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N5 graded Japanese story

おばあちゃんの町への電車

Sora counts eight stops on a direct train with his mother, catches a similar station-name mistake, and reaches his grandmother's town.

20 sentences · about 7 minutes

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N5 · 20 sentences

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Sora and his mother are visiting his grandmother by train.

Her town is eight stops from their station.

A green local train arrives in the morning.

Sora carries a small bag with his clothes.

His mother lets him hold the route card.

They find two seats beside a window.

Tall buildings pass during the first few stops.

The train enters a short dark tunnel.

Green fields appear after the tunnel.

Sora counts each station on the route card.

At the seventh stop, he stands up quickly.

The station name looks similar to his grandmother's town.

His mother asks him to read all of the name.

Sora notices one different word.

He sits down and waits one more stop.

The correct station is announced next.

His grandmother is waiting on the platform.

Sora tells her about the tunnel and fields.

She lets him choose the road from the station.

Sora feels ready to count the stops home too.