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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 31 MINUTES

Dinner at the Nishimuras'

Saturday the eleventh of November, twenty twenty-eight, six in the evening, a house in Osaka forty minutes from the office. Miss Nishimura's parents are the couple from the Hanaya, the fortieth anniversary trip of April, and tonight they pay the drink Mister Nishimura promised at a front desk in Asakusa, at full Osaka volume, with a photograph of the Hanaya's breakfast, a question about Missus Sato and a bag of leftovers at the door. Yui meets the woman of the rules and hears her Osaka Japanese; Ben tries the office's no on a second glass and loses again. Half past nine, the road to the station, and Yui's verdict on Osaka; five on Sunday, the river, and Yui's father's two words. Learn a guest's words in a Japanese home (omaneki itadaite, arigatou gozaimasu; ojama shimasu; yakusoku no ippai, itadakimasu; douzo, oki o tsukawazu ni; taihen gochisousama deshita), and how to pass on what someone says of themselves (ryouri dake shite iru sou desu). The ninth lesson of Advanced Level 1.

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THE STORY

Saturday, the eleventh of November, twenty twenty-eight. Six o'clock, the door of a house in Osaka, forty minutes from Tsubame Travel's office and an hour and a quarter from Kyoto. Miss Nishimura's parents, who slept two nights at the Hanaya in April and have talked about it ever since, open the door before Ben rings. Half past six, their table, more dishes than people. Nine, the door again, and a bag that weighs a kilo. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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おお！ はなや の ベン さん！ よう きて くれた！ō! Hanaya no Ben-san! yō kite kuretaOh! Ben, from the Hanaya! Good of you to come!
おまねきomanekian invitation, with the polite O
おまねき いただいてomaneki itadaitefor inviting us, humbly
きょう は、 おまねき いただいて、 ありがとう ございます。kyō wa, omaneki itadaite, arigatō gozaimasuThank you for inviting us today.
さあ、 あがって、 あがって！ まり、 おちゃ！sā, agatte, agatte! Mari, ochaCome in, come in! Mari, the tea!
おじゃま します。ojama shimasuExcuse me for intruding.
おおきに！ōkiniThanks!
ベン さん。 やくそく の いっぱい や。 しがつ に、 いうた やろ？Ben-san. yakusoku no ippai ya. shigatsu ni, iuta yaroBen. The drink I promised. I said it in April, didn't I?
やくそく の いっぱい、 いただきます。yakusoku no ippai, itadakimasuThe drink you promised. Thank you.
たべて、 たべて！ まだ ある で！tabete, tabete! mada aru deEat, eat! There's more!

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