朝は6時15分ごろ起きます。まず、顔を洗って、身支度をします。6時30分ごろから約15分間、自分の部屋と担当している場所、たとえばおふろやトイレ、廊下などをそうじします。1年生は6時50分ごろに食堂に集まって、朝ご飯を配ります。全員集まったら、点呼をとります。寮生みんなそろって、「いただきます」と「ごちそうさま」を言うのが決まりです。食べはじめてから15分くらいで「ごちそうさま」のあいさつとなるので、急いで食べなければいけません。食べおわると、宿直の先生2人から一言ずつ話があります。内容はおもに注意事項です。あと片づけも1年生の仕事です。お皿を重ねて、残飯を集めて、食事係のおばさんがいるカウンターまで運びます。
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I get up around 6:15 every morning. I wash my face and get dressed. Then, from around 6:30 for about 15 minutes, I tidy up and clean my room and an assigned part of the dormitory, for example, the bathroom, the toilets, or the hallways. The first-year students gather at the dining hall at about 6:50. We're responsible for distributing the dishes on the individual trays for each person's serving. When all the students are assembled, we have roll-call. It's the custom for all the domitory students to say "Itadakimasu" (word spoken before beginning a meal) and "Gochisosama" (word spoken upon finishing a meal) together in unison. The "Gochisosama" comes about 15 minutes after we start to eat, so you have to eat quickly. After we finish, the two teachers in charge of the dormitories usually say a few words, mostly reminders and matters of business. Cleaning up afterward is also the job of the first-year students. We stack the dishes, collect the leftovers and carry them to the counter where the women in the kitchen stand ready to wash up.
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