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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).
N3高1 · High School 1July 23, 2026

のり

、のでりがかれた。のによると、このりは30からいているそうだ。はになるたびに、りでっているきそばをしみにしている。はがくて、なかなかにめなかったが、なんとかまでたどりいた。もまたとにくことにした。

文法

  • 「〜によると」は情報の出どころを示す表現で、「〜が言うところによれば」という意味を表す。
  • 「〜たびに」は「〜するときはいつも」という意味で、繰り返される出来事を表す表現。
  • 「〜ことにした」は話し手が自分で決めたことを表す表現。
English

The Summer Festival in the Shopping Street

Last week, a summer festival was held in the shopping street near my home. According to my friend, this festival has continued for 30 years. Every year when summer comes, I look forward to the yakisoba sold at the festival. This year there were so many people that I could hardly move forward, but I somehow managed to reach the food stalls. I decided to go again next year together with my friend.

  • 「〜によると」is used to cite a source of information, meaning 'according to ~'.
  • 「〜たびに」means 'every time ~ happens', expressing a recurring situation.
  • 「〜ことにした」expresses a decision the speaker has made.
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