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[English]

My name is Michiko, and I'm a first-year university student.

After moving near the university this spring,

I've been walking this path every day.

Taking this path gets me to university in just 10 minutes,

so it's really convenient.

But honestly, I don't really want to pass through here.

です

It feels a bit creepy.

I noticed it about a month ago. At first,

I didn't think anything of it.

But that person is always in the park every day.

です

On the way there and back, in the same position,

same pose.

No matter how you think about it, it's weird, right?

I even thought it might be a doll at times.

But

upon closer look, it moves just a little.

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It hasn't done any real harm, but I think it's something we're not supposed to see,

so lately I've been avoiding looking at it.

にしていました

Then, one day...

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How come that person was always showing their back?

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Their face is surprisingly normal.

Huh, what should I do now?

I've seen their face.

よ

Guess I was too prejudiced.

Since that day, that woman hasn't appeared again.

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Wait, no...

Actually, it seems like she's still there, right over there.

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[Japanese]

私みち子って言います大学1年生です

この春に大学の近くに引っ越してきてから

私は毎日この道を通っています

この道を通るとたったの10分で大学に

つけるので本当に楽なんです

けど本当はあまりここを通りたくないん

です

少し気味が悪いので

気づいたのは1ヶ月くらい前でした最初は

別に何も思わなかったんです

けどあの人毎日ずっとあの公園にいるん

です

行きも帰りも同じ

位置に同じ体勢

どう考えてもおかしいですよね

人形じゃないかと思った時もあるんです

けど

よく見ると微妙に動いてるんです

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特に害はないんですが多分見えちゃダメな

ものだと思うので最近はあまり見ないよう

にしていました

そんなある日のことでした

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あの人何でいつも後ろ姿だったんだろう

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意外と顔普通

えどうしようこれ

顔見えちゃってます

よ

ちょっと偏見持ちすぎてたかな

あの日以来あの女は現れなくなりました

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いや

やっぱり今もいるみたいですすぐそこに

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
通る /toːru/ A2	verb - to go through, to pass
人 /hito/ A1	noun - person, human
動く /ugoku/ B1	verb - to move
気持ち /kimochi/ B2	noun - feelings, mood
目 /me/ A1	noun - eye
顔 /kao/ A2	noun - face
見える /mieru/ B2	verb - to be visible, to see
普通 /futsuu/ B2	adjective - ordinary, normal
現れる /arawareru/ C1	verb - to appear, to emerge
動いてる /ugoiteru/ B2	verb - to be moving
考える /kangaeru/ B2	verb - to think, to consider

Key Grammar Structures

• 私みち子って言います大学1年生です。

  ➔ ~と言います (quotative expression)

  ➔ The phrase "と言います" is used to introduce your name or a statement, literally “it is said that …”.

• この春に大学の近くに引っ越してきてから、毎日この道を通っています。

  ➔ てから (after doing …)

  ➔ The suffix "てから" indicates that the action of moving happened first and the following state occurs afterwards.

• この道を通るとたったの10分で大学に着くので、本当に楽なんです。

  ➔ ので (because, since)

  ➔ The conjunction "ので" gives a reason: "because it takes only ten minutes, it is really easy".

• でも本当はあまりここを通りたくないんです。

  ➔ たくないんです (expressing personal feeling with explanatory の)

  ➔ The ending "たくないんです" combines the negative desire "たくない" with "んです" to give a soft, explanatory tone: “I actually don’t want to go through here”.

• どう考えてもおかしいですよね。

  ➔ どう～ても (no matter how …)

  ➔ "どう考えても" uses "ても" after a verb to mean “no matter how I think about it”.

• 人形じゃないかと思った時もあるんです。

  ➔ かと思う (to think that …)

  ➔ The pattern "かと思う" (here "かと思った") expresses a conjecture or a mistaken impression: “I thought maybe it was a doll”.

• よく見ると微妙に動いてるんです。

  ➔ 見ると (when I look, …)

  ➔ "見ると" links the act of looking with the result that follows, roughly “when I look, (I notice) …”.

• 最近はあまり見ないようにしていました。

  ➔ ようにする (to try to …)

  ➔ "ようにしていました" expresses an effort or habit: “I was trying not to look at it too much”.

• あの人何でいつも後ろ姿だったんだろう。

  ➔ んだろう (I wonder …)

  ➔ "んだろう" adds a wondering nuance, translating to “I wonder why he/she is always seen from behind”.

• あの日以来あの女は現れなくなりました。

  ➔ なくなる (to cease to be / to disappear)

  ➔ "なくなりました" indicates that something that previously existed has now disappeared: “she stopped appearing after that day”.