アルバイト, a Part-time Job
The Japanese term アルバイト comes from the German arbeit and refers primarily to part-time work undertaken in their free time by high school and college students. According to a survey* by the Japan Youth Research Institute, nearly half of all Japanese high school students have worked at アルバイトat one time or another. Common アルバイトundertaken during long-term vacations include: dishwasher at fast food shops and restaurants; waiter or waitress; convenience store or supermarket clerk; and gas station attendant.
High school students earn anywhere between 600 and 1,000 yen per hour. Many schools prohibit アルバイト, but they will often make exceptions for students who file an application giving their reasons for working, or allow students to work during long-term vacations. "Survey Report on Daily Life of Junior and Senior High School Students," Japan Youth Research Institute, 2000
Go to the Japanese Forum to learn more about part-time work. Scroll to the bottom of the pages and select the Mini Encyclopedia, and the Shopping and Part-time Work.
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Click the Play button to listen to the description of the houses. Write the table below in your notes. Decide which house is being described in each example. When you have finished, click "Answer" at the end to see if you were correct.
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Let's Review: Verb Stems
All the polite affirmative form of verbs ends with ます. When you have ますform of verbs and delete ます from it, you can form a verb stem. For example, たべ is the stem of たべます(たべる) and のみ is the stem of のみます(のむ). The stem is used in various expressions; you have learned some of them.
First, “verb stem + もの” becomes noun phrases. Take a look at this chart.
| 食べもの | food |
| 飲みもの | beverage |
| かいもの | shopping |
| のりもの | vehicle |
| きもの | kimono, Japanese traditional clothes |
You also use the verb stem when you want to express your own desire:私は おんがくを ききたいです。
I want to listen to music
.私は ピザを 食べたいです。
I want to eat pizza.
私は アルバイトを したいです。
I want to do some part-time jobs.
私は コンサートに 行きたいです。
I want to go to the concert.
When you want to express someone else’s desire, you use たがっていますinstead of たいです.
For example,
田中さんは 水を 飲みたがっています。
Tanaka san wants to drink some water.
山本さんは テレビを 見たがっています。
Yamamoto san wants to watch TV.
中川さんは ビデオゲームを したがっています。
Nakagawa san wants to play a videogame.
上田さんは 私と 話したがっています。
Ueda san wants to talk to me.
In addition, when you want to describe the reason you are going somewhere, you use this form: a verb stem + に 行きます.
コーヒーを 飲みに スターバックスに 行きます。
I go to Starbucks to have coffee.
日本語の べんきょうを しに 日本に 行きます。
I go to Japan to study Japanese language.
ハンバーガーを 食べに マクドナルドに 行きます。
I go to McDonalds’ to eat hamburgers.
Let’s learn another useful verb-stem expression that you may use to say “how to do.” Pay attention to the particle.
すしを つくる
すしの つくりかた
すしの つくりかたが 分かりますか。
Do you know how to make sushi ?
コンピューターを つかう
コンピューターの つかいかたが 分かりますか。
Do you know how to use a computer?
かんじを かく
かんじの かきかたが 分かりますか。
Do you know how to write kanji?
セーターを あらう
セーターの あらいかたが 分かりますか。
Do you know how to wash the sweater?
Writing Preparation
Read the following questions and be prepared to answer them in complete sentences in Japanese.
- てんぷらの つくりかたが 分かりますか。
- コンピューターの つかいかたが 分かりますか。
- 飲みものの 中で 何を よく 飲みますか。
- どんな 食べものが 好きですか。
- 日曜日に 何が したいですか。
- 学校で 何が したいですか。
- いつか(someday) 日本に 行きたいですか。
- ともだちは どこに 行きたがっていますか。
FlashcardsClick Flashcards to practice your vocabulary from this unit or click the button below.
Here is a print version of this actvity. You will still need to use the online version to hear any audio.
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Graded Assignments
Please return to the Section 3 Tasks & Assignments folder to complete the graded assignments for Section 3, Part A.
