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Are you studying for a Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) currently or have you? Reading exercise would be tough and boring for learners, although I found myself enjoy reading short stories from the exercise book for JLPT. Check out this episode!

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読解(どっかい) reading comprehension

問題(もんだい) exercise questions

学者(がくしゃ) scholars

馬鹿(ばか)でなければならない to have to be a fool

お勧(すす)めしません to not recommend

話(はなし)を続(つづ)けますね。I will continue talking.

基本的(きほんてき)にbasically

先(さき)が想像(そうぞう)できる人(ひと) people who can most correctly imagine the future

前途(ぜんと)多難(たなん) です。many problems lie ahead.

行(い)き詰(づ)まりdeadlock

やる気(き)を失(うしな)うTo lose the will to do it.

別(べつ)の道(みち) another way

どんな場面(ばめん)でも in any situation

当(あ)てはまる to apply to it

いや、無理(むり)だ!No, it’s impossible!

大変(たいへん)そう! That would be so difficult.

思(おも)いがちですto be apt to think in that way.

始(はじ)めてみなければ分(わ)からないこと something we can’t find if we don’t start

とりあえず first; for the time being; tentatively; just in case