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すみません、渋谷駅(しぶやえき)への行(ゆ)き方(かた)がわからないんですが、教(おし)えてください。

excuse me | Shibuya station | to | 's | way to go | (subject/object marker) | don't know | (softens explanations) | teach | please

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やっとこの長(なが)い小説(しょうせつ)を読(よ)み終(お)わりました。

finally | this | long | novel | (direct object marker) | reading | finished

I finally finished reading this long novel.

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北海道(ほっかいどう)と沖縄(おきなわ)と東京(とうきょう)で、一番暑(いちばんあつ)いのはどこですか？

Hokkaido | and | Okinawa | and |Tokyo | at | most | hot| as for which | where | question

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タクシーで会社(かいしゃ)に行(い)きました。

taxi | by | company | to | went

(I) took a cab to the office.

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マークさんは肉(にく)が嫌(きら)いだと思(おも)います。

Mark | as for | meat | dislike | (copula) | I think

I think Mark doesn't like meat.

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先生(せんせい)は、「明日試験(あしたしけん)がある」と言(い)っていました。

teacher | as for | tomorrow | test | exists | (quotation marker) | said (see vocabulary for explanation)

The Teacher said that there would be an exam tomorrow.

北海道(ほっかいどう)は、寒(さむ)かったです。

Hokkaido | as for | cold | was

Hokkaido was cold.

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きのうのパーティーは、楽(たの)しかったです。

yesterday | 's | party | as for | fun | was

Yesterday's party was fun.

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ローラさんは、肉(にく)が嫌(きら)いです。

Laura | as for | meat | doesn't like

Laura doesn't like meat.

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教室(きょうしつ)では静(しず)かにしてください。

classroom | in | as for | quiet | do | please

Please be quiet in the classroom.

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おじいさんは、スズメにやさしくしました。

grandfather | as for | sparrow | to | kindly | did

Grandfather was nice to the sparrow.

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来年(らいねん)は、アメリカに帰(かえ)ると思(おも)います。

next year | as for | America | to | to return | (quotation marker) | to think

 I think I will go back to the US next year.

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今年(ことし)は、何(なに)をしますか？

はい、今年(ことし)は日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)しようと思(おも)っています。

this year | as for | what | (direct object marker) | to do | (question marker) yes | this year | as for | Japanese language | (direc…

天気予報(てんきよほう)によると、今日(きょう)は雨(あめ)が降(ふ)るそうです。

weather forecast | according to | as for today | rain | fall | appears

According to the weather forecast, it's going to rain today.

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今日(きょう)は、雨(あめ)が降(ふ)るって天気予報(てんきよほう)で言(い)っていたよ。

  as for today | rain fall | I hear | weather | forecast | at | was saying | (emphatic) 

The weather forecast said it would rain today.

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こちらの資料(しりょう)をご覧(らん)ください。

this | of (connector) | materials | (direct object marker) | look | please 

Please refer to this document.

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ご自由(じゆう)にお使(つか)いください。

freely | use (polite) | please

Please feel free to use it.

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電車(でんしゃ)が来(く)るまでまだ少(すこ)し時間(じかん)があります。

train – (subject) – to come – until – still – a little – time - have

There's still a little time before the train arrives.

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毎日日本語(まいにちにほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)しなさい。

every day | Japanese language | (direct object marker) | study | do

Study Japanese everyday.

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今日(きょう)は、寒(さむ)いので、ジャケットを着(き)たらどうですか？

today | as for | cold | therefore | jacket | (direct object marker) | if wear | how about | ?

It's cold today, so why don't you wear a jacket?

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