黄色きいろい橋はしの向むこう






Featured Kanji
(かわ・セン)
river

Vocabulary

  • — yellow
  • — bridge
  • — the other side; beyond
  • — now
  • — I; me
  • — river
  • — near; nearby
  • — fish
  • — to fish; to catch fish
  • — man
  • — person
  • — to say
  • — to ask; to listen
  • — where
  • — the most; number one
  • — to go

Grammar / Notes

  • 〜てはいけません (must not) attaches to the て-form and forbids an action: ‘you must not …’. (“However, a man nearby says, “You must not fish here.””)
  • いちばん (the most) before an adjective marks the highest degree (‘the most …’); the group compared is often given with . (“He says, “Beyond that yellow bridge is the best place.””)

English

Beyond the Yellow Bridge

Now, I am near a river.
I am going to fish here.
However, a man nearby says, “You must not fish here.”
I ask him, “Where is good?”
He says, “Beyond that yellow bridge is the best place.”
I went beyond the bridge and caught a fish.