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N5 graded Japanese story

はじめての乗りかえ

Mika leads a two-line train trip with her father, catches a wrong arrow before the exit, and asks station staff for the correct platform.

20 sentences · about 7 minutes

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N5 · 20 sentences

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Mika and her father take two trains to visit their cousin.

Her father asks Mika to choose their transfer route.

They first board the green line near their home.

Mika counts four stops on the train map.

They get off at Central Station.

The station has many signs and people.

Mika follows a blue arrow without reading the words.

The arrow leads toward an exit instead of the blue line.

Mika stops before they leave the station.

She asks a station worker where the blue line is.

The worker says it leaves from platform two.

Mika and her father follow the correct blue signs.

They reach platform two before the train arrives.

Mika checks the final station on the train display.

Her father asks whether it is the right train.

Mika reads the station name aloud.

They board and ride three more stops.

Their cousin is waiting at the final station.

Mika says asking is better when she does not know.

The transfer feels easy on the trip home.