バスの中なかで






Featured Kanji
(おおきい・タイ・ダイ)
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Vocabulary

  • — bus
  • — inside
  • — this morning
  • — I; me
  • — school
  • — to go
  • — next to; next door
  • — person
  • — right now; now
  • — station
  • — friend
  • — to wait
  • — phone; phone call
  • — to speak; to talk
  • — that
  • — voice
  • — big; loud
  • — Japanese (language)
  • — study
  • — can do; to be able to
  • — today
  • — test
  • — to exist; to have
  • — a little
  • — to be troubled; to have a problem
  • — excuse me; I’m sorry
  • — more; another
  • — quiet
  • — to do
  • — to say
  • — I’m sorry
  • — immediately; right away
  • — to cut; to hang up

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜から (because) at the end of a clause gives the reason for what follows: ‘because A, B’. The reason clause comes first and may end in the polite form. (“Because I have a test today, I was a little troubled.”)
  • 〜ています (in progress) attaches to the て-form and describes an action that is going on right now, like the English ‘-ing’ form. (“Inside the bus, the person next to me was saying on the phone, ‘My friend is waiting at the station right now.’”)

English

On the Bus

This morning, I went to school by bus.
Inside the bus, the person next to me was saying on the phone, “My friend is waiting at the station right now.”
That person’s voice was loud, so I could not study Japanese.
Because I have a test today, I was a little troubled.
I said, “Excuse me, please be a little quieter.”
The person said “I’m sorry” and hung up the phone immediately.