N5StoryEveryday life1 min

The New Room

Maria shows a friend round her new flat.

A text about places and things. Japanese says where something is with ni arimasu for things and ni imasu for people and animals, and it names the position first: tsukue no ue, the top of the desk.

マリアさんは先月(せんげつ)、新(あたら)しいアパートに来(き)ました。部屋(へや)は二(に)階(かい)にあります。あまり広(ひろ)くありませんが、きれいで静(しず)かです。

今日(きょう)は友達(ともだち)の山田(やまだ)さんが来(き)ました。「いい部屋(へや)ですね」と山田(やまだ)さんは言(い)いました。

窓(まど)の近(ちか)くに机(つくえ)と椅子(いす)があります。机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に辞書(じしょ)とペンがあります。本棚(ほんだな)には日本語(にほんご)の本(ほん)がたくさんあります。

部屋(へや)の真(ま)ん中(なか)に小(ちい)さいテーブルがあります。二人(ふたり)はそこに座(すわ)って、お茶(ちゃ)を飲(の)みました。マリアさんはお菓子(かし)も出(だ)しました。

「駅(えき)は近(ちか)いですか」と山田(やまだ)さんが聞(き)きました。「はい、歩(ある)いて五分(ごふん)です。でも、スーパーは少(すこ)し遠(とお)いです」とマリアさんは答(こた)えました。

Words: 105
Sentences: 14
Words per sentence: 7.5
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: N5
Reading time: 1 min

The words from N5 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: 30 of the 47 of the 60 words in this text are at N5 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

〜分
minute(s)
N5
あまり
not very; not much (with a negative)
N5
ある
there is (things); to have
N5
いい
good
N5
お茶
tea; green tea
N5
お菓子
sweets; snacks
N5
きれい
pretty; clean
N5
そこ
there (near you)
N5
たくさん
a lot; many
N5
はい
yes
N5
アパート
flat; small block of flats
N5
スーパー
supermarket
N5
テーブル
table
N5
ペン
pen
N5
上
on; above; top
N5
二人
two people
N5
二階
first floor (British); second floor (US)
N5
五
five
N5
今日
today
N5
先月
last month
N5
出す
to take out; to send; to hand in
N5
友達
friend
N5
小さい
small; little
N5
少し
a little; a few
N5
広い
wide; spacious
N5
座る
to sit; to sit down
N5
新しい
new
N5
日本語
Japanese (the language)
N5
本
book
N5
本棚
bookshelf
N5

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 16 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

At home 7 Basic verbs 6 Basic adjectives 5 School and study 5 Adverbs, time words and linking words 3 Directions and position 3 Food and drink 3 Getting around 3 Telling the time and the calendar 3 Numbers, money and counting things 2 Places in town 2 Colours, shapes and sizes 1 Greetings and set phrases 1 Verbs of movement 1 People and the family 1 This, that and question words 1

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. On which floor is Maria’s room?

2. What is on the desk?

3. What is a little far from the flat?