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N5 graded Japanese story
はじめての乗りかえ
Mika’s First Train Transfer
20 sentences · about 7 minutes
N5 · 20 sentences
Start reading · 7 min left
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Reinforce the reading
Notice what the story just taught you
Concrete station vocabulary, short polite-form sentences, counters, directions, and repeated route language keep the trip approachable, with limited stretch patterns such as ないで, 前に, and ほうがいい.
Key words in context
- 乗りかえのりかえ
- train transfer
- 地図ちず
- map
- 矢印やじるし
- arrow sign
- 出口でぐち
- exit
- 画面がめん
- screen or display
What to notice
Sentence transfer-04
Counting stops with 四つ
四つ counts the four stations, while 地図で places the counting activity on the train map.
Sentence transfer-07
ないで means without doing
字を読まないで shows that Mika follows the blue arrow without reading its words—the source of her mistake.
Sentence transfer-13
前に places one event before another
電車が来る前に says they reach platform two before the train arrives.
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