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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Kenta asks for help

Late on the river bank by the Hanaya, Kenta asks Ben how he proposed to Yui, says he wants to ask Natsuki and that it doesn't look like he'll manage to say it, and Ben answers with Mrs. Sato's proverb, that giving birth is easier than worrying about it, and with the news that everyone already knows.

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THE STORY

Late evening on the river bank by the Hanaya, the lights of the bridge on the water. Ben and Kenta are plain with each other.

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ゆい に、 どう プロポーズ した？Yui ni, dō puropōzu shitaHow did you propose to Yui?
はなや で。 せき、 きこえた よ。Hanaya de. seki, kikoeta yoAt the Hanaya. I heard the cough.
なつき に いいたい。 でも、 いえそう に ない。Natsuki ni iitai. demo, iesō ni naiI want to say it to Natsuki. But it doesn't look like I can.
こんど は、 ぼく の ばん だ。kondo wa, boku no ban daThis time it's my turn.
ことわられたら？kotowararetaraAnd if she turns me down?
さとう さん の ことわざ。 あんずる より、 うむ が やすし。Satō-san no kotowaza. anzuru yori, umu ga yasushiMrs. Sato's proverb: giving birth is easier than worrying.
ばあちゃん に、 いう な よ。bāchan ni, iu na yoDon't tell Grandma.
みんな しって た よ。 けんた が、 さいご だった。minna shitte ta yo. Kenta ga, saigo dattaEveryone knew. You were the last.