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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Permanent residency

At the immigration office in Shinagawa, Ben applies for permanent residency with Kenta as his guarantor, and the officer tells him the result will be posted as soon as the examination is complete, and that he can't say when; at the Hanaya, Kenta asks whether he pays if Ben runs off, and Mrs. Sato says good news comes to those who wait asleep.

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THE STORY

A counter at the immigration office in Shinagawa, then the Hanaya's kitchen. Ben is humble with the officer, the officer polite; Ben and Kenta are plain with each other, and Mrs. Sato is polite with Ben.

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えいじゅう の しんせい に、eijū no shinsei nifor the permanent-residency application
えいじゅう の しんせい に、 まいりました。eijū no shinsei ni, mairimashitaI've come to apply for permanent residency.
ほしょうにん の しょるい は？hoshōnin no shorui waThe guarantor's documents?
りょかん の ゆうじん です。ryokan no yūjin desuA friend at an inn.
おわり しだい、 ゆうそう します。owari shidai, yūsō shimasuAs soon as it's complete, we post it.
いつ ごろ か、 わかりません か？itsu goro ka, wakarimasen kaCan't you say roughly when?
おこたえ しかねます。okotae shikanemasuI'm afraid we can't say.
にげたら、 ぼく が はらう の？nigetara, boku ga harau noIf you run off, do I pay?
かほう は、 ねて まて。kahō wa, nete mateGood news comes to those who wait asleep.