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[image] LucasDesu: Hopefully that helps, but like I said, I’ll confirm with a friend and get back to you. So I checked and as I suspected it does mean “I have to apologize”, with an emphasis on あやまるより by putting it in reverse order. Because this way of speaking is a bit hard to understand wit…

Question about the end of the chapter, page 159 of the blue book. 「とたんにどうしたわけか負けられないっていう気持になっちゃって。」 I get the general idea. Loosely, something like “In that moment, I got a feeling like ‘I can’t lose’”. I see 負ける also has the meaning of “to be inferior to”, so maybe “In that moment, I got the feel…

I’ve just finished the chapter myself. And I am completely clueless as to what the girl (Mimi) is apologizing for. It hinges on that same sentence you ( @seanblue ) point out above, but it makes even less sense to me than it seems to you. The previous sentence seems to say “When I came here to make…

[image] jstrout: Reaching entirely from context, maybe she’s trying to say, because she was feeling inferior, that’s why she put on airs and acted all big and superior (and that’s what she’s apologizing for). Actually that’s exactly what I think she was apologizing for. My translation above, …

Hi all, I’m back in the land of the living, at least temporarily :joy: I was almost going to skip Ch 7 and rejoin you in Ch 8, but I got through 10 pages last night thanks to the vocab list - thank you so much @seanblue - and I will try and power on with it. Apologies in advance for any confusingl…

Blue p139 / red p154 I concur with the gist of your first translation [image] seanblue: Also, I’m not getting all of this either, but I know it made Kiki even more upset/angry. 「魔女ってきいていたけど、何も知らないのね。同じぐらいの女の子はみんな、そういうことして遊ぶものだって思ってるの？」 Something like: “You were listening, but you don’t know…

[image] jstrout: But I’m having difficulty with one bit, on page 155 (red book): キキのせいいっぱいとげのあることばなんて、あっさりす通りです。 I know せいいっぱい is “with all her might” or “all she could do,” and とげのあることば is hash words, so I expected this to be something like it was all Kiki could do not to say some harsh words…

I have a question about the poem Kiki wrote when she was younger. (red book p161) I can see that the first line is a pun on the word くつ, with くつくつと笑う meaning laughing while trying to stifle the laugh, so I’m guessing there is also some pun involved in the second line, but does anyone know what sort…

Red book p163 [image] jstrout: 「ぼくをじゃまにするの」 I know じゃま means hindrance/nuisance, so is Jiji saying something like “that’s a bother for me?” Or is it more like “you’re bothering me?” Then Kiki responds: 「そう、じゃまなんだ」 Is this “what’s the trouble?” I know Lucasdesu said something about this, …

魔女の宅急便 (Kiki’s Delivery Service) Discussion Thread: Chapter 7

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MissMisc April 8, 2018, 3:57am 42

Chapter 8’s discussion thread ^^

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