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November 25, 2025 23 mins

[✐2 Andante] Today’s topic is adverbs. Adverbs add depth to your conversation. Use more adverbs! 

“I slept deeply.”

[00:07]

Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today’s topic is adverbs. Adverbs add depth to your conversation.

[00:17]

First, listen to the key words [KW] and then repeat the sentence.

[00:22]

1. [KW] deeply, sleep

→ I slept deeply.

2. [KW] soon, autumn

→ It will be autumn soon.

3. [KW] immediately/shortly, contact

→ I will contact you shortly.

4. [KW] slowly [here means relaxing], bath

→ Please take a nice long bath.

5. [KW] this way, straight

→ If you go straight this road/way, you’ll find it.

6. [KW] by foot, 10 minutes

→ It’s about 10-minute walk.

7. [KW] a little, rest

→ Please get rest a bit.

8. [KW]   Tokyo, much/far, big

→ Tokyo is far bigger.

9. [KW]   myself, make

→ I made it myself.

10. [KW] early/soon, go home

→ I want to go home soon.

So far so good? We continue.

1. [KW] oneself, go home

→ I can go home alone.

2. [KW] maybe, go

→ Maybe I will go tomorrow.

3. [KW] often, go on trips

→ I go often go on trips.

4. [KW] in total, how much

→ How much is it in total?

5. [KW] people, a lot

→ There are a lot of people.

6. [KW] never, have an absence

→ I was never absent (never had a day off).

7. [KW] mostly/roughly/about, understand

→ I understand for the most part.

8. [KW] at all/simply*, understand

→ I don’t understand at all.

9. [KW] struggling to/difficult to*, improve

→ It’s hard to improve.

10. [KW] not really, like

→ I don’t really like it.

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「ぐっすり ねむりました。」

[00:07]

みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。きょうはふくしadverbです。ふくしをつかうと、かいわにふかさがでますよ。

[00:17]

まず、キーワード[KW]をきいてから、ぶんをリピートしてください。

[00:22]

1. [KW] ぐっすり、ねむります

→ ぐっすり ねむりました。

2. [KW] もうすぐ、あき

→ もうすぐ、あきに なりますね。

3. [KW] すぐに、れんらく

→ すぐに れんらくします。

4. [KW] ゆっくり、おふろ

→ ゆっくり おふろに はいってください。

5. [KW] このみち、まっすぐ

→ このみちをまっすぐいくと、ありますよ。

6. [KW] あるいて、10ぷん

→ あるいて、10ぷんくらいです。

7. [KW] すこし、やすみます

→ すこし やすんでください。

8. [KW] とうきょう、ずっと、おおきい

→ とうきょうのほうが、ずっとおおきいです。

9. [KW] じぶんで、つくります

→ じぶんでつくりました。

10. [KW] はやく、かえります

→ はやく、かえりたいです。

[02:52]

ここまでOKですか。まだ つづきますよ。

[02:56]

1. [KW] ひとりで、かえります

→ ひとりで かえることができます。

2. [KW] たぶん、いきます

→ たぶん、あした   いきます。

3. [KW] よく、りょこう

→ よく りょこうにいきます。

4. [KW] ぜんぶで、いくら

→ ぜんぶで いくらですか。

5. [KW] ひと、たくさん

→ ひとがたくさんいました。

6. [KW] いちども*、やすみます

→ いちども やすみませんでした。

7. [KW] だいたい、わかります

→ だいたい わかります。

8. [KW] ぜんぜん*、わかります

→ ぜんぜん、わかりません。

9. [KW] なかなか**、じょうたつします

→ なかなか じょうたつしません。

10. [KW] あまり*、すきです

→ あまり、すきじゃないです。

*Those   adverbs can only be used with a negative predicate.

** なかなかnakanaka: hier, it   is used in an implied negative context.

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