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The Travels of Tan · Episode 5

東へ 行く 電車The train east

Every word is JLPT N5

The comic

なにかが 来ました。
あれは 車ですか。
Something came. / Is that a car?
いいえ、 電車です。
電車に のりましょう。
No, it's a train. / Let's get on the train.
電車は 東に 行きます。
はやいですね。
The train goes east. / It's fast!
あ、 大きい 山です。
Oh, a big mountain.
つぎの えきで おりませんか。
おりましょう。
Shall we get off at the next station? / Let's get off.
いい まちに 来ました。
東の まちですね。
We came to a nice town. / It's a town in the east.

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  1. なにかが 来ました。

    Something came.

  2. あれは 車ですか。

    Is that a car?

  3. いいえ、 電車です。

    No, it's a train.

  4. 電車に のりましょう。

    Let's get on the train.

  5. 電車は 東に 行きます。

    The train goes east.

  6. はやいですね。

    It's fast!

  7. あ、 大きい 山です。

    Oh, a big mountain.

  8. つぎの えきで おりませんか。

    Shall we get off at the next station?

  9. おりましょう。

    Let's get off.

  10. いい まちに 来ました。

    We came to a nice town.

  11. 東の まちですね。

    It's a town in the east.

Test yourself on this episode

  1. 1 / 3

    電車

    よみかたは？

    How do you read it?

  2. 2 / 3

    東

    いみは？

    What does it mean?

  3. 3 / 3

    電車は どこに 行きましたか。

    Where did the train go?

  4. 0 of 3 answered

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