一个叫森本昌二的日本男人因为自己的工作而出名了。
他目前的主要工作内容就是出租自己。
森本昌二曾经在一家公司做文字相关的工作，但是重复又无聊的工作让他很不喜欢。
失业后，他决定出租自己，不但可以什么都不做，还可以赚钱。
他曾经陪客户去吃东西，一起去交离婚材料，到医院看望病人，听别人说自己的秘密…
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他什么都不用做，只需要陪在客户身边就可以了。
仅仅十个月，森本昌二的粉丝数量就从三千人增至十万人，如今，他的粉丝数量超过四十万，接了四千多个客户。
每个客户他会收一万日元，差不多是五百多人民币。
除了赚钱，这些工作经历也改变了他看人的角度。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 森本昌二 | Sēn běn Chāng èr | Japanese male name, Morimoto Shoji. |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 日本 | Rì běn | Japan |
| 男人 | nán rén | a man / a male / men |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 而 | ér | and so / (indicates causal relation) |
| 出名 | chū míng | to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time / currently |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 内容 | nèi róng | content; substance; details |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 出租 | chū zū | to rent |
| 曾经 | céng jīng | once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 文字 | wén zì | character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology |
| 相关 | xiāng guān | related / relevant / pertinent |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 重复 | chóng fù | to repeat / to duplicate |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 无聊 | wú liáo | bored / boring / senseless |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 失业 | shī yè | to lose one's job |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind |
| 不但 | bù dàn | not only (... but also ...) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 什么 | shén me | something; anything |
| 都 | dōu | (not) at all |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 赚 | zhuàn | to earn / to make a profit |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 陪 | péi | to accompany / to keep sb company / to assist |
| 客户 | kè hù | client; customer |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 交 | jiāo | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to reach |
| 离婚 | lí hūn | to divorce |
| 材料 | cái liào | data |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 看望 | kàn wàng | to pay a visit to; to see (sb) |
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person / patient / invalid |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 秘密 | mì mì | a secret |
| 用 | yòng | to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 身边 | shēn biān | at one's side / on hand |
| 仅仅 | jǐn jǐn | barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 粉丝 | fěn sī | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles / fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans") |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 增 | zēng | (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to |
| 至 | zhì | to / until |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays; now |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 四十 | sì shí | forty / 40 |
| 接 | jiē | to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 收 | shōu | to receive / to accept / to collect |
| 日元 | rì yuán | yen (currency of Japan) |
| 差不多 | chà bu duō | almost / nearly / more or less |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred |
| 人民币 | rén mín bì | Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (RMB or CNY) |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 经历 | jīng lì | experience |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 角度 | jiǎo dù | angle / (fig.) point of view |