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The Travels of Tan · Episode 10

あつい なつの 日A hot summer day

Every word is JLPT N5

The comic

今年は 暑いです。
ああ、 暑い!
It's hot this year. / Ah, it's hot!
火よう日です。
きょうも 暑いですね。
It's Tuesday. / It's hot today too.
土よう日です。
きょうも 暑いですよ。
It's Saturday. / It's hot today too.
来月は 暑くないですよね。
いいえ、 来月も 暑いです。
Next month won't be hot, right? / No, next month is hot too.
じゃあ、 来年は?
Then, next year?
来年も 暑いですよ。
えーっ!
Next year is hot too. / Whaaat?!

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  1. 今年は 暑いです。

    It's hot this year.

  2. ああ、 暑い!

    Ah, it's hot!

  3. 火よう日です。

    It's Tuesday.

  4. きょうも 暑いですね。

    It's hot today too.

  5. 土よう日です。

    It's Saturday.

  6. きょうも 暑いですよ。

    It's hot today too.

  7. 来月は 暑くないですよね。

    Next month won't be hot, right?

  8. いいえ、 来月も 暑いです。

    No, next month is hot too.

  9. じゃあ、 来年は?

    Then, next year?

  10. 来年も 暑いですよ。

    Next year is hot too.

  11. えーっ!

    Whaaat?!

Test yourself on this episode

  1. 1 / 3

    暑い

    よみかたは?

    How do you read it?

  2. 2 / 3

    土よう日

    いみは?

    What does it mean?

  3. 3 / 3

    来月は?

    What does Chun say about next month?

  4. 0 of 3 answered

This episode is world 10 of 14 in Tan Dash, a free one-thumb kanji game: reach it by catching the kanji of worlds 1 to 9.

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