2021-Feb-22 Level 3 結構小さな店だね。

Lesson Dialogues

We are going to use a new list of words from this lesson. Therefore, you might see words that you didn’t see in the previous lessons for the same level.

Situation 1

Kenta and Hayato are walking around, looking for a restaurant to eat lunch at.

ケンタ：お！あの店(みせ)、やってるじゃん。行(い)ってみない？

Kenta: Oh! That restaurant's open, isn't it? Shall we go to that one?

ハヤト：うん、いいけど、何(なん)の店(みせ)？

Hayato: Yeah, I'm okay with that, but what kind of restaurant is it?

ケンタ：魚(さかな)の店(みせ)。最近(さいきん)できたんだよ。まあ、実(じつ)はまだ行(い)ったことはないけど。

Kenta: It's a fish restaurant. It opened recently. Well, I actually haven't been there yet.

• 魚(さかな) fish
• 実(じつ)は actually; in fact
• ～こと[が]ある to have experience of… (after the past tense); there are times when…, sometimes (after the present tense) e.g. そこに行(い)ったことがある = I have been there; そこに行(い)くことがある = I sometimes go there

ハヤト：あ、そうなんだ。まあ、魚(さかな)は好(す)きだからいいよ。

Hayato: Oh, I see. Well, I like fish, so I'm okay (with that restaurant).

ケンタ：どんな感(かん)じの店(みせ)か、ちょっと中(なか)を見(み)てみるか。

Kenta: Shall we take a look inside to see what kind of restaurant it is?

ハヤト：そうだね。そうしよう。

Hayato: Right. Let's do that.

ケンタ：あの店(みせ)、いつ見(み)てもやってないんだよなあ。

Kenta: That restaurant is never open no matter when I see it.

ハヤト：え？どういうこと？

Hayato: Huh? What do you mean?

ケンタ：おれ、この道(みち)よく通(とお)るんだよ。けど、全然(ぜんぜん)やってないんだよ。

Kenta: I go down this street a lot. But it's never open.

• 通(とお)る to pass; to go along

ハヤト：ふーん、そうなんだ。おれ、この道(みち)通(とお)ったことないから、全然(ぜんぜん)知(し)らないわ。

Hayato: Oh, I see. I've never gone down this street before, so I don't know it at all.

• ～わ can be feminine with a rising pitch and non-feminine with a falling pitch; 食(た)べるわ。(where わ is said with a rising pitch) sounds feminine. You hear this more often in fiction and real-life Japanese women don't use it as often as fictional characters. On the other hand, non-feminine わ is common in real-life, especially with young people.

ケンタ：まあそうだよね。

Kenta: That's understandable.

ハヤト：おー、結構(けっこう)小(ちい)さな店(みせ)だね。え、ちょっと待(ま)って。あんまり客(きゃく)入(はい)ってないわ。

Hayato: Oh, it's quite a small restaurant. Uh, wait a minute. There aren't many people dining here.

• 小(ちい)さな small; little; tiny
• 客(きゃく) guest, visitor; customer; お客様(きゃくさま) polite way of referring to a customer

ケンタ：ほんとだ…。全然(ぜんぜん)客(きゃく)いないね。おいしくないのかな。

Kenta: You're right... There are no customers at all. Maybe their food is not good.

ハヤト：うーん…。小(ちい)さな店(みせ)でも、実(じつ)はおいしいかもしれないしなあ。どうしよう。

Hayato: Hmm... Even if it's a small restaurant, it might actually have great food. What should we do?

Situation 2

Kawaguchi-san and Yamamoto-san are talking at the office.

川口(かわぐち)：山本(やまもと)さん。昨日(きのう)、会社(かいしゃ)の近(ちか)く歩(ある)いてました？

Kawaguchi: Yamamoto-san. Were you walking near the company yesterday?

山本(やまもと)：ううん。だって昨日(きのう)、休(やす)みだったじゃん。

Yamamoto: No. After all, I had a day off yesterday.

川口(かわぐち)：そうですか。良(よ)かったー。

Kawaguchi: Is that so? That's good to hear.

山本(やまもと)：え！？なにが？？

Yamamoto: Huh!? Why??

川口(かわぐち)：昨日(きのう)僕(ぼく)、妻(つま)とたまたま会社(かいしゃ)の近(ちか)くまで来(き)たんですよ。そしたら、山本(やまもと)さんと似(に)た人(ひと)を見(み)たんです。

Kawaguchi: Yesterday, I just happened to come to the vicinity of the company with my wife. That's when I saw someone who looked like you, Yamamoto-san.

• 妻(つま) wife
• たまたま accidentally; by chance
• 似(に)る to look like; to resemble

山本(やまもと)：へー、そうなんだー。

Yamamoto: Oh, I see.

川口(かわぐち)：しかも、めっちゃ若(わか)い女性(じょせい)と一緒(いっしょ)だったんで…。見(み)たらだめなものを、見(み)た気(き)がしました。

Kawaguchi: What's more, he was with a really young woman... I felt as if I'd seen something I shouldn't have seen.

• 女性(じょせい) woman; female
• だめ useless, hopeless, impossible: テストだめだった。I failed at the test; indicates something is forbidden: そこ入(はい)っちゃだめ！You are not allowed to enter there.

山本(やまもと)：いやいや、それは俺(おれ)じゃないよ。昨日(きのう)は、俺(おれ)も妻(つま)と出(で)かけてたし。

Yamamoto: No, that wasn't me. I was also out with my wife yesterday.

• 出(で)かける to go out; to leave

川口(かわぐち)：そうですよね。あー。びっくりしました。

Kawaguchi: Right. Gosh. I was so surprised.

• びっくり surprise; びっくりする to get surprised, to get amazed

山本(やまもと)：そんなこと言(い)われて、俺(おれ)の方(ほう)がびっくりだよ！

Yamamoto: I'm more surprised than you after hearing what you said!

• 言いわれて passive te-form of 言いう (言いう -> 言いわれる -> 言いわれて)

川口(かわぐち)：すみません。

Kawaguchi: Sorry.

山本(やまもと)：まあ、できるなら、若(わか)い女性(じょせい)と出(で)かけたいけどさ。

Yamamoto: Well, if possible, I would like to go out with a young woman.

川口(かわぐち)：いやいや、だめでしょ！けど、あの人(ひと)、ほんと山本(やまもと)さんに似(に)てたなあ…。

Kawaguchi: Come on, you can't do that! But that person really looked like you...

• ～でしょ、でしょう reminding something (you think is) obvious: 私わたし、お金かねないでしょ？I don't have money, right?; 見みて、この T シャツかわいいでしょ。Look, this T-shirt is cute, isn’t it?; making a guess: 明日あしたは晴はれるでしょう。It is likely to be sunny tomorrow.

山本(やまもと)：自分(じぶん)と似(に)た人(ひと)が、世界(せかい)に３人(にん)いるって言(い)うしね。その一人(ひとり)を、たまたま見(み)たんじゃない？

Yamamoto: They do say that there are three people in the world who look just like you. Maybe you just happened to see one of those people.

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