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Beginner Lesson S2 #54 - The Grass Next Door


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----Formal ----
妻:また庭の雑草がボーボーになってきて困ったわ。取っても取っても、次から次へと生えてくるし。
夫:いっそのこと、芝を張り替えようか。
妻:張り替えても、また雑草が生えるだけよ。誰が雑草取りするのよ。
夫:俺は仕事で忙しいし。。。
妻:お隣なんて、いつもご主人が芝刈りしてるでしょ。だから、青々として素敵な芝生じゃない。
夫:だから、「隣の芝生は青い」っていうじゃないか!?
妻:それって、ことわざでしょ。本当に隣の芝生は青いのよ。
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----Formal Vowelled----
つま:またにわのざっそうがボーボーになってきてこまったわ。とってもとっても、つぎからつぎへとはえてくるし。
おっと:いっそのこと、しばをはりかえようか。
つま:はりかえても、またざっそうがはえるだけよ。だれがざっそうとりするのよ。
おっと:おれはしごとでいそがしいし。。。
つま:おとなりなんて、いつもごしゅじんがしばかりしてるでしょ。だから、あおあおとしてすてきなしばふじゃない。
おっと:だから、「となりのしばふはあおい」っていうじゃないか!?
つま:それって、ことわざでしょ。ほんとうにとなりのしばふはあおいのよ。
----Formal Romanization----
Tsuma: Mata niwa no zassō ga bōbō ni natte kite komatta wa. Totte mo totte mo, tsugi kara tsugi e to haete kuru shi.
Otto: Isso no koto, shiba o hari kaeyō ka.
Tsuma: Hari kaete mo, mata zassō ga haeru dake yo. Dare ga zassō tori suru no yo.
Otto: Ore wa shigoto de isogashii shi...
Tsuma: O-tonari nante, itsumo go-shujin ga shibakari shiteru desho. Dakara, aoao to shite suteki na shibafu ja nai.
Otto: Dakara, “tonari no shibafu wa aoi” tte iu ja nai ka!?
Tsuma: Sore tte, kotowaza desho. Hontō ni tonari no shibafu wa aoi no yo.
----Formal English----
Wife: The weeds in our garden are growing out of control again. What a drag. They keep popping up no matter how often we pull them out.
Husband: Should we just re-do the entire lawn?
Wife: But even if we do, weeds will grow back again. Who's going to do the weeding?
Husband: I'm busy with work...
Wife: The neighbor's husband is always mowing the lawn. That's why their lawn is always green and fantastic looking.
Husband: That's why we have the saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side."
Wife: That's a proverb. But in our case, the neighbor's lawn really IS greener.
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