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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mrs. Sato's story

Late in the Hanaya's kitchen, with sake, Mrs. Sato tells how Kenta's grandfather came as a guest for one night, stayed that once and never went home, was told by her father to pay or work, and worked; Ben says he came for one night too, and she answers that he married Yui, not the inn, and that her story took fifty years to tell and his six months.

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THE STORY

Late at night in the Hanaya's kitchen, a bottle of sake on the table. Mrs. Sato is plain with Kenta and polite with Ben; Kenta is plain with her.

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おじいちゃん は、 きゃく だった の。 ひとばん だけ。ojīchan wa, kyaku datta no. hitoban dakeYour grandfather was a guest. One night only.
いちど とまった きり、 かえらなかった。ichido tomatta kiri, kaeranakattaHe stayed once and never went home.
ばあちゃん の おとうさん は？bāchan no otōsan waAnd your father?
「はらう か、 はたらく か」 って。 はたらいた の。harau ka, hataraku ka tte. hataraita noPay or work, he said. He worked.
だから、 おじいちゃん も さとう か。dakara, ojīchan mo Satō kaSo that's why Grandpa was a Sato.
わたし も、 ひとばん でした。watashi mo, hitoban deshitaI was one night too.
ゆい さん と でしょう。 りょかん と じゃ ない。Yui-san to deshō. ryokan to ja naiWith Yui. Not with the inn.
わたし は、 ごじゅう ねん。 ベン さん は、 はんとし。watashi wa, gojū nen. Ben-san wa, hantoshiMe, fifty years. Ben, six months.