Like friends

友達ともだちになった気分きぶん

ねこは少すこしの時間じかん話はなした人ひとはすぐ友達ともだちになった気分になります。新聞代しんぶんだいの集金しゅうきんの女おんなの人、レストランの店員てんいんさんなど。２、３分ぷん話したら友達です。いつも相手あいてに向むかって、
ねこ:「もう友達になった気分(＾O＾ )/」
というと、
「こんなおばさんとお友達になってくれてありがとう。」と言われます。
「友達になろ。」と言いわれて嬉うれしくない人はいないですね。いい言葉ことばです。

Like friends

Neko tends to feel like she makes friends just through talking to people for a few minutes. The lady who comes to collect money for the newspaper, the waitress at the restaurant, you name it. She talks with them for 2, 3 minutes; and they’re friends.
She always tells those people “I feel like we’re friends now!”
In response, she usually gets told “You’d be friends with an old lady like me? Thank you!”
I suppose anyone would be happy to be asked “Wanna be friends?”. Those are nice words.

WORDS
  • ～気分（～きぶん）＝feel like
  • 数分（すうふん）＝for a few minutes
  • 集金（しゅうきん）＝collect money
  • 友達になろう（ともだちになろう）＝Wanna be friends?
REMARKS

In Japan, it is possible to pay for the newspaper automatically through your bankaccount, but you can also choose to pay in cash, once a month, in that case someone will come to your house to collect the money.

Japanese newspapers are still read by many people.