🍜 Japanese Title:
トンネルのこだま
Tonneru no Kodama
Echo in the Tunnel
🎯 Theme:
Hana walks through a dark tunnel. When she calls out, her voice echoes back—like another version of herself answering from the past.
📍 Setting:
- Long countryside tunnel
- Damp walls, dim light
- Footsteps and echoes bouncing inside
📚 Vocabulary:
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| トンネル | とんねる | tunnel |
| 声 | こえ | voice |
| こだま | こだま | echo |
| 響く | ひびく | to resound/echo |
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🔊 Useful Phrases:
- 声が響くね。
(The voice echoes.) - 誰か答えてくれたみたい。
(It’s like someone answered.) - ちょっと不思議だね。
(It’s kind of mysterious.)
📉 Grammar Focus:
| Grammar | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| みたい | 答えてくれたみたい | seems like |
| ちょっと | ちょっと不思議だね | a little |
| 〜くれる | 答えてくれた | did for me |
🎥 Dialogue:
Hana (shouting playfully): 「やっほー！」
(Yoo-hoo!)
Echo (replying faintly): 「やっほー…」
(Yoo-hoo…)
Hana (laughing): 「まるで私と話してるみたい。」
(It’s like I’m talking to myself.)
🛏️ Final Note:
Sometimes echoes remind us that our own voice can be our best companion.