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Designed to help you progress once you’re comfortable with the basics. Use it as supplementary material alongside your studies.

Pick a school grade or JLPT level and do this each day:

  1. Handwrite the passage in a notebook.
  2. Read the passage out loud.
  3. Understand the meaning of the passage (if you need help, check the English translation).
  4. Take note of the grammar points (try understanding them in Japanese first; if you need help, refer to the English translation).
N5小1 · Elementary 1August 1, 2026

にわの ねこ

いえの にわに ちいさな ねこが います。しろくて、めが ぴかぴか ひかって います。ねこは じっと そらを みて います。なにか みえて いるのかな。かわいいね。

文法

  • 「が」は ぶんの しゅごを しめす ときに つかう ことばです。
  • 「〜て(て)います」は いま して いる ことを いう ときの かたちです。
  • ぶんの おわりに つける「ね」は、あいての ひとに「そう おもうでしょ？」と つたえる ことばです。
English

The Cat in the Garden

There is a small cat in the garden. It is white, and its eyes sparkle and shine. The cat is gazing quietly up at the sky. I wonder if it can see something. How cute!

  • 「が」 is used to mark the subject of a sentence — the thing or person doing the action or being described.
  • 「~ています」 describes something that is happening right now or a continuing state.
  • 「~ね」 at the end of a sentence invites the listener to agree, like saying 'isn't it?' or 'right?'
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