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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Gion Festival eve

The lantern streets of Kyoto on the eve of the Gion Festival: Sota wants beer, Ben can't very well drink when Yui can't, the float man sells charms and asks people not to touch the float, Yui's father says Yui can't very well stand for three hours, and Yui can't very well sit while everyone walks.

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THE STORY

The streets of Kyoto under the festival lanterns, the floats lit, Sota up from Tokyo. Sota, Yui and Yui's father are plain; Ben is plain with them and polite with the float man.

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おにいさん、 ビール！ あそこ の やたい。onīsan, bīru! asoko no yataiBig brother, beer! The stall over there.
わけ に は いかない。wake ni wa ikanaican't very well: the plain verb, then reason, then it doesn't go
のむ わけ に は いかない よ。nomu wake ni wa ikanai yoI can't very well drink.
いい よ。 いっぱい だけ。ii yo. ippai dakeYou can. Just one.
おまもり、 せんえん。 おて を ふれない ように。omamori, sen'en. ote o furenai yō niCharms, a thousand yen. Please don't touch.
ひとつ、 おねがい します。 あかちゃん の ため に。hitotsu, onegai shimasu. akachan no tame niOne, please. For the baby.
さんじかん、 たつ わけ に は いかない。sanjikan, tatsu wake ni wa ikanaiYou can't very well stand for three hours.
すわる わけ に は いかない よ。suwaru wake ni wa ikanai yoI can't very well sit.
じゃ、 ぼく も すわる。 ビール と。ja, boku mo suwaru. bīru toThen I'll sit too. With a beer.