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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Carrying the shrine

The festival day: Mr. Ishii's orders under the shrine, Kenta telling Ben to hold it, Ben's legs shaking, Yui shouting from the pavement that Hana is waving, Mrs. Sato remembering Kenta's grandfather at this corner, and Ben worn out but one of the neighbourhood now.

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THE STORY

A street in Asakusa on the festival day, the shrine swaying on forty shoulders, Yui and Hana on the pavement, Mrs. Sato at the Hanaya's door. Mr. Ishii is rough and plain; Kenta and Ben are plain with each other; Mrs. Sato is polite with Ben.

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かた、 いれろ！ あげろ！kata, irero! ageroShoulders in! Lift!
ゆさゆさ して る。 ささえろ！yusayusa shite ru. sasaeroIt's swaying. Hold it!
あし が、 がくがく だ。ashi ga, gakugaku daMy legs are shaking.
あと ごメートル で、 こうたい だ。ato go-mētoru de, kōtai daFive more metres, then we change.
ベン！ はな が、 て を ふって る よ！Ben! Hana ga, te o futte ru yoBen! Hana's waving!
けんた の おじいさん も、 かつぎました よ。Kenta no ojiisan mo, katsugimashita yoKenta's grandfather carried it too
よんじゅうねん まえ、 けんた の おじいさん も、 かつぎました よ。yonjū-nen mae, Kenta no ojiisan mo, katsugimashita yoForty years ago, Kenta's grandfather carried it too.
くたくた だ。 かた が、 もう ない。kutakuta da. kata ga, mō naiI'm worn out. My shoulder's gone.
もう、 まち の ひと だ な。 らいねん は、 まえ だ。mō, machi no hito da na. rainen wa, mae daYou're one of the neighbourhood now. Next year you're at the front.