Japanese listening diary · Day 212

Why I Keep My Side Job as a Model

副業モデルを3年続ける理由
August 6, 2026
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

Today was a day of my modeling side job. I have been with this client about three years and join them and the other models roughly once every two months; there is tension in the air, yet I work fairly relaxed. I keep this side job for two reasons. One is the extra income. The other is time shared with people an office worker like me would never meet. A completely different workplace lets me see things through different values, ages and positions, so it is precious learning time. As long as I am asked, I want to continue.

From the diary にっきから

Excerpt
No. 212Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
きょうはふくぎょうでやっているもでるのおしごとのひでした。このくらいあんととはもうさんねんぐらいのおつきあいで、にかげつにいっかいくらい、くらいあんとのかたやもでるのかたとごいっしょします。きんちょうかんがあるなかでも、ひかくてきりらっくすしておしごとをさせていただいています。わたしがこのふくぎょうをつづけているりゆうはふたつあります。
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Vocabulary ことば

副業ふくぎょうside job
緊張感きんちょうかんtension; sense of pressure
副収入ふくしゅうにゅうextra income
価値観かちかんvalues; sense of what matters
立場たちばposition; standpoint

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