🍀よつばと!・ Yotsuba&! - Week 13

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Week 13 October 3
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Man, Jumbo is terrible with people XD

OK, that took a while this week, lots of looking words up on the vocab sheet, there were quite a lot of pages and a fair bit of dialogue. But for the most part understandable, a couple of bits I’m not entirely certain of.

Page 130

huh?
oh. hello
What??
a beautiful young girl
hey, come here!!
you criminal! (jumping to extreme conclusions much jumbo??)
Im not a criminal!!
How old are you?
16 years old
UFO discovery(??? Say what??)
calm down!!

Page 131

oh!! why are you wearing trousers!?
don’t show off
at least i’m wearing trousers
(I’m assuming this a reference to last week / a few moments ago when he was in his underwear, but I’m not sure what the problem is, unless maybe they are like pyjama trousers?)
what did you say!?
do you want to fight!?
Hoyaa!
Chyoaaaa
both of you do your best!!
whats this?

Page 132

I see. Yotsuba’s friend eh?
This is Fuuka
I’m Ayase Fuuka. Nice to meet you
I’m Jumbo. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you
That’s not really your name is it…
(well that all calmed back down again very suddenly)
but this beatiful young girl became your friend. That’s great!
yeah!
what’s (wongly pronounced) beautiful young girl?
Not (what she said). beautiful young girl.

Page 133

It means a pretty girl.
oh!
Fuuka is pretty!!
embarassed sounds
ahahahahah
?
so, now we need to go and get a TV from the beautiful young girls house.
well, you need my car
we don’t need it
I’m being teased

Page 134

Madam, please give me your car.
huge!!!
what’s up with you?
My ancestor on my father’s side was a giraffe
what??
oh, it was a joke??

Page 135

I was thinking we could give our old TV to yotsuba’s house
oh, that’s good, that’s good
(not sure about this. I don’t know the bit after もって - the っちゃって part)
Well, don’t let me get in your way.
oh
wow, cute!
you must be Yotsuba
That’a right!
you also get along well with the childen in this house
Is it OK if I come here to play?
yes, that’s fine. come every day
she said to come every day!
that’s great. say thankyou.
yes
ice cream please!
oh. that’s good

Page 136

well, come on
thanks!
sorry!
this is it
jumbo can do this alone
the two of us can carry it together
I have no idea how to balance something like this

Page 137

huge!
everyone
This is an acquiantence of Yotsuba
They’re taking the TV
This is our oldest sister , Asagi.
hello
this is Jumbo
I’m Takeda Takashi (ah, we finally know his actual name - seems like he’s got the hots for Asagi)
very normal

Page 138

It must be really difficult for you to find clothes that fit
no! I’m naked but it’s OK.
well, bye.
thanks for (taking?) the TV
yes! take care
Oh no! I got nervous!
did I say anything strange?
You’re always the same

Page 139

what’s wrong?
oh, i’m fine
yotsuba now I’m amazing. there was a beautiful girl!
delicate?
beautiful girl
The word is ‘beautiful’
beautiful..
ummm,
Fuuka is the same?
fuuka is…what was it?
huh? she’s a young girl
what!? Who’s the beauty?
well then, we’ll take this and go
(Some impressive speaking in tandem)
thankyou beautiful young girl miss Fuuka

Page 140

Is that tasty?
yes
huh?
oh, it’s Ena!
Enaaa!
hello
huuuuge!

Page 141

oh…ex…excuse me. You’re big.
monster roar
(nice work jumbo. poor kid)
it’s OK!
Jumbo isn’t scary.
sorry
dumbass

Page 142

mum!
muuuuuum!
now!
There’s something big in the entrance hall
oh, Ena’s seen him too?

Mr Jumbo. Mr Takeda. Mr Giraffe.
What the heck? giraffe?
His ancestor was a giraffe
But he roared at me!
roared??

Jumbo was being rather oddly behaved, to say the least

Needs a bigger font

Time for some more Yotsuba!

Page 130

Hm?
Ah… H-hello
Woah!!
A beautiful young woman!!
Hey you, you criminal!!
I’m not a criminal!!
How old are you?
I’m 16 years old
UFO Spotted!! (what?)
Calm down!!

Page 131

Ah!! Why are you wearing pants!?
Don’t try to look cool!!
At least let me wear pants!!
What did you say!? Wanna fight!?
HOOAA!!
CHOOOA!!
Good luck!!
What’s happening? (I feel the same)

Page 132

So you’re Yotsuba’s friend?
It’s Fuuka!!
I’m Fuuka Ayase, nice to meet you
This is Jumbo!!
I’m Jumbo, nice to meet you
Nice to meet you…
Making friends with a pretty girl like this, good job!
Yay!
What does prettyish mean?
Not prettyish, pretty girl

Page 133

It means pretty girl
Ooo!
Fuuka is pretty!!
Noo
Ahahahah
?
So right now we’re heading to the home of that pretty girl to grab an old tv
In that case I’ll take a car
No way

Page 134

Akusan, I’m here for a car
Huge!!
What happened to you!?
It’s because my dad’s side is related to giraffes
Huh!?
AH, that’s a joke, right!?

Page 135

I was thinking of giving our old tv to Yotsuba’s family
Ah, good. Go ahead and take it, it’s in the way
Oh!
Aww, cute! You must be Yotsubachan
That’s right!
Please be good friends with my kids
Is it okay if I come over to play?
Sure, you can come over everday
I can come over everyday!!
That’s great, say thank you
Yeah
Please give me ice cream!
Oh, that’s fine

Page 136

Alright, come over here
Ah, s-sorry!
Here it is
If it’s this small, Jumbo can carry it on his own
You two carry it as well

Page 137

Huge!! (Everyone is having this reaction it seems)
These are Yotsuba’s acquantinces
They’re taking our tv
This is my older sister Asagi
Hello
This is Jumbosan
I’m Takeshi Tadeda
… (Her reaction made me laugh)

Page 138

Being that big must mean that clothes are hard to find, huh?
No! Even if I’m naked, I’m perfectly fine!
Is that so?
Yes! Take care!
Oh no! I got way to nervous!
Did I say something weird back there!?
Don’t worry, you’re the same as always

Page 139

What happened?
Ah! Good luck!
No Yotsuba, there was a incredibly gorgeous woman just now
Subtle?
Not subtle, beautiful!
A beauty…
Hmm is she the same as Fuuka?
Who is Fuuka again?
huh?
…She’s a girl
Huh!? Where’s pretty!?
Well then, we’ll take this with us
Thank you very much pretty girl Fuukachan

Page 140

Ah Ena!
Ena!
Hello…
Huge!!

Page 141

Ah s-sorry, you’re big
Rawr!
It’s okay!
Jumbo isn’t scary!

Page 142

Mom!
Mom!
Right now! There’s a something huge in the entryway!
Ah, Ena saw him?
Jumbo san, Takeda san, Giraffe san
What? Giraffe?
His ancestors were giraffes apparently
But he said rawr
Rawr?

Got it finished, those last few pages went by much quicker, and I was able to read a page all on my own lol

I read it between the lines as “Discovering a pretty young girl in your house would be as rare as discovering a UFO.”

I think there’s more going on than Yotsuba simply mis-pronouncing 美少女 as ビミョーニョ. The first time she says it (page 132) ビミョ is written as katakana so it could lean toward the slang meaning of meh, mediocre, lacking, etc. She’s probably heard Daddy using it with that nuance in other contexts, too.

This would align with Yotsuba’s assessment of Fuuka in Chapter 2 as the not so pretty one and why Jumbo so quickly corrects her.

@martywolfman

Page 130

Don’t expect too much logic in their conversation flow when they get like this. These two do a lot of this sort of ribbing.

Page 131

Yep, it’s a reference to last week. Like, considering he expected to find him in his boxers, wearing trousers is practically dressed to the nines.

Page 132

Yah, because they weren’t actually fighting. :face_with_tongue: Also, a bit of time has passed.

It’s an incorrect pronunciation that also happens to be a word. :slightly_smiling_face:

Page 133

It’s literally “I’ll receive a car” (as in, if you’re getting a TV from them, I’d like to get a car from them, but the direct translation is weird in English, and I’m drawing a blank for how to word that better). Fuuka’s response is “we’re not giving you that”.

Page 135

Without the casual abbreviations, it’s 持っていてしまうのは邪魔だから

@Dathmach

Page 136

This is Jumbo saying “the two of us will carry it together” (i.e. he’s refusing to take it alone).

Ah that makes more sense, Now I understand why he asked the mother for a car!

It’s been a while since I last chimed in here. I am quickly catching up; I read chapters 2 and 3 over the last few days. This is really fun! My one mild frustration has been a few stretches where I need to find my place again on the vocab file (after not needing it for a page or two), but all the page numbers keep the ceiling of the difficulty on that low. I don’t know who put that together, but it has been really helpful.

Edit: I am now caught up! やった!