# 🍀よつばと！・ Yotsuba&! - Week 11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [September 19, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798 "2026-09-19T01:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StevenSB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/stevensb/32/769563_2.png) [@StevenSB](https://community.wanikani.com/u/StevenSB)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/1 "2026-09-19T01:56:53Z")
![Yotsubato](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/4/e/8/4e871894e6d48c4143b0c0405d664168ae42684d.png) We’re reading this as part of the [Absolute Beginner Book Club](https://community.wanikani.com/t/absolute-beginners-book-club-reading-next-yotsubato/34698) | Week 11 | September 19 | | --- | --- | | End Page | 116 | | Chapter | 3 | | Home Thread | [🍀よつばと！・ Yotsuba&! (Absolute Beginners Book Club) // Home Thread](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-absolute-beginners-book-club-home-thread/74655) | > **Final Page** > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/e/9/ee99b4ec361e5fd591f4a54b8534880f94f0898c.png) ## Discussion Rules - Please use spoiler tags for _ **major** _ events in the current section(s) and _ **any** _ content in future sections. - When asking for help, please mention the volume and page number. - Don’t be afraid to ask questions, even if they initially seem embarrassing. All of us are here to learn. - For the lurkers out there: Join the conversation; it’s fun! ## Participation Mark your participation status by voting in this poll. (You can change your answer later if you’d like.) _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/1))_ ---
**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:** [September 19, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/2 "2026-09-19T08:08:20Z")
Ena, those are some very big words that you’re inserting into that very impressionable child’s mind. 😛 ちきゅうのおんかんばー！ ---
**Author:** ![mgevaert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/mgevaert/32/725014_2.png) [@mgevaert](https://community.wanikani.com/u/mgevaert)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/3 "2026-09-19T12:50:39Z")
I was reading whole chapters at a go and got a little ahead, but just popping in to say I’m still enjoying the reading 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![martywolfman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/martywolfman/32/812187_2.png) [@martywolfman](https://community.wanikani.com/u/martywolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/4 "2026-09-19T18:13:21Z")
Lot’s of pages this week! I expect I’m writing this at the same time as @Dathmach again, but i enjoyed having a go at doing a full translation last week, so here goes again: > **Page 101** > > Eeeenaaaa > huh? who? > Enaa > huh? Yotsuba > What’s going on? > (Apparently the きょろきょろ onomatopoeai here means ’ \* Looking around because of confusion or being in a new place.') > **Page 102** > > Sooo… Asagi said Ena is good at drawing > HUH?? > What’s wrong? > This room is hot!! > Ena, do you know what a cooler is? > of course I know! > There’s one here in this room too. Look. > Oh that’s true. > but it’s hot here! > hmmm… I try to use it as little as possible. > **Page 103** > > Do you know about Global Warming? > earth..what? (confused about the word) > Yeah, I don’t really understand much about it though > (Not totally sure about this)Literal translation seems to be something like ‘that’s a very big thing to say’ But based on what just happened (and @Belthazar comment above) I’m guessing the meaning is more like: > That’s a really big word > Using the cooler causes the earth to become warmer > the north pole ice is melting, islands are sinking (though i assume this really is meaning sea levels are rising and islands will be flooded) > It’s becoming a very difficult situation for the planet > (Side note, I’ve never seen とてもwritten as とっても before - I’m guessing it just adds a little emphasis? Like in English we might say reeeeeally instead of really) > That’s Global Warming > Global warming? (checking she’s saying it right) > That’s right > **Page 104** > > So I use the cooler as little as possible > But on very hot days I use it. > OK I’m pretty sure this sentence above is right, but I’m completely unfamiliar with this particular conjugation of つける > hehe > cooler is bad?!? > It’s the enemy of the earth?? > nu-uh. so much (not totally sure what she’s trying to say here) > huh? Yotsuba’s house dousn;t have a cooler, right? > Don’t have it > Dad is a good guy after all > So we don’t have a cooler > right. OK. > I think we don’t… > huh?? Yotsuba!? > **Page 105** > > Daaaaaad!! > thumpthumpthumpthumpthump > what? > dad! does this house have a cooler? > Grandma’s house didn’t have it, grandad didn’t like it (wait, this is grandma’s house? or the place where they moved from was?) > **Page 106** > > (turns the page - oh, never mind) > But this house has it!!! > Tadaaaaa! > **Page 107** > > The bedrooms upstairs (on the 2nd floor) have it too > I’m really disappointed in you dad! > Whaaat? > **Page 108** > > What? why? Whay are you dissapointed in me? > u > u > Global warming!!! > what? > oh, you know about that? > oh, Asagi too > **Page 109** > > Asagi!! Turn the cooler off!!! > argh! Yotsuba > oh, Ena. > u > What’s going on? > My house has coolers > dad… > he was an enemy of the Earth > what?? > but…but > **Page 110** > > ummm > coolers make it cooler(…) That’s really nice. > recent models use less power and are kinder to the earth. > What’s going on? > Asagi is an enemy of the Earth!! > Global warming!! (said wrongly) > huh??? > **Page 111** > > Global warming!!! > Ena has… > Coolers are cooling down the earth. > really? > **Page 112** > > This room is cool isn’t it? > It’s not hot right? > It’s cool > right? > so coolers aren’t bad? > coolers are very good things! > They’re not bad > **Page 113** > > Yotsuba made a little mistake! > little miss thoughtless > ahahahah > Well, that means dad wasn’t a bad person too > Busy child > (OK, Asagi seems a bit mean) > **Page 114** > > Dad! > This rooms hot. Turn the cooler on! (There’s this wierd conjugation again) > what?? > coolers are good! > i have a better opinion of dad now OK that was funny. She got so frantic, like she thought the earth was gonna end right then or something. But that’s kids for ya. Definitely enjoying this manga. Same as usual for me this week. needed vocabulary help, but the grammar seems fins for me mostly, except this unfamiliar conjugation of that appeared a couple of timesつけちゃand あつちゃ ---
**Author:** ![Dathmach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/dathmach/32/779990_2.png) [@Dathmach](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Dathmach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/5 "2026-09-19T18:31:09Z")
Here we are for another week! For some reason I thought it was only six pages at first and had assumed we were going to have a lighter week lol > **Page 101** > > Eh? Who is it? > Ena > Huh!? Yotsuba chan > Uhh? What is it? > **Page 102** > > So Asagi said that Ena > is good at drawing! > Huh!? > What is it? > The room is hot!! > Ena do you know what an air conditioner is? > I do > There’s one right over there > That’s true! > But it’s hot? > I try not to use it as much as possible. > **Page 103** > > Do you know about global warming? > Global? > Well I don’t really understand it either, > To put it simply > When you use air conditioners the earth gets hotter > The north pole melts and islands sink > And the Earth gets into big trouble > That’s global warming > Global warming > yeah > **Page 104** > > So we try not to use the air conditioner when possible > But on hot days we turn it on > … > The air conditioner is bad? > It’s the enemy of the Earth? > Huh? > Not to that extent > Doesn’t your house have an air conditioner Yotsubachan? > Th-there’s not! > Because Dad is a good person! > There’s no way we have one! > Hmmm I see > …I think we don’t > Huh!? Yotsuba chan!? > **Page 105** > > Dad!! > What is it? > Dad!! Do we have an air conditioner? > Aah > An air conditioner! > Well grandma didn’t have one > Grandpa hates them you see > **Page 106** > > But this house has one! > Tada! > **Page 107** > > There’s one in the bedroom and one on the second floor > Daddy’s a bad person!! > Eeeh!? > **Page 108** > > Wh-why are you looking at me like that!? > uu > uuuu > Huh!? > Global warming!! > What!? > You know about that…? > Gasp > Asagi too > **Page 109** > > Asagi!! > Turn it off!! > Woah, Yotsuba chan > Ah, Ena > Uuu… > Wh-what is it? > We have it > An air conditioner > Dad > He’s a bad person… > Huh!? > No.. uh… > **Page 110** > > Uh.. well.. > Air conditioning keeps you cool and is super nice… > Recent one save power and are eco-friendly > They create negative ions… > What are you doing? > Asagi is an enemy of Earth!? > Global warming!! > Huuuh!? > **Page 111** > > The Earth is going to get hot!! > It was Ena… > That’s why… > We’re using air conditioners to cool down the Earth > ! > Huh? > **Page 112** > > See? This room is super cool, right? > It’s not hot at all > It’s cool > Right? > … > So then air conditioners aren’t bad? > Air conditioners are wonderful things > They’re not bad > **Page 113** > > Yotsuba made a small mistake!! > You silly girl > Ahahaha > Ah, so Daddy isn’t a bad person after all! > ? > What a busy kid > **Page 114** > > Daddy!! > The room is hot, lets turn on the air conditioner > Huh!? > Air conditioning is great! > I take back what I said about you! Honestly, I’ve been having more trouble with Yotsuba than the other manga clubs I’ve been in. I’m pretty sure it’s because most of my Japanese knowledge is tied up in kanji, so when it’s taken away I’m left floundering. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/6 "2026-09-20T03:36:48Z")
@martywolfman > **Page 103** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > (Not totally sure about this)Literal translation seems to be something like ‘that’s a very big thing to say’ But based on what just happened (and @Belthazar comment above) I’m guessing the meaning is more like: > > > > That’s a really big word > > My comment wasn’t intended to be a translation. 😛 > > Jisho has [大まかに言えば](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A4%A7%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8B%E3%81%AB%E8%A8%80%E3%81%88%E3%81%B0) as an entry meaning “generally speaking” - since 大まか on its own means “rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general”, you could translate this literally as “if I were to speak in general terms”. Ena has used 言うと instead of 言えば, but since they’re both just conditional forms (i.e. “if”, albeit with slight different subtexts), you can just take 大まかに言うと as having the same meaning. So basically the general flow of Ena’s dialogue is “I don’t entirely understand [global warming] myself, but in very general terms, [explanation]”. > > (But yeah, “air cons make the earth heat up” is **extremely** general. Several steps are being skipped, there.) > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > (Side note, I’ve never seen とてもwritten as とっても before - I’m guessing it just adds a little emphasis? Like in English we might say reeeeeally instead of really) > > Yep, emphasis. You can get more emphasis by adding more っ - とっっっっても. > **Page 104** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > But on very hot days I use it. > > OK I’m pretty sure this sentence above is right, but I’m completely unfamiliar with this particular conjugation of つける > > つけちゃう is an abbreviation of つけてしまう. ～てしまう adds a subtext of regret to a verb (or, in other contexts, completion, but here it’s regret). つける = I turn on the aircon, つけてしまう = I regrettably am forced to turn on the aircon. Sort of thing. > > For godan verbs that use で as the ～て form (for example 飲む \> 飲んで), the abbreviation is ～じゃう > > 飲んでしまう \> 飲んじゃう > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > nu-uh. so much (not totally sure what she’s trying to say here) > > It’s “Weeell… I wouldn’t really go quite that far…” though she trails off before saying the predicate, so a more literal translation might be “That much is…” > **Page 105** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > Grandma’s house didn’t have it, grandad didn’t like it (wait, this is grandma’s house? or the place where they moved from was?) > > Where they came from. > **Page 107** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > The bedrooms upstairs (on the 2nd floor) have it too > > There’s one in the bedroom and one on the second floor. The two lines in that bubble are essentially different sentences. Their bedroom is on the first floor. > > (We haven’t seen much of the house in this volume yet, since we’ve only just started, but over time you do get a sense for where everything is. Weirdly, though, even as far as the current volume, we’ve _still_ only seen one of the upstairs rooms. [This page](https://iemaga.jp/detective/003.html) has a fan-created floor plan - it’s about two-thirds of the way down.) > **Page 110** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > What’s going on? > > You missed the [マイナスイオン](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3)s 🙂 > **Page 111** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > Global warming!!! > > Yes, but what she specifically said was “The earth is getting hotter!!” > **Page 113** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > (OK, Asagi seems a bit mean) > > Just a bit, but she _did_ defuse the crisis. > **Page 114** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > This rooms hot. Turn the cooler on! (There’s this wierd conjugation again) > > Different conjugation, innit? つけよう is the volitional form - “let’s [verb]” ---
**Author:** ![martywolfman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/martywolfman/32/812187_2.png) [@martywolfman](https://community.wanikani.com/u/martywolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/7 "2026-09-20T06:37:14Z")
> [@Belthazar](#): > > Different conjugation, innit? つけよう is the volitional form - “let’s [verb]” Oh, haha, yeah, apparently I completely misread that! But yeah, thanks for all the help as always 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hismena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/hismena/32/817234_2.png) [@Hismena](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Hismena)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/8 "2026-09-20T18:09:07Z")
Fortunately, only one of the characters has kana-only speech bubbles. Unfortunately, she’s the MC! I find it helps my comprehension to read aloud, but that’s probably some half-conscious ear training from years of anime viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Twelvewishes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/twelvewishes/32/524133_2.png) [@Twelvewishes](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Twelvewishes)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/9 "2026-09-21T18:24:45Z")
Oh no that’s so many pages to read! Okay I can do this. This chapter Yotsuba is once again in top form when it comes to the amount of hilarious expression she makes. > **ページ１０３** > > > 北極の氷 **が** とけて > > 島 **が** 沈んじゃったり > > I’m wondering whether both が function as subject markers or if one means “[but](https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/%E3%81%8C-but)”, since the て appears to connect the two sentences. > > > [Since](https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/verb%E3%81%A6-b2) the nothpole ice is melting, the island(s) will sink. > > I think because a conjunction is used they are technically two phrases and so you can have two subject markers? > **ページ１０８** > > > 知ってんのか… > > Okay let’s look at this a bit closer, I want to know what’s going on. One idea: > [ているの ⇒ てん](https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B%E3%81%AE-kansai), however this is marked as kansai dialect on bunpro. Also, what function would the additional の have in this case? Wouldn’t that be redundant? I’m going to assume that it belongs to the か and ichi.moe considers のか a sentence ending particle “lamenting reflections on the preceding statement”, which works rather well here. > > > You know this (uh-oh!)? Love all the characterisations, Ena being thoughtful about advanced concepts (and I wonder what her understanding of negative ions is), while Asagi shows her proficiency in being an older sibling by defusing Yotsuba’s thoughtbomb and breaking the concept down to simple child logic. ---
**Author:** ![Hismena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/hismena/32/817234_2.png) [@Hismena](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Hismena)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/10 "2026-09-21T21:06:11Z")
> [@Twelvewishes](#): > > > **ページ１０３** > > > > > 北極の氷 **が** とけて > > > 島 **が** 沈んじゃったり I think those are 2 independent clauses connected by the て form of とける. The first subject marked with が is 北極の氷 and the second is 島. The 2nd verb phrase (which I’m leaving unconjugated and uncontracted) is 沈む with its helper verb, てしまう, and its particle, たり. So, “The Arctic ice melts and the islands unfortunately sink, and so on.” There might be an implied cause and effect, but it isn’t stated (no から, ので, etc). ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%8D%80%E3%82%88%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%81%E3%83%BB-yotsuba-week-11/75798/11 "2026-09-21T21:16:40Z")
> [@Twelvewishes](#): > > I’m wondering whether both が function as subject markers or if one means “[but](https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/%E3%81%8C-but)”, since the て appears to connect the two sentences. They’re both subject markers. Particles in Japanese are post-positions - they modify the word that they follow. The subject of a sentence or clause is the doer of the verb, and you’ve got two different verbs here, with two different subjects: “the polar icesubject is melting, and the islandssubject are sinking”. が-as-but must come at the end of a clause, not in the middle. “The polar ice, but melting” doesn’t really make sense. The ～て form is functioning as “and” here. > [@Twelvewishes](#): > > Okay let’s look at this a bit closer, I want to know what’s going on. One idea: > ているの ⇒ てん, however this is marked as kansai dialect on bunpro. Also, what function would the additional の have in this case? Wouldn’t that be redundant? There is a general tendency in casual speech to abbreviate る to ん when followed by な-line kana. Can also see it happening with ら, as in 分からない \> 分かんない. It’s not really an extra の here, it’s just the same one. Having something be marked as Kansai-ben in the dictionary doesn’t prevent other people from using it. 😛