🎮 Episode 164: “The Station Clock Strikes”

🍜 Japanese Title:

駅の時計が鳴る
Eki no Tokei ga Naru
The Station Clock Strikes

🎯 Theme:

At the quiet rural station, the large clock chimes as Hana waits for her train. Each strike feels like a reminder of time moving forward, and she reflects on how moments never return but always lead somewhere new.

📍 Setting:

Empty train station platform
A large clock above the ticket gates
The sound of cicadas mixing with the bell’s chime

📚 Vocabulary:

Japanese	Reading	Meaning
鐘	かね	bell/chime
時計	とけい	clock
待つ	まつ	to wait
刻む	きざむ	to engrave/mark (time)

🔊 Useful Phrases:

時間は止まらない。
(Time never stops.)
鐘の音が心に響く。
(The bell’s sound echoes in my heart.)
もうすぐ電車が来る。
(The train will arrive soon.)

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📉 Grammar Focus:

Grammar	Example	Meaning
〜ない	止まらない	not ~
〜がする	響く音がする	to feel/hear/smell ~
もうすぐ	もうすぐ来る	soon, almost

🎥 Dialogue:

Hana (looking at the clock): 「鐘の音って…なんだか切ないね。」
(The sound of the bell… it feels kind of bittersweet.)

Station Attendant: 「でも、それは新しい始まりの合図でもありますよ。」
(But it’s also the signal of a new beginning.)

🛏️ Final Note:

Time doesn’t wait, but its rhythm reminds us to keep moving.