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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Kamakura with Riku

The beach at Kamakura with Riku, seven years after the first surfing lesson: Riku can't believe the man who couldn't stand on a board is a father, Yui says he still can't, Riku offers Hana a lesson in ten years, and Hana eats the dry, fine sand, which Riku says everybody does the first time.

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THE STORY

The beach at Kamakura in August, Riku's board in the sand, Hana on a towel. Riku and Ben are plain with each other now, after seven years; Yui is plain with both.

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ベン！ ろくねん？ ななねん？Ben! rokunen? nananenBen! Six years? Seven?
レッスン から、 ななねん。 かわって ない ね。ressun kara, nananen. kawatte nai neSeven years since the lesson. You haven't changed.
たてなかった ベン が、 パパ なんて！tatenakatta Ben ga, papa nanteBen, who couldn't stand, a dad!
いま も、 たてない よ。ima mo, tatenai yoHe still can't stand.
はな、 おしえよう か？ じゅうねん ご に。Hana, oshieyō ka? jūnen go niHana, shall I teach you? In ten years.
すな、 さらさら…… はな が、 たべて る！suna, sarasara... Hana ga, tabete ruThe sand's dry and fine... Hana's eating it!
はな！ ペッ して！Hana! pe' shiteHana! Spit it out!
はじめて は、 みんな たべる よ。hajimete wa, minna taberu yoEverybody eats it the first time.