Japanese listening diary · Day 193

Grinding Coffee Beans at Home Instead of Going Out

家でコーヒー豆を挽く朝
July 18, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
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It has grown noticeably hot, so I no longer walk to a cafe on weekend mornings — I grind the beans and brew at home instead. I have just come back from my walk and showered off the sweat, and heading straight out to work up another is the last thing I want. A proper hand mill would be nice, but I cannot be bothered, so I grind roughly with an electric one and it still makes excellent coffee. All that is missing is cake; there is none in the house, so ice cream it is.

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Excerpt
No. 193Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
めっきりあつくなってきたので、さいきん、しゅうまつのあさにかふぇにいかなくなりました。じぶんのいえでまめをひいて、こーひーをいれてすごしています。あさおきたら、すぐにうぉーきんぐにいって、あせをたっぷりかいてかえってきて、しゃわーをあびたばかりなのにまたすぐそとにでて、あせをかくのがいやだなとおもうんです。
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Vocabulary ことば

めっきりめっきりnoticeably; markedly
挽くひくto grind (coffee beans)
面倒くさがり屋めんどうくさがりやsomeone who cannot be bothered
適当にてきとうにroughly; casually
代わりにかわりにinstead

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