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Japanese Audio Request

iiTony
1579 Characters / 2 Recordings / 2 Comments
Note to recorder:

Japanese/ Natural speed please, Arigatou!

1. Mr. Smith! It's been a long time [since I last saw you].
スミスさん。しばらくでした。

2. Oh, Mr. Tanaka! It has been a long time.
ああ、タナカさん。しばらくでしたね。

3. Is everyone well?
みなさんお元気ですか。

4. Yes, thank you. Is everyone at your house [well], too?
ええ、おかげさまで。おたくのみなさんも。

5. Yes, thank you,
ええ、ありがとうございます。

6. Mr. Smith, this is my wife.
スミスさん。これはかないです。

7. This is Mr. Smith from the American Embassy. (addressing his wife)
こちらはあめりかたいしかんのスミスさんです。

8. Are you Mrs. [Tanaka]? I'm [Mr.] Smith. How do you do.
おくさんですか。スミスさんです。

9. I'm [Mrs.] Tanaka. How do you do. I'm glad to meet you.
タナカでございます。はじめておめにかかります。どぞよろしく。

10. You can [speak] Japanese very well, can't you!
日本語がよくおでんきになりますね。

11. Oh, no! I am studying so I can [speak it] a little but...
どいたしまして。べんきょうしているから、すきしはできますが。

12. It's quite difficult, isn't it - Japanese.
なかなかむずかしですね、日本語は。

13. Foreign languages aren't easy, are they!
外国語はやさしくございませんね。

14. Whose is this?
これはだれのですか。

15. It's Mr. Kobayashi's, isn't it?
コバヤシさんのでしょう。

16. It isn't yours?
あなたのじゃありませんか。

17. No (i.e. that's right). It's his.
ええ、あのひとのです。

18. What about yours?
あなたのは。

19. Hmm. I wonder where it is. It was here but...
さ。どこでしょうかね。ここにありましたが。

20. Well, it's getting late so if you'll excuse me...
じゃ、おそうなるから、しつれい。

21. Well, I'll see you again. Goodbye.
じゃ、またあいましょう。さようなら。

22. Give my regards to everyone. Goodbye.
みなさんによろしく。さようなら。

23. Why aren't you going to go?
なぜいきませんか。

24. Because my father is sick.
お父さんがびょうきですから。

25. He's sick?
ごびょうきですか。

26. That's too bad.
いけませんね。

27. Take care.
おだいじに。

28. Thank you.
ありがとうございます。

29. You know, I saw Mr. Yamada from the Foreign Office last night.
ゆうべがいむしょうのヤマダさんにあいましたよ。

30. You did? Was it the first time?
そうですか。はじめてでしたか。

31. Yes, that's right.
ええ、そうです。

32. He's a fine man, isn't he?
いいかたでしょう。

33. Yes, very.
ええ、とっても。

Recordings

Comments

shoko
Feb. 24, 2011

Hi!
I found several mistakes and unnatural ways of speaking Japanese. In such cases, I corrected and recorded them.

iiTony
Feb. 25, 2011

Hello,
Thank you so much for your recording. It has truly helped me. Much appreciated!

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