Practice JLPTMeaning & usage
A continuative form of a verb which means "V and...".
Example sentences 8
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みんながお金を出し合い、京子の出産祝いを買った。
Everybody contributed some money and bought a present for Kyoko's new baby.
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ジョンは日本で生まれ、十歳まで日本の学校で勉強した。
John was born in Japan and studied at a Japanese school until he was ten.
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日本では一週間前から 梅雨に入り、毎日 鬱陶しい日が続いています。
In Japan we've been in the rainy season for a week (literally: since a week ago) and had gloomy days every day.
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本校の五十周年を記念し、祝賀パーティーを開きます。
Commemorating this school's fiftieth anniversary, we are going to have a celebration party.
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海老は殻からを 剥き、サラダ油で 軽く炒めます。
As for shrimp, you take their shells off and fry them lightly in salad oil.
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父は銀行に勤め、母はうちの近くでブティックを開いている。
My father works for a bank and my mother has a boutique near my house.
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男が荷車の前の綱を引っ張り、女が後ろを押した。
The man pulled the rope in front of the cart and the woman pushed it from behind.
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長男は医者になり、 次男は弁護士になった。
My first son became a doctor and my second, a lawyer.