卵たまごの晩ばんごはん






Featured Kanji
(おとうと・テイ)
younger brother

Vocabulary

  • — egg
  • — dinner (evening meal)
  • — around 3 o’clock
  • — I; me
  • — younger brother
  • — shopping
  • — to go
  • — birthday
  • — tonight
  • — delicious
  • — cooking; dish; cuisine
  • — to make; to cook
  • — intention; plan
  • — but; however
  • — always; usually
  • — meat
  • — shop; store
  • — a holiday; being closed; a day off
  • — to buy
  • — cannot do; cannot be done
  • — very
  • — disappointing; regrettable
  • — okay; all right
  • — to say; to tell
  • — house; home
  • — to return; to go home
  • — vegetable(s)

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜つもりです (intend to) Dictionary form + states a plan or an intention: what someone means to do. (“Because it is my younger brother’s birthday, I plan to make delicious food tonight.”)
  • Sentence-final ね at the end of a sentence seeks agreement or shares a feeling with the listener, like ‘isn’t it?’ or ‘right?’. (“My younger brother said, ‘It’s okay. Let’s make an egg dish, shall we.’”)

English

Egg Dinner

Around 3 o’clock, I went shopping with my younger brother.
Because it is my younger brother’s birthday, I plan to make delicious food tonight.
But, the meat shop we always go to was closed.
Because we couldn’t buy meat, it was very disappointing.
My younger brother said, “It’s okay. Let’s make an egg dish, shall we.”
We returned home and made dinner with eggs and vegetables.