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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Obon at the grave

Obon, at Yui's grandfather's grave on the hill: Yui's mother tells the stone it's Obon, Yui tells it a baby is coming in October, her father says he would have been pleased, Ben pours the water and promises to come every year.

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THE STORY

Obon, the cemetery on the hill above Kyoto, at Yui's grandfather's grave, with water, flowers and incense. Yui and her father are plain; her mother and Ben are polite, to the grave as well.

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おとうさん、 おぼん です よ。otōsan, obon desu yoFather, it's Obon.
おじいちゃん、 じゅうがつ に、 あかちゃん。ojiichan, jūgatsu ni, akachanGrandpa, in October, a baby.
だろう にdarō niwould have: the guess word, then the small word of regret
よろこんだ だろう に。yorokonda darō niHe would have been pleased.
どんな かた でした か？donna kata deshita kaWhat was he like?
き が あった だろう に。ki ga atta darō niYou two would have got on.
みず を、 どうぞ。 つぎ、 おせんこう。mizu o, dōzo. tsugi, osenkōThe water, please. Next, the incense.
おじいさん、 まいとし きます。ojiisan, maitoshi kimasuGrandfather, I'll come every year.
「いちど で いい」 って、 いった だろう に。ichido de ii tte, itta darō niHe'd have said once is enough.