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あかかさ






Featured Kanji
(あめ・ウ)
rain

Vocabulary

  • — red
  • — umbrella
  • — November
  • — afternoon; p.m.
  • — I; me
  • — town
  • — library
  • — to put (down); to place
  • — quiet
  • — room
  • — book
  • — to read
  • — to return; to go home
  • — time; when
  • — same
  • — color
  • — old
  • — very
  • — to worry
  • — someone
  • — to take (away); to carry off
  • — person
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — rain
  • — to fall (rain/snow)
  • — to borrow
  • — house; home

Grammar / Notes

  • Adjective connection (-adjective + noun): An -adjective directly modifies a noun. Example: But, when it was time to go home, my red umbrella was not there.)
  • Adjective connection (-adjective + noun): A -adjective uses before a noun. Example: After putting down my umbrella, I read a book in a quiet room.)
  • Reason with : A B means “because/since A, B.” Example: Since it was raining, I borrowed an umbrella from the library staff and went home.)
  • Past progressive state with : can describe an ongoing action/state in the past. Example: On a November afternoon, I was at the town library.)

English

Red Umbrella

On a November afternoon, I was at the town library.
After putting down my umbrella, I read a book in a quiet room.
But, when it was time to go home, my red umbrella was not there.
There was an umbrella of the same color there, but it was old and not mine.
I was very worried and asked the library staff, “Did someone take it?”
Since it was raining, I borrowed an umbrella from the library staff and went home.