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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The graduation

The university hall in Tokyo on graduation day: Sota and Mio in hakama, Yui's parents up from Kyoto, a father who remembers the nursery gate and denies that he is crying, and a photo of all six with Hana.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The university hall in Tokyo, after the graduation ceremony, Sota and Mio in hakama. Yui and Sota are plain with their parents; Ben and Mio are polite with them.

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そうた、 はかま、 にあう ね。Sōta, hakama, niau neSota, the hakama suits you.
よねん、 あっというま だった。yonen, attoiuma dattaFour years went in a flash.
ないた もの だ。naita mono dayou used to cry: cried, thing, is
まいあさ、 ほいくえん で ないた もの だ。maiasa, hoikuen de naita mono daYou used to cry at nursery every morning.
みお の まえ で、 いわないで。Mio no mae de, iwanaideNot in front of Mio.
もう ききました。 にかい。mō kikimashita. nikaiI've heard it. Twice.
みお さん も、 おめでとう。Mio-san mo, omedetōMio, congratulations to you too.
しゃしん、 とりましょう。 ろくにん で。shashin, torimashō. rokunin deLet's take a photo. All six of us.
かふん の せい だ。kafun no sei daIt's the pollen.