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✨ TRENDING · 2026-06-17

ホタル祭りに 行こう

Same news, rewritten for 6 Japanese school grades — pick your level below. Furigana + translation included.
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Same sentence · 6 levels

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六月ろくがつよる日本にほんの あちこちで ホタルまつりが ひらかれます。

ひとびとは かわの そばに あつまり、ちいさな ひかります。

ホタルは おしりから みどりいろひかりします。

ホタルは きれいな みずの ある 場所ばしょにしか すめません。

だから ホタルは しぜんが きれいな しるしです。

どもたちは むしひかりて、とても よろこびます。

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Translation

On June nights, firefly festivals are held across Japan.

People gather by the riverside and watch the tiny glowing lights.

Fireflies emit green light from their tails.

Fireflies can only live where the water is clean.

That is why fireflies are a sign of a healthy natural environment.

Children watch the insects' glow with great fascination.

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