Japanese listening diary · Day 239

Back to Walking 10,000 Steps in Bangkok

バンコクで歩き始めた朝
September 2, 2026
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My holiday in a small country town in Thailand is over, and yesterday I moved to Bangkok. Work starts today. This morning, after I got up, I went to the hotel gym and walked for 35 minutes as usual. While I was in the country town in Thailand, I hardly ever rode a train or walked, so I was only walking about 3,000 steps a day. In Tokyo, I always try to walk 10,000 steps a day, so with such a small number of steps, I thought, "This isn't good for my health." From today, I'm going to walk properly every morning, as usual.

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No. 239Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
たいのいなかまちでのきゅうじつがおわって、きのうばんこくにいどうしてきました。きょうからしごとがはじまります。けさは、おきてからほてるのじむにいって、いつもどおりさんじゅうごふんかんうぉーきんぐをしてきました。
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Vocabulary ことば

休日きゅうじつday off; holiday
田舎町いなかまちsmall country town
移動するいどうするto move; to travel (to another place)
歩数ほすうnumber of steps
健康けんこうhealth

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