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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The festival jacket

The evening before the Sanja Festival: Mr. Ishii hands Ben his jacket and tells him to try it on, Kenta shows him how it is worn, Daichi promises a purple shoulder, and Mr. Ishii teaches the call and the shout back.

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THE STORY

The neighbourhood association's hut in Asakusa, the evening before the festival, jackets in piles. Mr. Ishii is plain and rough; Ben is polite with him; Kenta and Daichi are plain with Ben.

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ベン、 はっぴ だ。 きて みろ。Ben, happi da. kite miroBen, your jacket. Try it on.
おもった より、 ちいさい です ね。omotta yori, chiisai desu neIt's smaller than I thought.
きつく きろ。 おび は、 しっかり しめろ。kitsuku kiro. obi wa, shikkari shimeroWear it tight. Tie the sash firmly.
かた が、 いっしゅうかん、 むらさき に なる ぞ。kata ga, isshūkan, murasaki ni naru zoyour shoulder will be purple for a week: becomes, with the little word for into
きょねん かついだ。 かた が、 いっしゅうかん、 むらさき に なる ぞ。kyonen katsuida. kata ga, isshūkan, murasaki ni naru zoI carried last year. Your shoulder will be purple for a week, I'm telling you.
うで で あげる な。ude de ageru nadon't lift with your arms: the plain verb, then the little word for don't
おみこし は、 おもい ぞ。 かた を いれろ。 うで で あげる な。omikoshi wa, omoi zo. kata o irero. ude de ageru naThe shrine's heavy, I'm telling you. Shoulder in. Don't lift with your arms.
「いく ぞ」 と いったら、 「セイヤ」 だ。iku zo to ittara, seiya daWhen I say we go, you say the chant.
こう です か？kō desu kaLike this?
もっと おおきく！ まち じゅう に きかせろ！motto ōkiku! machi-jū ni kikaseroLouder! Let the whole town hear!