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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Looking back

The river at Asakusa on an evening walk, Hana asleep in the pushchair: Yui asks what Ben could say on this river seven years ago, hello, thank you and I'm Ben, and now he gives speeches, which he never thought he would do in Japanese; she asks what he would tell the man with the backpack, go in, say your name, thank the rice, and from now on, they live here, and that's all, and that's everything.

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THE STORY

The river at Asakusa on a November evening, the pushchair between them, the Hanaya's lantern five minutes behind. Ben and Yui are plain with each other.

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この かわ で、 なに が いえた？kono kawa de, nani ga ietaOn this river, what could you say?
こんにちは と、 ありがとう と、 「ベン です」。konnichiwa to, arigatō to, Ben desuHello, thank you, and I'm Ben.
いま は、 スピーチ を する ね。ima wa, supīchi o suru neAnd now you give speeches.
にほんご で スピーチ を する と は、 おもわなかった。nihongo de supīchi o suru to wa, omowanakattaI never thought I'd give a speech in Japanese.
リュック の あの ひと に、 なん て いう？ryukku no ano hito ni, nan te iuWhat would you tell him, the one with the backpack?
はいって、 なまえ を いって、 ごはん に ありがとう。haitte, namae o itte, gohan ni arigatōGo in, say your name, and thank the rice.
で、 これから は？de, kore kara waAnd from now on?
これから は、 ここ で くらす。 それ だけ で、 ぜんぶ。kore kara wa, koko de kurasu. sore dake de, zenbuFrom now on, we live here. That's all, and that's everything.