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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What her mother doesn't say

The Yamamotos' kitchen, Yui's mother peeling with her back turned: Ben says the company wants him in Tokyo from May, she says if you two have decided that's fine, that Tokyo is two hours away, that she's not lonely or anything, and to take the rice cooker, and Yui decodes it: that means yes.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of Yui's parents' house in Kyoto, her mother at the sink with her back turned. Ben is polite with Yui's mother; Yui is plain with her; her mother is polite with Ben and plain with Yui.

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じつ は、 おはなし が ある ん です が。jitsu wa, ohanashi ga aru n desu gaActually, there's something I'd like to talk to you about.
ごがつ から、 とうきょう に いきます。gogatsu kara, Tōkyō ni ikimasuFrom May, I go to Tokyo.
ふたり で きめた なら、 いい の よ。futari de kimeta nara, ii no yoIf you two have decided, that's fine.
まだ、 きめて ない。 きいて る の。mada, kimete nai. kiite ru noWe haven't decided. We're asking.
とうきょう は、 にじかん よ。Tōkyō wa, nijikan yoTokyo is two hours away.
さびしく なんか、 ない わ よ。sabishiku nanka, nai wa yoI'm not lonely or anything.
すいはんき、 もって いって。suihanki, motte itteTake the rice cooker.
それ は、 はい って こと。sore wa, hai tte kotoThat means yes.