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N4 · Japanese reading practice

駅えきを乗のり過すごしてしまいました

I missed my stop

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Practice guide

Read from left to right for the first journey. The box below shows the return journey.

  1. さくら駅えきStart
  2. みどり駅えき
  3. 川駅かわえきMissed stop
  4. うみ駅えきGet off here
帰かえり:うみ駅えき(二番線にばんせん)10:05 → 川駅かわえき 10:10

Return: Umi at 10:05 → Kawa at 10:10 · Platform 2 at Umi

A fictional station and timetable for reading practice.

Read the story

12 parts
  1. On Saturday morning, I headed to Kawa Station to meet a friend.

  2. I took the train leaving Sakura Station at 9:45.

  3. Because I was reading a book on the train, I did not notice that we had arrived at Kawa Station.

  4. When I heard the announcement “Next is Umi Station,” I realized I had missed my stop.

  5. I got off at Umi Station at 10:00 and asked a station staff member for help.

  6. “I wanted to get off at Kawa Station, but I missed my stop.”

  7. The staff member said, “Please take the train leaving from Platform 2 at 10:05.”

  8. “The next station is Kawa Station. You will arrive in five minutes.”

  9. I sent my friend a message: “I will be a little late. Let’s meet at the east exit at 10:15.”

  10. I went back on the train the staff member told me about and arrived at Kawa Station at 10:10.

  11. This time, I checked the station name carefully before getting off.

  12. I waited a little at the east exit and was able to meet my friend at 10:15.

Useful words

Station vocabulary
A traveler absorbed in a book as their train goes past the intended station.乗のり過すごします
ride past your stop; miss your stop
A traveler looks up from a book in surprise after hearing the next-station announcement.気きづきます
notice; realize
An overhead train speaker broadcasting a next-station announcement.放送ほうそう
announcement; broadcast
A uniformed station staff member helps a traveler find the return train.駅員えきいん
station staff member
A train heading toward the traveler’s destination, Kawa Station beside a river.向むかいます
head toward
A train taking the traveler back to Kawa Station, shown by a curved return arrow.戻もどります
return; go back
The traveler waiting safely under the Platform 2 sign for the return train.二番線にばんせん
Platform 2; 番線 marks a platform number
Two friends meeting outside the station’s east exit, marked with an east-pointing compass.東口ひがしぐち
east exit

〜てしまいました can express regret about something that happened. Here, 乗のり過すごしてしまいました means “I accidentally missed my stop.”

Check your understanding

4 questions

Choose an answer to check it right away. You can look back at the story and guide.

Question 1 of 4どうして川駅かわえきで降おりませんでしたか。
Question 2 of 4乗のり過すごしたあと、まずどの駅えきで降おりましたか。
Question 3 of 4うみ駅えきから戻もどる電車でんしゃは、何時なんじに出でますか。
Question 4 of 4友達ともだちとは、いつ、どこで会あいましたか。