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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Washing up at eighty

The Hanaya's kitchen, late, after the party: Mrs. Sato tells Ben to leave the plates, then to dry them, because he is family; Ben says she told him seven years ago to come back any time, and he came; she remembers the days when he said thank you to the rice, he says it feels like yesterday, she says his Japanese has become warm, and asks if he will stay, not this year, for good.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's kitchen, late on the night of the party, with the plates stacked and the guests gone. Mrs. Sato and Ben are polite with each other, as they have always been.

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いえ、 ふいて。 かぞく です から。ie, fuite. kazoku desu karaNo: dry them. You're family.
「いつ でも、 かえって きて」。 かえって きました。'itsu demo, kaette kite'. kaette kimashitaCome back any time, you said. I came back.
あの ころ、 ごはん に 「ありがとう」 って。ano koro, gohan ni 'arigatō' tteIn those days, you said thank you to the rice.
きのう の こと の よう です。kinō no koto no yō desuIt feels like yesterday.
にほんご が、 あたたかく なりました ね。nihongo ga, atatakaku narimashita neYour Japanese has become warm.
けいご は、 ここ で ならいました。keigo wa, koko de naraimashitaKeigo, I learned here.
ずっと、 いて くれます か？zutto, ite kuremasu kaWill you stay, for good?
ずっと です。 カード は、 らいげつ きます。zutto desu. kādo wa, raigetsu kimasuFor good. The card comes next month.