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N3 graded Japanese story

島の民宿で知った水の重さ

Learning the Weight of Water at an Island Inn

20 sentences · about 9 minutes

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Notice what the story just taught you

A concrete stay develops into a causal system involving weather, transport, labor, resources, and responsibility. N3 readers follow passive modification, formal reasons, purpose clauses, reported speech, and a metaphorical conclusion.

Key words in context

民宿みんしゅく
small Japanese-style inn; guesthouse
水道すいどう
water tap; faucet; water supply
標語ひょうご
slogan; motto
補給船ほきゅうせん
supply boat
資源しげん
resource
容器ようき
container; vessel

What to notice

  1. Sentence 水の重さ-02

    A passive clause describes the note

    使わないようにと書かれた modifies 紙: it is a paper on which the request not to use too much tap water has been written.

  2. Sentence 水の重さ-09

    〜ため connects a formal cause

    波が高かったため遅れました states that the supply boat was delayed because the waves were high.

  3. Sentence 水の重さ-20

    〜ように感じる expresses a changed perception

    重さがあるように感じます literally says water feels as though it has weight, carrying the story's physical and moral meaning into the final sentence.

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