N5 Japanese Reading Practice: Rainy Day at the Station
This free JLPT N5 reading practice is a short rainy-morning scene at a station. Read with optional furigana, check the vocabulary and grammar notes, answer the comprehension questions, then continue in Yomigi with fresh AI-generated passages near your level.
Passage
雨の朝、私は駅の前で小さいかばんを見つけました。中に本と白い手紙がありました。名前もありました。私はかばんを駅員さんに渡しました。
雨の朝、私は駅の前で小さいかばんを見つけました。中に本と白い手紙がありました。名前もありました。私はかばんを駅員さんに渡しました。Gist. On a rainy morning, the narrator finds a small bag in front of the station. Inside are a book and a white letter with a name. They hand the bag to station staff.
Vocabulary
雨 (あめ)
rain
駅 (えき)
train station
見つけました (みつけました)
found (polite past of 見つける)
手紙 (てがみ)
letter (written message)
駅員 (えきいん)
station staff / station attendant
渡しました (わたしました)
handed over / gave (polite past of 渡す)
Grammar notes
ました form (polite past)
見つけました and 渡しました tell completed past actions in polite style—standard for beginner reading practice.
で for location of an action
駅の前で marks where the finding happened (in front of the station), not movement toward the station.
に + person for recipient
駅員さんに渡しました uses に for the person who receives the bag.
Comprehension
Where did the narrator find the bag?
In front of the station (駅の前).
What was inside the bag?
A book and a white letter that also had a name.
What did the narrator do with the bag?
They gave it to a station attendant (駅員さん).
Why this level
- Short sentences, concrete objects, and one clear sequence of actions.
- Kanji load stays light; common N5 verbs appear in polite past form.
- No nested clauses, soft nuance, or omitted subjects that hide the story.