Japanese listening diary · Day 284

No Laptop, Just a Sunny Cafe Terrace

パソコンを置いて青空の下のカフェへ
October 17, 2026
About a minuteSlow, natural Japanese
Real JapaneseN5–N3 friendly
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I'm completely hooked on AI. While I'm at home, I always leave my laptop open, so the progress of the AI's work is always in the back of my mind, and I find it hard to focus on anything else. The weather was really nice today, right from the morning, so I went to a cafe without my laptop. All I took with me was a printout of the Chinese textbook I'm studying now, made on my printer, and a pen. This morning, a terrace seat was free, so I was lucky. It was neither hot nor cold, the sky was clear and deep blue, and the air was clean too, so I was able to focus on studying comfortably under the blue sky. I really enjoyed studying today, and I'm glad. I wish I could always study this hard.

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No. 284Tokyo · morning
日本語 — Japanese
ひらがな — Hiragana
わたしはえーあいにすっかりはまっています。いえにいるあいだはいつもぱそこんをひらいたままなので、あたまのかたすみにえーあいのさぎょうのすすみぐあいがずっとあって、なかなかほかのことにしゅうちゅうできません。きょうはあさからとてもてんきがよかったので、ぱそこんをもたずにかふぇへいきました。
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