Japanese listening diary · Day 192

So Hungry I Could Eat All Day

食欲が止まらない一日
July 17, 2026
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

I have been hungry since the moment I woke up. Breakfast was at eight, and by half past ten at the office my stomach was already growling; even after a sandwich at lunch it started again by two, and I got by on sweets from the café corner. Fried chicken and tomato-and-egg stir-fry at home did nothing either — it is five to nine at night and I am still starving, so I am going to bed early.

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No. 192Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
きょうは、あさからずっとおなかがすいてしかたありません。あさごはんをたべたのははちじごろで、かいしゃにいってしごとをしていたら、もうじゅうじはんぐらいからおなかがぐーぐーなっているんです。なんでこんなにおなかがすくんだろうとふしぎでした。おひるにさんどいっちをたべたのに、にじすぎにはまたおなかがすいておなかがぐーぐーないていました。
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Vocabulary ことば

食欲しょくよくappetite
お腹が鳴るおなかがなるone's stomach growls
不思議ふしぎstrange; puzzling
しのぐしのぐto tide oneself over
しずまるしずまるto subside; to calm down

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