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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Day of the Dog

A shrine in Kyoto in the fifth month: Ben tells the shrine office, humbly, that they have come for the prayer for a safe birth, the priest asks for the names and gives the order of the bows, Yui's mother brings the sash, and Yui explains why dogs.

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THE STORY

The office of a shrine in Kyoto, on the Day of the Dog in the fifth month, Yui's mother with a wrapped sash. Ben is humble with the priest and polite with Yui's mother; Yui is plain with her mother and Ben.

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あんざん きがん に、 まいりました。anzan kigan ni, mairimashitaWe've come for the safe-birth prayer.
よてい び を、 おかき ください。yotei-bi o, okaki kudasaiPlease write the due date.
はらおび は、 わたしたち から です。haraobi wa, watashitachi kara desuThe sash is from us.
にれい、 にはくしゅ、 いちれい。nirei, nihakushu, ichireiTwo bows, two claps, one bow.
なんで いぬ の ひ な の？nande inu no hi na noWhy the Day of the Dog?
いぬ は、 あんざん だ から よ。inu wa, anzan da kara yoBecause dogs give birth easily.
わたし も、 はらおび を します か？watashi mo, haraobi o shimasu kaDo I wear a sash too?
じゅういちがつ から、 おんぶ して。jūichigatsu kara, onbu shiteFrom November, you carry her.