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一人暮らしの相談

N3
00:34
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Key vocabulary

rent
cooking for oneself
round trip, there and back
to commute
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Daughter: I'd like to live on my own from next year.

Mother: What about the rent? It'll be tough on your part-time pay alone.

Daughter: I know that. That's why I'm looking somewhere cheap. Even if it's far from the station, I'll be fine with a bicycle.

Mother: And meals? You can't live on convenience stores every day.

Daughter: I'll cook. I already cook at weekends.

Mother: I see how you feel, but it isn't as if you can't commute from here.

Daughter: I can, but it's three hours there and back. With that time I think I could do a lot more.

Mother: ...If you've thought it through that far, let's talk to your father.