Japanese listening diary · Day 245

I Ordered the Wrong Dish

食べたかったのは豆乳坦々麺だったのに
September 8, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
Real JapaneseN5–N3 friendly
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This is a story about my lunch the day before yesterday. I didn't have a packed lunch with me, so I went to a Chinese restaurant I've liked for a long time. I went there wanting to eat cold soy milk tantanmen noodles. But the moment I entered the restaurant and opened the menu, for some reason something else caught my eye, and in the end I ordered mapo tofu. It was certainly delicious, but it wasn't as good as I had expected. I got full, but I regretted it, thinking I should have had the cold soy milk tantanmen. Cold tantanmen is only available in summer, so I'm thinking of going back once more soon to eat it.

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No. 245Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
おとといのおひるごはんのはなしです。おべんとうをもってなかったので、むかしからきにいっているちゅうかりょうりやさんにいきました。ひやしとうにゅうたんたんめんをたべたいとおもっていったんです。でも、おみせにはいってめにゅーをひろげたとたん、なぜかちがうものにめがいってしまって、けっきょくまーぼーどうふをちゅうもんしました。
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Vocabulary ことば

一昨日おとといthe day before yesterday
途端とたんthe moment (something happens)
注文するちゅうもんするto order
期待するきたいするto expect; to hope for
後悔するこうかいするto regret

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