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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

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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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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