Minna Intermediate - Lesson 05 - Personal Experiences

Practice recounting experiences and memorable events and describing the emotions associated with them.

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Vocabulary

  • きょうかしょ (教科書): textbook
  • いざかや (居酒屋): Japanese-style pub
  • やきとり: grilled chicken skewers
  • がめん (画面): screen
  • はいゆう (俳優): actor
  • そっくり: exactly alike; strikingly similar
  • コンビニ: convenience store
  • かいさつ[ぐち] (改札[口]): ticket gate
  • うんてんしゅ (運転手): driver
  • かかってくる[でんわが～] (かかってくる[電話が～]): to receive (a phone call)
  • きれる[でんわが～] (切れる[電話が～]): to be disconnected (phone)
  • あげる[れいを～] (挙げる[例を～]): to give (an example)
  • みらい (未来): future
  • なくす[せんそうを～] (なくす[戦争を～]): to eliminate (e.g., war)
  • ふしぎ[な] (不思議[な]): mysterious; strange
  • ふやす (増やす): to increase; to add
  • いまごろ (今ごろ): around now; by now
  • かんこうきゃく (観光客): tourist
  • そう[かわに～] (沿う[川に～]): to run along (e.g., a river)
  • おおどおり (大通り): main street; avenue
  • でる[おおどおりに～] (出る[大通りに～]): to go out onto (e.g., a main street)
  • おうだんほうど (横断歩道): pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
  • つきあたり (突き当たり): end of the road; dead end
  • せんろ (線路): railroad tracks; railway tracks

Kanji

  • 師 シ: teacher; master; expert
  • 逆 ギャク さか　さか らう: reverse; opposite; contrary
  • 留 リュウ　ル と める と まる: to stay; to detain; to remain
  • 察 サツ: to inspect; to observe; to investigate
  • 面 メン おも　おもて　つら: face; surface; aspect
  • 央 オウ: center; central
  • 然 ゼン　ネン: so; thus; natural
  • 努 ド つと める: to strive; effort
  • 球 キュウ たま: sphere; ball; globe
  • 忘 ボウ わす れる: to forget
  • 経 ケイ　チョウ へ る: to pass through; to manage; scripture
  • 緯 イ: weft; latitude
  • 貫 カン な れる な らす: to pierce; to penetrate; to carry out
  • 実 ジツ み　みの る: reality; truth; actual
  • 差 サ さ す: difference; gap; disparity
  • 句 ク: phrase; clause; sentence

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Frequently asked questions

What does 「きょうかしょ」 mean in this lesson?
textbook
What does 「いざかや」 mean in this lesson?
Japanese-style pub
What does 「やきとり」 mean in this lesson?
grilled chicken skewers
What does 「がめん」 mean in this lesson?
screen
What does 「はいゆう」 mean in this lesson?
actor
What does 「そっくり」 mean in this lesson?
exactly alike; strikingly similar
What does 「コンビニ」 mean in this lesson?
convenience store
What does 「かいさつ[ぐち]」 mean in this lesson?
ticket gate
What does 「うんてんしゅ」 mean in this lesson?
driver
What does 「かかってくる[でんわが～]」 mean in this lesson?
to receive (a phone call)
What does 「きれる[でんわが～]」 mean in this lesson?
to be disconnected (phone)
What does 「あげる[れいを～]」 mean in this lesson?
to give (an example)
What does 「みらい」 mean in this lesson?
future
What does 「なくす[せんそうを～]」 mean in this lesson?
to eliminate (e.g., war)
What does 「ふしぎ[な]」 mean in this lesson?
mysterious; strange
What does 「ふやす」 mean in this lesson?
to increase; to add
What does 「いまごろ」 mean in this lesson?
around now; by now
What does 「かんこうきゃく」 mean in this lesson?
tourist
What does 「そう[かわに～]」 mean in this lesson?
to run along (e.g., a river)
What does 「おおどおり」 mean in this lesson?
main street; avenue
What does 「でる[おおどおりに～]」 mean in this lesson?
to go out onto (e.g., a main street)
What does 「おうだんほうど」 mean in this lesson?
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
What does 「つきあたり」 mean in this lesson?
end of the road; dead end
What does 「せんろ」 mean in this lesson?
railroad tracks; railway tracks