Join the Absolute Beginner Book Club here! しろくまカフェ home thread Chapters 19 and 20 [image] Start date: May 15th Previous Chapter: Chapters 17 and 18 Next chapter: Chapters 21-23 Page numbers [b174615ec62c30e5548289f3be860f5e4a748deb] Vocabulary list You can also check the page numbers for n…

Ah! He’s putting a name to the thing Panda’s getting at! That makes a lot of sense. Thank you. Edit: That changes the context for his follow-up to something more akin to “Like only making one cake”? I guess?

Encountering something I think I know, but don’t, is often the most difficult to learn because I don’t believe I need to look it up. I do recall wondering about this line when I read it, but I was away from the Internet at the time and never got back to it (so I’m glad you asked!) For anyone inexp…

[image] Wiggle: Edit: That changes the context for his follow-up to something more akin to “Like only making one cake”? I guess? Now that I’ve taken a moment to look up the meaning of 済む (new word for me), that’s how I read it.

On page 123, the one where Panda and Polar Bear are waylaid by ladies who think they’re cute, what’s the second kanji in Panda’s second sentence? I can’t find it on jisho and google translate seems to be broken tonight.

[image] Wiggle: what’s the second kanji in Panda’s second sentence? I’m reading it as 「日が暮れちゃうよ！」 Apparently 日が暮れる is an expression meaning “to set (sun); to become dark”.

For some reason the 19th chapter was kinda hard to read through :DD I also struggled with finding what 見苦しい was :joy: The second chapter, and the last in the old edition, was reeeally sweet:33 And new words for animals, yay \o/

Ah, whoops. I clean forgot to do this week’s reading. Welp, I’ma do it now. Never thought I’d see furigana more squishy than some of the examples in Aria, but squishing キャビンアテンダント into the width of “CA” wins that prize by an easy mile. And done. :slightly_smiling_face:

If you don’t mind me asking, what are some examples of Aria’s transgressions?

Just off the top of my head: 舟ゴンドラ地球マンホーム地球化テラフォーミング

しろくまカフェ: Week 10 Discussion (Chapters 19 and 20)

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New thread is here \o/ Chapters 21-23

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