の、リナはみどりのひかりハイツに引っ越してきました。マヤはでリナを待っていました。
N5 graded Japanese story
郵便受け
The Mailbox
6 sentences · about 5 minutes
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リナは「はです。でも、のがかりません」と。
マヤはを、「リナさんのとのはです。はのにあります」と。
リナはをが、のが見つかりません。をもまだかりません。リナはをゆっくり。
マヤはのをしました。「ここです。はまだありませんが、を」リナは「かりました」と。
リナはにを書きました。をが見つかり、「これでです」と。マヤも、「このへようこそ」と。もここを見ます。リナはしました。
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
- 郵便受けゆうびんうけ
- mailbox
- 番号ばんごう
- number
- 見つけるみつける
- to find
- 近くちかく
- nearby
- 住所じゅうしょ
- address
- 表ひょう
- table; chart
- 入れるいれる
- to put in
- 荷物にもつ
- package; belongings
What to notice
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story01-p1
玄関の近くに · 郵便受けがあります
The location phrase comes before the thing that exists.
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story01-p2
部屋と郵便受けの番号 · 同じです
と connects two nouns, and 同じ describes their matching relationship.
Sentence rn1_place_to_share_02-story01-p3
自分の郵便受けを · 見つけました
The を phrase marks what was found.
Check your understanding
1. Where has Rina moved?
Answer: She has moved to Hikari Heights in Midori Town. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
2. What does Rina not understand?
Answer: She does not understand the mailbox number. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
3. What does Maya use to help Rina?
Answer: She uses the apartment table and number. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
4. How does Rina feel at the end?
Answer: She feels safe and settled. — 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
リナはどこに住んでいますか。
Eight book words
Preview
郵便受け
ゆうびんうけ
mailbox; letter box
Preview
番号
ばんごう
number
Preview
近く
ちかく
nearby area
Support
表
ひょう
list; chart
Support
入れる
いれる
to put in; pour in
Support
荷物
にもつ
luggage; baggage
Sentence Lab
玄関の近くに郵便受けがあります。
There is a mailbox near the entrance.
The location phrase comes before the thing that exists.
部屋と郵便受けの番号は同じです。
The room and mailbox numbers are the same.
と connects two nouns, and 同じ describes their matching relationship.
自分の郵便受けを見つけました。
I found my mailbox.
The を phrase marks what was found.
Grammar notes
Nの近く
Use の近く to say that something is near a place or thing.
玄関の近くに郵便受けがあります。
There is a mailbox near the entrance.
〜に住んでいます
Use に after a place to say where someone lives.
リナはひかりハイツに住んでいます。
Rina lives at Hikari Heights.
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 place in a new home would you want to find first?
- • What word will you remember from the mailbox scene?
- • Why does the ending feel safer than the beginning?
These prompts are not stored.
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