Japanese listening diary · Day 200

Friday Afternoon Brain Fog

金曜日の午後、集中力が消える
July 25, 2026
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

By Thursday evening the tiredness starts to show, and on Friday I feel heavy from the moment I wake. After lunch, as two and three o'clock pass, my concentration drains away, which is a problem when so much has to be finished before the week ends. On days like that I keep the desk clear so nothing but the computer is in sight — the moment something else appears there, my mind leaves work and wanders off. My phone is more dangerous still, so I do what I can on the computer screen instead.

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Excerpt
No. 200Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
げつようびからきんようびまでまいにちかいしゃにいっていますが、もくようびのゆうがたごろからからだがだんだんつかれをかんじはじめて、きんようびはあさおきたときからからだがだるいなぁとおもいます。とくにおひるごはんをたべたあと、ごごにじ、さんじとじかんがたつにつれてしゅうちゅうりょくもなくなってきてしまいます。きんようびじゅうにおえておきたいしごとがたくさんあるのに、しゅうちゅうりょくがとぎれてしまい、こまってしまいます。
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Vocabulary ことば

だるいだるいsluggish; heavy with fatigue
集中力しゅうちゅうりょくconcentration
視界しかいfield of vision
いつの間にかいつのまにかbefore one knows it
工夫くふうclever ways; ingenuity

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