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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The consular counter

At the embassy's counter in Tokyo, with Hana asleep in the sling: the clerk confirms the citizenship certificate and the passport, asks who translated the birth record, has Ben sign as the translator, says about ten weeks, and asks whether to collect or post.

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THE STORY

The consular counter of the embassy in Tokyo, Hana asleep in the sling. The clerk is polite and respectful; Ben is polite and humble; Yui is polite.

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こくせき しょうめいしょ と、 パスポート です ね。kokuseki shōmeisho to, pasupōto desu neThe citizenship certificate and the passport, is it.
はい、 りょうほう、 おねがい いたします。hai, ryōhō, onegai itashimasuYes, both, please.
ほんやく は、 どなた が？honyaku wa, donata gaThe translation: who did it?
わたし が、 じぶん で しました。watashi ga, jibun de shimashitaI did, myself.
では、 ほんやくしゃ と して、 サイン を。dewa, honyakusha to shite, sain oThen sign as the translator.
しゃしん に、 よんじゅっぷん。shashin ni, yonjuppunForty minutes for the photo.
じゅっしゅうかん ほど です。 うけとり か、 ゆうそう か？jusshūkan hodo desu. uketori ka, yūsō kaAbout ten weeks. Collect, or post?
ゆうそう で。 きょうと に すんで おります。yūsō de. Kyōto ni sunde orimasuBy post. We live in Kyoto.