[✐3. Moderato, 4.Allegretto] 行(い)ったり来(き)たり… 
(Also try JS 13: I sing and dance, etc.) 
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“Back and forth….” 
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today we will practice various expressions using “〜tari〜tari shimasu”. Also, please refer to Japanese Swotter No. 13. Repeat after me
[00:23] 
1. may go up or down. 
2. may increase or decrease 
3. may drink or not drink 
4. may or may not have time 
5. may come or not come 
6. may go and not to go 
7. sometime you can see or sometimes can’t 
8. sometimes you can sit or sometimes can’t 
[02:07] 
Are you OK? Let’s check. Please make a sentence as follows. go, come → come and go Ready? 
[02:20] 
1. up, down → It may go up and down. 
2. increase, decrease → It may increase and decrease. 
3. drink, not drink → Sometimes I drink, sometimes I don’t. 
4. have time, no time → Sometimes I have time, sometimes I don’t. 
5. come, not come → S/he may come or not come. 
6. go, not go → Sometimes I go, sometimes not go. 
7. can see, can’t see → It may or may not be visible. 
8. can sit, can’t sit → You may or may not be able to sit. [04:50] Now, listen the key words [KW] and repeat the sentence. 
[04:56] 
1. [KW] my kid’s grades, up, down 
→ My kid’s grades go up and down. 
(seiseki = acadmic results, grades) 
2. [KW] our kid’s fever, rise, fall 
→ My kid’s fever goes up and down, which makes me worry. 
3. [KW] recently, weight gain, loss 
→ I’ve been gaining and losing weight lately. 
4. [KW] time to study, have, not have 
→ Sometimes I have time to study, sometimes I don’t. 
5. [KW] bus, on time, come, don’t come 
→ This bus may or may not come on time. 
6. [KW] part-time job, college, go, not go 
→ I’m busy with my part- time job, so I sometimes go to college and sometimes I don’t. 
7. [KW] weather, Mt.Fuji, visible, invisible 
→ Depending on the weather, you may or may not be able to see Mt. Fuji. 
8. [KW] this station, you can sit, you can’t 
→ From this station, you may or may not be able to sit down(take a seat). 
[08:00] 
Are you busy every day? Let’s express it by using “going back and forth”.

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