I suspect when used as a する verb this means “to do an action/activity” rather than “to be active”.
I don’t know if there is a useful reference for looking these up. Jisho usually just gives you the base word and let’s you know it can be used as a する verb, but doesn’t usually tell you what it means as a する verb. Often it’s obvious but sometimes less obvious like this example.
In this vacuum, not only is there no air, but the body would expand, and the liquids inside would boil leading to the death of the human. (or frog in this instance)
In a vacuum, it is not only impossible to breathe, humans would also end up dying because their bodies become inflated and the fluids in their bodies boil.
温度の変化も激しく、マイナス百度からプラス百二十度くらいまで、上がったり下がったりします。
Temperature changes are extreme, raising and falling between -100°C and about +120°C.
For tomorrow, there is only one short sentence, so that we’ll have enough time to enjoy the nice space frog pictures on p. 173.
Also, there are various devices attached, one for sending oxygen for the sake of breathing, one for collecting urine, and one for talking to the outside.
Various additional devices are attached, such as a device giving oxygen for breathing, a pee collecting device and a communication device for talking to the exterior.
Feels good being able to use more kanji now that I’ve made it further in WaniKani. Recognizing which kanji will be used can sometimes still be difficult and I’m relying a bit on the IME to suggest them. Part of that is that I’m translating a lot quicker than I was before, becoming comfortable with the IME and recognizing more of the phrases.
174:
このような きびしい 場所で、人間の 体を まもるために 作られたのが、宇宙服です。
In this way, for the sake of protecting the human’s body in harsh locations, a spacesuit is constructed.
The spacesuit is made from piling up many sheets of a special cloth that protects the body from severe hot and cold and does not release any inside air.
ぐるぐる まいた チューブに 水を、ながして、体を ひやす しかけも あります。
Round and round water flows through a coiled tube, a device for cooling the body.
And still, a device for sending oxygen for the purpose of breathing, equipment for collecting pee-pee, and communications equipment for speaking with the outside are some of the varied equipment it comes with.
That’s really good to hear. We’ve been plugging away at this book for a few months now and it’s great to hear that people feel like they’ve made progress.
Reading this book has helped me feel more confident to try reading other things as well. I’ve mostly stuck to Easy NHK News but I should try more manga. I picked up Shirokuma Cafe, Chi’s Sweet Home, and a few others but haven’t gotten around to reading yet. I saw there are some completed book clubs for them so that’s a bit of inspiration to read so I can check out those threads.
Thanks! I’ll need to make ones for the other two dying frogs so I’ll have avatars for any occasion.
Me too. I am still amazed by the scientific level of this book for 2nd graders.
When I bought this book, I bought two other ones from this series, biographies for 2nd and 3rd graders. I am looking forward to reading them!
It also contain all sorts of equipment such as to send oxygen in order to breathe, equipment to collect wee wee, and equipment for communications to talk outside.