Japanese listening diary · Day 223

551 Pork Buns From Osaka Every Time

大阪から必ず買って帰る551の豚まん
August 17, 2026
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Whenever I go to Osaka, the thing I always buy to bring home is a 551 pork bun. They are so good that it becomes a mystery why they should taste that way, and every time I go back to my parents' home in Osaka I buy some and carry them back. You can buy 551 pork buns in many places, but the chilled kind, the ones you can keep in the refrigerator, are sold only at Shin-Osaka Station and Itami Airport. This time as well I bought them on my way home. One for lunch, one when I feel a little hungry: I am enjoying that happy pork bun taste.

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No. 223Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
おおさかにいくと、かえりにかならずかってかえってくるのが、ごうごういちのぶたまんです。なんであんなにおいしいのかふしぎになるくらいおいしくて、まいかい、おおさかのじっかにかえるたびにかってかえってきます。ごうごういちのぶたまんはいろんなところでかえますが、れいぞうこでほぞんができるちるどたいぷのぶたまんがかえるのは、しんおおさかえきといたみくうこうだけなんです。
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Vocabulary ことば

必ずかならずwithout fail; always
豚まんぶたまんpork bun
不思議ふしぎstrange; a mystery
保存ほぞんkeeping; storing (food)
小腹が空くこばらがすくto get a little hungry

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