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PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The words you must not say

At the Hanaya's front desk, Ben asks Natsuki about the speech: a speech has three parts, the opening, the story and the wish, and there are words a wedding forbids, cut, part, go back and end, each with a word that stands in for it.

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Lesson 2 · The words you must not say

Japanese · 30 minutes

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The Hanaya's front desk on a quiet afternoon, the lobby empty. Ben and Natsuki are polite with each other.

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スピーチ の こと、 きいて も いい です か。supīchi no koto, kiite mo ii desu kaMay I ask about the speech?
スピーチ は、 はじめ、 はなし、 ねがい の みっつ です。supīchi wa, hajime, hanashi, negai no mittsu desuA speech is three: the opening, the story, the wish.
もんだい は、 はなし です。mondai wa, hanashi desuThe story is the problem.
けっこんしき で、 つかわない ことば が あります。kekkonshiki de, tsukawanai kotoba ga arimasuThere are words you don't use at a wedding.
たとえば？tatoebaSuch as?
「きる」 「わかれる」 「かえる」 「おわる」 です。kiru, wakareru, kaeru, owaru desuCut, part, go back, end.
ケーキ は？ 「きる」 は、 だめ です か。kēki wa? kiru wa, dame desu kaThe cake? Is cut out?
「きる」 の かわり に、 「ナイフ を いれる」 と いいます。kiru no kawari ni, naifu o ireru to iimasuInstead of cut, you say put the knife in.