Japanese listening diary · Day 218

My Friend Is Moving to Korea at 35

30代半ばで韓国へ留学を決めた友人
August 12, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
Real JapaneseN5–N3 friendly
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The day before yesterday I met a friend after a long interval, and she filled me with positive energy. I first met her about two and a half years ago, and since then we see each other once every few months. Each time she asks me something: do you know a place with good energy, or, I want to study money, is there a good book. So I have always felt she is someone who wants to better herself. This time, the moment we met, a very bright air came across. She told me she will study at a university in Korea from next month. Her expression was clear, her face full of hope. The resolve of someone deciding in her mid-thirties to study abroad is wonderful. Any age is fine, she seemed to say, and the courage she gave me left me happy as well.

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No. 218Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
おととい、ひさしぶりにあったゆうじんから、すごくまえむきなえねるぎーをもらいました。はじめてかのじょとであったのは、にねんはんぐらいまえです。いらい、すうかげつにいちど、かおをあわせることがあります。あうたびに「きがいいばしょをしってますか」とか、「おかねのことをべんきょうしたいんですけど、いいほんはありますか」と、きいてくるので、わたしはいつも、かのじょはじぶんをこうじょうさせたいとおもっているひとだなと、かんじていました。
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Vocabulary ことば

一昨日おとといthe day before yesterday
前向きまえむきpositive; forward-looking
以来いらいsince then
留学するりゅうがくするto study abroad
決断力けつだんりょくdecisiveness; resolve

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