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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The acceptance, and the notice

The ninth floor at nine, the department at ten: Ben accepts formally with I humbly accept, Mr. Okada reads the personnel notice in written style, as of the first of May, Mr. Kudo hears his own name, Ms. Nishimura slips into Osaka speech, and the farewell party ends in one last duet.

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THE STORY

The president's room on the ninth floor at nine, then the international department's morning meeting at ten. Ben is humble with Mrs. Hayashi and polite with the department; Mr. Kudo is humble; Ms. Nishimura has one Osaka line.

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つつしんで、 おひきうけ いたします。tsutsushinde, ohikiuke itashimasuI humbly accept.
よし。 じゅうじ に。yoshi. jūji niGood. At ten.
ごがつ ついたち づけ で、 じんじ いどう。gogatsu tsuitachi zuke de, jinji idōAs of the first of May, personnel changes.
くどう さん も、 あさくさ へ。Kudō-san mo, Asakusa eMr. Kudo too, to Asakusa.
はは が、 よろこびます。haha ga, yorokobimasuMy mother will be glad.
ベン さん、 だいじょうぶ や ろ。Ben-san, daijōbu ya roBen, you'll be fine, won't you.
まいしゅう、 でんわ します。maishū, denwa shimasuI'll phone every week.
そうべつかい は、 デュエット です。sōbetsukai wa, dyuetto desuThe farewell party is a duet.