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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A night at the Hanaya

The Hanaya in Asakusa, the night before the embassy: Mrs. Sato says welcome home to all three, Natsuki greets the baby in perfect keigo, Mrs. Sato asks to be allowed to hold her, everyone finds a parent in her face, and Ben says they wanted her to see this house first.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's front desk in Asakusa, then the room upstairs. Mrs. Sato and Kenta are plain with Ben; Mrs. Sato is polite with Yui; Natsuki is humble, even with a baby.

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おかえり。 ……さんにん とも。okaeri. …sannin tomoWelcome home. All three of you.
はな さま、 おまち して おりました。Hana-sama, omachi shite orimashitaMiss Hana, we have been expecting you.
ゆい さん、 だかせて ください。Yui-san, dakasete kudasaiYui, let me hold her.
もちろん です。 いま、 すやすや ねて います。mochiron desu. ima, suyasuya nete imasuOf course. She's sound asleep right now.
め は ベン、 はな は ゆい ね。me wa Ben, hana wa Yui neBen's eyes, Yui's nose.
おおきい こえ は、 ベン だ。ōkii koe wa, Ben daThe loud voice is Ben's.
ここ は、 ふたり が はじめて はなした へや よ。koko wa, futari ga hajimete hanashita heya yoThis is the room where the two of you first talked.
ばあちゃん、 この いえ を、 さいしょ に みせたかった。bāchan, kono ie o, saisho ni misetakattaGrandma, we wanted her to see this house first.