Lesson 135: 回覧板が 来た

N3 · Lesson 135 · 20 min — Follow Rin as he reads the neighborhood association's circulation board, and review Lessons 130-134 in one go: triggers, reported requests, rules, suppositions and compound verbs.

No new grammar in this lesson! Follow Rin, Kumata, Mr. Kuma and Neko-sensei. Starting from one circulation board, see how the neighborhood gets moving, and practice Lessons 130-134 all together.

After this lesson, you can:

The Neighborhood Board

After Mr. Kuma's story, the neighborhood circulation board lands in Rin's hands! (回覧板かいらんばん = circulation board, 開ひらく = hold an event)

Rules use ことに なって いる, notices end in 〜こと, and suppositions use と したら. Next lesson, Rin works so hard for the tree that he starts to feel unwell...

The Neighborhood Gets Moving

Can you spot the patterns from Lessons 130-134? Tap each line to hear the Japanese.

Words in This Lesson

Grammar 1 / 5: をはじめ・をきっかけに・をこめて・向むけ

を はじめ = name the most typical one first; を きっかけに = something becomes the starting point; を こめて = put your feeling into the action; 向むけ/向むき = made for / suitable for ~

Grammar 2 / 5: には・ように言いう・ますように・とおりに

Dictionary form + には = in order to ~ (state the goal first); person に + 〜ように 言いう/頼たのむ = tell / ask someone to ~; sentence-final 〜ますように = a wish; 〜とおりに = just as ~

Grammar 3 / 5: ことになっている・ことにしている・こと

ことに なって いる = decided by others or by a rule; ことに して いる = your own decision, a habit you keep; sentence-final 〜こと = “do ~ / don't ~” on a notice

Grammar 4 / 5: としたら・たら〜た・じゃないか

Plain form + と したら (と すれば・と すると) = suppose it's true that ~; A-たら、B-た = I did A and found B; 〜じゃないか = Hey, isn't it ~! (surprise, blame)

Grammar 5 / 5: 合あう・切きる・っぱなし・きり

ます-stem + 合あう = do ~ to each other; + 切きる = do ~ completely (切きれない = can't finish ~); + っぱなし = do it and leave it / keep ~ing; きり = only ~, or nothing again after ~