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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The postcard

At the flat's letterbox, Yui hands Ben a postcard from immigration: permanent residence, granted, collect the card within two months, so he no longer has to renew and can stay for good, and Kenta, his guarantor, rings to ask whether he guaranteed the right man.

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THE STORY

The flat's letterbox on a weekday evening, Hana pulling at the postcard, Kenta on the phone. Ben, Yui and Kenta are plain with each other.

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にゅうかん から、 はがき。 あけて。nyūkan kara, hagaki. aketeA postcard from immigration. Open it.
えいじゅう、 きょか です。eijū, kyoka desuPermanent residence: granted.
こうしん しなくて も、 よく なった ね。kōshin shinakute mo, yoku natta neSo you no longer have to renew.
ほしょうにん も、 いらない。 ずっと、 いられる。hoshōnin mo, iranai. zutto, irareruNo guarantor. I can stay for good.
ほしょうにん だ けど、 ただしい ひと？hoshōnin da kedo, tadashii hitoGuarantor here. The right man?
けんた、 ほんとう に、 ありがとう。Kenta, hontō ni, arigatōKenta, really, thank you.
じゃ、 スピーチ は、 にばい で いい。ja, supīchi wa, nibai de iiThen the speech can be twice as long.
だめ。 さとう さん が、 はんぶん って。dame. Satō-san ga, hanbun tteNo. Mrs. Sato said half.