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PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

A month of rest

Evening at the Yamamotos' house, where Yui and Hana spend the first month: her mother orders a month of rest and no housework, Ben arrives from Osaka and must wash his hands, has to go back at six, and is told he gives the bath.

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Lesson 2 · A month of rest

Japanese · 30 minutes

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Evening at the Yamamotos' house in the north of Kyoto, where Yui and Hana spend the first month. Yui is plain with her parents; Ben is polite with them.

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いっかげつ は、 やすまなきゃ だめ よ。ikkagetsu wa, yasumanakya dame yoYou must rest for a month.
おかあさん、 わたし、 かんごし よ。okāsan, watashi, kangoshi yoMum, I'm a nurse.
かんごし も、 かんじゃ よ。kangoshi mo, kanja yoA nurse is a patient too.
ただいま。 ……じゃ なくて、 おじゃま します。tadaima. …ja nakute, ojama shimasuI'm home. I mean, excuse me for intruding.
て を あらわなければ なりません よ。te o arawanakereba narimasen yoYou must wash your hands.
ろくじ に、 もどらなければ なりません。rokuji ni, modoranakereba narimasenI have to go back at six.
とまれ。 おふろ は、 しちじ だ。 ベン くん が、 いれる。tomare. ofuro wa, shichiji da. Ben-kun ga, ireruStay. The bath is at seven. You put her in.
わたし が？ いれた こと、 ありません。watashi ga? ireta koto, arimasenMe? I've never done it.