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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Thinking of something

Saturday at the Hanaya's desk: Sota has his first winter bonus and is thinking of proposing to Mio next year, Mio can hear every word, Sota asks his brother-in-law how he did it and how Kenta did, Ben says on a bridge in Kyoto, and Kenta practised on him first, Mio says that's the tradition, and Sota decides not to.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's front desk on a Saturday afternoon, Sota on the guests' side of it, Mio beside him. Sota and Ben are plain with each other; Mio is polite with both.

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ベン、 はじめて の ふゆ の ボーナス が でた。Ben, hajimete no fuyu no bōnasu ga detaBen, my first winter bonus came out.
おめでとう。 で？omedetō. deCongratulations. And?
らいねん、 プロポーズ しよう か と、 おもってる。rainen, puropōzu shiyō ka to, omotteruNext year, I'm thinking of proposing.
きこえて います よ、 そうた。kikoete imasu yo, SōtaI can hear you, Sota.
で、 ベン は どう やった の？ けんた は？de, Ben wa dō yatta no? Kenta waSo how did you do it? And Kenta?
きょうと の はし の うえ で。 けんた は、 まず ぼく に。Kyōto no hashi no ue de. Kenta wa, mazu boku niOn a bridge in Kyoto. Kenta did it to me first.
ベン さん で、 れんしゅう して ください。 でんとう です。Ben-san de, renshū shite kudasai. dentō desuThen practise on Ben. It's the tradition.
ベン、 ぼく と…… いや。 やめた。Ben, boku to... iya. yametaBen, will you... No. Forget it.