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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

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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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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