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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The answer

Mr. Okada's desk: the president said yes, two months from January, the first man in the company, and Ben doesn't know how to thank him; then the team is told, Ms. Nishimura leads, Mr. Kudo gives the tea his all, and by February he'll be Ben.

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THE STORY

Mr. Okada's desk in the international department in Osaka, in the morning, then the team's desks. Ben is humble with his boss and polite with his team; Mr. Okada is polite for the record, and Osaka when he means it.

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しゃちょう は、 「はい」 でした。shachō wa, hai deshitaThe president said yes.
にかげつ。 はじめて の だんせい です。nikagetsu. hajimete no dansei desuTwo months. The first man ever.
おれい を もうしあげてorei o mōshiageteto say my thanks, humbly: thanks with its prefix, then the humble say
なん と おれい を もうしあげて よい か。nan to orei o mōshiagete yoi kaI don't know how to thank you.
おれ ちゃう、 しゃちょう や。ore chau, shachō yaNot me, the president.
いちがつ から、 いくきゅう を とります。ichigatsu kara, ikukyū o torimasuFrom January, I'll take childcare leave.
チーム は、 わたし が。 おちゃ は、 くどう さん。chīmu wa, watashi ga. ocha wa, Kudō-sanThe team is mine. The tea is Mr. Kudo's.
おちゃ は、 ぜんりょく で いたします。ocha wa, zenryoku de itashimasuI'll do the tea with all my strength.
にがつ に は、 くどう さん が、 わたし です。nigatsu ni wa, Kudō-san ga, watashi desuBy February, you'll be me.