🎬 Episode 28: “The Bookstore Secret” (本屋のひみつ)


🇯🇵 Japanese Title:
本屋のひみつ
(Honya no Himitsu)


🎯 Theme:
Inside the mysterious bookstore, Hana and Yuki uncover an old journal that might explain the connection between the dog and the girl in the photo.


📍 Setting:
Inside the cozy bookstore
Rain tapping on the windows
Quiet reading corner with old wooden shelves


📚 Vocabulary

JapaneseReadingMeaning
本屋ほんやbookstore
日記にっきdiary / journal
写真しゃしんphotograph
落とすおとすto drop
見つかるみつかるto be found

🗣️ Useful Phrases

JapaneseMeaning
この写真、見て!Look at this photo!
何か書いてある…Something’s written here…
この日記は…This journal is…
犬のことが書いてある!It’s about the dog!
誰のものかな?I wonder whose it is?

💡 Grammar Focus

Grammar PointUsageExample
〜かもしれない (might / maybe)誰かのかもしれない (might belong to someone)この日記、誰かのかもしれないね。
〜てある (state resulting from action)書いてある (written)ここに犬のことが書いてある!
〜ながら (while doing)読みながら (while reading)本を読みながら、話そう。

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📖 Dialogue

[Scene: Hana and Yuki slowly step into the dim bookstore. Dust dances in the light from the windows.]

Hana (whispering):
静かだね…ここ、本当に営業してるのかな?
(It’s so quiet… is this place even open?)

Yuki (pointing):
この写真、見て!さっきの犬と同じ!
(Look at this photo! It’s the same dog!)

Hana (picking up an old notebook):
えっ、何か書いてある…日記みたい。
(Huh? Something’s written… it looks like a journal.)

Yuki (reading):
「ミカとポチの冒険」…犬のことが書いてある!
Mika and Pochi’s Adventures”… It’s about the dog!

Hana (thoughtfully):
この日記、誰のものかな?誰かの大切な思い出かもしれないね。
(I wonder whose journal this is? It might be someone’s precious memory.)


🎉 Ending Twist
As Hana flips to the last page, a small envelope falls out. Inside is a hand-drawn map… and a paw print.

Yuki (surprised):
これは…次の手がかりかも!?
(This might be the next clue!?)

Hana (grinning):
ワクワクしてきた!行ってみよう!
(I’m getting excited! Let’s go!)

🐾📖 To be continued… where will the map lead them next?


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