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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Emma's call

Sunday morning on a screen from Toronto: Emma asks for their parents whether Ben is never coming back now that he has the card, Ben says it is not that he won't come back, it is that this is home, Emma will tell them and they will cry a little, Ben says they all come at New Year, Yui reminds Emma that her father promised Yui's father a fish, and Emma says a frozen lake at five, and that his Japanese is better than her English now.

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THE STORY

The kitchen table in Asakusa on a Sunday morning, Emma on a laptop screen from Toronto with Ben's parents behind her. Emma speaks slow, polite Japanese; Ben is plain with her; Yui is polite with the screen.

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もう、 かえらない ん です か？mō, kaeranai n desu kaAre you never coming back?
かえらない わけ じゃ ない。 ここ が、 いえ な ん だ。kaeranai wake ja nai. koko ga, ie na n daIt's not that I won't come back. It's that this is home.
つたえます。 すこし、 なきます ね。tsutaemasu. sukoshi, nakimasu neI'll tell them. They'll cry a little.
おしょうがつ に、 みんな で いく って。oshōgatsu ni, minna de iku tteTell them we all come at New Year.
おとうさん は、 ちち に、 さかな を やくそく。otōsan wa, chichi ni, sakana o yakusokuYour father promised my father a fish.
こおった みずうみ に、 ごじ に。kōtta mizuumi ni, goji niA frozen lake, at five.
ふたり の ちち に わかる の は、 つり だけ。futari no chichi ni wakaru no wa, tsuri dakeBoth fathers understand one thing: fishing.
わたし の えいご より、 いい です ね。watashi no eigo yori, ii desu neBetter than my English.