Japanese listening diary · Day 259

Five Years Until 60, and So Many Questions

60歳まであと5年、私の人生
September 22, 2026
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

This is a continuation of what I talked about in yesterday's diary entry about my life plans. Since we were children, I think we could see the stages of life to some extent: after elementary school comes junior high, after junior high comes high school, after high school comes university, and after university we work, get married, raise children, and so on. But I feel that the stage after retirement is the phase where I put to use, in my own way, the things I've learned and come to see in my life so far. In my life, I have five years left until I turn 60. Lately, I keep thinking carefully about what kind of life I want to live and what I want to do.

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No. 259Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
きのうのにっきではなした、じんせいのけいかくについてのつづきです。わたしたちは、こどものころから、しょうがっこうがおわったらちゅうがっこう、ちゅうがっこうがおわったらこうこう、こうこうがおわったらだいがく、だいがくがおわったらはたらいて、けっこんして、こそだてをして…と、じんせいのすてーじがあるていどみえていたとおもいます。でも、ていねんをむかえたあとのすてーじは、いままでのじぶんのじんせいでまなんできたことやみえてきたことを、じぶんなりにいかしていくだんかいになったなぁとおもっています。
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Vocabulary ことば

日記にっきdiary; journal
計画けいかくplan
迎えるむかえるto reach (a stage)
生かすいかすto make good use of
生き方いきかたway of living

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