Japanese–English parallel text
上司のふうとう
The Envelope for the Boss
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三万円
Thirty thousand yen
ケンジは東京にすんでいます。三十八さいです。町の中の大きな会社ではたらいています。
Kenji lives in Tokyo. He is thirty-eight. He works in a big office in the city.
ケンジはしずかな人です。八時に会社に来ます。七時に家に帰ります。あまり話しません。
Kenji is a quiet man. He comes to work at eight. He goes home at seven. He does not talk much.
机はまどのとなりにあります。仕事が好きです。「いいチームです」と心の中で思います。
His desk is next to the window. He likes his job. “A good team,” he thinks.
月曜日の朝、チームのミーティングがあります。ぶちょうはいません。みんなは小さい声で話します。
On Monday morning, the team has a meeting. The boss is not there. Everybody talks in a quiet voice.
「金曜日はぶちょうのたんじょう日です」とチームの女性が言います。「五十さいになります。プレゼントを買いませんか」
“Friday is the boss’s birthday,” says a woman from the team. “He is fifty. We want to buy a present.”
「いいプレゼントにしましょう」とわかい男性が言います。「すてきなペンはどうですか。時計もいいですね」
“A good present,” says a young man. “A nice pen. Or a watch.”
「一人三千円をふうとうに入れます」と女性が言います。「いいですか」
“Everybody puts three thousand yen in an envelope,” says the woman. “OK?”
「いいですよ」とみんなが言います。ケンジもとても小さい声で「いいですよ」と言います。
“OK,” says everybody. Kenji says “OK” too, very quietly.
ごご、みんながケンジの机に来ます。お金をわたします。「ケンジさん、どうぞ」とわかい男性が言います。「ふうとうのお金です」
In the afternoon, people come to Kenji’s desk. They give him money. “Here, Kenji,” says the young man. “For the envelope.”
「どうして私ですか」とケンジが聞きます。
“Why me?” asks Kenji.
「ケンジさんはていねいな人ですから」と女性が言います。「物をなくしません」
“Because you are careful,” says the woman. “You never lose anything.”
ケンジはふうとうを見ます。白いです。おもてに「ぶちょうへ。えいぎょうチーム、たなかケンジ」と書きます。
Kenji looks at the envelope. It is white. On the front, he writes: “For the boss. Kenji Tanaka, Sales Team.”
六時に、お金をかぞえます。「十人が三千円ずつ。三万円です」
At six o’clock, he counts the money. “Ten people, three thousand yen. Thirty thousand yen.”
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