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Intermediate JapaneseNihon no JinkooPopulation of Japan |
      
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Nihon no jinkoo wa genzai yaku 1-oku 2,700-man-nin desu.
Sono naka de, ichiban jinkoo ga ooi tokoro wa Tokyo-to desu.
Tokyo-to to sono shuuhen no 3-ken no jinkoo wa gookei de yaku 3,500-man-nin. Nihon no zen-jinkoo no 27% desu.
Nihon de ichiban jinkoo ga sukunai ken wa Tottori-ken desu. Tottori-ken no jinkoo wa yaku 60-man-nin. Tsugi ni sukunai ken wa Shimane-ken de yaku 74-man-nin desu.
Genzai, Nihon de wa kodomo no kazu ga hette imasu. Kore o "Shooshi-ka" to yobimasu.
Shooshi-ka no eikyoo de Nihon no jinkoo wa kongo hette ikimasu. Aru choosa ni yoruto, 2050-nen ni Nihon no jinkoo wa 9,500-man-nin ni naru to iwareteimasu. |
Vocabulary one, a certain, a (something) double, times (two times, three times) local, region, countryside region, area for your information, in fact, incidentally (to) investigate, research, study, survey China (very) large city particle indicating a place, or situation, scene, field, event involving an action particle indicating range, amount, degree, period te form of desu using as a connective "and", or indicating a cause both how, what what does it mean influence, effect, consequences to increase root form of fuemasu te form of fuemasu two present, current, now total average average life span to decrease, get less root form of herimasu te form of herimasu No. 1, most, first (fp) expressing direction of action or state, (something) keeps going to meaning India on the other hand iwareteimasu (-to iwareteimasu) it is said that population life span depopulation nai form of kawarimasu to change, vary, turn into, replace number result prefecture child, children, kid after this, hereafter aging (of population) aged person (fp) forming a noun phrase country, nation, home country, home town to add root form of kuwaemasu ten thousand also problem, question, issue (... such as ....) etc. (fp) it will be, become root form of narimasu year by year to get longer, be extended, be postponed, be delayed te form of nobimasu hundred million many, a lot large, big percent, % world society, community, (real) world stem of shimasu, used as a connective low birthrate, fewer children (ro) concentrate, focus, gather surrounding areas, circumference among them, of which few, not many to go forward, be far along, move through te form of susumimasu and (fp) when, if quotation marker (fp) we call, it is called to wa (-to wa dooiu imi desu ka?) what does it mean? place, spot, point, part, space next, following young people to understand / to know, find out A and B (and, something else) approximately, about, nearly (fp) we call, it is called according to all of, every |
Practices
A.Practice the following words.
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B.Practice the following patterns.
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1. | sono shuuhen |
Tokyo-to to sono shuuhen
Tokyo and and neighboring
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2. | [something] wa [something] ni shuuchuu shite iru |
Jinkoo wa daitoshi ni shuuchuu shite iru
the population is concentrated in large cities
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3. | aru choosa ni yoruto, |
Aru choosa ni yoruto, Nihon no jinkoo wa 2050-nen ni ...
according to one study, the population of Japan ... in 2050
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4. | kono kekka, |
Kono kekka, Nihon de wa wakamono ga hette, kooreisha ga ...
as a result of this, ...
C.Practice the usage of de.
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1. | Nihon de, Sekai de |
Nihon de ichiban ...
a particle as a place marker, "in", "at"
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2. | sono naka de |
Sono naka de ichiban jinkoo ga ooi tokoro wa Tokyo desu.
among, in
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3. | Tsugi wa Kanagawa-ken de, ..., Tsugi wa Indo de, ... |
Ichiban wa Tokyo, tsugi wa Kanagawa-ken de, ...
the te form of desu as a connective "and", "and then"
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4. | gookei de |
Tokyo-to to sono shuuhen no 3-ken no jinkoo wa gookei de yaku 3,500-man-nin
in total
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5. | eikyoo de |
Shooshi-ka no eikyoo de, Nihon no jinkoo wa ...
a particle indicating a cause or reason "because of", "as a consequence of"
Comprehension Quiz
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For those who would like to learn more Japanese Essential Japanese Verbs This material explains clearly about the meaning of each verb with explaining its usage. "Key Sentences", "Practical Usage" and "Short Dialogues" also help you to grasp how you can apply each verb in communication. Key Sentences shows you in what sentence pattern each verb is used. Practical Usage and Short Dialogues show how to use each verb in a more practical sense as in frequently used expressions and everyday conversations. |
