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🇯🇵 Japanese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 33 MINUTES

Twenty

Saturday the twenty-third of September, seven in the evening, the Hanaya's long table, a party for Sota's twentieth and Ben's exam. Sota turns twenty, and Ben pours him the beer he promised on New Year's Day. It is bitter. Then Kenta tells Ben that if he is going to say it, now is the time, and Ben stands up with his news for the whole table. Mike asks the one question nobody answers, Kenta tells the chopsticks story at last, Yui invites everyone to Kyoto, and Missus Sato says what the Hanaya is. On Sunday morning, Ben's last at the front desk, Kenta offers it to Natsuki. Learn to toast your big brother (oniisan, kanpai), to say everyone's like that at first (saisho wa, minna sou da yo), to tell a table you have news (minna, kiite. hanashi ga aru n da), to invite friends with if you come (Kyouto ni kitara, uchi ni tomatte ne), and to say come back any time (itsu demo, kaette kite kudasai). The end of Intermediate Level 3.

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THE STORY

Saturday, the twenty-third of September, twenty twenty-eight. Seven in the evening, the Hanaya, the long table in the dining room, the guests gone up to their rooms. Missus Sato has cooked since noon, Daichi has brought a box of beer, Mike and Aya a cake, and Sota, twenty since this morning, has an empty glass in front of him. Ben has a bottle in his hand and a promise from New Year's Day to keep. After the beer, his news, for everyone at the table. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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おにいさん、 かんぱい！onīsan, kanpaiBig brother, cheers!
なれるnareruget used to it
さいしょ は、 みんな そう だ よ。saisho wa, minna sō da yoEveryone's like that at first.
いう ならiu naraif you're going to say it
いう なら、 いま だ よ。iu nara, ima da yoIf you're going to say it, now's the time.
みんな、 きいて。 はなし が ある ん だ。minna, kiite. hanashi ga aru n daEveryone, listen. I've got something to tell you.
らいしゅう の どようび、 きょうと に ひっこす の。raishū no doyōbi, Kyōto ni hikkosu noNext Saturday, we're moving to Kyoto.
ひとり じゃ ない よ。 はなや が ある。hitori ja nai yo. Hanaya ga aruYou're not alone. You've got the Hanaya.
きょうと に きたらKyōto ni kitarawhen you come to Kyoto
とまって ねtomatte nestay the night, the soft request

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