Japanese listening diary · Day 227

Spicy Food Night at Oimachi Tracks

辛いものを食べたくて大井町へ
August 21, 2026
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Last night I had dinner with a friend at Oimachi Tracks. We usually go out for yakiniku or Korean food, but this time my friend said she wanted something spicy, so we settled on spicy food as our theme. I had never been to Oimachi Tracks, so I asked an AI for a place where you can eat spicy dishes and went to the shop it told me about. It turned out to be a standing bar. There were no chairs, only tables, and the style is to stand while you drink and eat. They used green chilli peppers, habanero and garlic, and everything was wonderfully hot and good.

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No. 227Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
きのうのよるは、ともだちとおおいまちとらっくすでよるごはんをたべました。いつも、やきにくやかんこくりょうりをたべにいくんですが、こんかいは、ともだちがからいものをたべたいっていったので、からいものをてーまにきめました。わたしは、おおいまちとらっくすにいったことがなかったので、えーあいにからいものがたべられるおみせをきいて、おしえてもらったおみせにいきました。
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Vocabulary ことば

友達ともだちfriend
辛いからいspicy; hot
立ち飲みたちのみa standing bar; drinking while standing
青唐辛子あおとうがらしgreen chilli pepper
ニンニクにんにくgarlic

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