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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The year-end party

The Hanaya's year-end party: Kenta's toast names Natsuki first, Sota tells everyone to write it down, Mrs. Sato wishes for next year for sure, and gives Ben a ticket for the New Year show at the variety hall, where next year he'll be the one telling the story.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's dining room on the last working night of the year, the tables pushed together, Hana asleep upstairs. Kenta is polite to the room and plain with his friends; Natsuki is polite; Sota and Yui are plain; Mrs. Sato and Ben are polite with each other.

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ことし は、 いちばん いい とし でした。 それ と…… なつき。kotoshi wa, ichiban ii toshi deshita. sore to... NatsukiThis was the best year. And... Natsuki.
……けんた さん。Kenta-san...Mr. Kenta.
なまえ が さき だった。 かいて おいて。namae ga saki datta. kaite oiteHer name came first. Write it down.
みられます よう に。miraremasu yō nimay I see it: the polite can see, and the ending of a wish
らいねん こそ、 みられます よう に。rainen koso, miraremasu yō niNext year for sure, may I see it.
けんた、 もう！Kenta, mōKenta, honestly!
ベン さん、 これ、 おしょうがつ の よせ の きっぷ です。Ben-san, kore, oshōgatsu no yose no kippu desuBen, this is a ticket for the New Year show at the variety hall.
わたし に？ さとう さん と、 いっしょに？watashi ni? Satō-san to, issho niFor me? Together with you?
らいねん は、 ベン さん が はなす ばん よ。rainen wa, Ben-san ga hanasu ban yoNext year, it's your turn to tell the story.