# 老女的少女ひなたちゃん・Little Granny Girl Hinata-chan 👩‍👧 — Week 5 (Absolute Beginners Book Club)

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446>\
**Category:** Book Clubs\
**Created:** [April 5, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446 "2024-04-05T23:37:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![araigoshi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/araigoshi/32/585979_2.png) [@araigoshi](https://community.wanikani.com/u/araigoshi)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/1 "2024-04-05T23:37:20Z")

</div>

## Welcome to the fifth week of the Little Granny Girl Hinata Chan book club!

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/3/a/e/3aeee7dc36b0f9a35b85ea3272c26f2d97880797.jpeg)

| Week 5 | 6th April 2024 |
| --- | --- |
| End page | 40 (end of chapter 2) |
| End phrase | 子供好きの子供だペ |
| Pages | 9 |
| Last Week | [Week 4](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/65371) |
| Next week | [Week 6](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/65536) |
| Home Thread | [老女的少女ひなたちゃん](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/64713) |

> **Last Panel**
>
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/b/b/ebbee2b5849e399013ced9867f73ef32d1f62e67.jpeg)

## Vocabulary

> **[老女的少女ひなたちゃん](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17OE48zpuyvzn3709oyh40n4G0HTF6pq8mLAHRT0dh_g/edit?usp=sharing)**
>
> This Sheet is private

_Please read the guidelines on the first page before adding any words._

## Discussion Guidelines

Everybody should feel free to post and ask questions–it’s what makes book clubs fun! But please do not post until you are familiar with **Spoiler Courtesy!**

> **Spoiler Courtesy**
>
> Please follow these rules to avoid inadvertent ネタバレ. If you’re unsure whether something should have a spoiler tag, err on the side of using one.
> 
> 1. Any potential spoiler for the current week’s reading need only be covered by a spoiler tag. Predictions and conjecture made by somebody who has not read ahead still falls into this category.
> 2. Any potential spoilers for external sources need to be covered by a spoiler tag and include a label (outside of the spoiler tag) of what might be spoiled. These include but are not limited to: other book club picks, other books, games, movies, anime, etc. I recommend also tagging the severity of the spoiler (for example, I may still look at minor spoilers for something that I don’t intend to read soon).
> 3. Any information from later in the book than the current week’s reading (including trigger warnings that haven’t yet manifested) needs to be hidden by spoiler tags and labeled as coming from later sections.
> 
> > **Instructions for Spoiler Tags**
> >
> > Click the cog above the text box and use either the “Hide Details” or “Blur Spoiler” options. The text which says “This text will be hidden” should be replaced with what you are wishing to write. In the case of “Hide Details”, the section in the brackets that is labelled “Summary” can be replaced with whatever you like also (i.e, [details=”Chapter 1, Pg. 1”]).
> > 
> > Hide Details results in the dropdown box like below:
> > 
> > > **Example**
> > >
> > > This is an example of the “Hide Details” option.
> > 
> > The “Blur Spoiler” option will simply blur the text it surrounds.
> > 
> > This is an example of the “Blur Spoiler” option.

> **Posting Advice**
>
> - When asking for help, please **mention the page number** , and check before posting that your question hasn’t already been asked. As the threads get longer, it becomes more convenient to use the Search function, which is located in the upper right corner of the forum. It is the magnifying glass which is near your profile picture! The best way to search is usually to type part of the sentence you are confused about, and select “in this topic”. This will show you all posts within the current thread which has that string of text.
> 
> - Be sure to join the conversation! It’s fun, and it’s what keeps these book clubs lively! There’s no such thing as a stupid question! We are all learning here, and if the question has crossed your mind, there’s a very good chance it has crossed somebody else’s also! Asking and answering questions is a great learning opportunity for everyone involved, so never hesitate to do so!
> 
> - For the Bookwalker version of this manga, the page numbers in the panels and the page number in the UI are always 2 apart. If you subtract 2 from the UI page number, this will give you the accurate page number!

## Live Readings

Some users are currently in the progress of arranging a time for a live reading. Join the [Japanese Book Club Discord](https://discord.gg/nhjADFHGPh) to either read or listen!

## Proper Nouns

| Name | Reading | Image | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 日向 | ひなた | ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/d/7/e/d7ebfdfea55b87ea5539e753e04e5d16b667119f.png) | Main character |
| 文夏 | もか | ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/b/8/7/b8765cf027a95096f92db30c053217cb4360c6d2.png) | Hinata’s classmate (Note, you’ll often see her name written as モカ) |
| 千春 | ちはる | ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/c/d/6/cd6a4b307fd840658866839cdc29ad5ce9377f17.png) | Hinata’s classmate |

## Discussion Questions

1. What sentence/passage gave you the most difficulty? Feel free to request some help, or if you figured it out on your own break it down for the rest of us!
2. What was your favorite new vocab word from this week’s reading?
3. Was there any passage that you found particularly intriguing? Did it resonate with you (either positively or negatively)? Was it surprising? Offer any insight or new perspective? Was it just beautifully written?
4. Did your family have any folk cures growing up? Any resemblance to Hinata’s?

## Dialect Guide

Hinata speaks with a little bit of a Fukushima dialect at times. You’ll see this with ぺ or っぺ replacing the ends of sentences, so e.g. だっぺ instead of だよ or だった。Unfortunately it’s not always the same replacement.

## Participation

Will you be reading along with us this week?

_Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/1))_

_If you’ve already read this book but are still going to join the discussion, please select “I have finished this part.”_

### Don’t forget to set this thread to **Watching** in order to stay abreast of discussion!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/2 "2024-04-06T03:25:21Z")

</div>

I used to hate that we were forced to take an afternoon nap in preschool.

How foolish I was…

Top of page 35:

[https://www.komoriuta.jp/archive/ar/A15110510.html](https://www.komoriuta.jp/archive/ar/A15110510.html)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chimmsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/chimmsen/32/733567_2.png) [@Chimmsen](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Chimmsen)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/3 "2024-04-06T08:44:44Z")

</div>

Thanks for the link. That was not what I imagined at all, when reading that part. 😃

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![RebBlue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rebblue/32/326819_2.png) [@RebBlue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RebBlue)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/4 "2024-04-08T10:55:52Z")

</div>

> **Page 32**
>
> Struggling a bit with this sentence: ばーちゃんだった時は世話やけばいいだけだったけど自分も子供になって一緒に遊ぶのはなかなか難しかっぺ。
> 
> What I got from it so far is this: When I was a grandma [SOMETHING] was only good, but becoming a child and playing together was very difficult.
> 
> I’m guessing the 自分も is giving nuance of “I am also a child like these other children.” But I wasn’t sure how to add that bit to my clunky translation.

> **Page 39**
>
> This is one I tried to figure out myself but please can someone check because I’m not sure?
> 
> パリパリになってとれるくらいで丁度いーんです。あっというまに治りますけぇ。
> 
> When it becomes crispy and comes off, that is when it is just about right. Then (because of the previous sentence being explanation) it gets better just like that.

I like the lullaby. Want to keep it in my brain.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/5 "2024-04-08T11:03:14Z")

</div>

> **Page 32**
>
> > [@RebBlue](#):
> >
> > What I got from it so far is this: When I was a grandma [SOMETHING] was only good, but becoming a child and playing together was very difficult.
> 
> The “something” you’re missing is [世話が焼ける](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%B8%96%E8%A9%B1%E3%81%8C%E7%84%BC%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B) without the が.

> **Page 34**
>
> > [@RebBlue](#):
> >
> > When it becomes crispy and comes off, that is when it is just about right. Then (because of the previous sentence being explanation) it gets better just like that.
> 
> Sounds good to me.

> [@RebBlue](#):
>
> I like the lullaby. Want to keep it in my brain.

Reading Yotsuba has gotten a number of Japanese children’s songs stuck in my head.

♫ 僕らはみんな、生きている… ♫

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![RebBlue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rebblue/32/326819_2.png) [@RebBlue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RebBlue)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/6 "2024-04-08T12:37:07Z")

</div>

> **Page 32**
>
> I don’t quite get how this fits the rest of the sentence? “When I was a grandma, if I needed to be looked after, that was only good” or “If when I was a grandma, I needed to be looked after, that was only good”?
> 
> I’m gonna ramble for a sec to try to make sense of this.
> 
> If things usually of the form IF X THEN Y  
> Here we have If [ばーちゃんだった時は世話やける] THEN [いいだけだったけど]  
> So, we are talking about the time when she was a grandma.  
> IF [someone] requires the care of others / needs to be looked after / is a handful, THEN [it] was only good.  
> Maybe いい here more of the alright meaning than good meaning.  
> So, “When I was a grandma, it was alright if I needed to be looked after”  
> combine that with the next bit, “but now we’re talking about the topic of me becoming a child and playing together, that is very difficult.”  
> The “that” in the second half is referring to the needing to be looked after! Not to the being a child and playing together.
> 
> Okay, what I have now is:
> 
> When I was a grandma, it was alright if I needed to be looked after, but now that I’ve become a child and play together with the other children, it is difficult (to accept that I need to be looked after)"

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/7 "2024-04-08T12:46:00Z")

</div>

> **Page 32**
>
> > [@RebBlue](#):
> >
> > I don’t quite get how this fits the rest of the sentence?
> 
> Wait, I messed up the conjugation. It’s [世話を焼く](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%B8%96%E8%A9%B1%E3%82%92%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8F) ('cos the ～ば form of 焼ける is 焼け **れ** ば)
> 
> I read it as when she was a grandmother, it was fine that she needed look after kids, but now that she’s a child, she **still** needs to look after the other kids, but she **also** needs to play with them as well.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![RebBlue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rebblue/32/326819_2.png) [@RebBlue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RebBlue)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/8 "2024-04-08T12:49:56Z")

</div>

That makes sense, thank you

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![8bg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/8bg/32/583859_2.png) [@8bg](https://community.wanikani.com/u/8bg)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/9 "2024-04-08T17:05:26Z")

</div>

> **Page 32 re: use of いい**
>
> “Maybe いい here more of the alright meaning than good meaning.” – I think here this is more the #2 def on Jisho, meaning “enough” or “sufficient”.
> 
> Fwiw the English version has this as the translation:
> 
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/5/3/653f6519d10f25a852281f189c798ebe3268c8ae.jpeg)
> 
> But I’m not sure how “to require the aid of others” became “care for others” …

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/10 "2024-04-08T21:01:55Z")

</div>

> [@8bg](#):
>
> But I’m not sure how “to require the aid of others” became “care for others” …

Yeah, that was my fault - I put the wrong word on the lookup sheet. [Read down a few posts](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/7). 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![helloorange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/helloorange/32/625952_2.png) [@helloorange](https://community.wanikani.com/u/helloorange)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/11 "2024-04-10T17:06:40Z")

</div>

Why do I feel like this week’s reading is kicking my butt?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![araigoshi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/araigoshi/32/585979_2.png) [@araigoshi](https://community.wanikani.com/u/araigoshi)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/12 "2024-04-10T18:49:04Z")

</div>

I guess it’s the big stretch of the kana-only lullably 🙂

Don’t forget to ask here if you get stuck though!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![helloorange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/helloorange/32/625952_2.png) [@helloorange](https://community.wanikani.com/u/helloorange)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/13 "2024-04-11T01:18:21Z")

</div>

Thank you. ^^ I’m going to try again tomorrow morning. Felt like when I sat down to read, my eyes just immediately glazed over.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![davepirat](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@davepirat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/davepirat)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/14 "2024-04-12T12:57:04Z")

</div>

So much vocabulary I don’t know. You’re 4 years old (most of you at least)! Speak simpler dammit! 😂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![helloorange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/helloorange/32/625952_2.png) [@helloorange](https://community.wanikani.com/u/helloorange)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/15 "2024-04-12T16:57:56Z")

</div>

Ok, yeah it’s definitely long strings of kana-only stuff. Also, some particles feel extra confusing to me. For some reason… 🤔

> **pg. 33**
>
> それにお昼寝の時間ったってちゃんと夜寝てるのに  
> そうそう寝れなかっぺよ．．．
> 
> 1. How can you read ったって here? Is it like だって？
> 2. I don’t think I have a good grasp of ちゃんと. What does it mean here?
> 3. Maybe my wires are getting crossed, but is 寝れなかっぺよ not be able to sleep (past tense)?

~~I was curious about the lyrics and I found this!~~  
Omg I literally just linked the same video @Belthazar did…

Sidenote, is there a term for the type of scales / tonality used in more traditional Japanese music? ([The Sakura song also comes to mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fahl47XcPA).)

Taking a break for now but will wrap up the reading later today.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![araigoshi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/araigoshi/32/585979_2.png) [@araigoshi](https://community.wanikani.com/u/araigoshi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/16 "2024-04-12T17:18:12Z")

</div>

> [@helloorange](#):
>
> Sidenote, is there a term for the type of scales / tonality used in more traditional Japanese music? ([The Sakura song also comes to mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fahl47XcPA).)

> **[In scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_scale)**
>
> The in scale (also known as the Sakura pentatonic scale due to its use in the well-known folk song Sakura Sakura) is, according to a traditional theory, one of two pentatonic scales used in much Japanese music, excluding gagaku and Buddhist shōmyō. The in scale, which contains minor notes, is used specifically in music for the koto and shamisen and is contrasted with the yo scale, which does not contain minor notes.
> More recent theory emphasizes that it is more useful in interpreting Japanese me...

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/17 "2024-04-12T20:33:45Z")

</div>

> [@helloorange](#):
>
> Omg I literally just linked the same video @Belthazar did…

Great minds google alike. 😛

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![araigoshi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/araigoshi/32/585979_2.png) [@araigoshi](https://community.wanikani.com/u/araigoshi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/18 "2024-04-12T20:41:45Z")

</div>

Week 6 thread is up!

> [@老女的少女ひなたちゃん・Little Granny Girl Hinata-chan family\_woman\_girl — Week 6 (Absolute Beginners Book Club)](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/65536):
>
> Welcome to the sixth week of the Little Granny Girl Hinata Chan book club! Week 6 13th April 2024 End page 49 End phrase 猫だって素直だしわかるよ Pages 9 Last Week [Week 5](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/65446) Next week [Week 7](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/65599) Home Thread [老女的少女ひなたちゃん](https://community.wanikani.com/t/x/64713)play_button Last Panel Vocabulary Please read the guidelines on the first page before adding any words. Discussion Guidelines Everybody should feel free to post and ask questions–it’s what makes book clubs fun! But please do not post until you are familiar with Spoiler Courtes…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ChristopherFritz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/christopherfritz/32/33825_2.png) [@ChristopherFritz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ChristopherFritz)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/19 "2024-04-13T03:31:03Z")

</div>

> [@davepirat](#):
>
> You’re 4 years old (most of you at least)! Speak simpler

> **I'm just thankful they didn't go the "kids don't speak kanji" route.**
>
> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/1/9/c/19c7c14e0fb8f51be3fdb0b69d36fd51c3182aa0.jpeg)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![davepirat](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@davepirat](https://community.wanikani.com/u/davepirat)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446/20 "2024-04-13T10:56:20Z")

</div>

True. But I still have to re-read the chapter these days because I had to look up so much.

[Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E8%80%81%E5%A5%B3%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%B2%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%83%BBlittle-granny-girl-hinata-chan-%E2%80%94-week-5-absolute-beginners-book-club/65446.md?page=2)
