🍜 Japanese Title:
忘れられた提灯
Wasurerareta Chōchin
The Forgotten Lantern
🎯 Theme:
While exploring an old street, Hana and Yuki notice a dusty paper lantern hanging outside a long-closed shop. When Yuki gently lights it, the lantern glows softly and reveals faded calligraphy that seems to tell a story.
📍 Setting:
- Quiet, abandoned shopping street
- A single paper lantern swaying in the wind
- Warm but faint light glowing when lit
📚 Vocabulary:
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提灯 | ちょうちん | lantern |
| 忘れる | わすれる | to forget |
| 光 | ひかり | light |
| 古い | ふるい | old |
🔊 Useful Phrases:
- 古いけど、まだ光ってる！
(It’s old, but it still shines!) - 誰がここに残したんだろう？
(Who left this here, I wonder?) - 忘れられても、光は消えないね。
(Even if forgotten, the light doesn’t fade.)
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📉 Grammar Focus:
| Grammar | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 〜ても | 忘れられても光は消えない | even if… |
| 〜だろう | 誰が残したんだろう | I wonder / probably |
| まだ〜 | まだ光ってる | still… |
🎥 Dialogue:
Hana: 「この提灯、誰も気づかなかったのかな。」
(Has no one noticed this lantern?)
Yuki: 「でも見て、ちゃんと光るんだ。」
(But look, it still shines.)
🛏️ Final Note:
Sometimes forgotten things are only waiting for someone to notice them again.