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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 31 MINUTES

The Moving-In Notice

Thursday the fifth of October, twenty twenty-eight, one o'clock, the ward office in the north of Kyoto. Mister Okada gave Ben the afternoon in Osaka's words, and Ben and Yui file the moving-in notice together, number five, window three, with the moving-out certificate Yui fetched in Tokyo, the clerk's polite language of forms, Ben's residence card over the counter and back with the new address on it, the stamp's fifth job, three copies of the certificate of residence, and a visa that is immigration's business, in Osaka. On the way home, Yui's father on his step with two rods. Learn to ask your boss for an afternoon off (mokuyoubi no gogo, oyasumi o itadakitai n desu ga), the counter's polite language of forms (kochira ni, gokinyuu kudasai; honnin kakunin no tame, zairyuu kaado o, omochi desu ka; ura ni, atarashii gojuusho o, kisai itashimasu; tetsuzuki wa, ijou de gozaimasu), to ask for copies of your certificate of residence (juuminhyou o nimai, onegai dekimasu ka) and where a visa is changed (zairyuu shikaku no henkou wa, nyuukan de onegai shimasu). The third lesson of Advanced Level 1.

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THE STORY

Thursday, the fifth of October, twenty twenty-eight, one o'clock, the ward office in the north of Kyoto, a hall of windows and numbers. Mister Okada gave Ben the afternoon yesterday, in Osaka's words. Yui has the moving-out certificate she fetched in Tokyo last week, Ben has his residence card and his katakana stamp, and the clerk, about Yui's age, speaks the polite language of forms. Then half past two, a street ten minutes from the flat, and Yui's father on his step with two fishing rods. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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くやくしょkuyakushothe ward office
ぶちょう、 じつ は、 もくようび の ごご、 おやすみ を いただきたい ん です が。buchō, jitsu wa, mokuyōbi no gogo, oyasumi o itadakitai n desu gaBoss, actually, I'd like to take Thursday afternoon off.
ええ よ、 ええ よ。 やくしょ は、 へいじつ しか あいてへん から な。 いって こい。ē yo, ē yo. yakusho wa, heijitsu shika aitehen kara na. itte koiFine, fine. Offices are only open on weekdays, you know. Off you go.
ごご から、 やすみ か！ ええ なあ！gogo kara, yasumi ka! ē nāThe afternoon off, is it! Nice!
こちら に、 ごきにゅう ください。kochira ni, gokinyū kudasaiPlease fill in here.
てんしゅつ しょうめいしょtenshutsu shōmeishothe moving-out certificate
てんしゅつ しょうめいしょ は、 おもち です か？tenshutsu shōmeisho wa, omochi desu kaDo you have the moving-out certificate with you?
ほんにん かくにんhonnin kakuninan identity check, word for word the person himself, confirmed
ほんにん かくにん の ため、 ざいりゅう カード を、 おもち です か？honnin kakunin no tame, zairyū kādo o, omochi desu kaTo confirm your identity, do you have your residence card with you?
うら に、 あたらしい ごじゅうしょ を、 きさい いたします。ura ni, atarashii gojūsho o, kisai itashimasuI'll write the new address on the back.

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