Lesson 172 then

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys. Did you spend a lot of time learning kanji?

Roza
▶︎ Well, I actually spent almost no time learning it.
I remembered kanji more out of necessity when I needed to use it,
so when writing or reading.

Onishi
▶︎ How about you?

David
▶︎ I spent a lot of time studying kanji, and I still haven’t spent
nearly enough time studying kanji.

Roza
▶︎ This is Akino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① Believe me, it will be …. 【 believe のニュアンス 】
👉 believe me「信じてください」というわけですね。
「本当です。うそではありません。」という趣旨の発言。

② Sort of.【 sort of の意味 】
👉 sort – これは「種類」を表す単語です。
sort of「まあ、そんなところですよ。」という返答の仕方です。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：Please fill in this form and then bring it back to me.

Roza
▶︎ OK, then, now it’s your turn to practice your pronunciation.
Are you ready? Here’s today’s sentence.
・Please fill in this form and then bring it back to me.
・Please fill in this form and then bring it back to me.

All right.
We’ll go through one by one.
So don’t worry. All right. Repeat after me.
fill in, fill in
fill in this
fill in this form
fill in this form and

OK. Great work so far.
bring it, bring it
bring it back
bring it back to me, bring it back to me

All rignt.
Now let’s do the full sentence and a little bit closer to natural speed.
Let’s go.
・Please fill in this form and then bring it back to me.

Reallty get the rhythm.
It’ll help you say the same sentence smoothly.
・Please fill in this form and then bring it back to me.

Excellent work.
Keep going!

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, Roza. You prefer green tea to coffee, don’t you?

Roza
▶︎ I do. Well, actually any kind of tea to coffee.

David
▶︎ Oh, no. I bought you coffee. What am I supposed to do with this?

Roza
▶︎ I guess you’ll have to drink it all.

Onishi
▶︎ Or give it to me?

David
▶︎ I’ll drink it myself.

Words and Phrases

① since then
👉その時以来

これで、Lesson 172 は終了。