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Kyou wa asa lesson ga arimasen deshita. Sorede, asa kara undou shimashita.
Today I didn’t have lessons, so I did some exercise from the morning.
あさ（Asa）：morning
うんどうします（Undou shimasu）：do exercise
Watashi no uchi no chikaku ni kawa ga arimasu. Kawa zoi wo sanpo shimashita.
There’s a river near my home. I took a walk along the river.
かわ（kawa）：river
さんぽします（sanpo shimasu）：take a walk
Sanjuppun gurai arukimashita.
I walked around 30 mins.
ぐらい（gurai）：around
あるきます（arukimasu）：walk
Totemo tenki ga yokute, kimochiyokatta desu.
The weather was very good, and I felt refreshed.
てんき（tenki）：weather
きもちいい（kimochi-ii）：feels good / refreshed
*yokatta is the past tense of “ii=good”
Hoka nimo kawa zoi wo aruite iru hito ga takusan imashita.
There were also many other people walking along the river.
あるいているひと（Aruite-iru hito）：people walking
たくさん（takusan）：many
Saikin watashi wa kenkou no tameni, Fitbit o kaimashita.
Recently I bought Fitbit for my health.
けんこう（kenkou）：health
かいます（kaimasu）：buy
Kyou wa mou gosen-po gurai aruite imasu.
I already walked 5000 steps today.
もう（mou）：already
〜歩（ほ ho／ぽ po）：〜steps
Korona de amari undou shinaku narimashita ne.
Because of COVID-19 we don’t do exercise much.
あまり〜ない（amari〜nai）：not〜 much
Demo korekara wa, tokidoki asa arukitai desu.
But from now on, I want to walk in the morning sometimes.
ときどき（toki doki）：sometimes
〜たい（tai）：I want to〜
Uchi ni kaette, asa gohan o tsukuri mashita.
I went home and I cooked breakfast.
あさごはん（asagohan）：breakfast
つくります（tsukurimasu）：cook / make
Itsumo wa pan to koohii dake desu.
Normally I eat only bread and coffee.
いつもは（itsumo wa）：normally / usually
だけ（dake）：only
Demo, kyou wa washoku no asa gohan o tsukurimashita.
But today I made a Japanese-style breakfast.
でも（demo）：but
わしょく（washoku）：Japanese style
Shiro gohan to natto to miso shiru to yakizakana desu.
(I ate) rice, natto, miso soup and grilled fish.
やき魚（yakizakana）：grilled fish
Gohan no ato, koohii wo tsukutte nomimashita.
After meal, I made myself some coffee and drank it.
〜のあと（noato）：After〜
のみます（nomimasu）：drink
Asa, takusan jikan ga arimasu kara, yukkuri sugosu kotoga dekimashita.
Since I had a lot of time in the morning, I could enjoy my relaxing time.
じかん（jikan）：time
ゆっくりすごす（yukkuri sugosu）：spend a relaxing time
Kyou mo ii ichinichi wo sugoshite kudasai ne. Dewa, mata!
Everybody, have a nice day today! See you soon!
いい1日（ii-ichinichi）：a good day
