to understand; to know
  • — next to; neighbor
  • — person; people
  • — which (of two)
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — to say
  • — many; a lot
  • — quiet
  • — to get on; to ride

Grammar / Notes

  • Specific time + marks the exact time/date when something happens. Example: (On August 5th, I was in front of Kyoto station.)
  • Specific time + can also be used with clock times. Example: (At 9 o’clock, a red bus and a blue bus came.)
  • is used to choose between two options, meaning “which (one of two).” Example: (I asked the person next to me, “Excuse me, which one goes to the Golden Pavilion?”)

English

The Bus to the Golden Pavilion

On August 5th, I was in front of Kyoto station.
At 9 o’clock, a red bus and a blue bus came.
But I did not know the bus to the Golden Pavilion.
I asked the person next to me, “Excuse me, which one goes to the Golden Pavilion?”
That person said, “Both go.”
Because the red bus had many people, I got on the quiet blue bus.