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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two things

The Hanaya's lounge: Mike has two things to tell his senior, he passed N2 and the second is due in May, Ben says congratulations and tells Aya to take care of herself and Mike to take care of Aya, Mike asks how a father says no in Japanese, Ben says he doesn't, he says we'll consider it and then does it, Aya says the keigo was her and that was Ben, and Ben says all of it came from an aunt in Osaka.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's lounge on a weekday evening, tea for three. Mike is polite with Ben and still calls him senior; Ben is plain with Mike and polite with Aya; Aya is polite with Ben.

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せんぱい、 ふたつ。 エヌ に、 ごうかく しました。senpai, futatsu. enu ni, gōkaku shimashitaSenior, two things. I passed N2.
マイク！ やっと！ で、 ふたつ め は？Maiku! yatto! de, futatsu-me waMike! Finally! And the second one?
ふたつ め は、 ごがつ に うまれます。futatsu-me wa, gogatsu ni umaremasuThe second one is due in May.
あや さん、 おからだ を、 たいせつ に。Aya-san, okarada o, taisetsu niAya, take care of yourself.
おとうさん は、 どう ことわります か？otōsan wa, dō kotowarimasu kaHow does a father say no?
ことわらない。 「けんとう します」 って いって、 やる。kotowaranai. kentō shimasu tte itte, yaruHe doesn't. He says we'll consider it, and does it.
けいご は、 わたし。 それ は、 ベン さん。keigo wa, watashi. sore wa, Ben-sanThe keigo was me. That was Ben.
ぜんぶ、 おおさか の おば から。zenbu, Ōsaka no oba karaAll of it, from an aunt in Osaka.