May 2nd Daily Reading ブラックジャックによろしく Beginner Welcomed with open arms

If no one else wants to, sure! Have fun with Shin-chan :grin:

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Transcription:
元気かい英二郎~~
もうすぐお盆だね~~
会えるの楽しみにしてるわよ~~

Vocab

かい is question marker か but as familiar language (i.e. I wouldn’t use it with です・ます). Related: なんだい → なんだ (as a question).

もうすぐ → almost, soon

お盆(おぼん)is a yearly festival in August to celebrate one’s ancestors; it’s not officially a public holiday I think, but most people get time off to visit their families.

楽しみにする, “to look forward to”, is transitive; the を is left out.
わよ → double emphatic particle! わ is typical for “mother speech”, as we’ve seen before (and for Kansai dialect, but that aside…).

Translation

“Eijirou, how are you~~
It’s almost Obon, isn’t it~~
I’m looking forward to seeing you again~~”

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