日本には「駄菓子」という安くて小さいお菓子があります。駄菓子は、昔から子どもたちに人気があります😊 一つ10円〜100円ぐらいのものが多いので、子どもでも自分のお金で買うことができます！
駄菓子を売っている小さいお店を「駄菓子屋」と言います。昔は、学校の近くや町の中にたくさんの駄菓子屋がありました🙌よく、優しいおばあちゃんやおじいちゃんが駄菓子屋のオーナーでした！
学校が終わったあと、子どもたちは友だちと駄菓子屋に行って少しのお金で「何を買う？」と考えるのが楽しかったです😁
駄菓子には、いろいろな種類があります。チョコレート、ガム、ラムネ、せんべい、スナックなどがあります🍬 甘いものだけではなく、しょっぱいものや少し辛いものもあります。
小さいおもちゃが入っているお菓子や、くじがついているものもあります。当たりが出ると、もう一つお菓子をもらえることもあります！なつかしい🥹
今は昔より駄菓子屋が少なくなりました… でも、スーパーやコンビニでも駄菓子を買うことができます👍
駄菓子は、友だちといっしょに買った思い出や、子どものころの楽しい時間を思い出すことができる、日本の大切なお菓子文化です😆子供がお金の使い方も学べます😁🙏
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In Japan, there are cheap and small snacks called “dagashi.” Dagashi have been popular with children for a long time. Many of them cost around 10 to 100 yen each, so even children can buy them with their own money.
A small shop that sells dagashi is called a “dagashiya.” In the past, there were many dagashiya near schools and around town. Often, kind grandmothers and grandfathers were the owners of these shops.
After school, children would go to the dagashiya with their friends. It was fun to think, “What should we buy?” with just a little money.
There are many different kinds of dagashi. There are chocolate, gum, ramune candy, rice crackers, snacks, and more. They are not only sweet. Some are salty, and some are a little spicy.
Some snacks come with small toys, and some have a lottery or prize game. If you get a winning one, you may even receive another snack. It feels nostalgic.
Today, there are fewer dagashiya than in the past. However, you can still buy dagashi at supermarkets and convenience stores.
Dagashi are an important part of Japanese snack culture because they can bring back memories of buying snacks with friends and having fun as a child. Children can also learn how to use and manage money through buying dagashi.
Vocabulary List
- 駄菓子だがしcheap traditional Japanese snacks
- 昔むかしlong ago / the past
- 子どもこどもchild / children
- 人気にんきpopular / popularity
- 自分じぶんoneself / one’s own
- お金おかねmoney
- 駄菓子屋だがしやdagashi shop / traditional snack shop
- 売るうるto sell
- 近くちかくnearby / near
- 町まちtown
- 優しいやさしいkind / gentle
- 学校がっこうschool
- 終わるおわるto finish / end
- 少しすこしa little
- 種類しゅるいkind / type
- 甘いあまいsweet
- 辛いからいspicy
- おもちゃtoy
- くじlottery / prize drawing
- 当たりあたりwinning ticket / winner
- もらうto receive
- なつかしいnostalgic
- 少なくなるすくなくなるto become fewer / decrease
- 思い出おもいでmemory
- 思い出すおもいだすto remember / recall
- 文化ぶんかculture
- 使い方つかいかたhow to use / way of using
- 学ぶまなぶto learn
