Let's read Warashibe Choja! Let's practice saying big numbers!
Let's read the story called Warashibe Choja.
Last time I uploaded part 1, so this time I will introduce part 2!
Previous synopsis↓
Once upon a time, there was a man who could not do anything well. The man went to Kannon to ask for good luck. Then, Kannon-sama advised you to take care of what you grabbed when you fell and go west.
As the man did as he was told, he carefully held the straw he had grabbed when he fell and walked west, where he met a mother with a baby. The baby asked for the straw that the man had, so he gave it to the baby, and his mother gave him three tangerines in return.
The man picks up the oranges and starts walking again...
Now, what will happen?
If you would like to read “Warashibe Choja” part 1, click here↓
https://nihongojikan.jp/blog/20240227-4245/
“Warashibe Choja” part2
After a while, I found a woman who looked unwell.
Woman: “Hon! Hon!”
Man: “What did you do?”
Woman: "I suddenly feel sick and I want to drink water, but there's no water nearby..."
Man: “So, how about this?”
The man gave the mandarin orange he had to the woman.
When the woman ate the mandarin oranges, she gradually became more energetic.
Woman: "Thank you. Please take this as a thank you."
In return for the oranges, the woman gave him a beautiful, expensive-looking cloth.
The man was happy that the straw had turned into mandarin oranges, and the mandarin oranges had turned into beautiful cloth, and he excitedly walked toward the west again.
Then, a scary-looking samurai came along,
Samurai: "Hey! That guy! You have some nice cloth. Would you like to trade it for my horse?"
said.
Man: “Well, that’s a bit…”
The samurai's horse was sick and very weak, so the man tried to refuse.
Samurai: "Okay! Let's exchange!"
The samurai said that, forcibly took the cloth from the man, and left his horse and went somewhere.
The man felt sad that he was out of luck, but he felt sorry for the weak horse, so he decided to take care of it.
After a few days, the horse was completely fine.
Then the man started walking west again with his horse.
After walking for a while, a rich man came from the other side, looked at the man's horse, and said,
Uncle: "Wow, that's a nice horse. Would you sell it to me?"
Man: "How much will you buy it for?"
Uncle: “How about 100 million?”
Man: “I-I-100 million!? Is that okay? ”
Uncle: "This is the horse I searched all over the country and couldn't find. All right, I'm going to my house now. Follow me. I'll exchange it for 100 million yen."
The man took his horse and followed the old man.
When they arrived at the uncle's house, a beautiful girl came out from inside.
Oh my god! The girl was the woman to whom the man had given the mandarin oranges a few days earlier.
Daughter: "Oh! You're the one who helped me the other day!"
Uncle: "I see. Your daughter took good care of me."
The uncle thanked the man.
While the three of us were having fun talking, my daughter started to like him.
The old man saw it,
Uncle: "Mr., if you'd like, would you please marry my daughter? My daughter seems to like you a lot."
Man: “Yes, of course!”
In this way, the man married his daughter and became rich.
Man: “How lucky I am!”
Just as Kannon said, the man continued to work diligently, valuing every single straw.
And before he knew it, people called him the Strawberry Choja, and he lived happily ever after.
How was it.
Even things that you don't need may be useful to someone else.
If you always remember to be grateful and have the heart to help others, you may be able to live a happy life like a warashibechoja.
Now, let's study some of the Japanese that appears in the text.
Today's theme is numbers.
The number ``100 million'' appears in the text.
How much is 100 million?
One hundred million is 100,000,000.
Let's practice counting numbers.
One (ichi) 1
ten (ju) 10
Hyaku 100
Thousand (sen) 1,000
10,000
100,000
million (hyakuman) 1,000,000
Ten million (senman) 10,000,000
100,000,000
It will look like this.
By the way, after 100 million there are billions, 10 billions, 100 billions, and so on.
Also, in the story of ``Warashibe Choja,'' it was written as ``100 million yen.''
Is it not possible to take "one" and say "billion yen"?
Yes, just saying "billion yen" will sound unnatural.
When adding ``yen'' at the end, numbers from 1 to 1,000 remain the same, but for 10,000, 10,000,000,000, add 1 in front.
"10,000 yen", "10 million yen", "100 million yen".
Please note that some words have ``ichi'' in front of them and others do not.
When I heard the title "Warashibe Choja", I wondered what "Warashibe" and "Choja" meant respectively. Some of you may have wondered.
"Warashibe" is the first straw that the man grabbed.
``Choja'' can also mean someone older than you, but here it refers to a wealthy person.
A person who has a lot of money is called a "billionaire."
Today, we talked about "Warashibe Choja" part 2 and big numbers.
I would be happy if I could help you with your Japanese learning.
See you in the next blog!
