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Upper Intermediate
The Doctor is In 1

05

Kanji
Kana
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Grammar Points

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Kana

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Romanization
Sensei
Kanja
Sensei
Sensei

Sensei
Kanja
Sensei

Ky
Sensei, watashi, kenk
Sore nara, kin en shitara ii n ja naika ne.
Ee, demo, 14-kai mo kin en ni ch
subete shippai shimashita. Tabako o suwanai y
to omoeba omou hodo, tabako o suitaku natte kuru n
desu. D
Sore ja kin'en no gamu o..
Sore wa m
subete yarimashita. Desu ga dame na n desu...
Yoshi wakatta. Dewa, kore o tameshite miyou. Beddo ni
yoko ni natte goran.
Hai.
Sore dewa kono koin o j

Kanja
Sensei
H
Anata wa tabako o suitakunaku natte kuru...
Yoshi, me o akenasai. Hora, kono tabako o mite goran. Suitai ka ne?
Kanja
....I, iie. Mattaku suitaku arimasen. Sugoi desu sensei!!
Tabako nante suitaku arimasen.

English
Doctor
Patient
Doctor
Patient

Doctor
Patient

How are you feeling today?

I want to quit smoking to improve my health, Doctor.
Okay. Then go ahead and quit smoking.
Um. But I've tried quitting 14 times and failed every
single time. The more I think about not smoking, the more
I want to smoke. What should I do?
Hmmm. How about chewing gum?
I've already tried that!! Gum, filters, all these things

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marketed for people who want to quit smoking. But I

haven't been able to quit...
Okay. Then let's try this. Lie down on the bed.
Yes, sir.
Look at this coin very carefully...You're feeling
sleepy...You feel good...You don't want to smoke
anymore... Okay. Open your eyes. Now, look at this
cigarette. Do you want to smoke it?
...Uh.. No. I don't want to smoke it at all. Wow, Doctor!
I don't want to smoke anything at all.

Doctor
Patient
Doctor

Patient

 

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Kanji

789:   !

(i) --

@ -- A 

Vocabulary

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j Kana
l ) 

g
E I

k 
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Romaji
kenk
kinen
ch
shippai
s

English
health
no Smoking
challenge
failure, mistake
to smoke, to inhale;
V1

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

Do you smoke?

Grammar Points

@ 
A          
                          
    
  

A   
    
   

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A        
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@ 
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-"[conditional form of verb/adj + plain form of verb/adj +

clause]." So, -"-clause means "the other thing also increases proportionately."

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789:;< $  =
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Today's example:

The harder I try to stop smoking, the more I want to smoke.

Formation:

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j @ B A 
dl j @
@
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A


d




H
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j # @ H A    "   $
Conditional form of verb/adj + plain form of verb/adj

* Please note that the same verb or adj is used as the conditional form and plain
form in this structure.

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U  A  
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p
A   
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$ D !

Examples:

The more I read this book, the more fun it becomes.

  Q G 2 j # @  @A  2 < B!

h4 Q G 2= j # =A  >
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The stronger the opponent team is, the more fighting spirit I have.

$ C4 BD
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$ D " # 

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the subject
becomes
something or some state different from what it has been. When
$
D



appending
naru to the adverbial form of the
 
"i-adjectives,
!  %" attach
i-adjective 
i
syllable
of an i-adjective with ku) and attach

$
D



naru. When appending
na-adjective or a noun,
the na-adjective (stem) or




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D

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the noun is followed by
B D   !            
         
  
  
 
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verb
+
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transition. So,
(ii)

becoming something or some state different from what it has been so far.

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$ C
4 B D                     $  
$ D 
  
   
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So, when you want to focus on the progress or process of changing, you can use
"-example below, you can say
by saying
to smoke is gradually increasing.

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Today's example:

I feel like smoking.

Formation:

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na-Adj.
stem
+
$C4 BD
$""$ $ %"
 $C4 BD
*
Noun
+

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D
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D
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Examples:

When I watched the TV show about ramen, I started to feel like eating ramen.

 
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m
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4 B D !

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When I'm tired, I start to feel like eating sweets.

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2 B B$C4 BD!
He is getting darker and darker as the summer approaches.

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