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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 32 MINUTES

The New Card

Thursday the seventh of December, twenty twenty-eight, a year to the day since a Tokyo ward office made Ben and Yui husband and wife, and the postcard from immigration came yesterday. Half past nine, window three at the Osaka immigration office again, twenty minutes instead of two hours, and a new residence card with a new word on it, spouse of a Japanese national, valid one year, with a renewal to come. Noon, Ben's desk and the phone to the Tsukiya, with the first it has been arranged of his life. Eight o'clock, a small cake with one candle, and a question Ben can now answer. Learn the words of the card that lets you stay (nihonjin no haiguusha; yuukou kikan wa, ichinen desu; tsugi wa, koushin desu; kigen no nikagetsu mae ni, shinsei shite kudasai), how a company says that something is settled (okyakusama wa, sanji ni touchaku suru koto ni natte orimasu), and how to count an anniversary (kyou de, ichinen). The twelfth lesson of Advanced Level 1.

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THE STORY

Thursday, the seventh of December, twenty twenty-eight, a year to the day since the ward office in Tokyo. Half past nine, window three at the Osaka immigration office, far out by the port, with the postcard that came yesterday. Noon, Ben's desk on the seventh floor, and the phone to a small inn by the Kamo river in Kyoto. Eight o'clock, the kitchen table at home, a small cake and one candle. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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ビザ は だいじ や。 いって こい、 いって こい。biza wa daiji ya. itte koi, itte koiA visa matters. Off you go, off you go.
はいぐうしゃhaigūshaa spouse, the law's word
にほんじん の はいぐうしゃ。nihonjin no haigūshaSpouse of a Japanese national.
ゆうこう きかんyūkō kikanthe period of validity, how long it is good for
ゆうこう きかん は、 いちねん です。yūkō kikan wa, ichinen desuIt's valid for one year.
こうしんkōshina renewal
つぎ は、 こうしん です。tsugi wa, kōshin desuNext time, it's a renewal.
きげんkigenthe expiry date, the deadline
にかげつ まえ にnikagetsu mae nitwo months before
きげん の にかげつ まえ に、 しんせい して ください。kigen no nikagetsu mae ni, shinsei shite kudasaiPlease apply two months before it expires.

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