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N5 · Japanese reading practice

駅えきの案内板あんないばんを見みます

Finding your way at the station

Read the signs

Practice guide

You are standing in front of the signboard. Read the arrows from this position.

切符うりば Ticket Office 改札口 Ticket Gates 東口 East Exit

ここから見みます · Your view from the signboard

A fictional station and timetable for reading practice.

Read the story

10 sentences

  1. I am at the station now.

  2. I want to buy a ticket.

  3. There is a signboard in front of me.

  4. The ticket office is to the left.

  5. I go to the left and buy a ticket.

  6. Then I return to the signboard.

  7. I look at the signboard again.

  8. The ticket gates are straight ahead.

  9. The east exit is to the right.

  10. I walk straight ahead to the ticket gates.

Useful words

Station vocabulary
A station information board pointing left to tickets, ahead to gates, and right to the exit.案内板あんないばん
signboard; information board
A traveler buying a train ticket at a station ticket counter.切符きっぷうりば
ticket office; ticket sales area
A traveler using a ticket at the station ticket gates.改札口かいさつぐち
ticket gates
A station exit to the right, with a compass marking east with E.東口ひがしぐち
east exit
A traveler going back to the information board after buying a ticket.戻もどります
return; go back
A traveler walking straight ahead toward the ticket gates.まっすぐ
straight ahead

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切符きっぷうりばはどちらですか。
Question 2 of 4切符きっぷを買かってから、どこに戻もどりますか。
Question 3 of 4案内板あんないばんの前まえから、改札口かいさつぐちはどちらですか。
Question 4 of 4右みぎには何なにがありますか。