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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Three in the morning

Three in the morning in the flat, Hana crying in the dark: Yui says it is every three hours exactly, Ben says it is his turn, she gives the order of the night from the bed, the nappy first and then the milk warmed to body temperature, and Hana falls sound asleep to her father's English.

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THE STORY

Three in the morning in the flat in the north of Kyoto, the kitchen dark and Hana crying in the next room. Ben and Yui are plain with each other.

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さんじかん おき に、sanjikan oki nievery three hours: three hours, then the word for at intervals
おぎゃー と ないて る。 さんじかん おき に、 ぴったり。ogyā to naite ru. sanjikan oki ni, pittariShe's crying. Every three hours, exactly.
ぼく の ばん。 ゆい は、 ねて て。boku no ban. Yui wa, nete teMy turn. You sleep.
ミルク は、 れいぞうこ。 ひとはだ に、 あたためて。miruku wa, reizōko. hitohada ni, atatameteThe milk is in the fridge. Warm it to body temperature.
わかって る。 じゅうにじ に も、 やった。wakatte ru. jūniji ni mo, yattaI know. I did it at midnight too.
さき に オムツ、 それ から ミルク。saki ni omutsu, sore kara mirukuThe nappy first, then the milk.
はな、 パパ だ よ。 どう した の？Hana, papa da yo. dō shita noHana, it's Dad. What's the matter?
えいご で、 はなして る よ。eigo de, hanashite ru yoYou're talking to her in English.
はんぶん、 カナダじん。 ……すやすや ねて る。hanbun, kanadajin. suyasuya nete ruHalf Canadian. Sound asleep.