Japanese listening diary · Day 271

A Chilly Evening Walk That Warmed Me Up

肌寒い夜に25分歩いたら体が熱くなった
October 4, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
Real JapaneseN5–N3 friendly
Listen — today’s diary plays right on the front page
Play today’s diary

This one is on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube — search “OHAYO NIHONGO”.

Today’s story きょうの あらすじ

Now that it's October, the temperature has been steadily dropping. Today, when I left the office after work, it felt a little chilly. Thinking that autumn is finally here in full swing, I suddenly decided to take a walk home after getting off the train at my nearest station. Even though I thought it was chilly when I got off the train, my body gradually warmed up as I walked. I took a detour and took about 25 minutes to get home. When I entered the house, my body was so warm that I felt hot. Since I couldn't go for my morning walk today, taking a detour on my way home from work made up for it. Even just taking a detour on my usual commute home becomes a bit of exercise, doesn't it?

From the diary にっきから

Excerpt
No. 271Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
じゅうがつになってきおんもどんどんひくくなってきました。きょう、しごとがおわってかいしゃをでると、すこしはださむいかんじがしました。いよいよあきもほんかくてきになってきたなと、おもいながら、もよりえきででんしゃをおりたあと、とつぜんおもいたって、おさんぽをしながらかえることにしました。
· · · continues · · ·

Vocabulary ことば

どんどんどんどんsteadily; more and more

This was one morning of many.

A new diary every morning — free, about a minute, read slowly.

See today’s diary

This page is a short excerpt.
Explore available diary packs on Etsy

A woman in a vermilion cardigan, headphones on, reading the morning diary 今日のことば、
きいて、まねる。

A new one, tomorrow morning.