4. ぶつだん

1. Context

場所 小林さんの家で

話し相手 小林道江（みちえ）さん

このうちに来てから ５ヶ月

There is a butsudan (Buddhist altar) in the home where the grandmother burns incense and offers ocha and rice everyday. You ask about it and she shows you the photo of her husband and explains that he died less than a year ago. How do you react?

2. Language Choices	3○△✕	Likely consequences	４ 教師	５ 生の声 けんじ よしこ
a) ああ、そうですか。
b) ああ、そうですか。さびしいでしょうね。or ああ、そうですか。 おさびしいですね。
c) 会えなくて、ざんねんです。
d) ああ、そうだったんですか。ざんねんでしたね。
e) でも、おまごさんがいて, よかったですね。

6. Vocabulary

You will have heard Yoshiko and Kenji use the Japanese for the following expressions as they talk about their choices. Listen again, find the Japanese for the underlined words and write them in the spaces.

You could say ざんねん with close friends or in cases where you have a close/intimate relationship

_____ ________とか　＿＿＿＿＿　＿＿＿＿＿＿の　＿＿＿＿ね、ざんねんて言うけど。

7. What Yoshiko and Kenji said

In the end, which of the choices do you think Yoshiko liked best?

What did she say that gave you that impression?