三階さんがいの部屋へや






Featured Kanji
(よん・よ・よつ・シ)
four

Vocabulary

  • — third floor
  • — room
  • — business trip
  • — Osaka
  • — hotel
  • — to stay (overnight)
  • — in front of
  • — key
  • — to use
  • — door
  • — to open (something)
  • — strange; odd
  • — to think
  • — strongly; hard (adverb)
  • — to push
  • — who
  • — to say
  • — inside
  • — man; male
  • — person
  • — to come out; to exit
  • — I; me
  • — to be surprised
  • — fourth floor
  • — here
  • — excuse me; I’m sorry
  • — in a hurry; hurriedly
  • — to go

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜ことができます (can) Dictionary form + says that someone is able to do something, or that it is possible to do it. (“I used the key in front of the room, but I couldn’t open the door.”)
  • Adjectives as adverbs (〜く / 〜に) An adjective describes a verb by changing its ending: an i-adjective replaces with ( becomes ) and a na-adjective takes , as in and . (“I thought it was strange, so I pushed the door hard.”)

English

The Room on the Third Floor

I stayed at a hotel in Osaka on a business trip.
I used the key in front of the room, but I couldn’t open the door.
I thought it was strange, so I pushed the door hard.
Then, a man came out from inside, saying, “Who is it?”, and I was surprised.
My room was on the fourth floor, but this was the third floor.
I said, “Ah, excuse me!” and hurriedly went to the fourth floor.