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N5 graded Japanese story
風の日のたこ
Flying a Kite with the Wind
20 sentences · about 7 minutes
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Reinforce the reading
Notice what the story just taught you
Repeated concrete nouns and action verbs support a simple attempt-adjust-succeed sequence, while basic adjectives, て-form links, direction phrases, and comparisons provide manageable N5 practice.
Key words in context
- 電線でんせん
- electric or overhead wire
- 向きむき
- direction
- 糸いと
- string
- からまる
- to become tangled
- ほどく
- to untangle or loosen
What to notice
Sentence kite-02
Choosing a place far from hazards
道路と木と電線 lists roads, trees, and wires; から遠い describes a field far from all three.
Sentence kite-07
Stopping before fixing the problem
止まって、いっしょに糸をほどきます uses て to connect stopping with untangling the string together.
Sentence kite-17
Describing change with なる
風が同じ向きになって shows the wind settling into one direction; もっと高く adds the resulting change—the kite climbs higher.
Check your understanding
1. Why do Sora and his father choose the wide field?
- It is near many trees.
- It is far from roads, trees, and wires.
- Other people are already flying kites there.
Answer: It is far from roads, trees, and wires. — Kite-02 explicitly says they choose a field far from those three hazards.
2. Why does Sora’s father ask him to wait before trying again?
- The wind is too strong.
- The kite is missing.
- It has started raining.
Answer: The wind is too strong. — After a strong gust in kite-08, the father says in kite-10 that the wind is currently too strong.
3. What happens after Sora becomes nervous about the pulling string?
- They put the kite away.
- They hold the handle together.
- Sora cuts the string.
Answer: They hold the handle together. — Kite-15–17 show Sora calling his father, both holding the handle, and the kite climbing higher as the wind steadies.
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