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N3 graded Japanese story
祖母がスマホを持たない理由
Why Grandmother Chooses Not to Own a Smartphone
20 sentences · about 9 minutes
N3 · 20 sentences
Start reading · 9 min left
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Reinforce the reading
Notice what the story just taught you
The story moves beyond concrete actions into assumptions, privacy, cost, ability, and respect. N3 readers interpret embedded questions, abstract nominalization, and qualified contrast such as 〜かどうか and 〜わけではありません.
Key words in context
- 共有するきょうゆうする
- to share
- 料金りょうきん
- fee; charge
- 情報じょうほう
- information
- 通知つうち
- notification; notice
- 選択せんたく
- selection; choice
- 尊敬するそんけいする
- to respect
What to notice
Sentence 祖母スマホ-07
Question-final の asks for explanation
必要なアカウントはどうなるの uses conversational の to ask Yui to explain what will happen with the required accounts.
Sentence 祖母スマホ-15
〜かどうか and 〜わけではない qualify an argument
便利かどうか means 'whether it is convenient,' while だけで選ぶわけではありません says convenience alone is not the basis of the choice.
Sentence 祖母スマホ-16
こと turns an evaluation into an abstract idea
能力がないこと nominalizes 'not having ability,' letting the sentence explain the mistaken judgment Yui had attached to her grandmother's different preference.
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