📖 Study Guide
Learn Japanese through stories.
These stories include Japanese culture,
daily life, travel experiences,
and conversations between people.
1. Read the English text.
2. Read the Japanese text.
3. Use Romaji if needed.
4. Review the vocabulary.
🌸 Story
Sakura and Sumire
are walking outside.
外を歩いている、
さくらとすみれ。
Soto o aruite iru,
Sakura to Sumire.
do you think October is?
何色だと思う？
nani iro da to omou?
Spring feels
pink because of the cherry blossoms, right?
春なら、
桜のピンクって感じがするでしょ？
Haru nara,
sakura no pinku tte kanji ga suru desho?
Maybe red?
赤かな？
Aka kana?
But
there’s yellow too.
でも、
黄色もあるよね。
Demo,
kiiro mo aru yo ne.
There are so many colors.
いっぱいあるね。
Ippai aru ne.
isn’t just one color.
ひとつの色じゃないのかもね。
hitotsu no iro janai no kamo ne.
the colors of the town
will slowly start to change too.
街の色も変わっていくのかな。
machi no iro mo kawatte iku no kana.
October is…
a month when
the colors are just beginning to appear.
十月は……
これから色がついていく月。
jūgatsu wa…
Kore kara iro ga tsuite iku tsuki.
いいかも😊
ii kamo. 😊
That means…
we’ll probably be at Irohazaka in Nikko
early in the morning. 😅
朝も早くから日光のいろは坂なんだよねー、
きっと😅
asa mo hayaku kara Nikkō no Irohazaka nan da yo nē,
kitto. 😅
If we want to see the autumn leaves,
we have to get up early.
紅葉を見に行くなら、
早起きしないとね。
Kōyō o mi ni iku nara,
hayaoki shinai to ne.
It’s just so early in the morning! 💦
朝が早いんだよー💦
Asa ga hayai n da yō. 💦
💭 Story Note
In Japan,
autumn is often associated
with many different colors.
Red leaves are a familiar sign of autumn,
and yellow ginkgo leaves
are also common in streets and parks.
As the season goes on,
fallen leaves add shades of brown too.
This is why autumn
does not always feel like
just one color.
The colors of the landscape
change little by little,
and noticing those changes
is part of enjoying the season.
📚 Vocabulary
Here are some words and expressions from this story.
| English | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| what color | 何色 | nani iro |
| autumn leaves / autumn colors | 紅葉 | kōyō |
| ginkgo | イチョウ | ichō |
| fallen leaves | 落ち葉 | ochiba |
| to keep changing | 変わっていく | kawatte iku |
「変わっていく」(kawatte iku)
means that something changes
and continues changing from now on.
The pattern 「〜ていく」 often shows
a change that continues
toward the future.
For example:
「街の色も変わっていく。」
Machi no iro mo kawatte iku.
“The colors of the town will keep changing.”
「少しずつ季節が変わっていく。」
Sukoshi zutsu kisetsu ga kawatte iku.
“The season gradually keeps changing.”
In this story,
「変わっていく」 matches the feeling
of autumn colors slowly appearing
as October goes on.
🔰 Mix Words and Feel Their Meaning｜ことばを混ぜて、感覚をつかもう
Today’s expression is 「変わっていく」.
Try mixing it into English:
“The colors of the town are 変わっていく.”
“The season is slowly 変わっていく.”
“October will keep 変わっていく.”
The goal is not to make perfect Japanese.
Think about the feeling of 「変わっていく」.
It describes something
that changes
and continues changing over time.
In this story,
Sakura and Sumire notice
that the colors of the town
will slowly 変わっていく through October.
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