Japanese listening diary · Day 265

Yesterday's Blue Sky, Today's Rain

昨日の青空、今日の雨
September 28, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

Yesterday was a clear, deep-blue autumn day from the morning and felt really nice, but today I woke up to cloudy skies, and now it's raining. This morning's weather forecast said it might rain occasionally. But looking outside, it's not occasional rain, it's full-on rain. Thinking about it, I'm glad I made time to enjoy the pleasant autumn weather yesterday. Still, with so much rain continuing, what's going on with Tokyo's sky?

From the diary にっきから

Excerpt
No. 265Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
きのうはあさからまっさおなあきばれで、とてもきもちがよかったのに、きょうは、あさおきたらくもりぞらで、いまはあめがふっています。けさのてんきよほうでは、ときどきあめがふるかもしれないといっていました。でもそとをみると、ときどきのあめではなく、かんぜんにあめです。
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Vocabulary ことば

曇り空くもりぞらcloudy sky; overcast sky
時々ときどきnow and then; on and off
完全にかんぜんにcompletely
心地いいここちいいpleasant; comfortable
それにしてもそれにしてもeven so; still

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