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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

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The same room on the ninth floor, then the stairwell: the president names Ben head of the Asakusa office from May, Ben says it is an honour but he cannot answer immediately and asks to consult his family, and Ms. Nishimura tells him everyone knew.

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THE STORY

The president's room on the ninth floor of Tsubame Travel in Osaka, then the stairwell. Ben is humble with Mrs. Hayashi and polite with Ms. Nishimura; Mrs. Hayashi speaks plainly, in fragments.

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しょちょう は、 ベン さん。shochō wa, Ben-sanThe head: you.
たいへん、 こうえい です。taihen, kōei desuIt is a great honour.
すぐ に は、 おこたえ しかねます。sugu ni wa, okotae shikanemasuBut I cannot answer right away.
げつまつ まで に、 へんじ を。getsumatsu made ni, henji oAn answer by the end of the month.
かぞく と、 そうだん させて いただけます か。kazoku to, sōdan sasete itadakemasu kaMay I discuss it with my family?
きかない ひと は、 だめ。kikanai hito wa, dameA man who doesn't ask: no.
みんな、 しって いました よ。minna, shitte imashita yoEveryone knew.
わたし が、 さいご です か？watashi ga, saigo desu kaAm I the last?