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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The ring

At a jeweller's in Ginza, Kenta doesn't know Natsuki's size and Ben does the polite talking: size nine, his wife asked her; Kenta says never mind the price, quotes the television's three months' salary, the jeweller says these days the two of them decide, and Kenta chooses the plain ring because she doesn't like things that shine.

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THE STORY

A Saturday morning at a jeweller's in Ginza, Kenta sweating in his good shirt. The jeweller is respectful with them; Ben is polite with her and plain with Kenta.

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サイズ は、 ごぞんじ です か。saizu wa, gozonji desu kaDo you know the size?
きゅう ごう です。 つま が、 ききました。kyū gō desu. tsuma ga, kikimashitaSize nine. My wife asked her.
ごよさん は、 いかほど でしょう か。goyosan wa, ikahodo deshō kaAnd the budget, how much might that be?
ねだん は ともかく、 いちばん いい の を。nedan wa tomokaku, ichiban ii no oNever mind the price, the best one.
けんた。 だれ が いった？Kenta. dare ga ittaKenta. Who says?
テレビ だ よ。 きゅうりょう の さんかげつ ぶん。terebi da yo. kyūryō no sankagetsu bunThe television. Three months' salary.
いま は、 おふたり で おきめ に なります。ima wa, ofutari de okime ni narimasuThese days, the two of you decide.
あれ。 ひかる の は、 きらい な ので。are. hikaru no wa, kirai na nodeThat one. She doesn't like things that shine.