N4 Reading Review: Everyday Paragraphs
Review the N4 wrap-up patterns in connected everyday texts, including notices, messages, and polite interaction.
Text 1: Message about evening plans
This message mixes appearance, limitation, and potential. Read for practical meaning first: what changed, what is still possible, and what the reader should do next.
雨が降りそうなので、会う場所を駅の近くの店に変えました。駅から歩いて五分ほどの店で、飲み物だけでも大丈夫です。来られそうなら、六時までに連絡してください。
It looks like rain, so I changed the meeting place to a shop near the station. It is a shop about a five-minute walk from the station, and even just drinks is fine. If it looks like you can come, please contact me by six.
Key patterns: 〜そう, ほど, だけ, potential.
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