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彼はいつも大きなペットボトルを持参してくる
かれはいつもおおきなぺっとぼとるをじさんしてくるHe always brings along a large plastic bottle.
竹の皮に、麦飯のおにぎりを包んで持参し、昼食は、これに、番茶だ。
たけのかわに、むぎめしのおにぎりをつつんでじさんし、ちゅうしょくは、これに、ばんちゃだ。I'd wrap barley-rice balls in bamboo sheaths and bring them, and lunch was this with coarse tea.