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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sota wants to quit

Sunday night in the Hanaya's kitchen, a month into the job: Sota got an order wrong and wants to quit, Mrs. Sato answers with the stone, Ben tells his Osaka presentation and the time he had no choice but to redo it, Sota finds he can't not go tomorrow, and Mrs. Sato sends him to bed with a six o'clock call.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The kitchen of the Hanaya in Asakusa on a Sunday night, a month into Sota's job. Sota, Ben and Kenta are plain with each other; Mrs. Sato is plain with Sota.

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やめたい。 ちゅうもん を、 まちがえた。yametai. chūmon o, machigaetaI want to quit. I got the order wrong.
いし の うえ に も、 さんねん。ishi no ue ni mo, sannenThree years on a stone.
さんねん？！ まだ、 いっかげつ だ よ。sannen?! mada, ikkagetsu da yoThree years?! I've only done a month.
おおさか で は、 さんかい やりなおさせられた。Ōsaka de wa, sankai yarinaosaseraretaIn Osaka, I was made to redo it three times.
で、 どう した の？de, dō shita no?And what did you do?
やらざる を えなかった。yarazaru o enakattaI had no choice but to do it
やらざる を えなかった。 よんかい め に、 とおった。yarazaru o enakatta. yonkai me ni, tōttaI had no choice but to do it. The fourth time, it went through.
いかない わけ に は、 いかない。ikanai wake ni wa, ikanaiI can't not go.
じゃ、 ねなさい。 ろくじ に、 でんわ する わ。ja, nenasai. rokuji ni, denwa suru waThen go to bed. I'll phone at six.