Japanese listening diary · Day 201

I Took a Share Bike to the New Supermarket

シェア自転車で8分、新しいスーパーへ
July 26, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
Real JapaneseN5–N3 friendly
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The new supermarket I found last week is about twenty minutes away on foot, and it is too hot to shop in the middle of the day. Last week I went at half past six in the evening, and by then the fresh fish had thinned out. I would rather go around noon, but not with the temperature near forty degrees. Then I remembered the shared bicycles — three ports right below my building. I reserved one before leaving and reached the store in about eight minutes. The glare was fierce, but by bicycle I managed.

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Excerpt
No. 201Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
せんしゅうみつけたあたらしいすーぱーは、うちからあるいてにじゅっぷんぐらいかかります。まいにちとてもあついので、にっちゅうにかいものにいくゆうきがありません。せんしゅういったのはゆうがたのろくじはんぐらいでしたが、そのじかんになると、しんせんなさかなのしなかずもすくなくなっています。
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Vocabulary ことば

先週せんしゅうlast week
勇気ゆうきcourage; nerve
品数しなかずselection of items
日差しひざしsunlight; glare of the sun
シェア自転車しぇあじてんしゃshared bicycle; bike share

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