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Stage forms this act uses in the library, and how often.
A grandchild and Grandpa are talking about an exam that both of them seem to have taken.
Well, y'see, I found out how fun studying is, so I figured I'd go back to school.
Textbookいえ、あの、勉強の楽しさを知って、学び直しをしようと思ったんです。Casual 「いや」 stands in for 「いいえ／いえ」, here a soft 'well…' before explaining. 「思ってな」 is plain 「思って」 plus an old-man 「な」.
One half of a comedy duo finally decides to tell the partner what's been bothering them.
Culture note In a Japanese comedy duo, the boke is the funny one and the tsukkomi is the straight man who corrects them.
What are you even talking about, seriously?
Textbook本当に何を言っているのですか。「言っているの」 becomes 「言ってんの」: い drops and る before の turns into ん; を after 何 vanishes, and マジで is slang for 本当に.
One friend is getting married, and the other complains there is no place for them at the wedding.
Culture note At Japanese weddings, guest tables are often labeled by group, such as 'groom's friends' (新郎友人).
I told you I'm not going!
Textbook行かないと言っているではありませんか。「ではないか」 → 「じゃない」 → 「じゃん」: a rhetorical 'I'm telling you!', not a real negative.
Grandpa wants to go to Reiwa University, and a student is trying to talk Grandpa out of it.
I mean, mornings are brutal when you've got first period.
Textbookいえ、一限の授業がある人は、朝がつらいのです。「つらいのです」 becomes 「しんどいんだよ」: の shrinks to ん, です drops to plain だ, and よ presses the explanation on the listener. しんどい is casual 'rough'.
One performer says ghost stories are for summer, but the other says they listen to them in winter.
Culture note Junji Inagawa is a famous ghost-story teller whose TV shows and tours are a Japanese summer tradition.
That's totally summer!
Textbookそれは夏じゃないですか。Polite 「夏じゃないですか」 becomes 「夏じゃねえかよ」: ない roughens to ねえ, です drops, and よ turns か into an exasperated retort.
The speaker has made it across to win a promised 100 million yen and shouts for someone hidden who is watching.
I know you can hear me!
Textbook聞いているのでしょう。「聞いているのでしょう」→「聞いてんだろ」: 「聞いている」 drops its 「い」 to become 「聞いてる」; then 「る」+「の」 merges into 「ん」 (「聞いてるのだ」→「聞いてんだ」); and polite 「でしょう」 becomes blunt 「だろう」, clipped to a pushy 「だろ！」 ('you are, aren't you!').
A grandchild finds out that Grandpa has been taking an exam too.
For real?
Textbook本当ですか。Slang "マジ" replaces "本当"; bare "マジ?" with rising tone does the asking, no "で" or "ですか" needed.
One friend asks the other to recommend a curry restaurant, but the other angrily insists they don't know any.
Sorry, this guy seems to be in a bad mood or something.
Textbookすみません、この人はどうも機嫌が悪いようです。「すみません」 loses its m sound (み → い) and becomes 「すいません」, the everyday spoken form. The rest is casual too: 「この人は」 → 「こいつ」, 「どうも」 → 「なんか」, 「が」 dropped, and 「ようです」 → 「みたいで」, trailing off.
One of them is getting letters and more every day, and the other can't believe they're treating it like a quiz.
Hang on a sec.
Textbook少し待っていてください。"ちょっと" replaces "少し/少々"; "待ってて" is the contracted form of "待っていて" (the い drops out; "keep waiting") with "ください" dropped.
A student warns Grandpa that the university is two hours away, making first-period mornings hard.
No way!
Textbook本当ですか。"嘘でしょ" (short for "嘘でしょう", "that must be a lie") works as a stunned "No way!", not an accusation; a textbook asks "本当ですか".
The two argue over whether Junji really feels like summer, then one says they have a story of their own.
Culture note Junji Inagawa is a famous ghost-story teller whose TV shows and tours are a Japanese summer tradition.
Forget it. It's gonna be summer anyway.
Textbookもう結構です。どうせ夏ですから。Plain 'もういい' ('it's already fine' → 'enough') replaces polite 'もう結構です'; sentence-final 'わ' adds exasperated emphasis.
Someone advises Grandpa to give up on something (its name is garbled in the audio), and Grandpa asks why.
Well, 'why'—obviously, uh, it takes like two hours from here.
Textbookいえ、なぜかと言いますと、それは、ここから2時間ぐらいかかるからです。'それは' contracts to 'そりゃ' ('-re wa' → '-rya'); after 'なんでって' it means 'well, obviously…'.