N5DialogueAnime and manga1 min

どんなアニメが好(す)きですか

Two new classmates find out what kind of anime the other one watches.

Emma and Sakura have just met, so both speak politely with です・ます. Notice how a question ends in か, and how 〜ませんか turns a verb into an invitation.

エマ

さくらさんはアニメが好(す)きですか。

さくら

はい、好(す)きです。エマさんは？

エマ

私(わたし)もとても好(す)きです。毎晩(まいばん)見(み)ます。

さくら

どんなアニメを見(み)ますか。

エマ

スポーツのアニメです。今(いま)は学校(がっこう)のプールのアニメを見(み)ています。

さくら

いいですね。私(わたし)は料理(りょうり)のアニメが好(す)きです。

エマ

料理(りょうり)のアニメ？面白(おもしろ)いですか。

さくら

はい、とても。でも、夜(よる)見(み)ますから、いつもお腹(なか)がすきます。

エマ

それでは、土曜日(どようび)に一緒(いっしょ)に見(み)ませんか。

さくら

いいですね。どこで見(み)ますか。

エマ

私(わたし)の部屋(へや)で見(み)ましょう。お菓子(かし)も買(か)います。

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Japanese in anime and manga

Words: 82
Sentences: 19
Words per sentence: 4.3
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: N5
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

好(す)きですか · 面白(おもしろ)いですか
A polite yes–no question simply adds か to the end: 好(す)きですか. Questions with か →
見(み)ています
〜ています for something going on these days: Emma is in the middle of watching a series. ている: ongoing action or state →
見(み)ませんか · 見(み)ましょう
Invitations: 〜ませんか asks “won’t you…?”, and 〜ましょう says “let’s…”. Polite past and invitations →

The words from N5 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 26 of the 40 words in this text are at N5 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

いい
good
N5
いつも
always; usually
N5
お腹
stomach; belly
N5
お菓子
sweets; snacks
N5
それでは
well then; in that case
N4
とても
very
N5
どこ
where
N5
どんな
what kind of
N5
はい
yes
N5
アニメ
animation; anime
N5
スポーツ
sport
N5
プール
swimming pool
N5
一緒に
together
N5
今
now
N5
土曜日
Saturday
N5
夜
night; evening
N5
好き
liked; to like
N5
学校
school
N5
料理
cooking; dish; cuisine
N5
毎晩
every evening; every night
N5
私
I; me
N5
空く
(of the stomach) to get empty; to be hungry
N5
見る
to see; to look at; to watch
N5
買う
to buy
N5
部屋
room
N5
面白い
interesting; funny
N5

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 14 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.

Adverbs, time words and linking words 4 Basic adjectives 3 Food and drink 3 Telling the time and the calendar 3 Free time 2 This, that and question words 2 Places in town 2 Basic verbs 1 The body and feeling unwell 1 Connectors and sentence openers 1 Greetings and set phrases 1 At home 1 People and the family 1 Shopping 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. What kind of anime is Emma watching now?

2. Why does Sakura always get hungry?

3. Where are they going to watch anime on Saturday?