の、リナはへ。ををためです。のはがいました。
N5 graded Japanese story
市役所の質問
A Question at City Hall
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でをが、のがかりません。リナはを、ゆっくり読みました。
リナは「ここにをもいいですか」と。のはゆっくりくれました。はだけでした。
「まずを、を」リナはを、書きました。もました。
をにと、のは「です」と。リナはほっとしました。リナはして笑いました。
、リナはなことをメモしました。してから書いたので、ことができました。はもできます。でを見直しました。リナはで書きました。
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
- 欄らん
- field; blank
- 電話番号でんわばんごう
- telephone number
- 書類しょるい
- document
- 説明せつめい
- explanation
- 市役所しやくしょ
- city hall
- 住所じゅうしょ
- address
- 書くかく
- to write
- 質問しつもん
- question
What to notice
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story03-p1
ここに · 書いてもいいですか
The permission question asks whether an action is allowed.
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story03-p2
住所を書いてから · 電話番号を書いてください
から marks the first action in a sequence.
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story03-p3
分からないときは · 質問します
とき introduces the situation in which the action happens.
Check your understanding
1. Why does Rina go to city hall?
Answer: She goes to write a document about her new address. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
2. Which field is difficult?
Answer: The telephone-number field is difficult. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
3. What does Rina ask?
Answer: She asks if she may write her telephone number there. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
4. What helps her finish?
Answer: The counter worker explains the order. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
A Place to Share companion
Practice after reading
No-furigana second pass
リナは何を書きましたか。
Eight book words
Preview
欄
らん
column; section; field
Preview
電話番号
でんわばんごう
telephone number
Preview
書類
しょるい
documents; paperwork
Preview
説明
せつめい
explanation
Support
市役所
しやくしょ
city hall
Support
住所
じゅうしょ
address
Support
書く
かく
to write
Support
質問
しつもん
question
Sentence Lab
ここに電話番号を書いてもいいですか。
May I write it here?
The permission question asks whether an action is allowed.
住所を書いてから、電話番号を書いてください。
Please write the telephone number after writing the address.
から marks the first action in a sequence.
分からないときは質問します。
When I do not understand, I ask a question.
とき introduces the situation in which the action happens.
Grammar notes
〜てもいいですか
Use this to ask permission to do something.
ここに書いてもいいですか。
May I write here?
〜てから
Use this to say that one action happens before another.
住所を書いてから、電話番号を書きます。
I write the telephone number after writing the address.
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
- • What makes Rina’s question clear?
- • Which form or document would you like to understand better?
- • How does asking first change the result?
These prompts are not stored.
How confident did this reread feel?
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