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🇯🇵 Japanese · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

A Day in Nikko

Saturday, May the second, the first day of the long holiday. Ben and Yui take the early train from Asakusa to Nikko, in the mountains. A famous golden shrine, the three wise monkeys, a waterfall, a darkening sky, and real monkeys who steal Ben's lunch. Say a place is famous and what it's famous for, say it might rain, read a sign that says don't feed the monkeys, say something was taken, buy souvenirs, and look back over the spring.

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THE STORY

Saturday, May the second, the first day of the long holiday. Ben and Yui took the early train from Asakusa to Nikko, in the mountains north of Tokyo. They see the golden shrine of Toshogu, crowded with holiday visitors, and its famous carving of three monkeys. Then a bus takes them up a winding mountain road to a huge waterfall, where the sky is getting dark, and the real monkeys are very interested in Ben's rice balls. Before the train home, there are souvenirs to buy, for Mrs. Sato and for Mike. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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ゆうめいyūmeifamous
ここ が とうしょうぐう です。 とても ゆうめい な じんじゃ です よ。koko ga Tōshōgū desu. totemo yūmei na jinja desu yoThis is Toshogu. It's a very famous shrine.
にっこう は ゆうめい な ところ です。Nikkō wa yūmei na tokoro desuNikko is a famous place.
きんいろkin'irogold, the colour
すごい！ ぜんぶ きんいろ です ね。sugoi! zenbu kin'iro desu neAmazing! It's all gold.
もんmongate
もん が きれい です ね。mon ga kirei desu neThe gate is beautiful.
さるsarumonkey
みて ください。 あれ が さんざる です。mite kudasai. are ga sanzaru desuLook. Those are the three monkeys.
ちょうこくchōkokucarving

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