(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(あたらしい)

new

(すいぞくかん)

aquarium

(できる)

to be able; to be made

(らいげつ)

next month

(おきゃくさん)

guest / spectator / customer

(はじめて)

for the first time

(はいる)

to enter, be contained in

(ばしょ)

place

(えき)

station

(ちかい)

near / close

(あるく)

to walk

(ごふん)

five minutes

(たくさん)

a lot / many

(さかな)

fish

(おおきい)

big; large

(さめ)

shark

(こども)

child

(えさ)

feed / bait (animal food)

(あげる)

to lift, to raise

(よる)

night

(らいと)

light

(きれい)

pretty, clean

(きっぷ)

ticket

(おとな)

adult

(せんごひゃくえん)

1,500 yen

(はっぴゃくえん)

800 yen

(かいしゃ)

company

(ひと)

person / people

(みんな)

Everyone; everybody

(くる)

to come

(いう)

to say

can do ..., to be able to ...

Verb dictionary form + ことができる expresses ability or possibility. More formal than the potential verb form. Common in written Japanese and announcements.

want (someone) to do ...

Expresses a wish for someone else to do something. Formed with て-form + ほしい. The person you want to act is marked with に.

東京に新しい水族館ができる

A new aquarium is opening in Tokyo

東京に新しい水族館ができます。

A new aquarium is opening in Tokyo.

来月、お客さんが初めて入ることができます。

Next month, visitors will be able to enter for the first time.

場所は駅から近いです。

The location is close to the station.

歩いて五分です。

It is a five-minute walk.

水族館にはたくさんの魚がいます。

There are many fish in the aquarium.

大きいサメもいます。

There are also big sharks.

子どもは魚にえさをあげることができます。

Children can feed the fish.

夜はライトがきれいです。

At night, the lights are beautiful.

切符は大人千五百円です。

A ticket is 1,500 yen for adults.

子どもは八百円です。

For children it is 800 yen.

会社の人は「みんなに来てほしいです」と言いました。

A company representative said, "We want everyone to come."