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N5 graded Japanese story

となりの新しい家族

Ken welcomes the family moving into the next apartment and discovers that their daughter Mei likes the same manga character.

20 sentences · about 7 minutes

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N5 · 20 sentences

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A large truck stops in front of Ken's building.

A new family carries boxes into the apartment next door.

Ken hears people walking in the hallway all morning.

His mother suggests making a greeting card.

Ken writes his family name on the card.

Ken and his mother ring the bell of the apartment next door.

A girl named Mei opens the door with her father.

Everyone introduces themselves.

A light box containing books sits beside the door.

Ken and Mei carry the box into the living room together.

When they open it, several manga are visible.

Ken finds a manga that he likes too.

Mei says she likes the same character.

Mei asks whether there is a park nearby.

Ken points to the park from the hallway window.

He invites her to go together the next afternoon.

Mei gives Ken a sticker from her old town.

Ken says, "Welcome to this apartment building."

When they meet the next morning, they wave to each other.

With someone he knows next door, the hallway feels warmer than before.