Japanese · A118 min

Haru buys lunch and tea at the convenience store

Practice A1 Japanese in a short story where Haru buys lunch and tea at the convenience store. Tap individual words, follow line-by-line meaning, and review vocabulary from the scene.

  1. Vocabulary
  2. Story
  3. Support
  4. Grammar
  5. Practice
  6. Review

Start with the short scene first. Tap individual words when you want the vocabulary, then use the line-by-line support to confirm the full sentence before you reread it.

Core vocabulary

Target word with readingTranslationType
fukuro

bag

noun

お茶 ocha

tea

noun

五百円 gohyakuen

five hundred yen

number

大丈夫 daijoubu

okay

expression

温めます atatamemasu

heat / warm up

expression

mizu

water

noun

おにぎり onigiri

rice ball

noun

kyaku

customer

noun

店員 tenin

staff member

noun

お弁当 o bentō

boxed lunch

noun

Core text

店員
店員
店員

Line-by-line support

Read each line with the direct translation beside it. Use this section to slow down and confirm exactly what each speaker says.

店員
いらっしゃいませ irasshaimase温めます atatamemasuka

Welcome. Would you like this heated?

はい haiお願いします onegaishimasuあと atoお茶 ochamoください kudasai

Yes, please. Also, tea, please.

店員
かしこまりました kashikomarimashitafukurowaいります irimasuka

Certainly. Do you need a bag?

いいえ iie大丈夫 daijoubuです desu

No, I am okay.

店員
五百円 gohyakuenです desu

That is five hundred yen.

Grammar in context

These are the two patterns doing the most work in this lesson. Learn them as reusable sentence frames, not as isolated rules.

ください

ください is the key request word for asking for an item in a clear beginner sentence.

お茶 ochaoください kudasaiA direct item request.

は ... か

Japanese often frames topic-based questions with は and ends them with か.

fukurowaいります irimasukaA standard service question.

Extension reading

Review

Story check: What is Haru trying to do in this lesson, and what detail changes the situation?

Vocabulary check: Find the first key word, the second key word, the third key word, and one more key word in the story text again. Explain what each word is doing in its sentence.

Retell: Retell the scene in two or three sentences using the first key word and the second key word. Then add one sentence about why the ending matters for Haru.

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