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Daily Japanese Story (โ‰ค JLPT N5)






Featured Kanji
๏ผˆใ‚„ใคใƒปใ‚„ใฃใคใƒปใ‚ˆใ†ใƒปใƒใƒ๏ผ‰
eight

Vocabulary

  • โ€” night
  • โ€” blue
  • โ€” notebook
  • โ€” Wednesday
  • โ€” eight oโ€™clock
  • โ€” I; me
  • โ€” department store
  • โ€” stationery
  • โ€” sales floor; section (in a store)
  • โ€” to be (exists for people/animals)
  • โ€” white
  • โ€” to see; to look
  • โ€” clerk; store staff
  • โ€” which (of two)
  • โ€” cheap; inexpensive
  • โ€” to ask; to listen
  • โ€” to say
  • โ€” card (credit/debit card)
  • โ€” to pay
  • โ€” excuse me; Iโ€™m sorry
  • โ€” store; shop
  • โ€” to use
  • โ€” thing; act of doing (nominalizer)
  • โ€” cannot; is not possible
  • โ€” but; however
  • โ€” wallet
  • โ€” money
  • โ€” to have; to exist (for things)
  • โ€” to buy

Grammar / Notes

  • Te-form sequence (doing A and then doing B): โ€œโ€ (I look at a white notebook and a blue notebook and ask a clerk, โ€œWhich one is cheaper?โ€)
  • Comparison with (A is more/less than B): โ€œโ€ (The blue notebook is cheaper than the white notebook.)

English

The Blue Notebook at Night

At eight oโ€™clock on Wednesday evening, I am in the stationery department of a department store.
I look at a white notebook and a blue notebook and ask a clerk, โ€œWhich one is cheaper?โ€
The clerk says, โ€œThe blue notebook is cheaper than the white notebook.โ€
I ask, โ€œMay I pay by card?โ€
The clerk says, โ€œI am sorry, you cannot use a card at this store.โ€
But I have money in my wallet, so I buy the blue notebook.