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[image] Kyasurin: I read this as “Can we perform with the sort of mediocre instruments that will sound even if the wind blows them?” Nice, close to what I had but definitely better. [image] Kyasurin: See the middle of p232 red book = p210 blue book I think Thanks, I found it on the fi…

I envisaged the ひも as being used to hold the 荷物の山 together on the train. Lucky no-one else was in the luggage compartment to watch this brazen act of Junior Great Train Robbery! :rofl: Anyway, here are the illustrations from the red book for this chapter. The cranky musicians [20180514_082226] …

The picture of them flying with the instruments is pretty cool, especially Jiji clutching the violin. I wish I could start the last chapter early too, but I’m going on vacation in a few days, and there’s no way I could finish the chapter in that time. So I probably won’t be starting the last chapte…

No worries. I will hold off posting any spoilers! I hope you have a great vacation. Going anywhere interesting?

Combination cruise/wedding. Should be fun. :slight_smile:

Repeat Club Discussion (Week 18) Starts Here! Chapter 10 Part 1 V1: Pages 222 - 231 V2: Pages 201 - 209 BookWalker: ? Last line: それにしても、そうとうな量です。 31 October 2020 Please briefly check whether questions have already been answered above before posting them, but otherwise don’t hesitate. poll …

These senteces at the very beginning are going over my head: 要はだね、この町の人の耳がいいか……ってところだが。はなはだ心配だがね。なにしろぬけとるようだから。 most unsure about the next one: This has to tie in to so, even if it seems far fetched to me, does 耳がいいか refer to the station staff’s mistake?

This part also tripped me up. Tried to break it down and grasp it structurally: ▶ Summary I suppose it’s appropriate that snooty artists will use this kind of vague, subtextual language? Can’t say I recall such passive-aggressive dialogue in the book before. That was a surprising minefield of gramm…

Thanks for your perspective. ところ is such a nuanced word with probably a million uses, not sure if I will ever completely understand it.

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Here’s Chapter 11’s discussion thread, last one! ^^

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