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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Ben's puns, and how they land

Ben tries the classic pun on the Nihonbashi office: a silence, Ms. Hirano asks whether something happened to his futon, Mr. Ueda calls it a dad joke, Ms. Kato says the room went cold, Mr. Fujita gives it a yellow card, and a joke that bombed means lunch is on Ben.

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THE STORY

The Nihonbashi office after a meeting, the air-conditioning fixed, Mr. Fujita at the door. Ben is polite with the office and with Mr. Fujita; they are polite with him.

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ふとん が、 ふっとんだ！futon ga, futtondaThe futon flew off!
……ふとん に、 なにか あった ん です か？...futon ni, nanika atta n desu ka...Did something happen to your futon?
ベン さん、 だじゃれ は、 おやじ ギャグ です よ。Ben-san, dajare wa, oyaji gyagu desu yoBen, a pun is a dad joke.
おやじ です から。oyaji desu karaBecause I'm a dad.
へや が、 さむく なりました。heya ga, samuku narimashitaThe room went cold.
おおさか なら、 イエロー カード です。Ōsaka nara, ierō kādo desuIn Osaka, that's a yellow card.
いま の は、 わらう ところ です よ。ima no wa, warau tokoro desu yoThat was the part where you laugh.
すべりました ね。 ひるごはん は、 ベン さん の おごり です。suberimashita ne. hirugohan wa, Ben-san no ogori desuIt bombed. Lunch is on you.