Lesson 147: 議事録を 読む

N2 · Lesson 147 · 25 min — Read the neighborhood association's minutes with Rin and review the written patterns from Lessons 142–146 in one go

No new grammar in this lesson! Read one set of meeting minutes with Rin, Kumata, Mr. Kuma and Neko-sensei, find a "turning point" in it, and practice the written patterns from Lessons 142–146 together.

After this lesson, you can:

Hope in the Minutes

The petition goal is set, and the neighborhood meeting minutes have arrived! (議事録ぎじろく = meeting minutes, 案あん = plan)

Written patterns are mostly "noun + に〜": 三時間さんじかんに わたる 会議かいぎ、案内あんないに かけては. Only 次第しだい attaches straight to a noun: 案あん次第しだいだ. Next lesson, Rin draws a plan that gets everyone nodding...

Reading the Meeting Minutes

Find where the patterns from Lessons 142–146 are used! Tap each line to hear the Japanese.

Words in This Lesson

Grammar 1 / 5: において・にわたって・のもとで

に おいて = formal "at / in ~" (place, field); に わたって = over ~, throughout ~; の もとで = under ~ (guidance, help, conditions)

Grammar 2 / 5: に基もとづいて・に応おうじて・に伴ともなって

に 基もとづいて = based on ~; に 応おうじて = depending on ~ (adjusting to it); に 伴ともなって = along with ~ (changing together)

Grammar 3 / 5: をめぐって・に向むけて・に反はんして・につき

を めぐって = centering on (a disputed topic); に 向むけて = toward (a goal); に 反はんして = contrary to ~; に つき = per ~ / due to ~ (notices)

Grammar 4 / 5: に限かぎらず・に限かぎって・を問とわず・にかかわらず

に 限かぎらず = not only ~; に 限かぎって = of all ~ (bad timing); を 問とわず = regardless of ~; に かかわらず = no matter ~ (same either way)

Grammar 5 / 5: はともかく・はもとより・にかけては・次第しだいで

は ともかく = never mind ~ for now; は もとより = not to mention ~ (even ... too); に かけては = when it comes to ~ (best at); 次第しだいで = depends on ~