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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 1October 4, 2026

みちにまよったりょこうしゃ

もりたさんは、えきまえでさんじゅうねんちかくざっかてんをいとなんでいる。あるひ、てんのまえでちずをかたてにこまっているりょこうしゃらしいじょせいをみかけた。こえをかけたとたん、かのじょはほっとしたようすで、えきまでのみちをいっしょにさがしてほしいとたのんできた。みちがわかりにくいとはしりながらも、もりたさんはてんをしめてかのじょをあんないすることにした。とちゅう、みちあんないのついでにちかくのしょくどうもおそえると、じょせいはなんどもおれいをいってえがおででんしゃにのりこんでいった。

文法

  • 「〜たとたん(に)」は、ある動作どうさが終おわった瞬間しゅんかんに、次つぎのことが起おこることを表あらわす表現ひょうげんで、意外いがいな気持きもちを伴ともなうことが多おおい。
  • 「〜ながらも」は、ある状態じょうたいや気持きもちを認みとめながらも、それに反はんする行動こうどうや結果けっかが続つづくことを表あらわす表現ひょうげん。
  • 「〜ついでに」は、ある行動こうどうをする機会きかいを利用りようして、別べつのことも一緒いっしょに行おこなうことを表あらわす表現ひょうげん。
English

The Lost Traveler

Mr. Morita has run a small general store near the train station for nearly thirty years. One day, he noticed a woman who looked like a traveler, standing in front of his shop with a map in hand, looking lost. The moment he spoke to her, she looked relieved and asked if he could help her find the way to the station. Knowing the roads were confusing, Mr. Morita decided to close up his shop and guide her there himself. Along the way, while giving directions, he also told her about a nearby restaurant, and the woman thanked him many times before boarding the train with a smile.

  • "~たとたん(に)" means 'the moment ~' or 'just as soon as ~', expressing that something happens immediately and almost simultaneously after a preceding action, often with a sense of surprise.
  • "~ながらも" means 'even while ~' or 'although ~', expressing that despite a certain state or feeling, a contrasting action or result still occurs.
  • "~ついでに" means 'while doing ~, also do ~' or 'taking the opportunity of ~', expressing that one does an additional, convenient thing alongside a main action.
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