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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The letter and the thanks

The end of the reception: Natsuki reads her letter to her parents, plainly, thank you for raising me all these years, and says the one year in Tokyo became five; her mother tells her to come home at New Year and bring him; Kenta thanks his grandmother for raising him and the inn and tells her to rest, and Mrs. Sato says she will rest at a hundred.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's big room, the end of the reception, with Natsuki at the microphone and Mrs. Sato at the family table. Natsuki is plain in her letter; her mother is plain with her; Kenta and Mrs. Sato are plain with each other.

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いままで そだてて くれて、 ありがとう。ima made sodatete kurete, arigatōThank you for raising me, all these years.
いちねん の つもり が、 もう ごねん。ichinen no tsumori ga, mō gonenOne year, I meant. It has been five.
おしょうがつ に、 かえって きて ね。oshōgatsu ni, kaette kite neCome home at New Year.
ぼく も、 りょかん も、 ばあちゃん が そだてた。boku mo, ryokan mo, bāchan ga sodatetaGrandma, you raised me, and you raised this inn.
うけつけ は ふたり。 ゆっくり やすんで。uketsuke wa futari. yukkuri yasundeTwo of us at the desk now. Please rest.
やすむ？ あさごはん は、 だれ が つくる の？yasumu? asagohan wa, dare ga tsukuru noRest? Who makes the breakfast?
ばあちゃん だ よ。 ひゃくさい まで。bāchan da yo. hyakusai madeYou do. Until you're a hundred.
じゃあ、 ひゃくさい で やすむ わ。jā, hyakusai de yasumu waThen I'll rest at a hundred.