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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The evening before the first day

At the Hanaya's bar, the evening before Sota's first day at Sumida Foods, he rehearses his self-introduction, Ben fixes the bow and the last rule, Yui teases him with the grudging and yet, and Mrs. Sato offers a six o'clock phone call.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's bar in Asakusa, the evening before Sota's first day at work. Sota is humble in his rehearsed sentences, plain with Ben and Yui and polite with Mrs. Sato; Mrs. Sato is plain with him.

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やまもと と もうします。Yamamoto to mōshimasuI'm Yamamoto.
いい ね。 おじぎ は、 いった あと で。ii ne. ojigi wa, itta ato deGood. Bow after you've said it.
おきられない くせに、 かいしゃいん みたい。okirarenai kuse ni, kaishain mitaiYou can't even get up, and you sound like a company man.
おこして くれる ひと が、 いない。okoshite kureru hito ga, inaiThere's nobody to wake me.
ろくじ に、 でんわ して あげる わ。rokuji ni, denwa shite ageru waI'll phone you at six.
さとう さん、 やめて ください よ！Satō-san, yamete kudasai yoMrs. Sato, please don't!
「しって ます」 は だめ。 いつも 「おぼえます」。'shitte masu' wa dame. itsumo 'oboemasu'Never say I know. Always say I'll learn.
しって ます。 ……あ、 おぼえます。shitte masu. ...a, oboemasuI know. Oh. I'll learn.