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Exercise5: Compliments/Responses to Compliments

SampleDialogue 3

お客さん:お嬢さん、前に会った時よりだいぶ大きくなりましたね。Ojousan,maeniattatokiyoridaibuookikunarimashitane.‘Your daughter has grown a lot since I saw her last.’

ホスト(主人):今年で中三なんですよ。Kotoshidechuusannandesuyo.‘She is in her 9thgradethisyear.’

お客さん:お母さんに似てきれいになって。Okaasanninitekireininatte.‘She looks like her mom and so beautiful.’

ホスト(主人):いや、僕に似ればもうちょっとはましだったのに。Iya,bokuninirebamouchottomashidattanoni.‘Well, if she looked more like me, she would be a bit better.’[拒绝a compliments in jest]

 
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