Lesson 4-9: 注文の多い料理店 / The Restaurant That Has Many Orders

Japanese Graded Readers: Fairy Tales and Short Stories with Read-aloud Method

Lesson 4-9: ちゅうもんおおりょうてん / The Restaurant That Has Many Orders

Slow Speed
Slow Speed with Pauses
Natural Speed
Natural Speed with Pauses

Japanese Script

そして、もの二人ふたりはなはじめました。「おきゃくさん、ようはもうわっているよ。こちらになさい。」二人ふたりこわくて、あるくことができません。おおきなこえいていました。ものいます。「そんなにいたら不味まずくなってしまうよ。おれはもうナイフとフォークをっているんだ。いつでもべられるよ。」二人ふたりうごくことができません。そのとききゅうおおきなおとがしました。あのげたいぬかべこわして部屋へやはいってきたのです。いぬ二人ふたりってげました。二人ふたりきながらいぬについていきました。そして、いぬ二人ふたりちかくのまちまでおくっていきました。二人ふたりいてよろこびました。「ありがとう、ありがとう。」二人ふたりいぬなんいました。二人ふたりはやっとぶんいえかえることができました。しかし、それから二人ふたりがお二度にどつうかおにはもどりませんでした。

English Translation

Then, the monster started talking to them. “Hi guests, the preparation is already done. Come on here.” They were scared and couldn’t walk. They were crying with a loud voice. The monster said, “If you cry like that, you will start to taste bad. I already have a knife and a fork. I can eat you anytime.” They couldn’t move. At the time, a big sound suddenly was heard. Those dogs who had run away broke the wall and entered the room. The dogs took their hands and ran away. They followed the dogs while crying. Then, the dogs took them to a nearby town. They cried with happiness. “Thank you. Thank you.” They said to the dogs many times. They could finally go home. But, since then, their crying faces would never return to normal.

Vocabulary

Words Types Meanings
きゃく noun  guest, visitor 
こちら  noun  (polite) here
く  u-verb  to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl 
不味まずい  i-adjective  unappetizing, unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation)  
いつでも  adverb  (at) any time, always, at all times, whenever 
こわす  u-verb  to break, to destroy, to demolish
る  set phrase to take  someone's hand 
ついていく  set phrase to accompany, to follow 
なんも  adverb many times over, often 

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