Japanese Short Stories Lesson 3-3

Posted by admin on July 11, 2018July 11, 2018

Japanese Script

二人ふたりはとても幸しあわせでした。しかし、男おとこはお金かねを持もっていません。ごはんを食たべられない日ひがたまにありました。すると、女おんなは言いいました。「私わたしはきれいな布ぬのを作つくることができます。その布ぬのを街まちで売うったらどうですか？」女おんなが布ぬのを作つくると、男おとこはおどろきました。今いままでに見みたことがない、とてもきれいな布ぬのだったのです。男おとこはすぐ街まちに行いきました。街まちに着つくと、男おとこは店みせの人ひとに聞ききました。「この布ぬのはいくらで売うれますか？」すると、店みせの人ひともおどろきました。「こんなきれいな布ぬのは見みたことがない。よし、１００ひゃく万円まんえんはらいましょう。」男おとこはまたおどろきました。男おとこはいつも木きを１いち万円まんえんで売うっていたからです。

English Translation

They were very happy. However, the man didn’t have money. Once in a while, there were days when they could not eat meals. Then, the woman said, “I can make beautiful cloth. How about selling the cloth in a town?” When the woman made the cloth, the man was surprised because it was the most beautiful cloth that he had ever seen. The man went to the town quickly. When the man arrived at the town, he asked a person in a shop, “How much can I sell this cloth for?” Then, the person in the shop was also surprised, “I have never seen such beautiful cloth. Well, I will pay one million yen for this.” The man was surprised again because he usually sold a tree for 10.000 yen.

Vocabulary

Words	Types	Meanings
たまに	adverb	occasionally, once in a while
すると	conjunction	and, then, thereupon, hereupon
布ぬの	noun	cloth
街まち	noun	town, block
…ことがある / ない	expression	expressing experience
すぐ	na-adjective, adverb	immediately, at once, directly
万まん	numeric	ten thousand
円えん	noun	Japanese monetary unit
また	adverb, conjunction	again, and, also, still (doing something)