Road to Intermediate Japanese - No.112

Kore wa nan deshoo ka?

What is this?

Upper Basic Level

	Hinto(hint)
	O-kome ni kankei ga arimasu.
	Denki-seihin desu.
	Nihon no katei ni wa kanarazu kore ga arimasu.
	Kono shashin wa sono seihin no uchi-gawa desu.

Kotae(answer)

Kore wa Nihongo de "Suihanki" to iimasu.
Mazu, O-Kome o mizu de araimasu.
Tsugi ni, aratta O-Kome o Suihanki ni iremasu.
Soshite, tekiryoo no mizu o kuwaemasu.
Sorekara, Suihanki de kanetsu shimasu.
Kore o "Gohan o taku" aruiwa, "O-Kome o taku" to iimasu.

Gohan ga dekiru koto o "Gohan ga takeru" to iimasu.
Gohan ga takeru made 40-pun gurai kakarimasu.
Kore ga Gohan no ketten desu.

Ippanteki na Suihanki wa 5,000-en kara 1-man-en desu ga,
kookyuu na kishu wa 10-man-en ijoo shimasu.

Vocabulary

araimasu

to wash

aratta

ta form of araimasu

aruiwa

dekiru

to be ready, to be completed

denki

electricity, power, light

denki-seihin

electrical appliances, electrical products

ga (-ga)

(fp) a connective meaning "but"

gohan

cooked rice / meal

gurai

about, approximately

iimasu (-to iimasu)

(fp) we say, we call

ijoo

more than, over

ippanteki na

general, common, ordinary

iremasu

to put in, to pour in

kakarimasu

to take time, to cost

kanarazu

certainly, surely, by all means, always

kanetsu

[sv] heating

kankei

relation, connection, concern

kara

from

katei

home, family, household

ketten

weak point, fault, drawback

kishu

model, type of machine

kookyuu

high-class, deluxe, luxury

koto (-koto)

(fp) forming a noun phrase

kuwaemasu

to add

made

till, until, to

man

ten thousand

mazu

first of all

mizu

water

Nihongo de

in Japanese

o-kome (kome)

(uncooked) rice

pun (-pun)

minutes

seihin

(manufactured) product, goods

shashin

photograph

shimasu ([price] shimasu)

to cost

sorekara

and then

soshite

and

suihanki

rice cooker

takeru

(rice) is cooked

taku

to cook (boil) rice

tekiryoo

proper quantity

tsugi ni

next, then

uchi-gawa

inside

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