
i'm glad
Also means: was good · would have been better · good
191 words · Story levels: A0–B2
Including: 良い · 気 · 好き · 好きだ · 好きです

よい · yoi
i'm glad
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i'm glad
Also means: was good · would have been better · good

care
Also means: feeling · concern · inclination

like
Also means: to have romantic feelings for someone

like
Also means: be romantically attracted to

like

be scared
Also means: scary

fun
Also means: is fun · enjoyable · pleasantly

be happy
Also means: happy

heart
Also means: sincerely

feeling
Also means: pleasant · disgusting

something to look forward to

be worried
Also means: worry about · worry · become worried

sad
Also means: being sad and · linking form of “sad” before negation

dislike

happy

painful or difficult

heart
Also means: chest

anxious
Also means: anxiety

emotion
うまく名前のつけられないその感情が、なぜか京子の胸に静かに刺さった。
That emotion she could not put a name to pierced Kyoko’s heart quietly, for some reason.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
embarrassed
Also means: shameful

smile
高校を卒業してから十五年たっていたが、みんなの笑顔は昔と同じだった。
Fifteen years had passed since we graduated from high school, but everyone's smiles were just as they had been.
同窓会で一人だけ旧姓を呼ばなかった友人 · A2
tear

surprise

lonely

nostalgic
Also means: nostalgic and

facial expression

serious
Also means: seriously

sorrow

pride
むしろ、生命の神秘を解き明かすこの仕事に誇りを持っていたはずだった。
Rather, in this work of unraveling the mysteries of life, I should have felt proud.
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2
determination
目が覚めたとき、彼の心には奇妙な決意が生まれていた。
When he woke up, a strange determination was born in his heart.
ホタルが消えた川を一人で取り戻した男 · B1
exhausting

curiosity

sigh

sound of laughter

be fond of, in a linking form before negation
Also means: being fond of, and
父は遊園地があまり好きではありませんでした。
My father [regarding] amusement parks did not like them very much.
父と二人で乗った最後のジェットコースター · A2
expectations
でも、親の期待とか、流れとか、そういうのと自分の気持ちがごちゃごちゃになってて …
But my parents’ expectations, the way things were going, and stuff like that were all tangled up with my own feelings …
兄の婚約者から届いた本音 · B1
interest

feeling
彼は自分の無力さを突きつけられているような気分だった。
He felt his own powerlessness as though it were being thrust in his face.
戦後の闇市で生まれたソース焼きそば · B2
gratitude
Also means: thanks
「昔、感謝の目で私を見た旅人がいた。
"Long ago, there was a traveler who looked at me with eyes of gratitude.
天狗が守る峠の三つの掟 · A2
at ease
父のことを話せる人が、まだいたんだと分かって、少し気持ちが楽になりました。
Realizing there was still someone I could talk to about my father, I feel a bit more at ease.
亡き父の携帯に今もメッセージが届く · B1
resignation
沖縄の民謡の香りを持ちながら、どこか静かで、諦めではなく、むしろ穏やかな祈りのような音楽だった。
While carrying the fragrance of Okinawan folk songs, it was somewhat quiet, and it was music that was not of resignation, but rather like a peaceful prayer.
沖縄の地下壕で書き残された楽譜 · B2
anger

regret
通帳の後ろに挟まれていた便箋には、弱い人間ゆえに逃げたという後悔と、使い道はお前が決めていいという娘への思いが綴られていた。
On the stationery tucked into the back of the bankbook, there was the regret of having run away because he was a weak human, saying that I could decide how to use it his feelings for his daughter had been recorded.
四十年間、故郷に帰らなかった父が残した通帳 · B2
fear
恐怖に飲み込まれそうになりながらも、論理的に状況を分析する自分を見つけた。
Even as fear threatened to overwhelm her, she found herself analyzing the situation logically.
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2
be unpleasant
えっと...うまく言えないけど。東京の大学がイヤとか、そういうことじゃなくて。ただ...毎日絵を描いてるとき、すごく幸せなんだ。それだけ。本当に、それだけ。
Um... I don't know how to say it well, but it's not that I dislike Tokyo universities or anything. It's just... when I'm drawing every day, I'm really happy. That's all. Truly, that's all.
合格通知が二つ届いた朝 · A2
dissatisfaction
義弟はしばらく不満を口にしたが、やがて引き下がった。
The brother-in-law voiced his dissatisfaction for a while, but eventually backed down.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
joy
それは孤独な戦いだったが、自分の絵が正当に評価される喜びは、何物にも代えがたかった。
It was a lonely battle, but The joy of having her paintings properly evaluated was beyond compare.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
suspicion
男の名前で出品された作品に、そんな疑いを向けることは礼儀に反すると考えられていたからだ。
Toward a work submitted under a man's name, To cast such suspicions was considered contrary to etiquette.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
wariness

unhappiness
しかし不思議なことに、誰も不幸になる者はいなかった。
But strangely, there was no one who became unhappy.
神在月に出雲へ向かった神が帰らなかった理由 · B2
pitiful

sense that something is off
書斎に入った瞬間、私は奇妙な違和感を覚えた。
The moment I entered the study, I felt a strange sense of unease.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
happy

mask
固い仮面が剥がれ落ちるような――その奥に、深い悲しみと驚きが混ざり合った何かが浮かび上がった。
It was as if a hard mask were peeling away— Deep within it, something in which profound sorrow and astonishment had mingled emerged.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
lonely
それは孤独な戦いだったが、自分の絵が正当に評価される喜びは、何物にも代えがたかった。
It was a lonely battle, but The joy of having her paintings properly evaluated was beyond compare.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
heartbreaking

suffer

passion
自分の中に、本当にそんな情熱が残っているのだろうか。
She wondered if such a passion really remained inside of her.
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2
completely absorbed
子供のころ、凛はその話を夢中で聞いたものだ。
When she was a child, Rin used to listen to that story intently.
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2
discomfort
誠一は笑顔で礼をしたが、胸の中には奇妙な不快感が居座っていた。
Seiichi bowed with a smile, but in his chest A strange discomfort lingered.
初演後に楽譜を焼いた作曲家 · B2
being frustrated and
Also means: frustrated or regretful
試合が終わったとき、蓮は悔しくて、少し涙が出そうになった。
When the match ended, Ren felt so frustrated that he almost started to cry.
柔道部のない島の中学生が挑んだ県大会 · B1
pain and suffering
復帰後の一年半は、苦痛の連続だった。
The year and a half after his return was a continuous series of pain.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
hesitation
七十一歳の手は節だらけで、ヒノキの樹脂で黄ばんでいるが、その動きに迷いは一切ない。
His seventy-one-year-old hands are full of knots, and yellowed with cypress resin, but there is absolutely no hesitation in his movements.
九百年の技を継ぐ最後の宮大工が刻んだ一本の柱 · B2
enthusiasm

pride

pressure
コーチのプレッシャーで、ずっと食事を減らしてて
due to the pressure from the coach, kept cutting back on meals this whole time,
誰も知らない先輩の引退理由 · A2
hesitation

boring
木の話なんて、どうせ退屈だろうと思っていたのだ。
A story about trees, I thought, anyway would be boring, is what I had been thinking.
屋久島の千年杉を守る男 · B1
guilt
それが鐘なのか、罪悪感なのか、あるいは祖母へのおわびなのか、凛にはうまく言葉にできなかった。
Whether it was the bell or guilt, or perhaps an apology to her grandmother, Rin couldn't put it into words very well.
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2
powerless
彼は自分の無力さを突きつけられているような気分だった。
He felt his own powerlessness as though it were being thrust in his face.
戦後の闇市で生まれたソース焼きそば · B2
pathetic and shameful

reaction

inner conflict
でも宮本は、その間に監督の葛藤を感じた。
But in that pause, Miyamoto felt the coach's inner conflict.
箱根駅伝で棄権を拒んだ四区のランナー · B2
dislike

cheers
龍が大きく旋回したとき、観客から大きな歓声が上がった。
When the dragon made a large circle, a great cheer rose from the audience.
長崎くんちの龍踊りを受け継いだ外国人 · B1
lacking in emotion
作曲家として二十年のキャリアを持つ誠一は、批評家から「技術的には完璧だが、感情に乏しい」と評されることが多かった。
Seiichi, who had a twenty-year career as a composer, was often criticized by critics as being 'technically perfect, but lacking in emotion.'
初演後に楽譜を焼いた作曲家 · B2
swirl
Also means: whirlpool

cannot bear it
どちらにしても、このまま放っておくのは忍びない。
Either way, she couldn't bear to just leave it like this.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
relief
彼女が「いた」と断言せず、「気がした」と書いたことに、なぜか安堵を覚えた。
For some reason, he felt relief that she wrote 'I felt like' rather than asserting that she 'was' there.
初演後に楽譜を焼いた作曲家 · B2
awkward

melancholy
そこには、当時の日本の風景が持つ哀愁と力強さが同居していた。
There, the scenery of Japan at that time possessed a coexistence of melancholy and strength.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
wry smile
しかしすぐに苦笑いを浮かべ、「寝不足だったんだろう」と答えた。
But he immediately gave a wry smile and replied, 'You were probably just sleep-deprived.'
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2
keen

sentimental
Also means: sentimentally
感傷的になってはいけないと自分に言い聞かせながら、埃を払う。
reminding herself not to become sentimental, she dusted them off.
見合い写真の裏に書かれた別の名前 · B2
nagging doubt

admiration
審査委員たちは、ある画家の作品の前で足を止め、感嘆の声を漏らした。
The judges stopped in front of a certain artist's work, and let out voices of admiration.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
crying sound
港では家族たちが名前を叫び、泣き声と波音が混じり合っていた。
At the port, families were shouting names, and the sound of crying and the waves were mingling together.
シベリア抑留から持ち帰った酒蔵の麹菌 · B2
hesitation
女性は、田中がいつも素通りしていた角を、ためらいもなく曲がった。
The woman turned the corner that Tanaka always passed by, without any hesitation.
六十年間同じ道を歩いた男が初めて曲がった角 · B2
guilty
父の形見を使うことへの後ろめたさは、もうなかった。
He no longer felt guilty about using his father's memento.
戦後の闇市で生まれたソース焼きそば · B2
oppressive
彼女の部屋からは、時折、重苦しい沈黙の気配が漏れ出しているような気がしていた。
From her room, at times, the presence of a heavy silence seemed to be seeping out.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
feel
Also means: seem · be felt · make someone feel
懐かしいと思う気持ちと、重いと感じる気持ちが同時にやってきた。
The feeling of nostalgia, and the feeling that it was heavy, came at the same time.
京町家の最後の後継ぎ · B1
laugh
Also means: smile · mock · don’t laugh

be angry
Also means: be scolded · try to get angry

stem of “to cry” before そう
Also means: be crying · cry · not cry
父の顔を見るたびに、少し泣きそうになります。
Every time I see my father's face, I feel like I'm going to cry a little.
父と二人で乗った最後のジェットコースター · A2
be in trouble
Also means: be a problem · not do

be surprised
Also means: surprised · must have been surprised (respectful)

hesitating
Also means: be hesitating · hesitate, then · get lost
京子は手渡すべきかどうか迷い、ただアルバムをそっと前に差し出した。
Kyoko hesitated over whether to hand it to her, and simply held the album out gently in front of her.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
feel at ease
Also means: secure
sort out one’s feelings
Also means: sort through belongings · organize documents
翔くんに言ったのは、うまく整理できなくて、誰かに聞いてほしかっただけで
The reason I told Sho-kun was because I couldn't organize my feelings well, and I just wanted someone to listen.
姉の結婚式当日に式場から消えた · B1
smile cheerfully

heart pounding

relieved

to strike deeply
うまく名前のつけられないその感情が、なぜか京子の胸に静かに刺さった。
That emotion she could not put a name to pierced Kyoko’s heart quietly, for some reason.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
smile

laugh
Also means: don’t laugh

smile pleasantly
feelings
Also means: thought
通帳の後ろに挟まれていた便箋には、弱い人間ゆえに逃げたという後悔と、使い道はお前が決めていいという娘への思いが綴られていた。
On the stationery tucked into the back of the bankbook, there was the regret of having run away because he was a weak human, saying that I could decide how to use it his feelings for his daughter had been recorded.
四十年間、故郷に帰らなかった父が残した通帳 · B2
calm down
Also means: be calm · feel restless · when/once someone calms down

fear (linking form)
Also means: without fearing · not fear (in an if-clause)

be worried

forgive
Also means: not allow
彼女は自分のアイデンティティを隠したのではなく、芸術のために新しい名前を創造したのだと、ようやく自分自身を許すことができたのである。
She hadn't hidden her identity, but rather, that she had created a new name for the sake of art— she was finally able to forgive herself.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
want to make someone happy
Also means: rejoice
でも、米を炊く技も、包丁の腕も、誰かを喜ばせたいという気持ちも、地震には奪えなかった。
But, neither the skill of cooking rice, nor his proficiency with a knife, nor the desire to make someone happy, could the earthquake steal away.
関東大震災の翌朝に炊き出しを始めた板前 · B1
with relief
Also means: was light

never imagined

who cried
Also means: cried
ここで生まれた人たち、ここで泣いた人たち、笑った人たち。
The people who were born here, the people who cried here, the people who laughed.
京町家の最後の後継ぎ · B1
desperate
Also means: desperately
教科書通りの知識を教え、進路指導に追われ、生徒の個性を評価するのではなく、型にはめることに必死になっていた。
Teaching knowledge straight from the textbook, being overwhelmed by career counseling, Instead of valuing my students' individuality, I had been desperately trying to force them into a mold.
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2
hesitate
Also means: be undecided · get lost

feel relieved
Also means: save someone
そして、彼が去る前夜に言った言葉——『あなたのような方がいると知って、少し救われた気がします』」「なぜ切り取ったのか。
And the words he said the night before he left— “Knowing that there is someone like you, I feel somewhat reassured.” “Why did I tear it out?
解体前の古民家の天井裏から出た百年分の日記 · B2
be disliked
でも、また嫌われるのが怖かった」「私も怖かった。
But I was afraid you would hate me again. I was afraid too.
仏壇の引き出しに隠された兄の謝罪文 · A2
be something to be proud of
母のしたことは恥ずべきことではなく、誇るべきことだったのだから」。
What Mother did was not shameful, but but something to be proud of, after all.”
解体前の古民家の天井裏から出た百年分の日記 · B2
enjoy

calmly
Also means: calm
書かれた数字は、冷静に読んでいるつもりでも、体が震えるほどの差だった。
Even though he intended to read the written figures calmly, the difference was enough to make his body tremble.
黒船来航の前夜に書かれた手紙 · B2
absorbed in
でも私はいつも自分が座ることに夢中で、妻がどんな景色を見ていたのか、本当の意味では知らなかった。
But I was always so focused on my own sitting, what kind of scenery my wife was seeing, I didn't know in the true sense.
三十年間、同じ席に座り続けた男 · B1
calmly
Also means: peacefully

make one’s eyes light up
生徒が「なぜ?」と目を輝かせる瞬間が、好きだ。
I love the moments when students’ eyes light up and they ask, “Why?”
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2
funny

not suffer

be sad
Also means: don’t be sad

not panic

to panic

was drawn to
師匠の若い頃の名だと後で知ったが、そのとき澄江はただ、その文字が持つ凛とした力強さに強く惹かれた。
She later learned it was her master's name from his youth, but At that moment, Sumie simply... She was deeply drawn to the dignified strength of those characters.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
hesitate
Also means: hesitation
花はためらいましたが、その古い昆布を水に入れました。
Hana hesitated, but that old kombu put into the water.
捨てられるはずだった昆布が変えた出汁の味 · A2
feel refreshed
feelings
個人の情に流されてはならない」綱代の神は、束の中の一本に目を止めた。
We must not be swayed by personal feelings.” The god of Ajiro fixed his eyes on one thread in the bundle.
神在月に出雲へ向かった神が帰らなかった理由 · B2
make tense

to stick in someone’s mind
それでも、今回の帰省で耳にした噂は、どうしても胸に引っかかった。
Even so, the rumors she heard during this visit home, somehow stuck in her mind (stayed in her chest).
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2jump

feel emotionally hurt
晴香はその部屋を一目見て、心が少し痛んだ。
Haruka took one look at the room and her heart ached a little.
座敷わらしが去る前夜に鳴った鈴の音 · B1
vaguely
先週の木曜、先生がレッスン中にどこかぼんやりされていたような気がして。
Last Thursday, during the lesson, I had a feeling he was somewhat absent-minded.
三味線の師匠が突然失踪した · B1
be scared

to wear a smile, linking to what follows
しかしすぐに苦笑いを浮かべ、「寝不足だったんだろう」と答えた。
But he immediately gave a wry smile and replied, 'You were probably just sleep-deprived.'
龍神が守る湖に沈んだ村の鐘 · B2
be moved to tears
true feelings
「最後かどうかは、踊ってみなければわからない」それは本心ではなかった。
"Whether it is the last or not, I won't know until I dance." That was not what he truly felt.
琉球宮廷舞踊を本土へ伝えた最後の踊り手 · B2
calmly and matter-of-factly

lively
蒼さんが自分の絵の話をするとき、顔が全然違います。他のどんな話のときよりも、生き生きしています。
When Ao talks about his own paintings, his face is completely different. More than any other time, he is full of life.
合格通知が二つ届いた朝 · A2
be squeezed tight
田んぼや山が見えるたびに、心の中で何かが締め付けられる感じがした。
each time she saw rice fields and mountains, she felt something tighten inside her heart.
京町家の最後の後継ぎ · B1
sentimental

hesitantly and fearfully

freeze up
しかし演奏が第二楽章に入った瞬間、全身が凍りついた。
But the moment the performance entered the second movement, his whole body froze.
初演後に楽譜を焼いた作曲家 · B2
endure

freeze up and
新しい生活が始まるって思ったら急に足がすくんじゃって
When I thought about a new life starting, I suddenly got cold feet.
姉の結婚式当日に式場から消えた · B1
make a facial expression
Also means: do · feel / seem · part of として meaning “as”

helplessly
Also means: not be · not exist; be absent · not
「でも、捨てた後から、どうしようもなく後悔していたところだったんです」八重子の言葉には、弁解でも感謝でもない何かが混じっていた。
“But ever since I threw it away,” I had been consumed by regret.” In Yaeko's words, there was something mixed in that was neither an excuse nor gratitude.
ゴミ置き場で見つかった三十年前の卒業アルバム · B2
be a concern
Also means: become · come to; start to · be decided

hope
Also means: may · good · no, thank you

hope
Also means: think · think that · intend to
to please
Also means: enter · be inside · be received (of a signal)

want
Also means: want someone to do something

can’t believe it
Also means: want to believe · believed · not believe and (connecting form)

creepy
Also means: bad · on bad terms · impaired

facial expression
Also means: face

deep
Also means: deeply · deep and · rich

warm
Also means: hot

feel emotionally weighed down
Also means: heavy · oppressively heavily · heavily

bear a grudge
Also means: hold or carry · have

care about
Also means: make a phone call · spend time · to call out to someone
してなかったと思う。でも担任の先生がずっと気にかけてたって
I don't think they were. But the homeroom teacher always kept them in mind.
廃校の時間割に名前があった · B1
feel
Also means: remember · not remember · memorize
彼女が「いた」と断言せず、「気がした」と書いたことに、なぜか安堵を覚えた。
For some reason, he felt relief that she wrote 'I felt like' rather than asserting that she 'was' there.
初演後に楽譜を焼いた作曲家 · B2
fond of (before ので: because one likes)
Also means: romantically likes · favorite
feeling
Also means: appearance · way · kind of person
田んぼや山が見えるたびに、心の中で何かが締め付けられる感じがした。
each time she saw rice fields and mountains, she felt something tighten inside her heart.
京町家の最後の後継ぎ · B1
be moved
Also means: move · take action · work

crazy
Also means: strange · funny
でも誰かに話さないと頭がおかしくなりそうで
But if I don't talk to someone, I feel like I'm going to go crazy
二十年ぶりに届いた交換日記 · B1trace
Also means: color

move emotionally
Also means: touch · be unable to touch
「あの踊りを見たとき、心に触れるものを感じたんです。
"When I saw that dance, I felt something touch my heart.
長崎くんちの龍踊りを受け継いだ外国人 · B1if you feel like it
Also means: turn toward · be suited to

hope
Also means: wish · preference
匠造は、自分の技術が誰かに伝わるかもしれないという、微かな希望を胸に抱き始めていた。
Shozo, thinking that his techniques might be passed on to someone, began to harbor a faint hope in his heart.
九百年の技を継ぐ最後の宮大工が刻んだ一本の柱 · B2
dislike someone
Also means: unpleasant

shed tears
Also means: be swayed · leak information
今日、やっと会えたけど、約束はまだ大切だよ」美香はノートを見て、涙を流した。
We finally got to meet today, but the promise is still important.” Mika looked at the notebook and shed tears.
同窓会で一人だけ旧姓を呼ばなかった友人 · A2lose the desire
Also means: disappear · cease to be · run out

seriousness
Also means: seriously

emotionally distant
Also means: far away · far and … · probably far

puzzled
Also means: strange · strangely

awesome
Also means: oh no · bad/dangerous · dangerous
complex
Also means: intricate
表情を変えなかったが、胸の中では複雑な感情が渦巻いていた。
Her expression did not change, but complex emotions were swirling inside her chest.
幕末の長崎で通訳として生きた混血の女 · B2
quiet
Also means: quiet and unobtrusive · quiet and reserved
そのことに、澄江は静かな誇りを感じていたという。
It is said that Sumie felt a quiet pride in that fact.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
warmly, and…
Also means: warm · warm and
知らない人が自分の名前を呼んでいる——それが不思議なくらい温かく、宮本の胸に刺さった。
People he didn't know were calling his name— that was strangely warm and pierced Miyamoto's heart (chest).
箱根駅伝で棄権を拒んだ四区のランナー · B2
grudge
Also means: root

resonate deeply
Also means: resound · reverberate through the body
その短い言葉が、藤田には勲章よりも重く響いた。
Those short words resonated more heavily with Fujita than any medal.
幻の東京五輪に選ばれた水泳選手の八年間 · B2
be enveloped by
Also means: cup in both hands · be wrapped
胸の奥が、熱くなるような、あるいは冷たくなるような不思議な感覚に包まれた。
A strange sensation, like his chest becoming hot or perhaps cold, enveloped him.
六十年間同じ道を歩いた男が初めて曲がった角 · B2
want to hurt
Also means: hurt

tense
Also means: hard · hard, and
表情は硬いが、目に不思議な明るさがある。
His expression is stiff, but there is a strange brightness in his eyes.
見合い写真の裏に書かれた別の名前 · B2
be overwhelmed
Also means: hold back words · leave a sentence unfinished · engulf
恐怖に飲み込まれそうになりながらも、論理的に状況を分析する自分を見つけた。
Even as fear threatened to overwhelm her, she found herself analyzing the situation logically.
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2