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N5 graded Japanese story

放課後の紙ひこうき

Building a Better Paper Airplane Together

20 sentences · about 7 minutes

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Twenty chronological sentences use familiar school and craft vocabulary, repeated subjects, simple action links, comparisons with 方が, and accessible patterns such as まで and ないで.

Key words in context

放課後ほうかご
after school
中庭なかにわ
courtyard
羽はね
wing
折るおる
to fold
くらべる
to compare

What to notice

  1. Sentence paper-plane-05

    Comparing with 方が

    自分のひこうきの方が遠く飛ぶ presents each boy’s plane as the one expected to fly farther; と思います reports what they think.

  2. Sentence paper-plane-12

    Waiting until a condition changes

    風が静かになるまで means they wait until the wind becomes calm.

  3. Sentence paper-plane-15

    ないで means without doing

    けんかをしないで contrasts arguing with their actual response: calmly comparing the two shapes.

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