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押入 |
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| oshiire | おしいれ | |
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| closet | |
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私は押入れに閉じ込められるのがこわかった。
watashi wa oshīre ni tojikome rareru no ga kowakatta. I was afraid of being put into a closet. |
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玩具も、何も無いから、私は、チョークを買ってもらって、それで、押入の板戸へ、絵や、字を書き出した.
omocha mo, nani mo nai kara, watashi wa, chōku o katte moratte, sorede, oshīre no itado e, e ya, ji o kakidashi ta I had no toys or anything else, so I used a chalk that had been bought for me and drew pictures and letters on a closet door. |
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僕が学校から帰ってくると、押入れから物音が聞こえたので、飼い猫のチロかと思ってガラッと戸を開けたら、知らない男の人が中にいた。
boku ga gakkō kara kaette kuru to, oshīre kara monōto ga kikoe ta node, kai neko no chiro ka to omotte garatto to o ake tara, shira nai otoko no hito ga naka ni i ta. Once I arrived home from school, I heard some sounds coming from my closet, and thinking that it was just our pet cat Chiro, I opened the door wide open, and instead found some guy I didn't know inside. |
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河合という友人の家へ行った時、ピストルを河合が放った。装弾していないつもりで、口を私の方へ向けていたが、入っていて、私の耳とすれすれに、うしろの押入れへぶち込んだ。
kawai toyū yūjin no ie e itta toki, pisutoru o kawai ga hanatta. sōdan shi te i nai tsumori de, kuchi o watashi no hō e muke te i ta ga, haitte i te, watashi no mimi to suresure ni, ushi ro no oshīre e buchikon da. Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

