Day 1 - First Day of School

Visual writing exercise: Daily N5 - Day 1

This exercise complements the writing and sentence creation practice in the YomiNihongo app.

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How to use this exercise

Look carefully at the picture panels below.
Then, write your own short Japanese text or dialogue describing the situation.
Try to use the vocabulary and grammar from this lesson, but you may also use other words and grammar you know.

Open the App

Use Dynamic Text in the app to write, analyze, and review your Japanese.

1. Look at the picture panels.

The picture shows the actions and situation only. There is no dialogue in the image. Use the scenes to imagine what the characters are saying.

Theme: First day of school

Situation: You are a university student. Today is the first day of class, and you talk to other students about names, school, professors, books in the classroom, and break time.

Show example answer

A：はじめまして、私は田中・諭介です。よろしくお願いします。
B：こちらこそ、私は山本・ヒナタです。よろしく。
B：あの人は誰ですか。先生ですか。
A：はい、先生です。先生の名前も山本です。山本先生です。
B：ほんとですか。
A：みて、この教室にはたくさん大きい本がありますね。
B：はい。ところで、今日の休み時間に美味しいコーヒーを一緒に飲みましょうか。

2. Vocabulary you can use

Try to use some of these words in your text or dialogue.

私 大学 学生 友達 あなた 先生 教室 コーヒー 名前 今 今日は 学校 大きい 本 たくさん 休み時間 飲む 美味しい

3. Write your own Japanese text or dialogue

Now open the app and go to the Dynamic Text feature.

Try to describe what is happening in each panel.
You can write a short paragraph or a dialogue between the students.
Try to use the lesson vocabulary and grammar, but you may also write freely.

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Observe

Look at each panel and identify the actions.

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Plan

Choose the words and grammar you want to use.

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Write

Write a short text or dialogue in Japanese.

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Review

Ask the AI Assistant to check your sentences.

In the app: Menu → Texts → + New Text Dynamic

4. Grammars used

Grammar	Link
は → topic marker	Explanation
では（じゃ）ありません → to not be	Explanation
か → question marker	Explanation
も → also / too	Explanation
でした → past tense	Explanation

* Some links lead to external websites with additional explanations and examples.