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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The year's numbers

The ninth floor with the spring figures on one page: compared to last year, twice the guests, the Hanaya full every weekend thanks to the breakfast, eight complaints about the bath, and the president's plan for an office in Asakusa.

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THE STORY

The president's room on the ninth floor of Tsubame Travel in Osaka, the spring figures on one page. Ben is polite and humble with Mrs. Hayashi; Mr. Okada is polite, for the record.

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ツアー の、 すうじ を。tsuā no, sūji oThe tours. The numbers.
きょねん と くらべて、kyonen to kurabetecompared to last year
きょねん と くらべて、 にばい です。kyonen to kurabete, nibai desuCompared to last year, twice as many.
はなや は？Hanaya waAnd the Hanaya?
しゅうまつ は、 まんしつ です。shūmatsu wa, manshitsu desuFull every weekend.
あさごはん の おかげ だ そう です。asagohan no okage da sō desuThanks to the breakfast, they say.
クレーム は はっけん、 ぜんぶ おふろ です。kurēmu wa hakken, zenbu ofuro desuEight complaints, all about the bath.
ごがつ、 あさくさ に じむしょ を。gogatsu, Asakusa ni jimusho oIn May, an office in Asakusa.
……あさくさ、 です か。Asakusa, desu kaAsakusa, is it.