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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sunday futsal

Futsal under the railway with Daichi, Kenta and Sota: Ben is panting after five minutes, blames the shrine and the baby and says he is dead, admits Hana was up at three, learns from Sota that a joke is said with a straight face, and sends him running for two.

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THE STORY

A futsal pitch under the railway arches in Asakusa on a Sunday morning, five minutes into the game. Daichi, Kenta, Sota and Ben are all plain with each other; Sota calls Ben his brother-in-law.

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もう ハアハア か よ？ ごふん だ ぞ。mō hāhā ka yo? go-fun da zoPanting already? It's been five minutes, I'm telling you.
おみこし と あかちゃん で、 もう しぬ。omikoshi to akachan de, mō shinuWith the shrine and the baby, I'm dead.
パパ の いいわけ だ ね。papa no iiwake da neA dad's excuse.
きのう も、 ねて ない ん だろ？kinō mo, nete nai n daroYou didn't sleep last night either, right?
はな が、 さんじ に おきた。Hana ga, san-ji ni okitaHana was up at three.
それ で、 きた の か よ？sore de, kita no ka yoAnd you came anyway?
ジョーク は、 まじめ な かお で いう ん だ。jōku wa, majime na kao de iu n daA joke is said with a straight face.
そうた は ほそい から、 ふたり ぶん はしれ。Sōta wa hosoi kara, futari-bun hashireSota, you're thin, so run for two.