を聞くと o kiku to Upon hearing that…
怒って okkotte Angry XXXXX (iimashita or imashita?)
どうして doushite Why?
重いほう omoi hou The heavy one
もらってこなかった moratte konakatta Didn’t receive and come back with…
もっとたくさん motto takusan Much more
はいっていた haitte ita Was inside
にちがいない ni chigainai Without doubt; surely
じゃありませんか ja arimasen ka Isn’t that right?
—
次の日 tsugi no hi The next day
雀の宿 suzume no yado The sparrow’s house
出かけていきました dekakete ikimashita departed
~どこだ? ~doko da? Where is ~?
すると suru to Upon doing so…
ここ koko here
と to Question marker
聞こえてきました kikoete kimashita Be able to hear
声のするほう koe no suru hou Direction of the voice
行ってみると itte miru to Go and…
舌を切られた雀 shita o kirareta suzume The sparrow whose tongue was cut
家の前で ie no mae de In front of the house
待っていました matte imashita Was waiting
—
ようこそいらっしゃいました youkoso irasshaimashita Welcome
どうぞお入りください douzo o hairi kudasai Please come in (polite)
—
なかへ入ると naka e hairu to When (she) entered…
雀たち suzume tachi The sparrows (plural)
お料理 oryouri Cooking; food (polite)
や ya And
踊り odori Dance
用意 youi Preparations
しています shiteimasu Doing
でも demo But
そんなもの sonna mono That (food and dance)
どうでもいい dou demo ii Not interested in…
はやく hayaku quickly; hurry up
おみやげのつづら omiyage no tsuzura Trunk with gifts
だしておくれ dashite okure bring out
せかしました sekashimashita made to be hurried
This story is from the $5 Instant Download Japanese Readers collection at TheJapanShop.com.
While the complete story is here for free, If you purchase the pack you will get 31 Megs of:
An E-Book in Flash for interactive reading and listening
A 21 Page PDF (for printing)
A slow MP3 recording of the story
A normal speed MP3 recording
And as a special bonus, "10 Kotowaza You Should Know" with PDF and 10 MP3s of each example sentence
Works with PCs or Macs (the only difference is PC users use the .exe file for the Flash E-Book and Mac users use the flash embedded HTML file in the Data folder)
ALL ONLY $5!
If you like this story, please consider purchasing the $5 download. Not only will you be GREATLY helping support TheJapanesePage.com, but you will also recieve all the extras above. More...
10:19:47clayhubika333< I hope you will stick around, but if you want to delete your personal information and email address, just edit your account.
14:36:41Justin McCloudWith the kanji I have no trouble learning them because i speak chinese and the charichers are the same but i am having trouble understanding how to use them...is there a system or is it all just memorising individual word combo's???
01:27:09ash10Hey guys how do you get a chance to study abroad in Japan? I don't really understand the program though I would want to study in Japan... Can anyone who knows this or is currently studying abroad in Japan please PM me and I'll give you my email so we can talk about it thanks!!
07:09:00hubika333I just wanted the possibility to delete my account if it were that I leave for whatever reason. I hate leaving trails of accounts on the internet.
07:34:58clayhubika333< I certainly understand. You can edit out your personal information anytime in your account. But I hope you will stick around. We have a few new and fun things about to happen here.
12:06:52NanthakaHello all, next sunday (7-Dec) I'll have 3 kyu test, pls. give me luck... I just come to get some cheer up! hehehe...Thanks
12:40:39dayeverNanthaka< Good Luck! Now I need some (or rather lots of it) too, because I'm totally unprepared. =\
13:51:19NanthakaGood Luck to you "dayever" I wish you pass the test, ganbatte kudasai
15:15:06tokai devoteeHey Clay, what new and fun things are about to happen?? 楽しみにしています!!
02:22:46claytokai devotee< :) You will just have to wait and see.