Japanese listening diary · Day 139

My Earplugs Vanish Every Morning

毎朝、耳栓が行方不明になる謎
May 25, 2026
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

Every night I sleep with an eye mask and earplugs, and every morning the earplugs have vanished. My days begin with flipping the pillow and blankets in search of them, and this morning, once again, they are missing in action.

From the diary にっきから

Excerpt
No. 139Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
わたしは、ねるときに、いつもあいますくとみみせんをしてねています。にねんほどまえからそうしているのですが、いぜんよりもぐっすりねむれるようなきがしています。ただ、まいあさめがさめると、いつもみみせんがゆくえふめいなんです。
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Vocabulary ことば

耳栓みみせんearplugs
ぐっすりぐっすり(sleeping) soundly
行方不明ゆくえふめいmissing; whereabouts unknown
ひっくり返すひっくりかえすto turn over; to flip
迷子まいごlost (child or thing)

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