Contents
1. Lesson 23-Top
2. Kanji in Lesson 23
3. たんご (Vocabulary)
4. 会話 (Dialogues)
5. ぶんぽう (Grammar)
6. れんしゅう (Practice)

Awkward Conversation at the Doorway (Title page photo for Lesson 23)

Some events in our lives affect us negatively despite our hopes and efforts to avoid them. Japanese describe such circumstances through the use of passive sentences. In this lesson, we will learn how this is done and what implications such expressions have.

ぶんぽう (Grammar)

  1. Passive sentences
  2. Transitive V (て-form)＋ある
  3. Vている間に
  4. Vて-form　＋ ほしい
  5. ～くする・～にする・ようにする
  6. Vように言う

Useful Social Expressions

  1. ただいま: I'm home!
  2. お帰りなさい: Welcome home!
  3. ねえ: Hey! (Informal interjection used to get someone’s attention before saying or asking something)

New Kanji

盗、降、信、経、台、風、犬、重、初、若、送、幸、計、遅、配

Lesson 23-Top