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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The pause

At the hall, Mr. Hoshino gives Ben the four words a story walks on, now then, whereupon, however, and so, with a breath before each, and the rule for the punchline: say it, bow, don't move; at the Hanaya's bar, Kenta times Ben's three seconds of silence and calls it the quietest he has ever been.

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THE STORY

The neighbourhood hall on a Thursday evening, then the Hanaya's small bar. Ben is polite with Mr. Hoshino, plain as the teller and with Kenta.

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よっつ の ことば で あるく。yottsu no kotoba de arukuwalks on four words
はなし は、 よっつ の ことば で あるく。hanashi wa, yottsu no kotoba de arukuA story walks on four words.
ところが、 そこで。tokoroga, sokodehowever, and so
さて、 すると、 ところが、 そこで。sate, suruto, tokoroga, sokodeNow then, whereupon, however, and so.
すると、 おとこ は、 また くる。suruto, otoko wa, mata kuruWhereupon, the man comes back.
「すると」 の まえ に、 いき を すう。'suruto' no mae ni, iki o suuBefore 'whereupon', breathe.
「そこで」 から、 はやく。'sokode' kara, hayakuFrom 'and so', faster.
おち の まえ は？ochi no mae waAnd before the punchline?
いって、 おじぎ。 うごく な。itte, ojigi. ugoku naSay it, bow. Don't move.
いちばん しずか だ ね。ichiban shizuka da nethe quietest: the most quiet, with the soft tag

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