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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The circle

Thursday evening at the neighbourhood hall: Mr. Hoshino sits Ben on the cushion, gives him a fan and a hand towel, turns his head left and right for the voices, tells him the audience laughs only when he can be silent, and names him Maple after his cat.

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Lesson 2 · The circle

Japanese · 30 minutes

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Thursday evening at the neighbourhood hall in Asakusa, a cushion on a low stage. Mr. Hoshino is plain with everyone; Ben and Ms. Ogawa are polite with him.

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カナダじん だ ね。 ざぶとん に すわって。Kanada-jin da ne. zabuton ni suwatteYou're the Canadian. Sit on the cushion.
せんす と てぬぐい だけ。 せんす は、 はし に なる。sensu to tenugui dake. sensu wa, hashi ni naruFan and towel only. The fan becomes chopsticks.
こえ は？koe waAnd the voices?
としうえ は ひだり、 としした は みぎ。toshiue wa hidari, toshishita wa migiElder, left; younger, right.
さんびょう だまれて、sanbyō damareteonly when you can be silent three seconds
さんびょう だまれて、 はじめて わらう。sanbyō damarete, hajimete warauOnly when you can be silent three seconds do they laugh.
ござ です。 まだ、 だまれません。Goza desu. mada, damaremasenI'm Goza. I still can't be silent.
いぐさ だ。 きみ は、 メープル。Igusa da. kimi wa, MēpuruI'm Igusa. You're Maple.
わたし より、 ねこ が さき です ね。watashi yori, neko ga saki desu neThe cat comes before me, I see.