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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mrs. Tanaka meets Hana

Tea at the old house: Mrs. Tanaka says Hana is the image of her mother and wonders whether she is crawling already, Maple purrs in the lap of the woman who gave her away, and Ben reports that the cat forgives a baby who pulls her tail.

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THE STORY

The front room of the old house in Asakusa, tea and cakes on the low table, Hana on the floor and Maple on the cushion. Mrs. Tanaka and Ben are polite with each other, and Yui is polite with her.

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おかあさん に、 そっくり です わ。okāsan ni, sokkuri desu waThe image of her mother.
め は、 ベン だ と おもいます。me wa, Ben da to omoimasuThe eyes are Ben's, I think.
もう、 はいはい する の かしら？mō, haihai suru no kashiraIs she crawling already, I wonder?
なんでも、 くち に いれます。nandemo, kuchi ni iremasuShe puts everything in her mouth.
メープル！ ごろごろ いって ます わ。Mēpuru! gorogoro itte masu waMaple! She's purring.
たなか さん に だけ、 ごろごろ いいます。Tanaka-san ni dake, gorogoro iimasuShe only purrs for you.
わたし が、 あげた ん です から。watashi ga, ageta n desu karaI'm the one who gave her to you, after all.
しっぽ を ひっぱって も、 ゆるします。shippo o hippatte mo, yurushimasuEven when she pulls her tail, Maple forgives her.