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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The old house

Viewing a seventy-year-old house five minutes from the Hanaya with Hana asleep in the carrier: the agent says old, but gleaming, Yui hears the stairs creak, Ben hears the doors rattle in the wind, and the agent will have them fixed and go ahead with the contract.

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Lesson 1 · The old house

Japanese · 30 minutes

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An old two-storey house in Asakusa, five minutes from the Hanaya, on a viewing with the estate agent; Hana is asleep in the carrier. Ben and Yui are plain with each other; the agent is polite and humble, and Ben is polite with him.

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ふるい です けど、 ゆか は、 ぴかぴか です。furui desu kedo, yuka wa, pikapika desuIt's old, but the floor is gleaming.
かいだん が、 ギシギシ して る。kaidan ga, gishigishi shite ruThe stairs creak.
ふるい いえ は、 はなします よ。furui ie wa, hanashimasu yoAn old house talks.
かぜ で、 ひきど が、 ガタガタ して います。kaze de, hikido ga, gatagata shite imasuThe sliding doors rattle in the wind.
おひっこし の まえ に、 なおさせて いただきます。o-hikkoshi no mae ni, naosasete itadakimasuWe'll have them fixed before you move in.
はなや まで、 ごふん。Hanaya made, go-funFive minutes to the Hanaya.
はな、 ねて る。 きめた ね。Hana, nete ru. kimeta neHana's asleep. She's decided.
では、 けいやく を、 すすめさせて いただきます。dewa, keiyaku o, susumesasete itadakimasuThen we'll go ahead with the contract.