〜をまたせて keep _____ waiting
カメ turtle
かった<かう to keep (a pet)
〜たことがあります I have (had the experience of doing) _____ .
〜まま leave as it is
〜てしまいました<〜てしまう to do ______(and regret it); for _____ to happen (regrettably)
しんで<しぬ to die
ころして<ころす to kill
〜てはいけない should not _____ ; must not _____
人間(にんげん) human being, the human race
〜のせいで because of _____ ; due to the fault of _____
くるしんで<くるしむ to suffer
たすけたい (I) want to help
かんきょう environment, surroundings
〜なくてはいけない have to _____ ; must _____ ; need to _____
もんだい problem, issue, question
のうみん farmer
シカ deer
じこ accident
おこります<おこる to happen, to occur
こまっています<こまる be in trouble, to be in a pinch, to be at a loss
みぢか familiar, close at hand
ほうほう method, way, means
きょういく education
ゴミ garbage, waste, trash, rubbish
かんけいがあります to be related (to _____ ); to have a connection (with _____ )
たいせつにしたくなります to gradually come to want to take good care of / to cherish
ちきゅう Earth, the planet
いわれます<いわれる to be said; they say
なかなかうまくいきません (things) haven't gone as well as I' hoped
すぎて<すぎる (time) to pass
あせります<あせる to feel pressed, in a hurry
どんなしごとをしたいか what kind of work (I) want to do
こんちゅう insect, bug
どうぶつえん zoo
水ぞくかん aquarium
父と母をまたせて keep (my) father and mother waiting
2しゅうも3しゅうもしました made 2 or 3 trips around the zoo
アリ ant
チョウ butterfly
カブトムシ Atlas beetle
カタツムリ snail
トカゲ lizard
カエル frog
金魚 goldfish
カメ turtle
〜を かったことがあります I have kept / taken care of / had _____ as a pet
かう to keep (a pet)
〜たことがあります I have (had the experience of doing) _____ .
カメを出したまま りょこうに 行ってしまいました I accidentally left the (water tank of) turtle outside when I went on a trip.
〜まま leave as it is
〜てしまう to do _____ (and regret it), for _____ to happen (regrettably)
しんでしまいました died (and it is irreversible)
しぬ to die
ころしては いけない must not kill / should not kill
ころす to kill
〜てはいけない should not _____ ; must not _____
大きくなって when I got older / when I grew up
人間のせいで because of human beings; due to the fault of human beings
くるしんで<くるしむ to suffer, to be distressed, to be in pain, to be tormented
たすけたい (I) want to help
たすける to help, to assist, to aid, to save
かんきょう environment; surroundings
よくしなくてはいけない must improve / make something better
〜なくてはいけない have to _____ ; must _____ ; need to _____
りょうし fisherman
アザラシ seal
もんだい problem, issue, question
のうみん farmer
シカ deer
人間 human being, the human race
それで and so, and therefore, well, so then
せんろ railroad
road, path, way, street, route, track, trail
じこ accident
おこります<おこる to happen, to occur
(木の)かわ tree bark
こまっている be in trouble, to be in a pinch, to be at a loss
みぢか familiar, close at hand
ほんとうは the truth is, in reality, in fact, actually
りょうほう both
どうしたら いいでしょうか What should I do?
ほうほう method, way, means
かんがえる to think, to consider, to reflect upon, to contemplate
きょういく education
ゴミ garbage, waste, trash, rubbish
かんけいが あります to be related (to _____ ), to have a connection (with _____ )
たいせつに したくなります to gradually come to want to take good care of / to cherish
ちきゅう Earth, the planet
いわれます<いわれる to be said
この間 the other day
ゴミひろい cleaning up litter
なかなか うまく いきません (things) haven't gone as well as I'd hoped
どんどん quickly, rapidly, steadily
すぎて<すぎる (time) to pass
あせります<あせる to feel pressed, in a hurry
しょうらい future
どんなしごとをしたいか what kind of work (I) want to do


Original text : The Japan Forum Newsletter No. 25 "Meeting People" June 2002.



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