John's Diary #1
ジョンさんが 書いた 日記 #1 です。
読んで 質問に 答えて ください。
きのうは、としょかん に 行きました。本 を たくさん 読みました。 でも、かりません でした。かえりに、 コンビニ で ざっし と べんとう を かいました。日本の コンビニ は、とても べんり です。
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Thanks for this! Question: How to read “#1”? (Or #2 etc?) Ichiban, niban, etc?
Excellent question! When written as “#1” it is usually pronounced ナンバーワン (number one), but it could be written as 一番 which would be いちばん. It may depend on the speaker, though.
Sound quality seems better on this web site than in the downloaded reading/sound files. Are they the same recordings? Both are excellent set of resources for N5. Many thanks.
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