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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The traveller

An autumn evening in the street outside the Hanaya: a young traveller with a backpack asks Ben, slowly, where the Hanaya is, Ben asks respectfully if he is lost and says the Hanaya is this way, the traveller says his Japanese is only a little, Ben says so was his, seven years ago he got lost right here, and everyone starts like that, and Kenta opens the door to tonight's guest.

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THE STORY

The street outside the Hanaya on an autumn evening, the lantern lit, Kenta at the door. The traveller is polite and slow; Ben is polite with him and raises him once; Kenta is polite with a guest.

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すみません。 はなや は…… どこ です か？sumimasen. hanaya wa... doko desu kaExcuse me. The Hanaya... where is it?
おこまり です か？ はなや は、 こちら です。okomari desu ka? hanaya wa, kochira desuAre you lost? The Hanaya is this way.
ありがとう ございます。 にほんご は…… すこし。arigatō gozaimasu. nihongo wa... sukoshiThank you very much. My Japanese is... a little.
わたし も、 ななねん まえ、 ここ で まよいました。watashi mo, nananen mae, koko de mayoimashitaSo did I. Seven years ago, I got lost right here.
ほんとう です か？ ここ で？hontō desu ka? koko deReally? Here?
さいしょ は、 みんな そう です。saisho wa, minna sō desuEveryone starts like that.
いらっしゃいませ！ こんや の おきゃくさま です ね。irasshaimase! kon'ya no okyakusama desu neWelcome! You must be tonight's guest.
はい。 はじめまして。hai. hajimemashiteYes. Nice to meet you.