Diary
日本のトイレ
A short bilingual diary about clean Japanese toilets, their many buttons, and the surprise of using one for the first time.
日本のトイレは、きれいですね✨
Japanese toilets are clean, aren’t they?
そして、ボタンがたくさんあります。
And they have lots of buttons.
初めて日本のトイレを使う人は、少しびっくりするかもしれません。
People using a Japanese toilet for the first time might be a little surprised.
「このボタンは何だろう？」と思うこともあります。
You may wonder, “What is this button?”
日本では、駅やデパートなどのトイレも、きれいなことが多いです。
In Japan, toilets at places like train stations and department stores are often clean too.
「きれい」 can mean “beautiful” or “clean.” In this post, it describes cleanliness. 「日本のトイレを使う人」 means “people who use Japanese toilets.”
Today's Words
- トイレtoilet; restroom
- きれいclean; beautiful
- ボタンbutton
- 初めてfor the first time
- びっくりするto be surprised
What You Can Practice
- 「〜かもしれません」 means “might” or “may.” 「びっくりするかもしれません」 means “might be surprised.”
- 「〜だろう？」 expresses wondering. 「このボタンは何だろう？」 means “I wonder what this button is.”
- 「〜ことが多いです」 means that something often happens or is often the case. Here, it says that public restrooms are often clean.