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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The question Ben can't answer

The same ninth-floor room: Mr. Fujita asks where the guests go when the inns are full in November, Ben gives the holding answer, at this stage I can't say, I'll confirm and report back, Mrs. Hayashi says I'll find out beats I don't know, and Ms. Nishimura in the corridor says last year he'd have said OK.

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THE STORY

The meeting room on the ninth floor of Tsubame Travel, then the corridor outside it. Ben is humble with the board and polite with Ms. Nishimura; Mr. Fujita, Mrs. Hayashi, Mr. Okada and Ms. Nishimura are polite.

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いっぱい だったら、 おきゃくさま は どこ へ？ippai dattara, okyakusama wa doko eIf they're full, where do the guests go?
いま の だんかい で は、 もうしあげられません。ima no dankai de wa, mōshiageraremasenAt this stage, I'm afraid I can't say.
かくにん の うえ、 ごほうこく いたします。kakunin no ue, gohōkoku itashimasuI'll confirm and report back.
「しらべます」 は、 もっと いい。shirabemasu wa, motto iiI'll find out is better.
ベン さん、 きんようび です よ。Ben-san, kin'yōbi desu yoBen, Friday.
すいそく しません でした ね。suisoku shimasen deshita neYou didn't guess.
きょねん なら、 すいそく しました。kyonen nara, suisoku shimashitaLast year, I'd have guessed.
きょねん なら、 「オッケー」 でした ね。kyonen nara, okkē deshita neLast year, it would have been OK.