Japanese movie questions
Answer the questions below in English and Japanese, watching the movies in Japanese.
Arrietty(借り暮らしのアリエッティ)
Section 1 (start to 11 min 30 sec)
- Who moved into the house?
- Did the person see the dwarf, Arrietty?
- How many people in Arrietty's house?
- Where is Arrietty's house?
- Arrietty brought the bay leaves into her house. Why?
- How do they get things they need for their life?
- Why does Arrietty's mum disagree with her to go borrowing?
- Answer two things Arrietty's mum wants them to borrow.
- What almost attacked Arrietty near their house at night?
Section 2 (11 min 30 sec to 23 min 4 sec)
- Where did they find suger?
- What did her dad use to climb up a table leg?
- What did Arrietty find as her first borrowing?
- What doesn't her father want to fight with?
- Why is her dad reluctant to borrow things from the doll house?
- When was Arrietty seen by Sho as the second time?
- What did Arrietty drop after she was seen?
- Did Sho know about the dwarfs before he moved in?
- Are they going to tell her mum that she was seen? Why?
Section 3 (23 min 04 sec to 34 min 35 sec)
- Why was Arrietty crying in her bed?
- What was she doing when Sho approached the air vent?
- What was the weather like when Sho approached it?
- Why did Sho come to the air grating?
- Does Arrietty have an umbrella?
- Her mum doesn't want to move. Why?
- Where do Arrietty and her mum do laundry?
- What did the note Sho left with sugar say?
- Where did she decide to go by herself?
Answer
Section 1
- 男(おとこ)の子(こ)が引(ひ)っ越(こ)してきました。名前(なまえ)はしょうです。
A boy moved into the house. His name is Sho. - はい、アリエッティを見(み)ました。
Yes, he did. - 三人(さんにん)います。お父(とう)さんとお母(かあ)さんとアリエッティです。
There are three people, dad, mum and Arietty. - 人間(にんげん)が住(す)む家(いえ)の下(した)にあります。
It is under a house lived by human. - お母(かあ)さんに誕生日(たんじょうび)プレゼントとしてわたそうと思(おも)ったからです。
Because she wanted to give them to her mum as a birthday gift. - 人間(にんげん)から物(もの)を借(か)ります。
They borrow things from human. - 人間(にんげん)の子供(こども)は危険(きけん)かもしれないからです。
Because a kid can be savage. - 砂糖(さとう)とトイレットペーパーです。
They are sugar and tissue paper. - ゴキブリです。
It is a cockroach.
Section 2
- 台所(だいどころ)です。
They find it in a kitchen. - 両面(りょうめん)テープを使(つか)いました。
He used a double-sided sticky tape. - 針(はり)を見(み)つけました。
She found a pin. - ねずみと戦(たたか)いたくないです。
He does not want to fight with rats. - すぐに人間(にんげん)が気(き)づくからです。
Human would notice it right away. - ティッシュペーパーをとろうとしたときに、アリエッティは見(み)られました。
She was seen by him when she was going to get tissue paper. - 砂糖(さとう)を落(お)としました。
She dropped suger. - はい、知(し)っていました。
Yes, he did. - いいえ、お母(かあ)さんには言(い)いません。お母さんが心配(しんぱい)するからです。
No, they won't because it will only worry her.
Section 3
- 初(はじ)めての借(か)りを失敗(しっぱい)したからです。
Because she failed the first borrowing. - アリエッティは換気口(かんきこう)の近(ちか)くで座(すわ)っていました。
She was sitting near it. - 雨(あめ)でした。
It was rainy. - 忘(わす)れ物(もの)の砂糖(さとう)を届(とど)けに来(き)ました。
He came to leave sugar. - いいえ、もっていません。代(か)わりに、葉(は)を使(つか)います。
No. She uses a leaf instead. - 今(いま)の家(いえ)はとても素敵(すてき)だからです。
Because she lives in a lovely house now. - 人間(にんげん)の家(いえ)の床下(ゆかした)の換気口(かんきこう)の近(ちか)くで洗濯(せんたく)をします。
They do laundry near the air vent. - 忘(わす)れ物(もの)
You forgot something. - 翔(しょう)に会(あ)いに行(い)くことを決(き)めました。
She decided to go to see Sho.





