一ひとつだけのサンドイッチ






Featured Kanji
(ひ・か・にち・ニチ)
day

Vocabulary

  • — one (counter; one thing)
  • — sandwich
  • — this morning
  • — station
  • — in front of
  • — bakery
  • — to go
  • — shop; store
  • — to exist (inanimate); to have
  • — shop staff; person at the shop
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — to say
  • — sorry; excuse me
  • — to buy
  • — two (counter; two things)
  • — wanted to buy (past polite)
  • — a little
  • — disappointing; regrettable

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜だけ and counters after a noun or a counter means ‘only’. A counter such as , or gives a number of things and usually stands right before the verb. (“But there was only one sandwich in the shop.”)

English

Only One Sandwich

This morning, I went to the bakery in front of the station.
But there was only one sandwich in the shop.
I asked the shop staff, “Is this the only sandwich?”
The shop staff said, “Yes, I’m sorry.”
I bought only one sandwich.
Because I wanted to buy two, I was a little disappointed.