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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The mock interview

The same video call the next evening, Ben as the interviewer and Mio beside Sota: Ben asks the interviewer's respectful questions, strengths and weaknesses, the university years, any questions for us, Sota answers politely, Mio says he is better than at home, and Sota's one question is whether fathers can take childcare leave too.

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THE STORY

A video call from the flat in the north of Kyoto, the next evening, Ben as the interviewer and Mio beside Sota. Ben is respectful as the interviewer; Sota and Mio are polite with him.

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どうぞ、 おかけ ください。dōzo, okake kudasaiPlease sit down.
おきかせ ください。okikase kudasaiplease tell me: let me hear, with the respectful prefix
ちょうしょ と たんしょ を、 おきかせ ください。chōsho to tansho o, okikase kudasaiPlease tell me your strengths and weaknesses.
あきらめない こと と、 はやくち です。akiramenai koto to, hayakuchi desuNot giving up, and talking fast.
だいがく で は、 なに を されました か？daigaku de wa, nani o saremashita kaWhat did you do at university?
あさくさ の りょかん で、 はたらきました。Asakusa no ryokan de, hatarakimashitaI worked at an inn in Asakusa.
うち より、 じょうず です。uchi yori, jōzu desuHe's better than at home.
さいご に、 なにか ごしつもん は？saigo ni, nanika goshitsumon waLast, do you have any questions?
ちちおや も、 いくきゅう を とれます か？chichioya mo, ikukyū o toremasu kaCan fathers take childcare leave too?