Japanese listening diary · Day 276

My Kindle Sold in Under a Minute

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October 9, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
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I love reading, but carrying around paper books is a hassle, so I often read e-books. You can read e-books on your smartphone, but there are so many distractions on it that even when I intend to read, I end up opening social media, which feels like a waste of time, so I prefer using my Amazon Kindle tablet. Actually, I somehow have two Kindle tablets, and I hardly used one of them. I put this unused Kindle tablet up for sale on a second-hand sales app. I was surprised because it sold in less than a minute after I started the sale. I hadn't used it for years, so I thought I should have sold it sooner. I'm organizing my belongings now, so I plan to regularly sell unnecessary items second-hand without being lazy.

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No. 276Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
わたしはどくしょがすきなんですが、かみのほんをもちあるくのはめんどうなのででんししょせきをよむことがおおいです。でんししょせきは、すまほでよむこともできますが、すまほにはゆうわくがたくさんあって、ほんをよもうとおもっているのに、いつのまにかえすえぬえすをひらいていたりしてしまい、そんなじかんがもったいないので、あまぞんのきんどるたぶれっとをあいようしています。じつはわたしはきんどるたぶれっとをなぜかにだいもっていて、いちだいはほとんどつかっていなかったんです。
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読書どくしょreading (books)

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