day 88handle with care
unit 12 · words & ideashandle with care
Talk about handling things with care (touch, close, measure, wave, hold hands), and give a reason the spoken way with ~もの, or state a general truth with ~ものだ.
today’s words
- 切れる きれる · to run out; to break; to cut well
- 切れ きれ · piece, cloth; sharpness
- 組む くむ · to team up; to put together
- 閉じる とじる · to close (eyes, a book)
- 取れる とれる · to come off; to be taken
- 計る はかる · to measure (time, temperature)
- 省く はぶく · to leave out, to skip
- 振る ふる · to wave, to shake
- 触れる ふれる · to touch; to mention
- 回す まわす · to turn, to spin
- 満ちる みちる · to be full (of), to fill
- つなぐ · to tie, to connect; to hold (hands)
- 就く つく · to take up (a job, a post)
- 下す くだす · to hand down (a decision)
- かぶる · to put on, to wear (a hat)
- 劣る おとる · to be inferior, to fall behind
- 優れる すぐれる · to excel, to be better
- 勧める すすめる · to recommend, to advise
- 苦しむ くるしむ · to suffer
- 微笑む ほほえむ · to smile
sentences
- だって、知らなかったんだもの。 · Well, I didn't know!
- 子供は、泣くものだ。 · Children cry; that's what they do.
- 新しい機械は、古い機械より優れている。 · The new machine is better than the old one.
- トムと組んで、発表の準備をした。 · I teamed up with Tom to prepare the presentation.
- 姉は、去年、看護師の仕事に就いた。 · My older sister started work as a nurse last year.