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🇯🇵 Japanese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Where the laugh goes

In the rakugo circle's room after practice, the teacher makes Ben read only the story part of the speech, the proposal Kenta practised on him, and shows him where the pause goes and how the turn works: just when they think it's a joke, make it kind.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The rakugo circle's tatami room after practice, two cushions and a cold pot of tea. The teacher is plain with Ben; Ben is polite with him, and polite in the speech.

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はなし だけ、 よんで みて。hanashi dake, yonde miteRead me the story. Only that.
「プロポーズ の れんしゅう を、 たのまれました。」puropōzu no renshū o, tanomaremashitaI was asked to help practise the proposal.
そこ で、 ま。 それ から、 まつ。soko de, ma. sore kara, matsuThere, a pause. Then wait.
「ベン、 けっこん して ください、 と。」Ben, kekkon shite kudasai, toBen, please marry me, he said.
「わたし は、 ことわりました。」watashi wa, kotowarimashitaI said no.
じょうだん か と おもったら、 やさしく。jōdan ka to omottara, yasashikuJust when they think it's a joke, be kind.
らくご です か、 けっこんしき です か。rakugo desu ka, kekkonshiki desu kaRakugo or a wedding?
おなじ だ。 ひとり と、 ざぶとん と、 ほんとう。onaji da. hitori to, zabuton to, hontōSame thing. One man, a cushion, and the truth.