Japanese listening diary · Day 248

My Morning Meal Changed From Smoothie to Rice Porridge

朝ご飯がスムージーからお粥に変わった
September 11, 2026
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The temperature has come down just a little, so I have started eating rice porridge for breakfast. Porridge is the standard winter breakfast. Around this time last year it was still very hot, and I remember eating smoothies and yoghurt in the morning. But this summer was not so hot, and since September began it has rained without a break, so I keep the air conditioner on to take the damp out of the air, and when I am at home I somehow feel as though my body has grown cold. So I have taken to warming myself with porridge in the morning before going through the day. My own favourite, of course, is red bean porridge.

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No. 248Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
きおんがすこしだけひくくなってきたので、あさごはんにおかゆをたべるようになりました。おかゆは、ふゆのあさごはんのていばんです。きょねんのいまごろはまだまだあつかったので、あさはすむーじーやよーぐるとをたべていたきおくがあります。
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気温きおんair temperature

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