Japanese listening diary · Day 251

I Forgot to Turn On the Robot Vacuum

お掃除ロボットのスイッチを入れ忘れた
September 14, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
Real JapaneseN5–N3 friendly
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The day before yesterday was Saturday, so as usual, I lifted the things on the floor and the chairs up high to make a path for the robot vacuum, and then went out for my morning walk. About 10 minutes after I started walking, I realized I had forgotten to turn on the robot vacuum. During my walk, I tried many times to turn it on from my phone, but every attempt failed. Actually, the app lost its connection a few months ago, and I had just left it like that. I regretted leaving it that way just because it was a pain in the neck.

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Excerpt
No. 251Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
おとといはどようびだったので、いつもどおり、ゆかにおいてあるものやいすをたかいいちにあげて、おそうじろぼっとのとおりみちをつくってから、あさのうぉーきんぐにでかけました。あるきはじめてからじゅっぷんほどたったところで、おそうじろぼっとのすいっちをいれてくるのをわすれてきたことにきづきました。うぉーきんぐのとちゅうで、すまほからすいっちをいれようとなんかいもためしたんですが、ぜんぶしっぱいしました。
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Vocabulary ことば

通り道とおりみちpathway; passage
気づくきづくto realize; to notice
試すためすto try
接続せつぞくconnection
放置するほうちするto leave as is; to neglect

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