60 Minutes of Japanese at the Supermarket 🇯🇵 | Shopping, Cooking & a Hot-Pot Party | N5-N4
Spend a whole Saturday in Japan with Emma, a newcomer, and her Japanese housemate Kenta! 🛒 Starting with an almost-empty fridge, they cycle to the supermarket, hunt for coupons, ask staff for help, stay (just!) under budget, then cook a hot pot for a welcome party at their share house.
30 connected conversations at N5-N4 level in natural casual Japanese, with the polite phrases you’ll hear from shop staff.
✅ One continuous story: 9:00 AM → 9:00 PM, every scene connected
✅ Real supermarket Japanese: price per 100 g, 一玉・一丁・一膳, 在庫, レジ袋, ポイント
✅ Hidden supermarket culture: free fish filleting, free ice, てまえどり, recycling boxes, セミセルフレジ
✅ Cooking words: ざく切り, 斜め切り, しめ, 雑炊, 鍋奉行, 別腹
✅ Perfect for anyone living in Japan or planning to
📚 WHAT YOU’LL PRACTICE
[9:00] Fridge check & shopping list — 冷蔵庫チェックと買い物リスト
[9:20] Flyers & app coupons — チラシとアプリのクーポン
[9:50] Cycling to the supermarket — 自転車でスーパーへ
[10:00] Carts & baskets — カートとかご
[10:10] Vegetables: cabbage by the quarter — 野菜売り場：白菜は四分の一
[10:20] Free fruit samples — 果物の試食
[10:30] Too many kinds of tofu — 豆腐の種類が多すぎる
[10:40] Meat: price per 100 g — 精肉コーナー：100グラムあたり
[10:50] Free fish filleting service — 鮮魚コーナーで魚をさばいてもらう
[11:00] The deli corner — お惣菜コーナー
[11:10] Mirin vs cooking sake — みりんと料理酒の違い
[11:15] Choosing hot-pot soup — 鍋つゆの素を選ぶ
[11:25] Asking staff for stock — 店員さんに在庫を聞く
[11:30] Drinks & age check — お酒コーナーと年齢確認
[11:35] Frozen food & ice cream — 冷凍食品とアイス
[11:40] Fresh bread for tomorrow — パン売り場：明日の朝ごはん
[11:45] Party snacks — パーティー用のお菓子
[11:50] Paper plates & chopsticks — 紙皿と割りばし
[12:00] Which checkout line? — どのレジに並ぶ？
[12:10] Points & phone payment — ポイントカードとスマホ決済
[12:15] Packing at the bagging table — サッカー台で袋詰め
[12:25] Supermarket recycling boxes — リサイクルボックス
[12:40] Heavy bags on a bicycle — 重い荷物と自転車
[13:30] Putting groceries away — 冷蔵庫に片づけ
[16:00] Prep: cutting vegetables — 下ごしらえ：野菜を切る
[17:00] Forgot something! Convenience store run — 忘れ物！コンビニへ
[18:00] Setting up the gas stove — カセットコンロの準備
[18:30] The hot-pot party begins — 鍋パーティー開始
[20:00] Rice porridge to finish — しめの雑炊
[21:00] Cleaning up & looking back — 片づけと一日の振り返り
🎧 HOW TO USE THIS VIDEO
1. Relax — listen once like a story, following Emma’s Saturday from start to finish.
2. Focus — replay the supermarket scenes and catch the shopping phrases.
3. Shadow — repeat Emma’s lines to the staff out loud (すみません、〜はありますか).
4. Target weak spots — rewatch the scenes you’ll need most before your next shopping trip.
👤 WHO IS THIS FOR
• Learners at JLPT N5 moving toward N4
• Anyone living in Japan who wants to shop and cook with confidence
• Fans of slow, natural, everyday Japanese conversations
• Learners who love food, cooking and Japanese daily life
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