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September 29, 2026

How to use

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 1September 29, 2026

ふるいちずてんをたずねて

せんしゅう、まちのちいさなきょうどしりょうかんで、ふるいちずのてんじをみにいった。にゅうじょうりょうがたかめだったにもかかわらず、じかんをわすれるほどみごたえがあった。えどじだいのちずには、いまのどうろとほぼおなじばしょにみちがかかれているものもあり、とうじのくらしをそうぞうするとしぜんにあしがとまった。せつめいがくわしいだけに、よみおえるまでかなりじかんがかかった。しゃしんさつえいができないわけではないので、きにいったちずはカメラにおさめておくといい。

文法

  • 「〜にもかかわらず」は、前まえの事柄ことがらから予想よそうされる結果けっかとは反はんして、実際じっさいにはそうならないことを表あらわす表現ひょうげんで、「〜のに」より硬かたい言いい方かた。
  • 「〜だけに」は、ある特別とくべつな事情じじょうや条件じょうけんがあるからこそ、それにふさわしい、あるいは予想よそうされる結果けっかが強つよく表あらわれることを示しめす表現ひょうげん。
  • 「〜わけではない」は、ある事柄ことがらを完全かんぜんには否定ひていせず、「必かならずしもそうだとは言いえない」という程度ていどの否定ひていを表あらわす表現ひょうげん。
English

A Visit to an Old Map Exhibition

Last week, I went to see an exhibition of old maps at a small local history museum in town. Even though the admission fee was on the high side, the exhibition was so absorbing that I forgot the time. Some Edo-period maps showed roads in almost the same places as today's roads, and imagining the lives of people back then, I found myself stopping without realizing it. Because the explanations were so detailed, it took quite a while to finish reading them all. It's not that photography is prohibited, so it's a good idea to capture any map you're interested in with your camera.

  • "~にもかかわらず" means 'despite ~' or 'even though ~', expressing that the actual result goes against what would normally be expected from the preceding fact; it is a more formal equivalent of '~のに'.
  • "~だけに" indicates that precisely because of a certain special circumstance or condition, a fitting or expected result appears all the more strongly, meaning 'precisely because ~' or 'given that ~, all the more so'.
  • "~わけではない" expresses a partial negation, meaning 'it's not that ~' or 'that doesn't necessarily mean ~', without completely denying the preceding statement.
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