N4DialogueAnime and manga1 min
アニメ映画、行かない？
Two friends plan a trip to the cinema to see an anime film.
Two friends talking in plain, casual Japanese — no です・ます. Notice how invitations work here: 〜ない？ (won’t you?) and the volitional 〜よう (let’s).
ねえ、土曜日、暇？
うん、暇だよ。どうして？
駅の近くの映画館で、アニメの映画をやってるんだ。一緒に行かない？
行きたい！どんなアニメ？
高校生が学校でロボットを作るアニメ。友達がすごくよかったって言ってた。
面白そう。何時から？
午後二時と六時。あ、ちょっと待って。二時のは、もう売り切れだって。
じゃあ、六時のにしよう。映画の前に、ご飯を食べない？
いいよ。五時に映画館の前で会おう。席は私が二つ予約しておくね。
ありがとう。お金は土曜日に払うね。
土曜日、暇？
うん、暇だよ。
アニメの映画を見に行かない？
行きたい！どんなアニメ？
高校生がロボットを作るアニメ。
面白そう。何時から？
二時と六時。あ、二時のは売り切れだって。
じゃあ、六時のにしよう。
五時に映画館の前で会おう。席は私が予約するね。
ありがとう。
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More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Japanese in anime and manga
- Words
- 96
- Sentences
- 21
- Words per sentence
- 4.6
- in the vocabulary
- 100 %
- measured level
- N4
- Reading time
- 1 min
Grammar in this text
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行かない · 暇だよ
Plain style between friends: 暇？ instead of 暇ですか, 行かない？ instead of 行きませんか. Plain and polite style →
にしよう · 会おう
The volitional 〜よう/〜おう is the casual “let’s”: しよう, 会おう. The volitional form →
予約しておく
〜ておく: doing something in advance — Yui will book before Saturday. ておく: doing something in advance →
The words from N4 up in this text
Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 9 of the 62 words in this text are at N4 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.
じゃあ
well then; in that case
N4すごく
really; awfully
N4やる
to give (to an animal, a plant, a younger person); (casual) to do
N4ロボット
robot
N3予約
booking; reservation
N4売り切れ
sold out
N4席
seat
N4払う
to pay
N4高校生
high school student
N4
The word lists for this text
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Comprehension questions
4 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.
1. What is the anime film about?
Yui answers Sota’s question どんなアニメ？.
Look for 作る (to make) and who does it.
高校生が学校でロボットを作るアニメ
2. Why do they not go to the two o’clock showing?
Yui checks something while they talk.
Look for 売り切れ.
もう売り切れだって
3. Where and when will they meet?
Yui suggests it after Sota mentions food.
Look for the volitional 会おう (let’s meet).
五時に映画館の前で会おう
4. Who will book the seats?
Look at Yui’s last line.
Look for 予約 (booking) and the person before が.
席は私が二つ予約しておくね