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Intermediate Lesson
Ramen for Two

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Lesson Code: 144_I14_051906

Kanji Transcript

Kana Transcript

Translation

Vocabulary

Grammar Points

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Translation

Old couple Welcome.

Old woman How many? Oh my! Ryuta, its been so long. How are you?
Ryuta 7KDQNVWR\RX,PQH,PVRUU\,KDYHQWEHHQLQFRQWDFWIRUDZKLOH+RZDUH
you?
Old woman Im feeling like a million bucks. Is this your friend?
Ryuta Thats right!
Satoko Nice to meet you. Please be kind to me.
Old woman Same here. Oh, this way.
Satoko ,WZDVQWDOLH,WVOWK\$K$FRFNURDFK
Ryuta Okay okay, its okay! Cockroaches is a sign that the food is delicious. Dont worry
about it.
Old woman What can I get you.
Ryuta and Satoko Miso ramen please.
Old woman The two of you go together well. Darling, two miso ramens.
Old man Ohyaay!
Satoko Wow, what an amazing old woman.
Ryuta Right? When I come here, I remember home.
Satoko Where is your hometown?
Ryuta Im from the countryside in Hokkaido.
Satoko 5HDOO\",PDOVRIURP+RNNDLGR%XW,KDWHWKHFRXQWU\VLGHDQG,ZDQWHGWROHDYHDW
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Ryuta Im the opposite. I hate it here, but to earn money and then go back home, I came here.
Do you go home sometimes?
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Ryuta By the way, where in Hokkaido?
Satoko Wakkanai.
Ryuta Really? Wakkanai? Im also from Wakkanai!
Satoko $UH\RXUHDOO\IURP:DNNDQDL":HDUHIURPWKHVDPHSODFH
Ryuta Yeah.
Old woman Its a small world, isnt it? You two go surprisingly well together. Hubby, I want to go
back to the old days.

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Vocabulary -
Kanji

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gobusata

Kana

gokiburi
oishii to iu shirushi
ki ga au
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jimoto
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gyaku
dekasegi

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Wakkanai
seken
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oniai
shirushi
mejirushi
kasegu

English
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seen someone for a long time. Lit.:
no affair
cockroach
mark of being delicious
get along, being compatible
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home area, local
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opposite
set out to earn money (with the inWHQWLRQRIEULQJLQJLWEDFNKRPH
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world
surprisingly
go well together, suit someone
sign, mark, symbol
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to earn money

Grammar Points
Todays grammar point is the -tari form. The -tari form is used to list an incomplete set of actions or states.
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Add ri

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$IWHUDVHULHVRIRQHRUPRUHDFWLRQVRUVWDWHVXVLQJWKH-tari form, suru is added to complete the sentence:

Yesterday, I did things like swim and play, and after that I ate and drank.
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Notes
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in general.
It is easy to think of this as meaning landmark, but this is not necessarily true. If you were to
meet someone, that person could tell you that , meaning that the sign to
recoginze that person would be his or her red hat.

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