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Japanese · A222 min

Yui waits out the rain and studies in a stationery shop

Practice A2 Japanese in a short story where Yui waits out the rain and studies in a stationery shop. 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

Read the story once for the situation, then reread it for the vocabulary. Tap individual words as you go, and use the line-by-line support when you want to check the full sentence meaning.

Core vocabulary

Target word with readingTranslationType
雨 ame

rain

noun

傘 kasa

umbrella

noun

駅前 ekimae

station front

noun

文房具店 bunbouguten

stationery shop

noun

単語 tango

vocabulary word

noun

窓 mado

window

noun

棚 tana

shelf

noun

季節 kisetsu

season

noun

勉強 benkyou

study

noun

雨宿り amayadori

taking shelter from rain

noun

Core text

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Line-by-line support

Read each line with the direct translation beside it. Use this section to slow down and confirm exactly what the story is doing sentence by sentence.

夕方 yuugataの no授業 jugyouが ga終わった owattaあと ato、結衣 Yuiは wa駅前 ekimaeに ni出た detaところ tokoroで de急に kyuuni強い tsuyoi雨 ameに ni降られた furareta。

After her evening class ended, Yui stepped out by the station and was suddenly caught in a strong rainstorm.

朝 asa、急いで isoide家 ieを o出た detaので node、傘 kasaを o持って motteくる kuruの noを o忘れて wasureteしまった shimattaの noだ da。

Because she had rushed out of the house that morning, she had forgotten to bring an umbrella.

しかたなく shikatanaku、彼女 kanojoは wa駅 ekiの no横 yokoに niある aru小さな chiisana文房具店 bunbougutenに ni入り hairi、雨 ameが ga弱くなる yowaku naruまで madeそこで soko de待つ matsuこと kotoに niした shita。

With little choice, she went into the small stationery shop next to the station and decided to wait there until the rain weakened.

店 miseの no棚 tanaに niは wa小さな chiisanaノート nootoや ya季節 kisetsuの noカード kaadoが ga並んで narandeいて ite、結衣 Yuiは wa新しい atarashii単語 tangoを o書く kakuため tameに ni青い aoiノート nootoを o一冊 issatsu手 teに ni取った totta。

On the shop shelves were small notebooks and seasonal cards, and Yui picked up a blue notebook to write down new vocabulary.

レジ rejiの no人 hitoが ga「しばらく shibarakuやみそう yamisouに niない naiです desuね ne」と to言った ittaので node、結衣 Yuiは wa窓 madoの noそば sobaの no台 daiで de今日 kyouの noメモ memoを o整理し seiri shi始めた hajimeta。

When the person at the register said, 'It doesn't look like it will stop for a while,' Yui began organizing her notes at a counter by the window.

十分 juppunほど hodoたつ tatsuと to雨 ameは wa少しずつ sukoshizutsu弱く yowakuなり nari、店 miseを o出る deru前 maeに ni彼女 kanojoは wa新しい atarashiiノート nootoの no一ページ目 ichi peeji meに ni「待つ matsu時間 jikanも mo勉強 benkyouに niなる naru」と to書いて kaiteみた mita。

After about ten minutes the rain gradually weakened, and before leaving the shop she wrote on the first page of the new notebook, 'Waiting time can become study time too.'

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.

〜てしまう

〜てしまう often shows that something was completed in a regrettable or accidental way.

傘 kasaを o忘れて wasureteしまった shimatta。An accidental-completion pattern.

〜ことにする

〜ことにする is used when the speaker decides on a course of action.

雨 ameが gaやむ yamuまで made店 miseで de待つ matsuこと kotoに niした shita。A clear decision pattern.

Extension reading

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Review

Story check: What is Yui 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 Yui.

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