Heh, I was just about to tackle the next one one, but you beat me to it.
I thought these bits were kind of neat. I think what’s happening there is he’s really carefully enunciating the polite phrases there to be on his best behavior for work, since formal speech doesn’t come very naturally to him.
Struck me as a bit confusing too… I think it’s kind of like “This is today’s schedule, buuut… some kids are coming by at 11.” Either the kids’ visit is a point of note that isn’t included on the schedule, or it’s something the zookeeper wants to draw Panda’s attention to in particular to be sure he doesn’t miss it.
サービス - service (I’m interpreting this in the fan service sense)
して - する “to do” te-form
あげて - あげる “to give” te-form
ください - please
Zookeeper: Please give them something exciting.
Panda: ハーイ♪
Panda: Yes, sir! ♪
Panel 2
Panda: それ以外の時間はどんなカンジで？
それ - that
以外 - excepting
の - (possessive/modifying particle)
時間 - time
は - (topic marker)
どんな - what kind?
カンジ - feeling, sense, impression
で - (contextual particle)
Panda: Outside of that time, what kind of impression…? (From the answer the zookeeper gives, it seems that Panda is omitting the end of the sentence, “…いいですか” “…would be good?”)
Zookeeper: 自 然 体 でいいです
自然体 - natural attitude
で - (contextual particle)
いい - good
です - (copula, polite)
Zookeeper: A Natural Attitude would be fine. (Or more colloquially in English, “Just act natural.”)
Panel 3
Panda: 自然体っていわれるのが一番困るんだな〜
自然体 - natural attitude
って - (casual quotation)
いわれる - 言う passive form
の - (nominalizing particle)
が - (subject marker)
一番 - number one, the most
困る - to be troubled
ん - (explanatory tone)
だ - (copula)
な- (sentence ending particle for emphasis)
Panda: Well, what I’m most worried about is the “act natural” thing…
Sign: パンダ館 入り口➙
Sign: Panda Building Entrance➙
Panel 4
Panda: 今日はよろしく
今日 - today
は - (topic marker)
よろしく - “please treat me well” (said when meeting someone for the first time)
Panda: Greetings today!(I don’t really know how to translate this, but I feel like this is sort of the sense of it… or something like, “We’re meeting today! (for the first time)”
I agree that’s the idea. Maybe something like “Hello! We’ll be working together today,” or “Nice to meet you. Please take care of me today,” or something similar, but it’s all really down to personal preference, I think.
I’m gonna guess and say this doesn’t actually mean “but”, like sometimes you use けど after a sentence to convey background information to the person you’re speaking to, like as some sort of explanation. が is just the more formal version of it. In a translation I would just drop it.
That’s the Japanese name, but I went with what Wikipedia called it for the English name (it lists Minchō as the Japanese name.) Ming (typefaces) - Wikipedia Is that wrong?
I sort of read that as Panda’s somewhat lazy personality. “Ah yes, yet another day where I worked so hard!” (that’s the idea, not suggested translation.) A sort of irony, since this is the first day he’s worked, and he generally doesn’t work very hard.
Seems so! As a side note, though I’m not fully confident in my interpretation, I took the header さむ～い死語 to mean “lame, out-dated word”.
Page 38, bis version
Panel 1
Shirokuma: いらっしゃい
Shirokuma: Welcome
Panel 2
Shirokuma: いつものやつ？
いつも - always, usually
の - (possessive/modifying particle)
やつ - thing
Shirokuma: The usual?
Panda: えっと～
Panda: Uhh
Panel 3
Panda: 竹大盛り あとコーヒー
竹 - bamboo
大盛り - large serving
あと - also, in addition
コーヒー - coffee
Panda: A large bamboo. And a coffee
Shirokuma: いつものやつね
いつも - always, usually
の - (possessive/modifying particle)
やつ - thing
ね - right?, isn’t it?
Shirokuma: The usual, huh?
Panel 4
Koala: 今日は園児がかわいかったね～
今日 - today
は - (topic marker)
園児 - kindergarteners
が - (subject marker)
かわいかった - was cute (past form of かわいい)
ね - right?, isn’t it?
Koala: Those kindergarteners today were cute, weren’t they?
Panda: ボクはりきりすぎてバテちゃった
ボク - I (僕 in katankana)
は - (topic marker)
りきり - ?
はりきり - to be enthusiastic, to be eager, to stretch to breaking point (stem of 張り切る/はりきる)
すぎて - to be excessive, to be too much, etc. (て-form of すぎる as a suffix)
ちゃった - did completely (past form of ちゃう, a contraction of てしまう)
Panda: I worked too hard and got completely worn out(Though I’m pretty sure I understand the meaning of what he’s saying, I can’t figure out what りきり is supposed to mean. The りき seems likely to be 力, but beyond that I’m lost. I couldn’t find りきり itself, nor any verb or adjective that would have りきり as a stem, as it seems to be. It’s probably something simple and easy I’m missing.)
Panda: I was too enthusiastic and got completely worn out. (Thanks @Saruko!)
Panel 5
Panda: 職員の人は自然体でいいっていうけどサ
職員 - staff member
の - (possessive/modifying particle)
人 - person
は - (topic marker)
自然体 - natural attitude
で - (context particle)
いい - good
って - (casual quoting particle)
いう - say
けど - but, however, although
サ - (assertive emphasis, like よ)
Panda: The staff member said to “act naturally”, but…
Panda: することないし困らない？
する - to do
こと - action, matter, event
ない - doesn’t exist (negative form of ある)
し - (inexhaustive reason listing particle)
困らない - are not worried, are not troubled, etc. (negative form of 困る)
Panda: Doesn’t not being able to do that worry you?(Pretty loose interpretation here, since I can’t quite make full sense of the Japanese.)
Koala: わかるわかる～
Koala: I understand, I understand
Panel 6
Koala: そのへんはしんぼうするしかないかもね
その - that
へん - circumstances
は - (topic marker)
しんぼう - patience, endurance
する - to do
しかない - have no choice, there’s nothing but
かも - may, might, perhaps, etc.
ね - right?, isn’t it?, etc.
Koala: In those circumstances, there might be nothing to do except have patience, don’t you think?
I never considered for one second that は wasn’t the topic marker, but that makes everything make sense! Thank you!
I tried practically every permutation I could think (considering various parts of すぎて were part of whatever word(s) りきり was part of, etc., rather than being すぎる), but never gave a second thought to は. Have to learn to question all my assumptions when I hit something like that.
Dropping a sentence into ichi.moe is a good way to catch things like はりきり.
Edit: Now that I look at the page again, I see there’s a space between ボク and はりきり. I definitely didn’t notice that when I first read the chapter and was likewise confused by this line.
(Minor note: You have はりき rather than はりきり in your breakdown vocabulary listing.)
Panda: Have you been to the zoo before, Shirokuma?
Shirokuma: ない
Shirokuma: No
Panel 2
Panda: 最近はいいろいろ工夫してあって面白いんダヨ
最近 - recently, lately
は - (topic marker)
いろいろ - various, all sorts
工夫してあって - has come up with
工夫して - come up with (て-form of 工夫する)
あって - exist (て-form of ある)
面白い - interesting, funny
ん - (explanatory)
ダ - (copula, in katakana)
ヨ - (authoritative emphasis, in katakana)
Panda: Recently, they’ve come up with all sorts of interesting things.
Shirokuma: へー
Shirokuma: Really?
Label: こんなのとか
こんな - such, like this
の - (possessive/modifying particle)
とか - among other things, such things as, etc.
Label: Things such as this
Panel 3
Shirokuma: カフェをしに行きたい
カフェ - cafe
を - (direct object marker)
しに行きたい - want to go and do
し - do (steam form of する)
に - (target/indirect object marker)
行きたい - want to go (“want to” form of 行く)
Shirokuma: You want me to go and open a cafe?(Unsure of this one. It seems more like he’s wondering, “Should I go and open a cafe?” or “Does he (Panda) want me to go and open cafe?” or “Going and opening a cafe, huh?” or something like that, as opposed to just saying he (Shirokuma) wants to go and open it, though that’s sort of what the actual sentence seems to say, so I went with him asking Panda, though there’s no clue that it’s a question, outside of assumptions from context.)
Shirokuma: I want to go and open a cafe(This doesn’t really make sense to me in context–it doesn’t seem like Shirokuma actually wants to open a cafe at the zoo–but my original interpretation doesn’t actually work with the way the sentence is formed.) (Thanks @ChristopherFritz and @NLeseul!)
Panel 4
Sign: パンダ館 入り口
ンダ館 - panda building
入り口 - entrance
Sign: Panda Building Entrance
Panel 5
Shirokuma: そしてパンダくんを観察する
そして - and, and then, etc.
パンダくん - Panda (name)
を - (direct object marker)
観察する - observe, watch, etc.
Shirokuma: Then I’ll be watching you
Shirokuma: うふふふ
Shirokuma: Hehehe
Afterword
Penguin cupcake: ねてるだけですけどね！？
ねてる - sleeping (shortened ている-form of ねる/寝る)
だけ - only, just, merely, etc.
です - (copula)
けど - but
ね - right?, isn’t it?, etc.
Penguin cupcake: But he’d just be sleeping, wouldn’t he?
That’s true, but you can also use it in a question when asking if someone else wants to do something. It honestly doesn’t make sense to me that he’d say “I want to go and open a cafe”, which is why it’s so confusing to me. But thinking on it more now, I think the sentence would be different if it was saying Panda wanted Shirokuma to go and do the act, as opposed to wanting to do the act himself.
I’m still really unclear as to why he’d say “I want to go and open a cafe”, since it doesn’t really seem like he wants to.
Hmm. I don’t think there’s anything in the text that directly explains it, but what I’m thinking is the overall idea of these last several pages is that Shirokuma feels a bit jealous of Panda’s new friends from work. He’s trying to involve himself in the conversation with his usual barrage of puns, but Panda isn’t paying much attention because he’s wrapped up in a conversation about work. He’s concerned that Panda’s job might take away time from their friendship, so he’s imagining opening a cafe at the zoo to stay involved in Panda’s new life.
Again, this is interpretation, not translation. So, totally a guess based on what seems to be going on with subtext here.
って - (casual quoting particle, possibly implying something like 思うった)
Shirokuma: Should we make sweet potatoes?(I’m not fully getting what purpose the quoting particle serves here, if any.)
Shirokuma: I’m thinking I’d make sweet potatoes (Thanks @NLeseul!)
Panda: サツマイモだ♡
サツマイモ - sweet potato (written in katakana for style)
だ
Panda: Sweet potatoes!
Panel 6
Panda: ・・・この季節って
この - This
季節 - season
って - (casual quoting particle, casual equivalent of the topic marker) (Thanks again @NLeseul!)
Panda: This season…(Similar to above, not fully understanding the quoting particle here, though I get the feeling it’s like Panda’s trying to be profound or something.)
Panda: なんかさみしいっていうか
なんか - something like that
さみしい - lonely, lonesome, desolate
って - (casual quoting particle)
いう - say
か - (question marker)
Panda: They say it’s lonely, don’t they?
Panda: またいっぱい落ちてきちゃった
また - still, also, again
いっぱい - full, a lot, etc.
落ちてきちゃった - have fallen (past form of the contracted form of the てしまう form of the てくる form of 落ちる )
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