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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Best man

At the Hanaya's bar, Kenta asks Ben to be his best man and give the speech; Ben answers with the office's polite no, Kenta names the trick, forbids the story of the suitcase in the bath, and Ben promises the speech and not the story, while Mrs. Sato says a speech is a story that ends with a bow and Yui says it starts tomorrow.

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THE STORY

A summer evening at the Hanaya's bar, Natsuki's ring on the counter where everyone can see it. Kenta, Ben and Yui are plain with each other; Mrs. Sato is polite with Ben.

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ベン、 スピーチ も、 おねがい。Ben, supīchi mo, onegaiBen, and the speech, please.
けんとう いたします。kentō itashimasuWe'll consider it.
それ は、 ことわる とき の ことば だ！sore wa, kotowaru toki no kotoba daThat's the word for no!
スーツケース の はなし は、 する な よ。sūtsukēsu no hanashi wa, suru na yoAnd don't tell the suitcase story.
それ は、 やくそく できない。sore wa, yakusoku dekinaiThat, I can't promise.
スピーチ は、 おじぎ で おわる はなし。supīchi wa, ojigi de owaru hanashiA speech is a story that ends with a bow.
スピーチ は、 やくそく する。 はなし は、 けんとう する。supīchi wa, yakusoku suru. hanashi wa, kentō suruThe speech, I promise. The story, I'll consider.
スピーチ は、 あした から。supīchi wa, ashita karaThe speech starts tomorrow.