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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A guest wants a bed

The Hanaya's desk at night: room three's back hurts and she asks for a bed, Natsuki says a bed they are unable to provide but, with the refusal that offers something instead, two futons on top of each other, Kenta adds the office chair, and Ben relays it.

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THE STORY

The front desk of the Hanaya at night, the guests upstairs, Ben with a message from room three. Ben is polite with Natsuki and plain with Kenta; Natsuki is humble about the inn and polite with Ben; Kenta is plain.

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こし が いたい そう です。 ベッド は？koshi ga itai sō desu. beddo waHer back hurts, she says. A bed?
ベッド は、 ごようい いたしかねます。beddo wa, goyōi itashikanemasuA bed we are unable to provide.
むずかしい の です が、muzukashii no desu gait is difficult, but: the soft explaining ending, left open on but
むずかしい の です が、 かわり に、 ふとん を にまい。muzukashii no desu ga, kawari ni, futon o nimaiIt's difficult, but instead, two futons.
あと、 いす も。 おきる とき に。ato, isu mo. okiru toki niAnd a chair too. For getting up.
そう つたえます。sō tsutaemasuI'll tell her so.
まだ つらければ、 また かんがえます。mada tsurakereba, mata kangaemasuIf it's still hard, we'll think again.
「かわり に」 は、 りょかん を すくう ことば。kawari ni wa, ryokan o sukuu kotobaInstead is the word that saves an inn.
なつき の ことば。 ぼく は、 はこぶ だけ。Natsuki no kotoba. boku wa, hakobu dakeNatsuki's word. I just carry.