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When people finish their day
and hurry home,
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my day starts.
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My diner is open from midnight
to seven in the morning.
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They call it "Midnight Diner."
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Do I even have customers?
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More than you would expect.
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Can you believe they did the "Three Ms for
a Happy Marriage" speech at the wedding?
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That's so old-fashioned.
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Who cares about the Three Ms?
Married life is a dead end.
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-Right?
-Right?
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What happened to all
that stuff about true love?
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They boast about having found
their soulmate, get married,
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and then they end up divorced
or in an affair a few years later.
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I want my wedding gift back!
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What are the Three Ms again?
Magnanimity, mother, and...
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The last M is something
we keep in our pants.
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A dirty joke? Really?
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I was going to say "money."
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I'm insulted.
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It should be "mouth," for eating.
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Here you go.
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Thanks.
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Butter rice again, Mr. Toyama?
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You're a food critic, right?
You should try his other dishes.
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Or maybe he's tried it all
and still wants butter rice.
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Am I right?
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Welcome.
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Hello.
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It's been so long
I almost didn't recognize you.
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I had a sudden craving
for your minced meat cutlets.
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I've been meaning to drop by,
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but I always came here with Tai, you see.
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It just didn't feel right for me
to come alone.
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Who's Tai, you ask?
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It's her nickname for her late husband.
He died eight years ago.
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I'm finally older than Tai now.
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Give me a minute.
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I'll make the cutlets.
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It's delicious.
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The meat is so juicy.
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Nothing has changed.
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Well, it's the same recipe.
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I was talking about you.
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You look well. I'm glad.
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The day before he passed away,
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he told me that he felt like
having your meat cutlets.
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So I said, "Let's go to the diner
when you're discharged."
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I see.
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He always liked my meat cutlets.
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I'm sorry, Master.
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Don't be.
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I'll pack another meat cutlet
for you to take to his grave.
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Thanks.
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I'll do that.
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That was Misao Kashima, the singer.
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-Really?
-Really?
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I didn't recognize her at first.
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She used to drop in with her husband
for minced meat cutlets.
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Her songs are still a staple
at karaoke and snack bars.
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It's okay, it's okay
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Don't say a word
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"Don't Say a Word."
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I learned the chords for it.
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It's a classic.
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Wait, is "Tai" her nickname
for Taizo Tachibana?
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They were famous for being
a musician couple, right?
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Her husband wrote the songs,
and she sang them.
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You're right. I remember now.
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She stopped singing
after her husband died.
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The weekly magazines still publish
articles about her sometimes.
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I read that she hardly ever
leaves her house.
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She still hasn't gotten over his death.
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That's beautiful.
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I want to marry someone
who will never forget me even after I die.
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My wife is the complete opposite.
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If I kick the bucket,
she'll be the first to say "Hooray!"
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I'll have a minced meat cutlet too.
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Sure.
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How about a karaoke session?
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How about it?
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Are you interested?
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We have a Classic Hits promotion
going on right now.
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Misao Kashima is our biggest draw.
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You can sing along to footage
of her actual performance.
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How about it?
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NOW AVAILABLE:
MISAO KASHIMA'S CLASSIC HIT
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Welcome.
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Butter rice, please.
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On second thought, never mind.
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Can I have cold sake instead?
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Sure.
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My wife fainted.
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She's in the hospital now.
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What?
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It's cancer.
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She's had surgery to remove the tumor,
but we can't relax yet.
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I don't have an appetite these days.
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And I'm supposed to be a food critic.
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Isn't that ironic?
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My wife is a terrible cook.
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I started looking for good food
to escape her cooking.
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Before I knew it,
I'd earned a reputation as a food critic.
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But I realize now that
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I wouldn't trade my wife's awful cooking
for anything.
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Let's see, I bought tissue paper
yesterday.
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I forgot the nail clipper.
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I'll bring it tomorrow.
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Do you see the tree outside the window?
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When the last leaf falls,
I think I'll go with it too.
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Don't be ridiculous.
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I was just kidding.
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I've always wanted to say that
while lying on a hospital bed.
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You're being silly.
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I've stopped hoping.
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When you get out of here,
let's celebrate with a good meal.
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There's a new trattoria in Azabu.
It's very classy.
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They have customers from Sicily.
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I don't think I'll ever get out of here.
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The doctor says otherwise.
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But...
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Any requests?
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What?
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Go ahead. Ask for the impossible.
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Okay.
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There's this song...
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What? You don't have it?
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I'm terribly sorry,
but the CD has gone out of print.
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{\an8}NOW AVAILABLE:
MISAO KASHIMA'S CLASSIC HIT
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{\an8}"DON'T SAY A WORD"
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY TAIZO TACHIBANA
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When you hold me
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{\an8}In your arms
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{\an8}I can hear your heart pounding
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Words...
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Here's your drink.
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Enjoy.
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{\an8}YOU SMILE SHYLY
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{\an8}YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A MAN OF FEW WORDS
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I'm so sorry. Are you all right?
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Ms. Kashima?
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I didn't expect to see you
at a karaoke lounge.
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To tell you the truth,
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I've never seen myself singing.
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I didn't really care what I looked like,
as long as Tai was in the audience.
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I was surprised by the footage.
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I had to ask myself, "Is that really me?"
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"Was that how I looked when I sang?"
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Then it came back to me.
The heat of the spotlight.
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The weight of the microphone.
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All the little details.
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Did you sing along with your old self?
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No.
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You've given up singing for good?
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The person I want to sing to
is no longer around.
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My wife is in the hospital.
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She's 12 years younger than me.
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I always thought I'd die before her,
but now I don't know.
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I want to do something for her,
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but I can't do anything.
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The other day,
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she told me she wanted to
listen to a song.
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Misao Kashima's "Don't Say a Word."
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I didn't even know
she had a favorite song.
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I had no idea.
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There's so much I don't know about her.
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Ms. Misao, I have a favor to ask.
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Will you sing "Don't Say a Word" again?
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It's for my wife.
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I can't do it.
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I know I'm being selfish and rude,
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but this would mean a lot to us.
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I can't.
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Why not?
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I just can't.
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You want me to cheer your wife up
with my singing?
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I...
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I made a promise with Tai
in front of his coffin.
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I promised him
I would never sing for anyone again.
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It's okay
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It's okay
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Don't say
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What?
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Sorry.
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What for?
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The CD you wanted is no longer in print.
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I know.
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I was asking for the impossible.
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Don't cry.
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I'm not crying.
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Welcome.
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Master, can I book the diner
for a private party on the 17th?
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I'll pay by the hour.
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Sure. What's the occasion?
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My wife will be discharged
from the hospital.
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I figured it would be nice to celebrate.
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I'm glad to hear it. Congratulations.
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We still have a long journey ahead of us.
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Thanks.
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Here you go.
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Did you notice?
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I can eat minced meat cutlets
without crying now.
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That's great.
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I can't have you crying
at my counter every time you visit.
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I agree.
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Ms. Misao.
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Wouldn't you consider singing again?
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I was singing on stage
when Tai took his last breath.
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I should have quit earlier
and lived my life as an ordinary girl.
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I hadn't been a good wife,
and I regret it to this day.
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But Tai didn't fall in love
with an ordinary girl.
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He liked you best when you were singing.
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I heard about you from the Master
at the diner.
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What?
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Are you Ms. Kashima?
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Wow!
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I figured I should explain it to you
in person.
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I'm so sorry I can't sing for you.
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No, I should be the one to apologize.
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My husband shouldn't have
asked you to do that.
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But I'm glad he was rash and foolish.
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I would never have met you otherwise.
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Thank you for coming to see me.
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Ms. Misao.
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If you ever sing again,
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sing for yourself and no one else.
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You never once told me that you loved me.
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The songs you wrote
were your love letters.
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I received so many of them from you.
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But...
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I was too scared and lonely
to reread them.
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It's so unfair.
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You let me do whatever I want,
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and then you died and left me behind.
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That's so unfair.
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As Mr. Toyama's wife was still recovering,
I opened the diner earlier than usual
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on the day of her party.
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This is so good.
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-It's delicious.
-I love it.
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-Do you want anything?
-Yes.
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-It's delicious.
-Thanks.
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-It's a white radish.
-Really?
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White radish?
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All right, time for me to sing.
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What?
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-We've been waiting for this!
-We've been waiting for this!
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She was his one and only love.
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His love persevered, despite all odds.
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He will now sing
with his three-star vocal cords.
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This is "Don't Say a Word." Enjoy.
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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECOVERY
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When you hold me
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In your arms
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I can hear your heart pounding
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Words are
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Never enough
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To describe
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All that I feel for you
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So let's just
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Stay like this forever
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You smile shyly
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You've always been a man of few words
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That's what I
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Like about you
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So I whisper into your ear
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My song of love
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It's okay
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It's okay
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Don't say a word
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It's okay
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It's okay
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Don't say a word
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Don't say
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A word
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Thank you for listening to my song.
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That was beautiful.
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Minced meat cutlets, please.
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Sure.
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These two
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brought Ms. Misao back to life.
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The patty should be 70 percent beef
and 30 percent pork.
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Coat the patties with bread crumbs.
Don't be stingy.
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That's right.
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This may be a bad idea.
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Gently place the patties into the oil
to prevent the oil from splattering.
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Did you check the oil temperature?
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What? No.
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Watch out, the patties will explode!
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It burns!
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{\an8}THIS STORY IS A WORK OF FICTION.
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{\an8}Subtitle translation by Chen Li Woon