Daily Japanese Story (≤ JLPT N5)






Featured Kanji
(とし・ネン)
year

Vocabulary

  • — zoo
  • — panda
  • — yesterday
  • — afternoon (PM)
  • — I; me
  • — one person; alone
  • — to go
  • — room
  • — front; before
  • — person
  • — to see; to look at
  • — to say
  • — last week
  • — China
  • — to return (go back)
  • — photo
  • — a little
  • — lonely; sad (feeling of loneliness)
  • — next year

Grammar / Notes

  • (want to do): Attach ~ to a verb stem to say you want to do something. Example: means “I want to see the panda.”
  • Quotation with : Use the quoting particle after a quoted sentence, then use to report what someone says. Example:
  • (because): Use ~ to give a reason, like “because”. Example:

English

The Zoo’s Panda

Yesterday afternoon, I went to the zoo alone.
In front of the panda’s room, there was a zoo staff member.
I said to that person, “I want to see the panda.”
But, that person said, “The panda returned to China last week.”
Because I only saw a photo of the panda, I was a little sad.
Next year, I want to go to China.