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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The circulating notice

Mr. Ishii, head of the neighbourhood association, is at the door with the circulating notice: he sizes up the Canadian in the old house, Mrs. Tanaka puts in a good word, and Ben is told he will carry the shrine and must not run away.

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THE STORY

The front door of the old house in Asakusa, with the circulating notice board and Mrs. Tanaka passing with her shopping. Mr. Ishii is plain and rough; Ben is polite with him; Mrs. Tanaka is polite with both.

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ふるい いえ の、 カナダじん か？furui ie no, Kanada-jin kaYou the Canadian in the old house?
ベン です。 せんげつ、 ひっこして きました。Ben desu. sengetsu, hikkoshite kimashitaI'm Ben. We moved in last month.
いしい だ。 かいらんばん、 よんだら、 となり へ。Ishii da. kairanban, yondara, tonari eIshii. The notice: once you've read it, next door.
ベン さん は、 まじめ な ひと です よ。Ben-san wa, majime na hito desu yoBen is a serious person.
せ が たかい な。 おみこし、 かつぐ ぞ。se ga takai na. omikoshi, katsugu zoYou're tall. You'll carry the shrine, I'm telling you.
おみこし は、 かついだ こと が ありません。omikoshi wa, katsuida koto ga arimasenI've never carried a shrine.
はじめて は、 みんな そう だ。 にげる な よ。hajimete wa, minna sō da. nigeru na yoThe first time, everyone's like that. Don't run away.
いしい さん は、 くち だけ、 こわい です よ。Ishii-san wa, kuchi dake, kowai desu yoMr. Ishii is scary only with his mouth.