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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Night in the Hanaya kitchen

Tea in the Hanaya kitchen at midnight: Mrs. Sato asks Ben why he isn't sleeping, Ben says it's not that he isn't happy but he's scared, Kenta says his father said the same in this kitchen and it worked out, and Mrs. Sato says babies come when they come.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of the Hanaya at midnight, three cups of tea on the table. Mrs. Sato is polite with Ben and plain with Kenta; Ben is polite with her and plain with Kenta.

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ねむれません か。 あかちゃん の こと？nemuremasen ka. akachan no kotoCan't you sleep? Is it the baby?
うれしく ない わけ で は ありません が、ureshiku nai wake de wa arimasen gait is not that I'm not happy: not happy, the word for reason, then it isn't, politely, left open on but
うれしく ない わけ で は ありません が、 こわい ん です。ureshiku nai wake de wa arimasen ga, kowai n desuIt's not that I'm not happy. But I'm scared.
けんた の ちち も、 おなじ こと を。Kenta no chichi mo, onaji koto oKenta's father said the same.
それ で、 ぼく が うまれた。 なんとか なった。sore de, boku ga umareta. nantoka nattaAnd then I was born. It worked out.
なりたく ない わけ じゃ ない。 やりかた が わからない。naritaku nai wake ja nai. yarikata ga wakaranaiIt's not that I don't want to. I don't know how.
だれ も しらない。 ばあちゃん も。dare mo shiranai. bāchan moNobody knows. Grandma neither.
しって た わ よ。shitte ta wa yoI knew.
あかちゃん は、 くる とき に きます よ。akachan wa, kuru toki ni kimasu yoBabies come when they come.