Japanese listening diary · Day 162

My New Laptop Is Still in Its Box

1週間箱に入ったままのMacBook Air
June 17, 2026
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

My new work MacBook Air arrived a whole week ago, and it is still sitting in its box. I know it will make everything faster, but the thought of setup and data migration keeps pushing it to later — this week, I promise, the move happens.

From the diary にっきから

Excerpt
No. 162Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
かいしゃのぱそこんがあたらしくなりました。これまでつかっていたのはにせんにじゅうねんのまっくぶっくぷろで、つかいはじめてからほぼろくねんがたち、あたらしいまっくぶっくえあになりました。じつは、このまっくぶっくえあがとどいたのはもういっしゅうかんもまえのことなんです。
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Vocabulary ことば

経つたつ(time) to pass
設定せっていsetup; settings
引越しひっこしmoving; migration
後回しあとまわしputting off; postponing
作業さぎょうwork; task

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