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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The last bullet train

Tokyo station at twenty to nine: Ben asks the clerk for a seat on the last train, hears he may have to stand, says there's nothing for it, hears the doors-closing announcement, tells Kenta on the phone he made it and is standing for two hours, and a taxi driver at Kyoto station says fifteen minutes to the hospital.

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THE STORY

Tokyo station at twenty to nine, then the platform, then a taxi at Kyoto station. Ben is polite with the clerk and the driver, plain with Kenta on the phone; the clerk is respectful.

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さいしゅう、 せき は あります か？saishū, seki wa arimasu kaThe last train: is there a seat?
おたち に なる かも しれません。otachi ni naru kamo shiremasenYou may have to stand.
たつ しか ない です。tatsu shika nai desuThere's nothing for it but to stand.
ドア が しまります。 ごちゅうい ください。doa ga shimarimasu. gochūi kudasaiThe doors are closing. Please take care.
まにあった？maniattaDid you make it?
まにあった。 にじかん、 たって る。maniatta. nijikan, tatte ruMade it. Standing, for two hours.
たつ しか ない な。 うまれたら、 でんわ して。tatsu shika nai na. umaretara, denwa shiteThen there's nothing for it but to stand. Phone me when she's born.
びょういん まで、 じゅうごふん です。byōin made, jūgofun desuTo the hospital, fifteen minutes.