Train your ear to pick out the detail a question asks for.
The idea
First identify whether the question asks for a time, place or number. Follow the whole message: でしたが introduces a change, ではなく rejects the first option, and そのうち selects part of a total. Read these original transcripts aloud or have someone read them once before checking.
Examples
- 会議は三時の予定でしたが、四時に変更になりました。The meeting was planned for three, but has been changed to four.
- 集合場所は駅の北口ではなく、南口にしてください。Please meet at the station’s south exit, not the north exit.
- 資料は五部印刷して、そのうち二部を受付に渡してください。Print five copies of the documents and give two of them to reception.
- バスは十時に出ますから、九時四十分までに来てください。The bus leaves at ten, so please come by nine forty.
- 赤い箱は使わずに、青い箱に入れてください。Do not use the red box; put it in the blue box.
- 水曜日は休みなので、木曜日に電話します。Wednesday is a day off, so I will call on Thursday.
Read-aloud uses a synthetic Japanese voice available on your device. Voice quality and availability vary; it does not assess your pronunciation.
No Japanese device voice is available. You can still read the text and use the linked listening resources.
Watch out
The first number or place you hear may be a cancelled plan or a total rather than the requested detail. This is text-based practice, not an official JLPT audio question.
Try it yourself
会議は三時の予定でしたが、四時に変更になりました。会議は何時ですか。(三時/四時)
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四時
四時: the planned three o’clock meeting was changed to four.
集合場所は駅の北口ではなく、南口にしてください。どこに集まりますか。(北口/南口)
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南口
南口: ではなく rules out the north exit and specifies the south exit.
資料は五部印刷して、そのうち二部を受付に渡してください。受付に何部渡しますか。(五部/二部)
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二部
二部: five copies are printed, but only two of them go to reception.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Japanese sentences where available. We keep your score.
会議は三時の予定でしたが、四時に変更になりました。会議は何時ですか。(三時/四時)
集合場所は駅の北口ではなく、南口にしてください。どこに集まりますか。(北口/南口)
資料は五部印刷して、そのうち二部を受付に渡してください。受付に何部渡しますか。(五部/二部)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Listen or read once, choose each answer, then locate the words that support it.

