私の友だち
Yuki's Friends
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My friends are Ken and Mari. They are my friends from Japanese language school.
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Ken is tall. He has big eyes. His arms and legs are long too. He is a very lively person. He loves old cameras.
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Mari is shorter than Ken. Her hair is short. She is a quiet person, but very funny. She likes new music.
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Of the two, who is the nicest? That's a hard one. Ken and Mari are both very good people. My days in Japan are really interesting.
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けんさんは、どんな人ですか。
Key vocabulary
- せが高い せがたかい tall (of a person)
- ひくい ひくい short, low (低い)
- かみ かみ hair (髪)
- にぎやか にぎやか lively (賑やか)
- しずか しずか quiet (静か)
- おもしろい おもしろい interesting, funny
- いい人 いいひと good, nice person
- 〜より より more than ...
- いちばん いちばん the most, number one
- おんがく おんがく music (音楽)
Original passage written for Japanese Compass.