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Read across five tongues.

Short articles and everyday conversations — Arabic fully vowelled, Japanese with furigana — each with Thai sentence translations, tap-a-word glosses, and recorded narration where you see the audio badge.

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JA · conversation no audio

影かげはどうしてできるの?

What Makes a Shadow

Two friends explore why shadows form and why their length changes through the day.

science · beginner
JA · conversation no audio

ものさしとはかりで測るはかる

Measuring with a Ruler and a Scale

A teacher explains how to measure length with a ruler and weight with a scale.

science · beginner
JA · conversation no audio

ものが浮くうく理由りゆう・沈むしずむ理由りゆう

Why Things Float or Sink

Two friends discuss why some objects float in water while heavier ones sink.

science · beginner
JA · conversation no audio

昼ひると夜よるのしくみ

Why We Have Day and Night

Two friends discuss how Earth's rotation creates the daily cycle of day and night.

science · beginner
JA · conversation no audio

温度計おんどけいのしくみ

How a Thermometer Works

Two friends discuss how a liquid thermometer measures temperature through expansion.

science · beginner
JA · conversation no audio

方位磁針ほういじしんのしくみ

How a Compass Works

Two students discuss why a compass needle always points north because of Earth's magnetism.

science · intermediate
JA · conversation no audio

沸点ふってんと標高ひょうこうの関係かんけい

Boiling Point and Altitude

Two friends discuss why water boils at a lower temperature at high altitude.

science · intermediate
JA · conversation no audio

摩擦まさつの力ちからについて

Understanding Friction

Two students discuss what friction is and why rough and smooth surfaces behave differently.

science · intermediate
JA · conversation no audio

音おとが伝わるつたわる仕組みしくみ

How Sound Travels

Two friends discuss how sound moves as vibrations through air, water, and solids.

science · intermediate
JA · conversation no audio

地球ちきゅうの内部ないぶ構造こうぞう

The Layers Inside the Earth

A student and teacher discuss the crust, mantle, and core that make up Earth's interior.

science · intermediate
JA · conversation no audio

日常にちじょうの静電気せいでんき

Static Electricity in Everyday Life

Two friends discuss why static shocks happen more in winter and how to reduce them.

science · intermediate
JA · conversation no audio

月つきの満ち欠けみちかけ

The Phases of the Moon

Two friends discuss why the moon appears to change shape through its monthly cycle.

science · intermediate
JA · conversation no audio

レンズが光ひかりを曲げるまげる仕組みしくみ

How Lenses Bend Light

Two friends discuss how convex and concave lenses bend light to focus or spread it.

science · intermediate
JA · conversation no audio

ニュートンの運動うんどうの法則ほうそく

Newton's Laws of Motion

A teacher explains Newton's three laws of motion and how they govern everyday movement.

science · advanced
JA · conversation no audio

電気でんき回路かいろのしくみ

How an Electric Circuit Works

A teacher explains how a closed circuit of battery and wire lets current flow to light a bulb.

science · advanced
JA · conversation no audio

質量しつりょうと重さおもさの違いちがい

The Difference Between Mass and Weight

Two friends discuss why mass stays constant while weight changes with gravity, as on the moon.

science · advanced
JA · conversation no audio

地震じしんが起こるおこるしくみ

How Earthquakes Happen

A student and teacher discuss how the movement of tectonic plates causes earthquakes.

science · advanced
JA · conversation no audio

化学かがく反応はんのうの基礎きそ

The Basics of Chemical Reactions

Two friends discuss how rusting, cooking, and burning are all examples of chemical reactions.

science · advanced
JA · conversation no audio

電磁波でんじはのスペクトル

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

A student and teacher discuss how visible light is just a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

science · advanced
JA · conversation no audio

GPS衛星えいせいの位置いち測定そくてい

How GPS Satellites Find Your Location

Two friends discuss how radio signals from multiple satellites let a phone calculate its position.

science · advanced
JA · conversation no audio

エネルギー保存ほぞんの法則ほうそく

The Conservation of Energy

A student and teacher discuss how energy changes form, such as in a swinging pendulum, without ever disappearing.

science · advanced
JA · conversation no audio

簡単かんたんな道具どうぐの力ちから

Simple Tools That Multiply Force

Two friends discuss how a lever and a pulley make it easier to move a heavy object.

science · beginner
JA · conversation no audio

天気てんき予報よほうの見方みかた

How to Read a Weather Forecast

Two friends discuss what rain probability means and how forecasts are calculated from data.

science · beginner
JA · conversation no audio

血ちの中なかには何なにがある?

What's Inside Our Blood?

Two siblings discuss what red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets do inside the human body.

science · beginner