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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 1August 25, 2026

じっかのにわから

おばあちゃんへ あつさもようやくやわらいできましたね。せんしゅうまつ、にわのかきのきをみにいったら、まだあおいみがたくさんついていておどろきました。こどものころはあきがまちどおしくてたまらなかったのに、いまではまいにちいそがしくてきせつのへんかにきづかないこともおおいです。それでも、じっかにかえるたびに、にわのようすをみるのがちいさなたのしみになっています。ことしはもっとはやくかえって、かきがいろづくまえのけしきもゆっくりながめたいとおもいます。おばあちゃんもからだにきをつけてくださいね。

文法

  • 「〜(て)くる」は、動詞どうしについて、ある変化へんかが少すこしずつ進すすんで今いまに至いたったことを表あらわす表現ひょうげん。
  • 「〜てたまらない」は、感情かんじょうや感覚かんかくがとても強つよくて抑おさえられないことを表あらわす表現ひょうげんで、「〜くて仕方しかたがない」に近ちかい意味いみを持もつ。
  • 「〜たびに」は、「〜する時ときはいつも」という意味いみで、ある動作どうさが繰くり返かえされるたびに、決きまって別べつのことが起おこることを表あらわす表現ひょうげん。
English

From the Garden Back Home

Dear Grandma, The heat has finally started to ease up, hasn't it? Last weekend I went to look at the persimmon tree in the garden, and I was surprised to find so many green fruits still on it. As a child, autumn couldn't come soon enough for me, but these days I'm so busy that I often don't even notice the seasons changing. Even so, every time I go back to my parents' house, seeing how the garden looks has become a small pleasure for me. This year I'd like to go home earlier and slowly take in the scenery before the persimmons turn color. Please take care of yourself too, Grandma.

  • 「~てくる」attached to a verb expresses a change that has been gradually progressing up to the present moment, meaning 'has become ~' or 'has started to ~'.
  • 「~てたまらない」expresses that a feeling or physical sensation is so strong that it cannot be suppressed, meaning 'unbearably ~' or 'cannot stand ~'.
  • 「~たびに」means 'every time ~' or 'whenever ~', expressing that something always happens along with a certain repeated action.
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