Disposing of rubbish

1. Vocabulary List

2. Grammar & Sentences

Rendaku (sequential voicing): When ふくろ is combined with another word to form a compound, the initial consonant voices from ふ → ぶ.

• Structure: [word] + ぶくろ
• Examples:
  • ごみぶくろ (gomibukuro) — "bin bag"
  • レジぶくろ (rejibukuro) — "plastic shopping bag"

～方（かた）(how to ~): Attach 方 to the ます-stem of a verb to express "how to do [verb]".

• Structure: [verb ます-stem] + 方（かた）
• Key Phrase: ごみの分け方を教えてください。(Gomi no wakekata o oshiete kudasai.) — "Please teach me how to sort the rubbish."

Example Sentences:

• 明日（あした）の朝（あさ）ごみを出（だ）します。(Ashita no asa gomi o dashimasu.) — "I'll take the rubbish out tomorrow morning."
• ごみはここに入（い）れてください。(Gomi wa koko ni irete kudasai.) — "Please put rubbish in here."
• ふくろを使（つか）いますか。(Fukuro o tsukaimasu ka.) — "Will you use a bag?"
• つばさんは、ごみぶくろを買（か）いに行（い）きます。(Tsubasa-san wa, gomibukuro o kai ni ikimasu.) — "Tsubasa will go and buy bin bags."
• ここにごみをすててもいいですか。(Koko ni gomi o sutete mo ii desu ka.) — "May I dispose of the rubbish here?"
• 毎週（まいしゅう）火曜日（かようび）と金曜日（きんようび）にごみをすてます。(Maishuu kayoobi to kin'yoobi ni gomi o sutemasu.) — "I throw away rubbish every Tuesday and Friday."
• ごみを分けます。(Gomi o wakemasu.) — "I'll sort the rubbish."
• 新聞（しんぶん）とごみを分けます。(Shinbun to gomi o wakemasu.) — "I'll sort the newspapers and the rubbish."
• もえるごみともえないごみを分けてください。(Moeru gomi to moenai gomi o wakete kudasai.) — "Please sort the burnable rubbish and the non-burnable rubbish."
• このごみぶくろにはもえるごみだけを入れてください。(Kono gomibukuro ni wa moeru gomi dake o irete kudasai.) — "Please put only burnable rubbish in this bin bag."
• これはもえないごみです。このごみぶくろに入れてすてます。(Kore wa moenai gomi desu. Kono gomibukuro ni irete sutemasu.) — "This is non-burnable rubbish. We put it in this bin bag and dispose of it."
• もえるごみは水曜日（すいようび）、もえないごみは土曜日（どようび）に出します。(Moeru gomi wa suiyoobi, moenai gomi wa doyoobi ni dashimasu.) — "We take out burnable rubbish on Wednesdays and non-burnable rubbish on Saturdays."

3. Learning Context

• Topic: Rubbish disposal and sorting in Japan
• Cultural Note (ごみをすてるとき): In Japan, rubbish must be sorted into もえるごみ (burnable) and もえないごみ (non-burnable) before collection day. Burnable rubbish (food, paper) is collected on Wednesdays; non-burnable rubbish (metal, glass, broken tableware) is collected on Saturdays.
• 入れて: The て-form of 入れます, used to chain actions (put in → then dispose).
• Rendaku reminder: ふくろ becomes ぶくろ in compound words for ease of pronunciation.

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