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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Eighty, in whispers

The Hanaya's kitchen door, in whispers: Kenta says Grandma turns eighty on Saturday and wants no party, Natsuki says eighty is the umbrella age and its colour is gold, Yui says they will do it so that she doesn't notice, at three during her nap, Kenta lists everyone to call, Natsuki says quietly, she hears everything from the kitchen, and Mrs. Sato says from the kitchen that she hears everything.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's kitchen door, with Mrs. Sato on the other side of it. Kenta, Yui and Ben are plain with each other; Natsuki is polite; Mrs. Sato is polite from the kitchen.

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どようび、 ばあちゃん は はちじゅっさい に なる。doyōbi, bāchan wa hachijussai ni naruOn Saturday, Grandma turns eighty.
さんじゅ は、 かさ の とし。 いろ は、 きんいろ。sanju wa, kasa no toshi. iro wa, kin'iroEighty is the umbrella age. Its colour is gold.
きづかれない よう に。 さんじ、 ひるね の とき に。kizukarenai yō ni. sanji, hirune no toki niSo that she doesn't notice. At three, during her nap.
だれ を よぶ？dare o yobuWho do we call?
みんな。 もり さん、 たなか さん、 りく、 だいち。minna. Mori-san, Tanaka-san, Riku, DaichiEveryone. Mr. Mori, Mrs. Tanaka, Riku, Daichi.
しずか に。 だいどころ から、 きこえます。shizuka ni. daidokoro kara, kikoemasuQuietly. She can hear from the kitchen.
ぜんぶ、 きこえて います よ。zenbu, kikoete imasu yoI hear everything.
あさごはん の はなし だ よ。asagohan no hanashi da yoIt's about the breakfast.