Japanese listening diary · Day 185

So Into AI I Forgot to Eat

55歳、AIにのめり込んで食べるのも忘れる
July 10, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
Real JapaneseN5–N3 friendly
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I have talked about loving AI before, but lately I am in so deep that I have worn myself out — I forget to eat and I forget to sleep. When I graduated and started working there were no PCs, no internet, not even mobile phones, and jobs like engineer or programmer simply did not exist. Realizing I can lose myself in this so completely tells me I was probably built for it — though if I made it my job I would never sleep again. At fifty-five, that is a new discovery about myself.

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Excerpt
No. 185Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
わたしがえーあいずきなことはまえにもおはなししましたが、さいきんすっかりはまってしまって、えーあいづかれしています。あまりにもたのしすぎて、たべることもねることもわすれてしまうくらい、どはまりしてるんです。わたしがだいがくをそつぎょうしてしゅうしょくをするときには、まだぱそこんもいんたーねっともありませんでした。
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Vocabulary ことば

のめり込むのめりこむto get completely absorbed
どハマりするどはまりするto be totally hooked
就職するしゅうしょくするto get a job
寝不足ねぶそくlack of sleep
発見はっけんdiscovery

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