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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The master's visit

Mr. Hoshino's own teacher visits the circle and hears Ben's scene from Scared of Buns: the old man is good, the young one is Canadian, and since there is no way to hide an accent, Ben is told to use it, to change one line and never the punchline, and that every show happens once.

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THE STORY

Thursday evening at the neighbourhood hall, with the master on a chair at the back and Mr. Hoshino beside him. The master is plain and blunt with everyone; Ben and Ms. Ogawa are polite with him.

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きみ の カナダ じん か。 まんじゅう、 やって みろ。kimi no Kanada-jin ka. manjū, yatte miroIs this your Canadian? Do the buns.
おれ は…… まんじゅう が こわい。ore wa... manjū ga kowaiMe... buns scare me.
としより は いい。 わかい の は カナダ じん だ。toshiyori wa ii. wakai no wa Kanada-jin daThe old man's good. The young one's Canadian.
かくしよう が ありません。kakushiyō ga arimasenthere's no way to hide it
なまり は、 かくしよう が ありません。namari wa, kakushiyō ga arimasenThere's no way to hide the accent.
なら、 かくす な。 カナダ じん に しろ。nara, kakusu na. Kanada-jin ni shiroThen don't hide it. Make him Canadian.
えど に、 カナダ じん です か。Edo ni, Kanada-jin desu kaA Canadian in old Edo?
ひとつ かえたら、 きみ の もの だ。 おち は、 かえる な。hitotsu kaetara, kimi no mono da. ochi wa, kaeru naChange one line and it's yours. Never the punchline.
いちご いちえ。 きゃく は、 えらべない。ichigo ichie. kyaku wa, erabenaiOne time, one meeting. You don't choose the audience.