LESSON NOTES

Lower Intermediate #2
Intentions

CONTENTS
2 Kanji
2 Kana
2 Romanization
3 English
3 Vocabulary
4 Sample Sentences
5 Grammar

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ROMANIZATION

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1. CHIGUSA: Raigetsu wa fuyu no bnasu o morau.

2. YOSHI: Kocchi mo! Raigetsu o totemo tanoshimi ni shiteru. Tokorode, mada

Shikoku ryok e iku tsumori?

3. CHIGUSA: Un, s, s! Kyonen kaisha no fuyu no bnasu wa heikin rokuj

nana man gosen-en datta. Kotoshi wa mata fueru kara, okane wa
yoy ga aru.

4. YOSHI: Rokuj nana man gosen-en!! Ii n. Uchi wa heikin roku man gosen-
en datta. Kotoshi mo heru kara, ch kanashii.

ENGLISH

1. CHIGUSA: I can get winter bonus next month.

2. YOSHI: Same here! I'm looking forward to the next month. By the way, are
you still planning the trip to Shikoku?

3. CHIGUSA: Yes, that's right! The average of the winter bonus last year was
675,000 yen, and it will increase this year, so I have enough money.

4. YOSHI: 675,000 yen!! I envy you. Our average was 65,000 yen. It will
decrease this year, too, so I'm really sad.

VOCABULARY

Kanji Kana R omaji English

fuyu winter

natsu no bnasu summer bonus

jumy life span

fueru to increase

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 heru to decrease

man'en 10000 yen

heikin average

bnasu bonus

yoy surplus, time

Shikoku Island in
Shikoku Japan

morau to receive

fuyu no bnasu winter bonus

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Fuyuyasumi wa, inaka de sugosu yotei desu. Sukaidaibingu nante, jumy ga chijimu yo.

I plan to spend this winter vacation in my Skydiving might cut my life short.
hometown.

Ptii no sanka ninz ga fuete shimatta. Bnenkai no yosan ga hette shimatta.

The number of people attending the party They trimmed the budget for the year-end party.
increased.

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Ichi-jikan go-man'en no shigoto desu. Tesuto no heikinten wa ni-jutten datta.

This job pays 50,000 yen an hour. The average score on the test was 20 points.

Bnasu o ate ni suru na! Boku wa, isogashikute, jimu ni iku yoy mo nai.

Don't count on a bonus! I'm too busy to take the time to go to the gym.

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Shikoku no Ehime-ken wa mikan no sanchi de
ymei desu.
Ehime prefecture in Shikoku is known for
producing mandarin oranges.
Seito kara nengaj o moratta.
I received a New Year's greeting card from a
student.

GRAMMAR

T he noun t sumori
Tsumori is a noun that means "intention" or "conviction." When it follows the dictionary
form of a verb or the informal negative form (nai-form) of a verb, it can express what the
speaker is intending or planning to do (or not).

1) V.inf + t sumori (copula)

kau t sumori da kat t a t sumori da

2) adj-na + na + t sumori (copula)

shizuka na t sumori da

3) adj-i.inf .nonpast + t sumori (copula)

hayai t sumori da

4 ) noun + no t sumori (copula)

t e nsai no t sumori da

Example s:
JLPT
Kotoshi wa JLPT ikky o toru tsumori desu.
"I intend to take level one of the JLPT this year."

Konya wa eiga o miru tsumori da.
"I plan to watch a movie tonight."

Kanojo wa kirei na tsumori da.

"She is convinced that she is pretty."

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