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The Breath-Holding Game

いきをとめるゲーム

8:03 min video · 26 sentences · 7 key words

Transcript with English

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  5. 1:03
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  10. 2:09
  11. 2:19
  12. 2:29
  13. 2:38
  14. 2:58
  15. 3:10
  16. 3:17
  17. 3:25
  18. 3:33
  19. 3:56
  20. 4:09
  21. 4:16
  22. 4:24
  23. 4:43
  24. 4:54
  25. 5:04
  26. 5:14

About this lesson

Kenta is terrified of a shot. His doctor proposes a breath-holding contest: if he wins, no shot. He wins, but the doctor has a trick.

How to practise

  1. Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story.
  2. Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the 言ってみよう · Your turn pause.
  3. At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time.

Key words

JapaneseEnglishLevel
先生doctor, teacherN5
ちゅうしゃinjection, shotN5
ゲームgameN4
いきbreathN5
うでarmN5
かちましたwonN5
しませんかshall we do?N5

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