Japanese listening diary · Day 033

Too Old to Eat All My Setsubun Beans

54歳が食べる豆の数は9個
February 8, 2026
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

For Setsubun I threw beans at home, but at fifty-four I could never eat one bean for every year of my age. Adding five and four together, I ate nine — a tiny cheat that should keep me healthy all year.

From the diary にっきから

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No. 033Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
せんしゅうにがつみっかはせつぶんだったので、いえでまめまきをしました。「おにはそと、ふくはうち」といいながらまめをまく、にほんのふるいしゅうかんです。 じぶんのねんれいのかずだけまめをたべると、けんこうになるといわれています。
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Vocabulary ことば

豆まきまめまきbean-throwing ritual
習慣しゅうかんcustom; habit
年齢ねんれいage
足すたすto add (numbers)
風習ふうしゅうtraditional custom

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