Hey yall! I was a week behind because I’ve been really busy with work lately but now I’m all caught up! This week’s easier passages nicely balanced out the trouble I had with last week’s !
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Hello yall, will be joining you for the rest of the book club! I’ve caught up to (and actually overshot) the bookclub pace. Hope to join the conversation now.
I’ve actually never finished a book with the bookclubs on wanikani before so hopefully starting half way though will help.
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I’m saying this every week I feel like, but it’s really fun to read through everyone’s comment every week. 
I attempted translating again:
Page 49
いい天気！
Nice weather!
パトロールは順調だし
My patrol is going well
人間さんは最近見かけないし
And I didn’t see any humans recently
来たとしても
Even if they come
私が驚かせて追い出しちゃうもんね
I’d scare them and kick them out
Page 50
みあちゃんの時みたいに。。。
Just like at that time with Mia…
もしかして今まで一度も驚かせるの成功してない。。。？！
I probably not even once scared someone successfully…?!
鳥さん、お願いがあるんだけど。。。
Tori, do me a favour…
あそこの木に止まってみて
Perch on that tree over there and watch (thanks @yamitenshi !)
Page 52
どうしたら怖くなれるんだろ
How can I become scary
こんなんじゃ人間さんを追い出せないよ。。。
I can’t drive out humans like this…
こんな時
みんながいてくれたら
At that time, if everyone was here…
そうだ！ みんなに力を貸してもらおう！
That’s right! I have to borrow the strength of everyone!
Page 53
くまさんがここで。。。
Kuma goes there…
うさぎさんは小さいからこっち
Usagi is small, so it goes there
みんな。。。この作戦でどうかな？
Everyone… what do you think about this strategy?
Page 54
よかった！ これでバッチリだね！
Good! This is perfect!
人間さんの話し声だ！
There is a human’s talking voice!
行こう！
Let’s go!
Page 55
人間さんのこどもたちが三人。。。
3 human kids…
今日はみんながいるから
Today with everyone here
大丈夫！！
it will be alright!!
みんな準備はいい？
Is everyone well prepared?
今だっ
Now
Page 58
相変わらずね。。。 オオカミちゃん
You haven’t changed, Ookami.
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p50
もしかして is more of the “could it be” or “maybe…” line of things
“Could it be that I didn’t even scare anyone successfully before?”
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So far, I have a small question on page pg 50.
pg 50
鳥さん、お願いがあるんだけど。。。
My understanding of けど here is that it is a conjunction, and the the second clause of the sentence is implied, because Ookami-chan is being polite and asking a favor from Tori-san. It’s like saying "I have a request, but (would it be too much trouble?). Is this correct? Thank you.
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p50
Pretty much, ye. It’s a common way of ending sentences in Japanese to make them a tad bit more polite. There’s even a tofugu article on this here
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This section was a bit of breather, being less vocab and dialogue heavy! I think my “gist-comprehension” was decent on this.
Some of the verb forms I’m not clear on, so I may post a couple of questions about that.
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ichi.moe says し at sentence end means “gives reason for an unstated but deductible conclusion [the thing is]” – I’m still not sure exactly why she uses it twice in the first panel on 49
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Page 49
When し is used to list reasons, it must be used one time for every reason. Like ichi.moe says, it’s used at the end of the sentence, and in this case she says two sentences:
パトロールは順調だし
人聞さんは最近見かけないし
So, she’s listing two reasons, so she needs to use し two times.
し～し (JLPT N4) | Bunpro – Japanese Grammar Explained
From BunPro:
Like て, し is a conjunction particle. This means that it is used for linking the (A) and (B) parts of a sentence, and describing that link in some way. The ‘description’ that し will highlight is ‘reasons’. Regularly it is translated simply as ‘and’.
し may be connected to the end of almost any word, but will require a だ before it when it comes after nouns or な-Adjectives. し will follow every ‘reason’ that is being listed in a sentence. However, the last し may be replaced with から or ので, before the ‘result’ is stated.
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Thank you!
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ずるっ, comes from ずる
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Thanks! I could only find the definition for するっ in regards to slurping noodles and that didn’t quite seem to fit the context. 
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ずるっ more often than not is actually stuff like blowing noses. So might not have been easier
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I always tend to just skip over sound effects, probably a bad habit that will be hard to fix later on 
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Can I ask (to anyone who’s been reading a while), do you ever get a feel for onomatopoeia or is it something that you should spend a bit of your time actively learning when it pops up?
(Actually is it ok to ask here if its not directly related to the book?)
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It’s not vital information, I personally mostly ignore it as well. I wouldn’t spend time on learning it, but if you wanted to, you could at least pay attention to them, and that way it would probably eventually get ingrained. However, if you do in fact want to do that, there are many anki decks to learn them with directly.
Of course, the title is merely a suggestion and this is probably a related question, at least in my eyes
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Yes.
You’ll get a feel for which kinds of sounds go with which kinds of sources of those sounds. Some words have a softer sound, some have a more prickly sound, some have a heavier, more abrupt sound, some have a more wafty sound.
Oftentimes, you’ll find onomatopeia used in dialogue as well. There’s a lot out there, and individually they’re not necessarily common, but you’ll likely find yourself recognizing some over time.
There are some rare cases where it is vital, but I agree that it usually isn’t.
The sound of someone slipping when you can see they are slipping? Not so important.
The sound of school bells signalling it’s the end of the school day? Maybe not so important if that last panel had kids in school, and the next panel has them walking home.
The sound of an unseen door slowly creaking open while the main character is quietly sneaking and not hearing it? That may be vital.
The purpose of the book club is to advance one’s reading, and your question is certainly related to that!
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Thanks for the answers everyone! They’ve been really helpful.
I think for easier books at least, I’ll try to spend a bit more time on onomatopoeia as it does interest me. But more difficult books maybe not so much.
As always @ChristopherFritz the example manga panels you post make everything 10x better whenever I see them, so thank you.
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Translation attempt for Week 6. I already gave my thoughts on the Week 5 thread.
Pages 51-53
オオカミ：パトロールは順調だし。
Wolf: Patrol is going well.
オオカミ：人間さんは最近見かけないし。
Wolf: I haven’t noticed any humans recently.
オオカミ：来たとしても。私が驚かせて追い出しちゃうもんね。
Wolf: Even if they came, I will surprise them and drive them out.
オオカミ：みあちゃんの時みたいに…
Wolf: Like that time with Mia…
オオカミ：もしかして今まで一度も驚かせるの成功してない…！？
Wolf: Perhaps I’ve not been successful in surprising people even once up to now…!?
オオカミ：お願いがあるんだけど…
Wolf: I have a request…
オオカミ：あそこの木に止まってみて！
Wolf: Try to stop on that tree over there!
Pages 54-56
オオカミ：どうしたら怖くなれるんだろ。
Wolf: How can I not be scary?
オオカミ：こんなんじゃ人間さんを追い出せないよ…
Wolf: This won’t drive out the humans…
オオカミ：みんながいてくれたら…
Wolf: When everyone is here…
オオカミ：みんなに力を貸してもらおう！
Wolf: …let’s get them all to help out!
オオカミ：うさぎさんは小さいからこっち。
Wolf: Usagi is small, so this way.
オオカミ：みんな…この作戦でどうかな？
Wolf: Everyone…how about this strategy?
Pages 57-60
オオカミ：人間さんの子どもたちが三人…
Wolf: Three human children…
オオカミ：今日はみんながいるから大丈夫！！
Wolf: I have everyone today, so it’s fine!!
オオカミ：みんな準備はいい？
Wolf: Everybody, are the preparations good?
ミア：相変わらずね…オオカミちゃん。
Mia: As usual, right…Okami?
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Hi! I thought I would try a translation attempt with this week’s section. I tried to focus less on literal translation and more on getting the same meaning across.
If someone could look over my translation, I would appreciate that ^-^
p49
いい天気！
Good weather!
パトロールは順調だし
My patrolling is going well
人間さんは最近見かけないし
I haven’t seen any humans recently
ま来たとしても
Well, even if humans did come [into the forest]
私が驚かせて追い出しちゃうもんね
I just have to scare them out.
p50
みあちゃんの時みたいに．．．
Like that time with Mia-chan…
はっ
gasp
もしかして今まで一度も驚かせるの成功してない…?
Could it be that I have never actually succeeded in scaring anyone away?
鳥さんお願いがあるんだけど
Tori-san, I have something to ask of you.
あそこの木に止まってみて!
Could you perch on that tree?
p51
がおー！！
Roar!!
ピ
Chirp?
だめかぁ
I guess I’m not scary… (Literal: it didn’t work)
p52
うーん
No
どうしたら怖くなれるんだろ
What can I do to make myself seem scary?
こんなんじゃ人間さんを追い出せないよ
If I’m not scary, I won’t be able to chase away any humans.
こんな時みんながいてくれたら…
During times like this, if everyone was here with me…
そうだ！
That’s it!
みんなに力を貸してもらおう！
Let’s go borrow everyone’s power! (not really sure how to translate this naturally)
p53
でね！
And then!
くまさんがここで
Kuma-san will be here, and
うさぎさんは小さいからこっち
Because Usagi-san is small, Usagi-san will be over here
みんな。。。この作戦でどうかな？
Everyone… what do you think of this plan?
p54
よかった！
I’m glad!
これでバッチリだね！
Everything is perfect!
人間さんの話し声だ！
[I hear] the sound of a human speaking!
行こう！
Let’s go!
おー！
Yeah!
p55
人間さんの子どもたちが三人。。。
[There are] 3 human children…
きょうはみんながいるから
But because everyone is here [with me],
大丈夫！！
It will be okay!
みんな準備はいい？
Is everyone ready?
今だっ
(Literal: now!) Go!
p58
いたた
Owww
くまさん。。。！
Kuma-san!
大丈夫！？
Are you okay?!
相変わらずね。。。オオカミちゃん
(Clumsy and cute) as always, Ookami-chan.
えっ！？
What?!
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