Borrowing and returning a large pan | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: In a shared kitchen, one person borrows a large pan and checks how to use, wash, and return it safely..

EN → JA / Level: A2

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Use Borrowing and returning a large pan to practice Japanese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

今日、大きなフライパンを借りてもいいですか？

KYOO, ohh-KEE-nah foo-rye-PAHN oh kah-REE-teh-moh EE dehss kah? Can I borrow your large pan today?
B

いいですが、取っ手は熱くなるので気をつけてください。

EE dehss gah, TOHT-teh wah ah-TSOO-koo nah-ROO noh-deh kee oh tsoo-KEH-teh koo-DAH-sigh. You can, but watch the handle because it gets hot.
A

このコンロで大丈夫ですか？

KOH-noh KOHN-roh deh dye-JOH-boo dehss kah? Will it be all right on this stove?
B

火を弱くしておけば大丈夫だと思います。

HEE oh yoh-WAH-koo she-teh oh-KEH-bah dye-JOH-boo dah toh oh-moh-ee-MAHSS. It should be fine if you keep the heat low.
A

夕食のすぐあとに洗います。

yoo-SHOH-koo noh SOO-goo AH-toh nee ah-RAH-ee-MAHSS. I will wash it right after dinner.
B

私に返す前に、よく乾かしてください。

wah-TAH-shee nee kah-EH-soo mah-EH nee, YOH-koo kah-wah-KAH-shee-teh koo-DAH-sigh. Please dry it well before bringing it back to me.
A

いつ返せばいいですか？

EE-tsoo kah-EH-seh-bah EE dehss kah? When would you like it back?
B

夕食のあとで大丈夫です。

yoo-SHOH-koo noh ah-TOH-deh dye-JOH-boo dehss. After dinner is fine.
B

今週の後半までは、また使う必要はありません。

kohn-SHOO noh koh-HAHN mah-DEH wah, mah-TAH tsoo-KAH-oo hee-tsoo-YOH wah ah-ree-mah-SEHN. I will not need it again until later this week.

Word by Word

今日 今日 means “today” in 今日、大きなフライパンを借りてもいいですか？. It is used as a time expression for an action happening on the current day, such as 今日、使います。 as a new example.
大きな 大きな describes the pan as large in 大きなフライパン. It comes directly before a noun and gives that noun a size description.
フライパン フライパン means “frying pan” in 大きなフライパンを借りてもいいですか？. It names the kitchen item being borrowed, and it can be used with を when it is the object of an action.
を を marks フライパン as the object of 借りる in フライパンを借りてもいいですか？. It commonly comes after the thing that someone borrows, washes, uses, or returns.
借り 借り is the verb part meaning “borrow” in 借りてもいいですか？. Here it is followed by てもいいですか to ask permission to borrow the pan; the same pattern can be used with another action as a new example.
て て connects 借り to もいい in 借りてもいいですか？. Together with もいいですか, it forms a polite request for permission, rather than expressing the meaning of “and” by itself here.
も も is part of the permission expression 借りてもいいですか？ and contributes the sense of “even” or “it is acceptable.” The whole expression asks whether borrowing is allowed, and it can follow another action in the same permission pattern.
いい いい means “okay” in 借りてもいいですか？. With 借りても, the full expression asks whether it is okay to borrow the pan; いい can also appear in Xてもいいです as a new example.
です です makes いいですか polite in 借りてもいいですか？. It supports the polite question about whether the action is acceptable.
か か marks 借りてもいいですか？ as a question. It is placed at the end of this polite request to ask for permission.
が が connects the permission in いいですが with the caution that follows. In this dialogue it has the contrasting meaning “but,” and it can connect two contrasting clauses in the pattern Aですが、B.
取っ手 取っ手 means “handle” in 取っ手は熱くなるので気をつけてください。. It identifies the part of the pan that needs special attention, and it can be followed by は when made the topic.
は は marks 取っ手 as the topic in 取っ手は熱くなるので気をつけてください。. It sets the handle apart as the thing being described or warned about.
熱く 熱く describes the handle becoming hot in 熱くなる. This form comes before なる to show a change into the state of being hot.
なる なる means “become” or “get” in 熱くなる. The construction 熱くなる describes the handle changing to a hot state, and the same pattern can describe another change of state.
ので ので gives the reason in 熱くなるので気をつけてください。. The sentence says to be careful because the handle gets hot, and ので can connect a reason to a request or result.
気をつけて 気をつけて means “be careful” in 気をつけてください。. In this expression, 気 contributes attention or care, を marks 気, and つけて is the connected verb part; together they form the instruction to take care. 気をつけてください is useful when warning someone about a danger or point of attention.
ください ください makes 気をつけてください a polite request. It follows the connected action form and is used when asking someone politely to do something.
この この means “this” in このコンロ. It points to a specific stove near the speaker and must come directly before the noun it describes.
コンロ コンロ means “stove” in このコンロで大丈夫ですか？. It names the cooking appliance being checked, and it can be used after この to mean “this stove.”
で で marks このコンロ as the setting or means in このコンロで大丈夫ですか？. The question asks whether the pan can be used on this stove, and で commonly marks where an action takes place.
大丈夫 大丈夫 means “all right” or “safe” in このコンロで大丈夫ですか？. The whole expression asks whether using the pan on this stove will be okay, and Xで大丈夫ですか is a reusable way to check whether an option is acceptable.
火 火 refers to the heat or flame in 火を弱くしておけば大丈夫だと思います。. It is the thing whose level should be kept low when using the pan on the stove.
弱く 弱く means “low” in 火を弱くしておけば. It describes the desired low level of the heat and appears before して to express setting the heat low.
し し is the action part of して in 火を弱くしておけば, continuing the meaning of setting the heat low. It is not the complete action by itself here; the surrounding expression explains what should be kept in that state.
おけ おけ is the part of おけば in 火を弱くしておけば, expressing that the heat is kept in the low state. Together with 弱くして, it gives the condition “if you keep the heat low.”
ば ば marks the conditional connection in しておけば. In the full phrase 火を弱くしておけば大丈夫だと思います。, it introduces the condition under which the pan should be fine.
だ だ is the plain copula inside 大丈夫だと思います。. It links 大丈夫 with 思います as the content of the speaker’s thought, while the outer verb keeps the sentence polite.
と と marks 大丈夫だ as the content of the thought in 大丈夫だと思います。. It connects the statement being thought to 思います, as in a quoted or reported idea.
思い 思い is the verb part meaning “think” in 大丈夫だと思います。. It is followed by ます to make the expression polite, and it presents the speaker’s view rather than an absolute guarantee.
ます ます is the polite ending in 思います。. It makes the verb expression polite and is attached to the verb part 思い here.
夕食 夕食 means “dinner” in 夕食のすぐあとに洗います。. It identifies the meal used as the time reference for washing the pan, and it can be followed by の to modify a following time expression.
の の connects 夕食 with すぐあと in 夕食のすぐあとに洗います。. It makes “after dinner” the time expression used for the washing action.
すぐ すぐ means “immediately” or “right away” in 夕食のすぐあとに洗います。. It emphasizes that the washing happens directly after dinner and modifies あと here.
あと あと means “after” in 夕食のすぐあとに洗います。. With 夕食の and に, the full phrase means “right after dinner”; it can also be used after another event as a time reference.
に に marks the time point in 夕食のすぐあとに洗います。. It shows when the washing happens, specifically immediately after dinner.
洗い 洗い is the verb part meaning “wash” in 洗います。. It is followed by ます for polite speech, and the object being washed can be marked with を.
私 私 means “me” in 私に返す前に、よく乾かしてください。. It refers to the speaker as the person who should receive the pan back, and it is followed by に to mark that recipient.
返す 返す means “return” or “give back” in 私に返す前に. It is the action that must happen after the pan is dried, and it appears before 前に in the pattern for “before doing something.”
前 前 means “before” in 返す前に. Together with に, 返す前に means “before returning it,” and this pattern can introduce another action that must happen first.
よく よく means “well” or “thoroughly” in よく乾かしてください。. It tells the listener to dry the pan carefully, and it commonly comes before an action to describe how well it should be done.
乾かし 乾かし is the verb part meaning “dry” in 乾かしてください。. It is followed by てください to make a polite request, and the request can be used with an object marked by を.
いつ いつ means “when” in いつ返せばいいですか？. It asks for the appropriate time to return the pan and commonly appears at the beginning of a question about timing.
返せ 返せ is the conditional-form part before ば in 返せばいいですか？. In the full expression, it asks when or under what timing the speaker should return the pan; the pattern Vばいいですか is used to ask what would be appropriate.
今週 今週 means “this week” in 今週の後半までは、また使う必要はありません。. It sets the week being discussed and is followed by の to specify its latter half.
後半 後半 means “the latter half” in 今週の後半までは. It identifies the later part of this week, and it can follow a time period with の to specify that period’s latter part.
まで まで marks the endpoint in 今週の後半までは、また使う必要はありません。. It means “until” or “up to,” showing that the speaker will not need the pan again before that point.
また また means “again” in また使う必要はありません。. It refers to using the pan another time, and it commonly comes directly before the action that will be repeated.
使う 使う means “use” in また使う必要はありません。. It describes using the pan again, and the thing used can be marked with を as in フライパンを使う as a new example.
必要 必要 means “need” or “necessity” in また使う必要はありません。. It names the need to use the pan again, while the full expression 必要はありません says that this need does not exist.
ありません ありません means “there is not” or “is not needed” in 必要はありません。. Together with 必要, it politely states that there is no need to use the pan again until later this week.

Grammar Points

〜てもいいですか

借りてもいいですか。

kah-REE-teh-moh EE dehss kah

Is it okay if I borrow it?

This pattern asks for permission. てもいいですか means “Is it okay to…?”

〜ばいいですか

いつ返せばいいですか。

EE-tsoo kah-EH-seh-bah EE dehss kah

When should I return it?

This pattern asks what action is appropriate. ばいいですか means “What should I do?”

Japanese Vocabulary

いい adj
EE okay; fine

今日、大きなフライパンを借りてもいいですか?

この det
KOH-noh this

このコンロで大丈夫ですか?

コンロ noun
KOHN-roh stove; burner

このコンロで大丈夫ですか?

フライパン noun
foo-rye-PAHN frying pan

今日、大きなフライパンを借りてもいいですか?

火 noun
HEE heat; flame

火を弱くしておけば大丈夫だと思います。

気をつける phrase
kee oh tsoo-KEH-roo to be careful; to watch out 気をつけて

取っ手は熱くなるので気をつけてください。

今日 noun
KYOO today

今日、大きなフライパンを借りてもいいですか?

借りる verb
kah-REE-roo to borrow 借りても

今日、大きなフライパンを借りてもいいですか?

取っ手 noun
TOHT-teh handle

取っ手は熱くなるので気をつけてください。

大きな adj
ohh-KEE-nah large

今日、大きなフライパンを借りてもいいですか?

大丈夫 adj
dye-JOH-boo all right; okay

このコンロで大丈夫ですか?

熱くなる verb
ah-TSOO-koo nah-ROO to get hot

取っ手は熱くなるので気をつけてください。

Quiz

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

to get hot

Show Answer熱くなる

frying pan

Show Answerフライパン

to borrow

Show Answer借りても

to be careful; to watch out

Show Answer気をつけて