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🇯🇵 Japanese · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Asking Her Parents

Ben takes the bullet train to Kyoto to tell Yui's parents that they want to live together. Say you're nervous, ask what you should say, explain politely what you'd like to do, say someone is precious, promise to treasure them, hear a father's answer, and pass on good news from home.

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THE STORY

It's the rainy season. Ben takes the bullet train to Kyoto in his best shirt, and Yui meets him at the ticket gates. At the house, he kneels on the tatami in front of Yui's parents, the formal way. Yui's father listens without a word. Sota is trying very hard not to laugh. That evening, the sake comes out, and that night, Ben calls Toronto. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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いちばん いい シャツ を きて きました。ichiban ii shatsu o kite kimashitaI've put on my best shirt.
ネクタイnekutaitie
ネクタイ が まがって います よ。nekutai ga magatte imasu yoYour tie is crooked.
きんちょうkinchōnervous, tense
きんちょう して います。kinchō shite imasuI'm nervous.
なん と いったら いい です か？nan to ittara ii desu kaWhat should I say?
ふつうfutsūnormal, ordinary
ふつう で いい です よ。futsū de ii desu yoJust be yourself.
こわいkowaiscary
でも、 ちち は ちょっと こわい です。demo, chichi wa chotto kowai desuDad is a little scary, though.

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