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N5 graded Japanese story

市役所の質問

A Question at City Hall

6 sentences · about 5 minutes

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N5 · 6 sentences

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、リナはためです。いました。

が、かりません。リナは、ゆっくり読みました。

リナは「ここにもいいですか」とはゆっくりくれました。だけでした。

「まず」リナは書きました。ました。

と、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。もできます。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

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

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?

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