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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mrs. Sato reads it first

In the Hanaya's kitchen in the morning, Mrs. Sato reads the draft and gives her opinion kindly: it might be better to make it shorter, by half, and it is a little too polite, while Kenta shouts from the corridor that the story about the rehearsal is not allowed.

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THE STORY

The Hanaya's kitchen in the morning, rice on the stove and the draft on the table. Mrs. Sato is polite with Ben and plain with Kenta; Ben is polite with her.

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みじかく した ほう が、 いい かも しれません。mijikaku shita hō ga, ii kamo shiremasenIt might be better to make it shorter.
どのくらい、 みじかく です か。dono kurai, mijikaku desu kaHow much shorter?
はんぶん。 それ に、 すこし ていねいすぎる かも。hanbun. sore ni, sukoshi teineisugiru kamoHalf. And it's a little too polite.
わらい は、 どこ に いれましょう か。warai wa, doko ni iremashō kaWhere should I put the laugh?
れんしゅう の はなし です よ。renshū no hanashi desu yoThe story about the rehearsal.
ばあちゃん！ それ は、 だめ！bāchan! sore wa, dameGrandma! Not that one!
けんた、 おふろ の そうじ、 して きなさい。Kenta, ofuro no sōji, shite kinasaiKenta, go and clean the baths.
じゃ、 まんなか に いれます。ja, mannaka ni iremasuI'll put it in the middle, then.