Ordinarily it is an expensive masterpiece worth no less than one million yen, but it was handed over for an unbelievable, cheap sum of merely 100,000 yen. They likely urgently needed cash paid out. (N5 lesson 36)
With these vital lost papers returned, the elderly client will be overjoyed enough to jump! I'm so glad we kept investigating without giving up! (N5 lesson 63)
鶴夫人から直々にバッジをいただけるなんて、胸を張って街を歩けるほど誇らしい気持ちでいっぱいです!
Receiving a badge directly from Madam Tsuru fills me with such proud spirits I could puff my chest out walking through town! (N5 lesson 65)
表面の赤錆を落とし、刃先を指で触れて滑らかに整えれば、薄紙一枚もスッと切れるほど鋭い切れ味に蘇る。
Scrape off surface red rust and smooth the edge with a fingertip, and it revives to a sharpness so keen it cuts a single sheet of thin paper with ease. (N4 lesson 22)
このまま食べると口が曲がるほど渋い渋柿なんですが、冬のお茶請け用の甘い干し柿にするんです。
They are astringent persimmons so tart your mouth puckers if eaten raw, but we make them into sweet dried persimmons for winter tea snacks. (N4 lesson 37)