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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The heat

Thirty-six degrees at the Nihonbashi office, the meeting room's air-conditioning broken: Mr. Ueda says the sun is scorching, Ms. Kato has ice-cold barley tea, Ben moves the meeting into the fridge, and the office calls his joke cold, which is just right today.

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THE STORY

The Nihonbashi office in July, the meeting room's air-conditioning broken, the cicadas outside. Ben is polite with Mr. Ueda, Ms. Kato and Ms. Hirano, and they with him.

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じりじり と、 てって います ね。jirijiri to, tette imasu neThe sun's scorching.
おきゃくさま が、 「サウナ だ」 って。okyakusama ga, "sauna da" tteThe guests say "it's a sauna".
むぎちゃ、 きんきん に ひえて います よ。mugicha, kinkin ni hiete imasu yoThe barley tea is ice-cold.
エアコン、 こわれて います。eakon, kowarete imasuThe air-conditioning is broken.
じゃ、 かいぎ は、 れいぞうこ で。ja, kaigi wa, reizōko deThen the meeting's in the fridge.
さむい です ね。 きょう は、 いい けど。samui desu ne. kyō wa, ii kedoThat's cold. Good today, though.
さむい ギャグ も、 たすかります。samui gyagu mo, tasukarimasuEven a cold joke helps.
つぎ の ツアー は、 こおり つき です。tsugi no tsuā wa, kōri tsuki desuThe next tour comes with ice.