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Doko de umaremashita ka	Where were you born?
Fukuoka-ken de umaremashita	I was born in Fukuoka prefecture.
Itsu umaremashita ka	When were you born?
Taishō ku-nen desu[1]	Ninth year of Taishō (1920).
Gentai wa doko desu ka	Where is your home unit?
Kurume Jūni Shidan desu	Kurume, the 12th Division.
Nan Rentai desu ka	What Regiment?
Shijūhachi Rentai desu	48th Regiment.
Nan Chūtai desu ka	What Company?
Dai-ni Chūtai desu	Second Company.
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Nippon no doko kara tachimashita ka	Where did you leave from in Japan?
Sasebo kara desu	From Sasebo.
Doko de jōriku-shimashita ka	Where did you land?
Shirimasen	I do not know.
Heitai ni naru mae donna shigoto no shite imashita ka	What kind of work were you engaged in before you became a soldier?
Hyakushō deshita	I was a farmer.
Butaichō no kurai wa nan desu ka	What is the rank of your unit commander?
Chūsa desu	He is a lieutenant-colonel.
Butaichō wa donna hito desu ka	What kind of a man is your unit commander?
Yoi hito desu	He is a nice man.
Hontō desu ka	Is it true?
Hai	Yes.
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Naze tabemasen ka	Why don’t you eat?
Himojikunai desu kara	Because I am not hungry.
Byōki desu kara	Because I am sick.
Naze tabemasendeshita ka	Why didn’t you eat?
Byōki deshita node tabemasendeshita	I did not eat because I was ill.

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1. See: Japanese and Western Chronology Compared, page 55.