You met です・だ — "A is B" on Day 16 — today is reps, not re-reading. Fresh words and sentences below, same pattern. Reminder: です = is/am/are, and it always goes last. The plain-speech version is だ. Re-read the full lesson →
Today's words
鳴る
to sound; to ring
先生
teacher; instructor
今
now; the present time
Write today's kanji — tap to replay
鳴
先
生
今
See it in real sentences
もう終わりです。
Time is up.
もうヘトヘトです。
I'm completely exhausted.
もうお見えです。
They're already here.
みんな売り切れです。
All sold out!
のどが渇いた感じです。
My throat feels dry.
だいたい５マイルです。
It's about five miles.
Practice
Spaced review — recall from earlier days (tap to flip)
what
何
1d ago
to think
思う
1d ago
Recall
Which word means “now”?
Which word means “teacher”?
Which word means “to sound”?
Listen and choose
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
Your turn — say it, then check
Say: “Time is up.”
もう終わりです。
Say: “I'm completely exhausted.”
もうヘトヘトです。
👀 Today’s input · ~10 min — where fluency actually comes from
Read your first real books
You can read kana now — so read. Open a Level 0 Tadoku graded reader: picture books made for absolute beginners, almost all kana. Sound each page out loud and don’t stop to look up every word; getting the gist is the goal.