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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Numbers

Ben gives his second presentation to the president, this time with the prices. He says what a night with two meals costs a head, and asks her to look at the costs and the profit. Mrs. Hayashi asks what the guests say, and tells him to come back by the first of March. Mr. Okada says twice is normal, Ben says he will do it as many times as it takes, and at home he tells Yui that the more he thinks, the less he knows. Then he asks a friend in Tokyo to write what he thinks of small inns. Say from so many yen a head, please look at the costs, what do the guests say, twice is normal, and could you write your opinion.

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THE STORY

The meeting room on the ninth floor, the corridor, the kitchen in Kyoto and a phone call to Tokyo. Ben is polite and respectful with Mrs. Hayashi, Mrs. Hayashi is polite and then curt, Mr. Okada is polite, Ben is plain with Yui and humble with Mr. Fujita.

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いっぱく にしょく つき、 おひとり いちまん ごせん えん から です。ippaku nishoku tsuki, ohitori ichiman gosen en kara desuOne night with two meals, from fifteen thousand yen a head.
コスト と りえき を ごらん ください。kosuto to rieki o goran kudasaiPlease look at the costs and the profit.
おきゃくさま は、 なん と いって います か？okyakusama wa, nan to itte imasu kaAnd what do the guests say?
もう いちど。 さんがつ ついたち まで に。mō ichido. sangatsu tsuitachi made niOnce more. By the first of March.
にかい は、 ふつう です。nikai wa, futsū desuTwice is normal.
なんかい でも、 やります。nankai demo, yarimasuI'll do it as many times as it takes.
ちいさな りょかん に ついて、 ごいけん を かいて いただけません か。chiisana ryokan ni tsuite, goiken o kaite itadakemasen kaCould you write what you think about small inns?