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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Thirty-five

Ben's birthday in June at the Hanaya: a cake, Yui's was it thirty-four again, Kenta's unfinished sentence about being thirty-five, Sota's question about what he is waiting for, Mrs. Sato's proverb that good deeds should hurry, and the lord's saury line asked for at the table.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's dining room in Asakusa on a June evening, a cake on the table. Yui, Ben, Kenta and Sota are plain with each other; Mrs. Sato is plain with Kenta; Natsuki is polite.

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きょう で さんじゅうご。 あれ、 さんじゅうよん だっけ？kyō de sanjūgo. are, sanjūyon dakke?Thirty-five today. Or was it thirty-four, again?
さんじゅうご。 きょねん も、 おなじ こと きいた。sanjūgo. kyonen mo, onaji koto kiitaThirty-five. You asked the same thing last year.
ぼく が さんじゅうご の とき は……boku ga sanjūgo no toki wa...When I'm thirty-five...
けんた は、 さんじゅう。 なに を まって る の？Kenta wa, sanjū. nani o matte ru no?Kenta, you're thirty. What are you waiting for?
ぜん は、 いそげ。zen wa, isogeGood deeds, hurry.
なに を、 いそぐ ん です か？nani o, isogu n desu ka?Hurry with what?
なんでも ない！ ベン、 さんま、 やって。nandemo nai! Ben, sanma, yatteNothing! Ben, do the saury.
さんま は、 めぐろ に かぎる。sanma wa, Meguro ni kagiruSaury is best from Meguro.