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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The typhoon

A typhoon at the Hanaya: Kenta needs help with the shutters, the sign is flapping and will blow away, the trains have stopped and the guests can't go home, the daycare closes at two, and Ben's umbrella broke, which makes him still a Canadian in Kenta's eyes.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's entrance in September, the wind up, the rain sideways, two guests from Nagano in the lobby. Ben, Kenta and Yui are plain with each other; Natsuki is polite with everyone.

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ビュービュー。 あまど、 てつだって！byūbyū. amado, tetsudatteIt's howling. Help me with the shutters!
かんばん が、 バタバタ。 とんじゃう よ。kanban ga, batabata. tonjau yoThe sign's flapping. It'll blow away.
おきゃくさま が、 かえれません。okyakusama ga, kaeremasenThe guests can't go home.
じゃ、 もう いっぱく だ ね。ja, mō ippaku da neThen one more night.
ほいくえん が、 にじ に しまる って。hoikuen ga, niji ni shimaru tteThe daycare closes at two, they say.
かさ が、 こわれちゃった。kasa ga, kowarechattaMy umbrella broke.
たいふう に、 かさ？ カナダじん だ ね。taifū ni, kasa? Kanadajin da neAn umbrella in a typhoon? Still a Canadian.
けんた さん も、 ずぶぬれ です よ。Kenta-san mo, zubunure desu yoMr. Kenta, you're soaked too.