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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The neighbour

The door of the flat and a box of sweets from Osaka: Mrs. Kinoshita praises Hana's lively voice every night in Kyoto speech, Yui decodes it as loud, Ben apologises humbly for the noise and hands over the box with the set phrase of a gift, and the neighbour says what she really minds, that her grandchildren are in Tokyo.

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THE STORY

The door of the flat in the north of Kyoto, an afternoon, a box of sweets from Osaka in Ben's hand. The neighbour speaks Kyoto speech and standard polite Japanese; Ben is polite and humble with her, plain with Yui.

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まいばん、 げんき に なかはる なあ。maiban, genki ni nakaharu nāShe cries so lively, every night.
いま の、 ほめられた よ ね？ima no, homerareta yo neThat was praise, wasn't it?
ちがう。 「うるさい」 って いみ。chigau. "urusai" tte imiNo. It means she's loud.
うるさくて、 もうしわけ ありません。urusakute, mōshiwake arimasenI'm sorry she's loud.
なく の が、 しごと です よ。naku no ga, shigoto desu yoCrying is a baby's job.
つまらない もの です が、 どうぞ。tsumaranai mono desu ga, dōzoIt's nothing much, but please take it.
まご は、 とうきょう です。 こえ も、 きけません。mago wa, Tōkyō desu. koe mo, kikemasenMy grandchildren are in Tokyo. I can't even hear their voices.
いつ でも、 だき に きて ください。itsu demo, daki ni kite kudasaiCome and hold her any time.