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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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N3 · 20 sentences
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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.
Check your understanding
1. What does Yui initially think is the main reason her grandmother lacks a smartphone?
- Her grandmother lacks confidence using one
- Smartphones do not work near her home
- The family has forbidden her to buy one
Answer: Her grandmother lacks confidence using one — 祖母スマホ-05 and 祖母スマホ-06 show Yui treating quick learning as proof that confidence was the only problem.
2. Which concerns shape the grandmother's decision?
- Only the phone's camera quality
- Cost, accounts, collected information, passwords, and notifications
- Whether printed photographs are available in color
Answer: Cost, accounts, collected information, passwords, and notifications — 祖母スマホ-07, 祖母スマホ-08, and 祖母スマホ-12 list these practical and privacy-related concerns.
3. How do Yui and her grandmother resolve the photo-sharing delay?
- The grandmother keeps the spare smartphone permanently
- They stop sharing family photographs
- Yui agrees to print photographs monthly while respecting her grandmother's choice
Answer: Yui agrees to print photographs monthly while respecting her grandmother's choice — 祖母スマホ-17 establishes the monthly printing plan, and 祖母スマホ-19 through 祖母スマホ-20 confirm the grandmother declines the phone and Yui respects that decision.
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