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Situation 1
Kenta is asking her mother for something.
ケンタ：お母さん、お願い！お金ちょうだい。
Kenta: Mother, please! Give me some money.
- [お]母さん mother; mom
- お願い request, favor: お願い！ please!; お願いする to ask a favor
- ちょうだい used to ask for something or ask someone to do something; similar to ください but ちょうだい is less polite (non-keigo): お金ちょうだい。(To your parents) Can you give me some money?
お母さん：どうして？なんか買わなきゃいけない物でもあるの？
Mother: Why? Is there something you have to buy?
- どうして why
ケンタ：ちょっと、ほしい物があるの。だめ？
Kenta: Um, there's something I want. Is that okay?
- だめ useless, hopeless, impossible: テストだめだった。I failed at the test; indicates something is forbidden: そこ入っちゃだめ！You are not allowed to enter there.
お母さん：何がほしいの？
Mother: What do you want?
ケンタ：本。学校で必要なんだよ。
Kenta: A book. I need it for school.
お母さん：ふーん。何の本か教えてくれれば、お母さんが買ってきてあげる。
Mother: Hmm. If you tell me what book it is, I'll go buy it for you.
- ～ば if: 行けば分かる。You'll understand if you go; why don't you?: だったら行けば。Then, why don't you go.
ケンタ：自分で買いにいくから大丈夫。ちょっとでもいいから、ちょうだい。
Kenta: I'll go buy it myself, so it's okay. Give me some money, even if it's just a little.
- 大丈夫 safe; all right
お母さん：ケンタ。ほんとに、本を買うの？ほんとのこと言って。
Mother: Kenta, are you really buying a book? Tell me the truth.
ケンタ：え、うん。ごめんなさい。本なんか買わない。
Kenta: Uh, okay. Sorry. I'm not buying a book.
お母さん：やっぱり。じゃあ、どうしてお金がほしいの？
Mother: I knew it. Then, why do you want money?
ケンタ：帰る時、みんな何か買って食べてるんだ。僕だけお金なくて、買えなくて。
Kenta: Everyone has been buying something to eat on their way home. I'm the only one with no money so I can't buy anything.
お母さん：え、そうなの？
Mother: Oh, really?
ケンタ：うん。いつも、ちょっともらってるんだけどさ。もらってばっかりだから、僕も自分で買いたくて。だめかな？
Kenta: Yeah, even though they always give me a little. But because I'm always getting food from them, I also want to buy something on my own. Is that okay?
- もらう to get; to be given; to have; to receive
お母さん：わかった。じゃあ、今回はあげる。５００円で大丈夫？
Mother: Okay. Well, I'll give you money this time. Is 500 yen okay?
ケンタ：うん！やったー、ありがとう。
Kenta: Yes! Yay, thank you.
お母さん：ほんとのことを言って、普通にお願いすればいいのに。わかった？
Mother: You should just tell me the truth and ask me normally. Got it?
ケンタ：はーい。
Kenta: Yes.
Situation 2
Harue and Yukiko are talking at a gym.
ハルエ：こんにちは。しばらく顔を見なかったけど。どうしたの？
Harue: Hello. I haven't seen you around in a while. What happened?
- しばらく for a while; for a minute; for a long time
ユキコ：こんにちは。ここしばらく、なんか頭が痛くて。あんまり動くのは、やめてたんですよ。
Yukiko: Hello. I've been having headaches for a while now, so I've tried to stop moving around so much.
- 痛い painful; sore
- 動く to move; to work (machine)
ハルエ：そうだったんだー。それは大変だったね。何が原因だったの？
Harue: I see. I'm sorry to hear that. What's causing your headaches?
- 原因 cause
ユキコ：それが、原因がわからないんですよ。一応、病院には行ったんですけど。
Yukiko: I don't know what's causing them, even though I had gone to the hospital just in case.
ハルエ：えー。ちゃんと調べてもらったの？
Harue: Hmm. Did they check you thoroughly?
- ちゃんと properly; regularly; diligently
- 調べる to investigate; to look up; to examine; to check
ユキコ：いえ。けど、もう良くなりましたよ。今日からまた動こうと思って。
Yukiko: No, but I'm feeling better now. I thought I'd start to move around again today.
ハルエ：そっかー。良くなったなら、いいんだけど。けど、ちゃんと調べてもらった方がいいよ。
Harue: I see. It's fine if you're feeling better. But it's better if you get it checked thoroughly.
- ～方がいい it's better to: 歩いたほうがいい。It's better to walk; I prefer: ラーメンのほうがいい。I prefer ramen
ユキコ：そうですかね？まあ、私、頭はよく痛くなるんですよ。
Yukiko: Do I need to? Well, I often get headaches actually.
ハルエ：そうなの！？それなら絶対、ちゃんとみてもらった方がいいよ。大事な体なんだからさ。
Harue: Really?! If that's the case, you should definitely have them looked into, since your health is very important.
ユキコ：うーん。まあ、そうですよね。けど、仕事もありますし。なかなか病院にも行けないんですよ。
Yukiko: Hmm. Well, I guess you're right. But I also have work, so I hardly have time to go to the hospital.
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