Graded reading · Lesson 22 · N3

More and more empty houses: an explanatory text

時間じかんがたつにつれて、家いえはどんどん傷いたんでいく。

Why empty houses are increasing in Japan, what problems they bring, and new ideas. 「である」 style, 「〜一方いっぽうだ」, 「〜につれて」 and 「一方いっぽうで」.

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  2. 02Vocabulary
  3. 03Key sentences
  4. 04How the text is built

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