An Ekiben for a 14-Minute Ride

At Shin-Osaka Station, a young employee (A) and his senior (B), on their way to a client in Kyoto by Shinkansen, pass the lunch box shop on the way to the platform, and the junior stops.

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  1. A

    藤井ふじいさん、お弁当べんとうを買かいますか？

    Fujii-san, obentō o kaimasu ka?

    Mr. Fujii, are you getting a bento?

  2. B

    いや、俺おれは買かわない。

    Iya, ore wa kawanai.

    Nah, I'm not.

  3. A

    え、新幹線しんかんせんですよ？

    E, shinkansen desu yo?

    But it's the bullet train!

  4. B

    14分ぷんだよ。

    Jūyonpun da yo.

    It's a fourteen-minute ride.

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