ふらいんぐうぃっち Vol. 7 🧹

[Radish8]

Volume 7 Discussion Thread

Start Date: 19th September
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Vocabulary List

Flying Witch Vocab

Please read the editing guidelines in the first sheet before adding any words!

Reading Schedule

Start Date	Chapter	Page Numbers	Page Count
September 19th	37 - 魔女のあだ名	3 - 30	28
September 26th	38 - あっちの菓子折り	33 - 56	24
October 3rd	39 - 犬が？草を刈る	59 - 84	26
October 10th	40 - 走る薬草	87 - 114	28
October 17th	41 - 酒は魔女を釣る針	117 - 139	23
October 24th	42 - 見ざる聞かざる言わざる	141 - 169	29

Participants

There will be participation polls throughout this discussion thread as we reach each chapter

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[2OC3aOdKgwSGlxfz]

@Radish8

Start Date: 19th August

I think that should be 19th September…

[Radish8]

Um, no, you’re just really behind?

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[Nenad]

Man, that’s a pretty cover.

[skymaiden]

Volume 7 starting now!
(Just bought my copy tonight, glad ebooks are a thing )

Chapter 37 - 魔女のあだ名

2020-09-18T15:00:00Z

• I’m reading along
• I’m still reading but haven’t reached this part yet
• I’m dropping this book

[2OC3aOdKgwSGlxfz]

One question please meow~

Page 25:

I’m not sure what’s the meaning of 陣じん here? All the meanings I see are military related and that doesn’t seem to fit here…

Any help is appreciated!

[Belthazar]

魔法陣.

[2OC3aOdKgwSGlxfz]

Thank you ^.^

[skymaiden]

Chapter 38 - あっちの菓子折り

2020-09-25T15:00:00Z

• I’m reading along
• I’m still reading but haven’t reached this part yet
• I’m dropping this book

[Nenad]

ch37, p10 – is that 福 on the door?

Edit: Also, what’s with these arrows pointing at Akane? (p14-5)

[Belthazar]

@Nenad

ch37, p10 – is that 福 on the door?

I can only assume so - the English version says “LUCK”.

@Nenad

Edit: Also, what’s with these arrows pointing at Akane? (p14-5)

That’s kind of explained on page 16. Simply put: it’s expensive to make the potion because they need to hire a witch who can teleport. Akane is a witch who can teleport.

[Kappa421]

I want more from Mr. Summer. Not only does he help with parsing Katakana, he’s also almost as clueless/wacky (not sure if those words fit) as Makoto it seems.

[Nenad]

@Belthazar

That’s kind of explained on page 16. Simply put: it’s expensive to make the potion because they need to hire a witch who can teleport. Akane is a witch who can teleport.

IIIIIII get it. That’s funny.

[Nenad]

ch37, p23 – 助かんなくない

What is going on with this verb? Is that a double negative conjugation or what?

Edit: ch37, p23 (2) – まぁでもいい人生っちゃいい人生だった悔いはないかな

What is this っちゃ doing here?

[ChristopherFritz]

@Nenad

ch37, p23 – 助かんなくない

What is going on with this verb? Is that a double negative conjugation or what?

My understanding is that it is indeed a double negative.

I don’t really know how to convey the sentence properly in English, so I’m looking forward to anyone who can provide extra insight.

I read her lines in that panel as being something like, “Mm, this is bad, huh? (In this situation), won’t I not be saved? Yeah, I won’t be saved. This is bad, this is bad.”

[Nenad]

@ChristopherFritz

wo n’t I not be saved

This is pretty much my impression, as well (if we go hyper-literal).

@ChristopherFritz

I don’t really know how to convey the sentence properly in English, so I’m looking forward to anyone who can provide extra insight.

For what it’s worth, the fan-translation of the same part goes like this: “There’s no way I’ll get saved right? Yeah no way I’ll get saved. This is bad, pretty bad.”

Edit: I’ve googled it a bit, and it seems it simply really is a double negation. Looks like this is ungrammatical(?), but started as a fad in the early 90s because of some song and became what they now call 若者言葉。I hope you saw this edit, @ChristopherFritz

[Nenad]

ch38, p40 – 運び屋ともあろう人が

What is this ともあろう part?

ch38, p40 (2) – 地域に貢献してこいって

This こいって part, too? 行く＋言う?

[ChristopherFritz]

@Nenad

ch38, p40 – 運び屋 ともあろう 人が

What is this ともあろう part?

The handbook “All About Particles” by Naoko Chino actually specifically includes 「とも＋あろう＋noun＋が」! It translates it as “of all people (things)”. Both example sentences use 人 as the noun.

This N1 grammar point page says:

This grammar point is often used to show surprise and/or judge some person or group. Ex) “considering someone of this position, they should not…”, “of all people…”, etc…

So, we can a sense of “Why is someone in your position, someone who does the job you do, working a festival stall as a part-time job?”

I’m glad you asked about this, as I didn’t bother looking into it in detail when I read through that part!

@Nenad

ch38, p40 (2) – 地域に貢献して こいって

This こいって part, too? 行く＋言う?

I believe こい = 来い (from 来る).

[skymaiden]

Chapter 39 - 犬が？草を刈る

2020-10-02T15:00:00Z

• I’m reading along
• I’m still reading but haven’t reached this part yet
• I’m dropping this book

[ChristopherFritz]

Sometimes, I think Japanese has a word for everything.

We certainly don’t have something like this in Engli—

Well, close enough.