Japanese Daily News

Automaker Suzuki has unveiled its first kei-car electric vehicle, the e SKY, set to go on sale this autumn. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜によると、〜ということです — according to ~, it is said that ~
• 〜のは、今回が初めてです — this is the first time that ~
• 〜ように（目的） — so that ~; in order to ~
• 〜をもとに — based on ~
• 〜と伝えられています — it is reported that ~

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At a zoo in western Japan, twin baby jaguars have just met the public for the first time. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ことが上手です — to be good at doing ~
• 〜まで — until ~
• 〜されています — is being ~; has been ~ (passive + ongoing state)

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Seven years after a fire destroyed it, the main hall of Okinawa's Shuri Castle has been rebuilt — and its reopening date is now set. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ことになりました — it has been decided that ~
• 〜てしまう — to end up ~; completely ~ (often with regret)
• 〜ようになる — to come to ~; to reach the point where ~

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At a zoo in Nagoya, a very unusual baby animal was born — a little armadillo. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 「〜」という + noun — called ~; named ~
• 〜とき — when ~; at the time of ~
• 〜ています — is ~ing; ongoing action or state

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Four historic Japanese waterways — from an Edo-era canal to the moat of an ancient tomb — have just been named World Heritage Irrigation Structures. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜とは — as for ~; ~ means (used to define a word)
• 〜と言われています — it is said that ~
• 〜続ける — to keep doing ~; to continue to ~

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At an aquarium in northern Japan, a polar bear got a very big and very special summer present. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜がいます／〜があります — there is ~; to have ~
• 〜から（理由） — because ~; so ~
• 〜ことができる — can ~; be able to ~

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Japan's Olympic champion figure-skating pair shared some happy personal news today — an engagement, sealed with a proposal on the ice. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜として — as ~; in the role of ~
• 〜ながら — while doing ~
• 〜てきた — have been doing ~ (up to now)

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Japan is getting ready for an exciting trip into space — a new probe will fly all the way to a moon of Mars, and bring something back. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜という＋名詞 — called ~; named ~
• 〜予定です — it is planned that ~; scheduled to ~
• 〜かもしれません — might ~; may ~

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Japan's summer high school baseball tournament crowned its champion today, with a dramatic comeback in the final at Koshien Stadium. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ぶり — for the first time in ~; after an interval of ~
• 〜と — when ~; as soon as ~
• 〜として — as ~; in the role of ~

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In Japan, autumn is the season of a famous grilled fish — the Pacific saury. But this year, that fish is becoming rare and expensive. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜と（条件） — when ~; whenever ~ (natural result)
• 〜そうです（伝聞） — I hear that ~; it is said that ~
• 〜かもしれません — might ~; may ~

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