Five Hours Home by Shinkansen

As a meeting at a client's office in Fukuoka wraps up, the client (A) makes small talk with a sales rep (B) visiting from Tokyo.

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  1. A

    今日きょう、東京とうきょうに帰かえりますか？

    Kyō, Tōkyō ni kaerimasu ka?

    Are you going back to Tokyo today?

  2. B

    はい、帰かえります。

    Hai, kaerimasu.

    Yes, I am.

  3. A

    飛行機ひこうきですか？

    Hikōki desu ka?

    By plane?

  4. B

    いえ、新幹線しんかんせんです。

    Ie, shinkansen desu.

    No, by bullet train.

Words in this dialogue11
  1. 今日きょうkyōtoday
  2. 東京とうきょうTōkyōTokyo (a city)
  3. にnito
  4. 帰かえりkaerigo back (帰る)
  5. ますmasupolite ending
  6. かkaquestion marker
  7. はいhaiyes
  8. 飛行機ひこうきhikōkiplane
  9. ですdesuam, is, are (polite)
  10. いえieno
  11. 新幹線しんかんせんshinkansenbullet train

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