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Beginner Lesson #42 - Harajuku or Mahjong?
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ࡱࡌ࠾㸴
࢜ࢭ㸯௑ࠉᐓ࡞࠷ࡱࡌࠊ௑እࡢరࢅࡊࡱࡌ
࠾㸴
ኚᏄ㸯௑እࡢཋᐙ࡞࠷ࡱࡌ㸖ᴞࡊࡂ࡙ࠉ࡞ࡁ
ࡷ࠾࡚ࠉཋᐙࡢኬይࡀ࡚ࡌ㸖࢜ࢭࡢరࢅࡊࡱ
ࡌ࠾㸴
࢜ࢭ㸯௑እࠉᐓ࡚㯖㞓ࢅࡊࡱࡌ㸖࠵࡝ࡒࡡ࠽
㔘࠿ᚪこ࡚ࡌࠊࡌࡲࡱࡎࢆࠊ࠵࡝ࡒ࠿ᚪこ࡚
ࡌࠊ
ኚᏄ㸯㯖㞓㸖㸖㯖㞓ࡢࡗࡱࡼ࡝ࡂ࡙ࠉኬ᎒࠷
࡚ࡌ㸖௑እࡍࡖ࡛ཋᐙ࡞࠷ࡱࡌࠊࡆࡆ࡞ᮮࡱ
ࡎࢆ࠾㸴࡛࡙ࡵᴞࡊ࠷࡚ࡌ㸖
࢜ࢭ㸯ཋᐙ㸖㸖ெ࠿ኣࡂ࡙ࠉ࠹ࡾࡈࡂ࡙ኬ᎒
࠷࡚ࡌࠊࡱࡒ௑ᗐ㸖
ኚᏄ㸯ࡐ࠹࡚ࡌࡠࠊࡱࡒ௑ᗐࠊ
Translation
Natsuko: Natsuko here.
Kaze: Where are you now?
Natsuko: Now, I’m in Harajuku! Kaze, where are
you now?
Kaze: Now, I’m at home. What will you do tonight?
Natsuko: Tonight, I’ll be in Harajuku! It’s fun,
lively, and I love Harajuku! Kaze, what will you do
tonight?
Kaze: Tonight, I’ll play mah-jong at home! I need
your money. Sorry. We need you, Natsuko.
Natsuko: Mah-jong!! Mah-jong is boring, and I
hate it! Tonight, the whole night, I’ll be in Hara-
juku. Won’t you come to Harajuku? It’s very fun!
Kaze: Harajuku!! There are so many people. It’s so

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Vocabulary - ㄊᙙ⾪
Grammar Points

Kanji Kana Romaji English
ཋᐙ ࡢࡼࡋࡸࡂ
Harajuku Iconic location of ladys fashion, located in central Tokyo
࡞ࡁࡷ࠾ ࡞ࡁࡷ࠾
Nigiyaka Lively
㯖㞓 ࣏࣭ࢩࣔࣤ MÃjan
Mah-jong
࠽㔘 ࠽࠾ࡠ
O-kane Money
ᚪこ ࡥࡗࡻ࠹ Hitsuyď
Necessary
௑ᗐ ࡆࢆ࡜
Kondo Next time, this time

Today, we covered how to say "need something", or "something is necessary". The way we make this constructions
LVDELWGLIIHUHQWIRUYHUEVDQGQRXQV/HWV¿UVWFRYHUWKHQRXQV
[Noun]
࠿ᚪこ
[Noun]is important, necessary
$IWHUWKHQRXQZHDGGWKHSDUWLFOH
࠿ + the noun ᚪこ
For example:
࠽㔘࠿ᚪこ࡚ࡌࠊI need money. / Money is necessary.
᫤㛣࠿ᚪこ࡚ࡌࠊI need time. / Time is necessary.
For verbs, we add
ᚪこ࠿࠵ࡾdirectly to the end of the verb in the dictionary form.