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🇯🇵 Japanese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The shrine at one month

The shrine office and the hall, at one month: the priest shows the way and gives the form, Yui's mother explains that the father's mother carries the child, the priest counts the bows and the claps, Yui's father judges her a strong child, and the amulet goes by her pillow until she is one.

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THE STORY

The shrine office and then the hall, with Ben's mother carrying Hana in the ceremony. The priest is respectful with the family; Ben and Yui are polite and humble with him; Yui's father is plain.

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こちら へ、 どうぞ。 にじゅっぷん ほど です。kochira e, dōzo. nijuppun hodo desuThis way. About twenty minutes.
おなまえ と、 せいねんがっぴ を。onamae to, seinengappi oName and date of birth.
ならわし で、 ちち の はは が だきます。narawashi de, chichi no haha ga dakimasuBy custom, the father's mother carries her.
じゃ、 はは です ね。 つたえます。ja, haha desu ne. tsutaemasuThen my mother. I'll tell her.
では、 にれい、 にはくしゅ、 いちれい。dewa, nirei, nihakushu, ichireiNow, bow twice, clap twice, bow once.
なかなかった な。 つよい こ だ。nakanakatta na. tsuyoi ko daShe didn't cry. A strong child.
おまもり は、 まくらもと に。omamori wa, makuramoto niThe amulet goes by her pillow.
さんさい で、 また まいります。sansai de, mata mairimasuWe'll come again at three.