今日はちょっと……
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今日はちょっと……

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Reading time
1 min
Total words
12
Unique words
12
Typical word
#48

Story

ハル
  1. ミカ (you), 15:00:、?Kyō, jikan aru? Read
  2. ハル, 15:22:……Kyō wa chotto......
  3. ミカ (you), 15:22:。Sō. Read
  4. ミカ (you), 15:23:Read
  5. ミカ (you), 15:23:、?Kore, minna tabechau yo? Read
  6. ハル, 15:23:!Jikan aru!
  7. ミカ (you), 15:23:ハル今日はちょっと……?Read
  8. ハル, 15:23:!Mō daijōbu!
  9. ハル, 15:23:!Ima iku!
  10. ハル, 15:23:?Doko?
  11. ミカ (you), 15:23:Ano hoteru Read
  12. ミカ (you), 15:50:Read
  13. ミカ (you), 15:50:。Mō ii yo. Read
  14. ハル, 15:51:!Ima hoteru!
  15. ハル, 15:51:……
  16. ミカ (you), 15:51:Kōhī wa aru yo Delivered

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Words in this story

Curriculum
21 words
# Freq Word
17いいgood, fine
211はtopic marker (as for ...)
313がsubject marker
416よsentence ending: you know, I tell you
520あるto be, to exist (things); to have
622私I, me
731これthis (one), near me
836あのthat (before a noun), over there
939どこwhere
1041行くto go
1148今now
1261コーヒーcoffee
1364ホテルhotel
1466時間time; hour
1567今日today
1671そうso, like that; that is right
1773もうalready; (not) any more
1875ちょっとa little; just a moment
1976大丈夫all right, OK; safe
2079みんなeveryone, all
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