Topic N4

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Japanese Learning

N4 2208🗣 Conversation

Lesson 36: Changing Habits

N4 Conversation Lesson 36 - Changing Habits

💬Dialogue

山田さん、最近、健康のために何かしていますか。

Yamada-san, are you doing anything for your health lately?

ええ、毎日30分歩くようにしています。それから、もっと野菜を食べるようにしました。

Yes, I make it a habit to walk for 30 minutes every day. And I have also started to eat more vegetables.

すごいですね。続けるのは大変ではないですか。

That is impressive. Is it hard to keep it up?

最初は大変でしたが、毎日の習慣になると、だんだんできるようになりますよ。

It was hard at first, but once it becomes a daily routine, you gradually become able to do it.

そうなんですね。私は最近、やっと泳げるようになりました。

Is that so? I have finally become able to swim lately.

えっ、前は泳げなかったんですか。

Oh, you could not swim before?

ええ、ずっと全然できなかったんです。でも、週一回プールに通うようにしたら、少しずつ泳げるようになって。

Right, I could not do it at all before. But after I started making it a habit to go to the pool once a week, I gradually became able to swim.

すごいですね。やめないで続けたからですね。

That is amazing. It is because you continued without stopping.

はい。今は200メートルまで泳げるようになりました。

Yes. Now I have become able to swim up to 200 meters.

それはすばらしいですね。体の調子はどうですか。

That is wonderful. How is your health condition?

それで、体も軽くなってきました。夜もよく眠れるようにもなりましたし。

Because of that, my body feels lighter. I have also become able to sleep well at night.

本当にいいことですね。これからも続けるようにしてくださいね。

That is a really good thing. Please continue to keep it up.

⭐Key Expressions

〜ようにしています / 〜ようにしました

I make a habit of ~ / I started making it a habit to ~

〜ようになりました

I have become able to ~ (change over time)

〜ようにしたら、〜ようになって

When I started making a habit of ~, I gradually became able to ~

〜ようにしてくださいね

Please make sure to keep doing ~ (gentle reminder)

📚Vocabulary

〜ようにしています

I make a habit of ~ / I make an effort to ~ (conscious habit)

〜ようになりました

I have become able to ~ (change of state)

習慣

しゅうかん

habit, routine

だんだん

gradually, little by little

やめる

to stop, to give up

よく眠れる

よくねむれる

to sleep well, to sleep soundly

もっと

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