の、マヤはへために、までました。へ、でを買いたいと。
N5 graded Japanese story
駅までの道
The Way to the Station
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、さんが「は青カフェのです」と。マヤはを見ながらました。
でも、のでにました。しばらくと、ようながありました。マヤはをが、のがよくかりませんでした。
ので、マヤは立ち止まりました。そのとき、がで。
「マヤさん、を探していますか。いっしょに行きましょうか」「はい、。ゆっくり」
はまでのをしてくれました。にと、マヤはのを覚えました。は「もをにするといいですよ」と。マヤはのを覚えました。
Related lessons
Reinforce the reading
Notice what the story just taught you
RN1 / Early N5: a reviewed connected-reader story using full furigana and controlled support language.
Key words in context
- 駅えき
- station
- 道みち
- road; way
- 曲がるまがる
- to turn
- 信号しんごう
- traffic light
- 地図ちず
- map
- 目印めじるし
- landmark
- 説明するせつめいする
- to explain
- 歩くあるく
- to walk
What to notice
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story02-p1
いっしょに · 行きましょうか
The offer form can suggest doing something together.
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story02-p2
ゆっくり · 話してください
The polite request form asks someone to do an action.
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駅の時計を · 目印にします
The choice pattern says what someone will use or choose.
Check your understanding
1. Why does Maya walk to the station?
Answer: She is going to her new company. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
2. What does Maya look at while walking?
Answer: She looks at a map. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
3. Who comes to help Maya?
Answer: Sato comes by bicycle. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
4. What landmark does Maya remember?
Answer: She remembers the clock near the station. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
A Place to Begin companion
Practice after reading
No-furigana second pass
マヤはどこで曲がりましたか。
Eight book words
Preview
駅
えき
station
Preview
道
みち
road; path
Preview
曲がる
まがる
to turn; to bend
Preview
信号
しんごう
traffic light; signal
Support
地図
ちず
map
Support
目印
めじるし
landmark; marker
Support
歩く
あるく
to walk
Sentence Lab
いっしょに行きましょうか。
Shall we go together?
The offer form can suggest doing something together.
ゆっくり話してください。
Please speak slowly.
The polite request form asks someone to do an action.
駅の時計を目印にします。
I will use the station clock as a landmark.
The choice pattern says what someone will use or choose.
Grammar notes
〜ましょうか
Verb stem + ましょうか offers help or suggests doing something together. It invites a reply such as はい or お願いします.
駅までいっしょに歩きましょうか。
Shall we walk to the station together?
〜てください
て-form + ください makes a polite request. It asks someone to do the action and is softer than a plain command.
ゆっくり話してください。
Please speak slowly.
Reread checklist
- • Read the Japanese again without stopping.
- • Cover the translation and retell the problem and ending.
- • Choose one sentence to read aloud twice.
- • Return in two to four days and read once more.
Reflect
- • Which landmark helps Maya remember the route?
- • What request would you make when someone speaks too quickly?
- • Where do you usually use a map?
These prompts are not stored.
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