# 🍀よつばと！・ Yotsuba&! - Week 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [September 5, 2026, 5:02am 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-9/75627 "2026-09-05T05:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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 5, 2026, 5:02am 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-9/75627/1 "2026-09-05T05:02:21Z")
![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 9 | September 5 | | --- | --- | | End Page | 88 | | Chapter | 2 | | 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/6/7/c/67ca16ce151b8fe34ae3ca96995a27e73a35735e.jpeg) ## 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-9/75627/1))_ ---
**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 5, 2026, 9:34am 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-9/75627/2 "2026-09-05T09:34:32Z")
Third panel of page 77 includes a fun quirk of how the Japanese culture shapes the Japanese language. Yotsuba tells Fuuka おあがりたまえ (probably more commonly seen in media as おあがりください) - あがり here is the verb 上がる in stem form. See, in western culture, the boundary between the outside of the house and the inside of the house is at the front door - to invite someone to enter the house, you invite them inside the door, and so in English we say “please come **in** ”. In Japan, however, or more specifically in Japanese-style houses, the genkan, the entryway, is still considered the outside of the house - the boundary is not at the door, but rather at the step up to the wooden floor. Thus to invite someone to enter the house, you invite them up to the raised wooden floor, and so in Japanese, they say "please come **up** ’. Or in other words, どうぞお上がりください. This phrasing is sufficiently prevalent that it’s also used in Western-style houses in Japan, where the door _is_ the boundary of the house. Yotsuba’s following line, おまかいですが is a slightly mispronounced 細こまかいですが = “even though it’s small”. It’s a fairly standard thing to say when inviting someone in your house, because it’s considered polite in Japanese to humble yourself. An equivalent English saying (in terms of usage rather than meaning) might be “don’t mind the mess”. Mispronouncing or completely garbling common polite phrases is a recurring habit of Yotsuba’s. ---
**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 5, 2026, 5:24pm 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-9/75627/3 "2026-09-05T17:24:02Z")
I’m glad for the extended weekend, lets get some reading done! > **Page 77** > > I’m home! > Come inside! It’s a dump though… (Oh my goodness I could not tell that hiragana was supposed to be zo) > Eh? No, I… > A dump? > Don’t hold back!! > Dad!! > **Page 78** > > There’s a note > (I think this note says something like Yotsuba, I’ve gone out, stay home) > Oh? > He says to look after the house > Alright! This big sister will look after the house with you > Really!? > What are you drawing? > Dad! You draw too! > You draw well big sister! > **Page 79** > > Where did you move from Yotsuba? > …uh… > left! > Th-that’s my right > **Page 80** > > that? > **Page 81** > > Huh!? It’s stuck!? > It won’t move!? > Eh!? > I wonder if Yotsuba is back > **Page 82** > > Eh… that… (More accurate translation is probably Uh… I’m stuck) > **Page 83** > > I’m visiting > Ah, no… > Ah, Ahh > Please listen to me Koiwaisan!! I’m not suspicious I was just house-sitting Yotsubachan > No, I generally get the idea since the lock is broken > Ah… > Well… That is… > That… > I got stuck and can’t move > Do you think you could pull me out? > Ahhh… > **Page 84** > > AAAA!? > Big sis Asagi It’s not what it looks like…!? > … > **Page 85** > > That’s too funny > Come look > ! > Look > What? What? > **Page 86** > > What is she doing? > No clue- > Isn’t it a new game? I don’t really know the rules though > Ahahaha > Ahahahahaha > …urgh.. > …uuuuuuuuuurgh.. > **Page 87** > > I’m sorry for causing trouble > No no > Arugh-!! This is bad!!! > Well how should I put it > Well… > **Page 88** > > Well don’t worry, it happens all the time > Careless comforting > R-right of course! > Playing along Bweh, I needed a lot of help this week. Not much was translated on my own. ---
**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 5, 2026, 11:11pm 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-9/75627/4 "2026-09-05T23:11:03Z")
@Dathmach > **Page 78** > > > [@Dathmach](#): > > > > You draw well big sister! > > This is Fuuka speaking, using おねーちゃん to refer to herself. “Big sister isI am good at drawing.” > **Page 79** > > > [@Dathmach](#): > > > > Th-that’s my right > > そっか = そうか, and that’s 左, not 右. “Oh, I see. Left, huh?” > **Page 80** > > > [@Dathmach](#): > > > > that? > > [Huh](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%82%E3%82%8C)? > **Page 81** > > > [@Dathmach](#): > > > > It won’t move!? > > あかない is the negative of 開あく. It won’t open. > **Page 82** > > > [@Dathmach](#): > > > > Eh… that… (More accurate translation is probably Uh… I’m stuck) > > [あの](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%86) is “um, er” here. She’s still formulating what she’s about to say. You’re still skipping all the handwritten text. You’ll miss details if you do that. ---
**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 6, 2026, 1:28am 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-9/75627/5 "2026-09-06T01:28:36Z")
Page 77 > Come inside! It’s a dump though > **Reply** > > Yotsuba is likely garbling a Japanese set phrase お構いもできませんが and your translation captures the nuance of it, I think. > > I was intrigued that Yotsuba mispronounces 構い (かまい - to be concerned about, etc) as 魔界 (まかい - demon world)! > > Perhaps I read too much into it but Fuuka does repeat まかい while looking a bit flustered. ---
**Author:** ![equant](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/equant/32/740582_2.png) [@equant](https://community.wanikani.com/u/equant)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 2:58am 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-9/75627/6 "2026-09-06T02:58:00Z")
> [@Belthazar](#): > > You’re still skipping all the handwritten text. You’ll miss details if you do that. I have a real hard time reading the handwritten stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Zeggpold](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/zeggpold/32/725269_2.png) [@Zeggpold](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Zeggpold)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 4:50am 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-9/75627/7 "2026-09-06T04:50:14Z")
Speaking of the handwritten text. > **page 87, panel 4** > > I’m reading “おちゃわん もうほう”. The first part seems to be rice bowl/tea cup and the second could be も plus うほう, right side (or もう + ほう (direction), but I can’t make sense of that either). Normally I’d assume Yotsuba was saying something garbled or nonsensical, but Fuuka says “お よく しってるね”, which I think is “I know that well”, so it seems like what Yotsuba is saying should make some kind of sense. ---
**Author:** ![downtimes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/downtimes/32/790700_2.png) [@downtimes](https://community.wanikani.com/u/downtimes)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 9:17am 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-9/75627/8 "2026-09-06T09:17:25Z")
It’s page 79 in my edition… > [@Zeggpold](#): > > “おちゃわん もうほう” Close. It is actually おちゃわん もつほう. You see the missing stroke above つ. Meaning “the one with which we hold the rice bowl” because that is the hand holding it and how she remembers from which direction they came ^^ > [@Zeggpold](#): > > “I know that well” In this case “you know that well”. She is praising her. Indicated by context and the ね is also a strong hint ---
**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 6, 2026, 9:44am 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-9/75627/9 "2026-09-06T09:44:46Z")
> [@downtimes](#): > > You see the missing stroke above つ. Or, to be more precise, you don’t see. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![equant](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/equant/32/740582_2.png) [@equant](https://community.wanikani.com/u/equant)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 2:34pm 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-9/75627/10 "2026-09-06T14:34:24Z")
> [@Dathmach](#): > > > **Page 77** > > > > > [@Dathmach](#): > > > > > > Don’t hold back!! > > > > I though this was, “hold on” / “hold back” > **I can't delete this on my phone😋** > ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:28pm 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-9/75627/11 "2026-09-06T16:28:21Z")
The word えんりょ seems to mean hesitate / hold back and various other similies. According to the vocab sheet it’s being used as ‘hesitate’ or ‘refrain’ The な at the end of the するな makes it negative - I’m assuming it’s a shortened form of ない. So the meaning is ‘don’t hesitate’ I think, which I assume means ‘come in’ as an invitation. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 4:52pm 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-9/75627/12 "2026-09-06T16:52:50Z")
> [@martywolfman](#): > > The な at the end of the するな makes it negative - I’m assuming it’s a shortened form of ない. It looks like it can be that way, but the usage and meaning both differ: - ない (attached to a verb stem) is used to negate something: “didn’t do ~” - な (after the dictionary form of a verb) is used to prohibit something: “don’t do ~” ---
**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 6, 2026, 6:03pm 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-9/75627/13 "2026-09-06T18:03:17Z")
Another chapter done. Funny stuff towards the end there. a fun read 🤣 I mean can you imagine trying to explain to a virtual stranger why you’re hanging half way out of their bathroom window when they left the house empty a short while ago? > **Page 77** > > I’m struggling a little with the grammar of おあがりたまえ > I get that あがる means to come in. I assume the お at the start is the common prefix adding to politeness, but I don’t get the conjugation ~りたまえ. That’s new to me I think. > **Page 78** > > Just a small one here. Fuuku starts with あら when first seeing the note. Is this just an interjection like あの or ええと? > > Also よし - is this just like hey or ok? > **Page 79** > > I’m struggling a little with the handwritten stuff here. > It’s always possible I’m reading it wrong but what I see for them is: > そうきたかあ - according to google translate ‘so that’s how it is’ Doesn’t really mean much in context. > おちゃれんもつほう？(not sure about this - the れ could be something else - google translate gives me nothing for this. > およくしってるね - You know a lot about it, don’t you? Seems to make sense assuming yotsuba said something about their old place in the one i can’t understand. > よつばちゃんは （some kanji i can’t read) うまいね - yotsuba is really good at …something. Drawing I assume. > そーか？ - really? > ふーかはへただな - fuuka is bad at it > え？！うぞ！what?? no way! > **Page 80** > > ねちゃった - she fell asleep > トイレどこかね - Where’s the toilet? Figured I’d finish off all the handwritten bits on all pages since they’re not in @Dathmach 's comment, and my best understanding of them in case anyone else comes along looking for them, and of course I’m happy to be corrected if any are wrong. > **Page 83** > > Struggling a bit with the grammar again in the final panel. > つっかえてうどかなくなっちゃったんです > I get that she’s saying she’s become stuck and unable to move. But I’m not sure what the ちゃったん bit is / is doing here.I understand (I think) that the たん bit is making it past tense and an explanation / reason, but I can’t figure out what the ちゃ is. > **Page 87** > > Another bit of handwritten: > やっとぬけた - Finally out (from ぬける - to come out) > なんでこんな事に - why did this have to happen?? > あさぎ姉ちゃんにはバカにされるし - My sister Asagi made fun of me too. This is from google translate, and makes sense. From what I can see - バカ means things like fool or idiot and される means to do something, so I’m guessing it’s in literal form, something like ‘she’s making a fool of me’ Edit: I’ve seen my page 79 mistake in anopther comment now 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 6, 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-9/75627/14 "2026-09-06T18:31:46Z")
> **Page 77** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > I’m struggling a little with the grammar of おあがりたまえ > > You won’t see たまえ often, but it attaches to the verb stem to give a “please (do verb)” meaning. > > > **Here's an example from another manga.** > > > > Here, it’s attached to 止す (よす), which means to stop (doing something). > > > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/f/1/b/f1bd281b1d426b3ec49fb64f4eb78f5e87ae2afb.png) > > It’s also not at all appropriate for a child to use to someone older. > **Page 78** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > Is this just an interjection like あの or ええと? > > あら is indeed an interjection, similar to oh in English. > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > Also よし - is this just like hey or ok? > > It’s another interjection, similar to saying all right in English, as in, “All right, let’s do such-and-such.” > **Page 79** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > そうきたかあ > > I’d go with a small ぁ here, but same result either way (extending the vowel sound on か). > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > according to google translate ‘so that’s how it is’ Doesn’t really mean much in context. > > The きた here follows with the question in the first panel, so it’s refering to Yotsuba’s coming to this city from somewhere. > > そう acts as an adverb, describing how きた was done as “in that way”. So she’s saying, “You came (here) in that way (from that direction), huh?” > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > おちゃれんもつほう？ > > Parsing these becomes easier as your vocabulary increases. おちゃわん is the word here. (Details for this line and how to translate it are covered earlier in this thread.) > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > （some kanji i can’t read) […] Drawing I assume. > > > **In this situation, I recommend looking up what the kanji is for the word that makes sense, just to see.** > > > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/b/8/a/b8a2819a7f1fb6d82daba5ce3299099bc464a05c.png) > > Interacting with a kanji in this way (via an intentional looking) can contribute even a tiny amount to making it more recognizable in the future. (Although you won’t see this one from WaniKani until level 38.) > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > え？！うぞ！ > > Fun tip: If you’re typing Japanese on a computer keyboard, you can type てんてん then space, and you should see ゛ as an option: > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/8/e/1/8e1a8c82ee80d59919673a9ea1b25e4324b29743.png) > > This lets you transribe え゛(although it comes with built-in spacing after it). > **Page 83** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > But I’m not sure what the ちゃったん bit is / is doing here. > > 〜ちゃう is a casual verison of 〜てしまう, which takes a verb in the て form and adds しまう to it. It can means something ended up happening, and often has a sense of regret that it happened. As you noted, the た makes it past tense. This is the same as the prior page’s 「寝ちゃった」, saying Yotsuba ended up falling asleep. > > I have a [page with examples of ちゃう](https://japanesewithmanga.com/grammar/doing-completely-or-ending-up-doing-with-%E3%81%A6%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%81%86) if you’d like check out some of its various uses. > > The ん+です is の+です, and makes the sentence explanatory. It adds a nuance similar to “I got stuck” versus “It’s (the case) that I got stuck.” > > I have [a page about のだ](https://japanesewithmanga.com/grammar/reasoning-with-%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A0) as well. > > These are both grammar you’ll see commonly, so you’ll (want to) learn then eventually. At the very least, you want to be aware of them, so you’ll recognize them in the future even if you don’t recall the meaning. ---
**Author:** ![downtimes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/downtimes/32/790700_2.png) [@downtimes](https://community.wanikani.com/u/downtimes)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 6:34pm 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-9/75627/15 "2026-09-06T18:34:45Z")
> **Minor replies** > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > Just a small one here. Fuuku starts with あら when first seeing the note. Is this just an interjection like あの or ええと? > > Mostly a feminine interjection, I would say [Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%82%E3%82%89). There’s the more meme あらあら that you might have seen/heard [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7rlzfZuEkAQ](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7rlzfZuEkAQ) \<= don’t have a better video. > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > よつばちゃんは （some kanji i can’t read) うまいね - yotsuba is really good at …something. Drawing I assume. > > it’s 絵 - picture > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > つっかえてうどかなくなっちゃったんです > > I get that she’s saying she’s become stuck and unable to move. But I’m not sure what the ちゃったん bit is / is doing here.I understand (I think) that the たん bit is making it past tense and an explanation / reason, but I can’t figure out what the ちゃ is. > > In textbook style that would be > つっかえて うごかなく なって しまった の です > なってしまった becomes なっちゃった and the の is changed to ん pretty often in speech. > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > される means to do something, so I’m guessing it’s in literal form, something like ‘she’s making a fool of me’ > > Close. In this case it’s the passive form of する. Because it’s something that is done to her by her sister (as in your english translation) ---
**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 6, 2026, 7:19pm 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-9/75627/16 "2026-09-06T19:19:15Z")
> [@ChristopherFritz](#): > > Fun tip: If you’re typing Japanese on a computer keyboard, you can type てんてん then space, and you should see ゛ as an option: > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/8/e/1/8e1a8c82ee80d59919673a9ea1b25e4324b29743.png) > > This lets you transribe え゛(although it comes with built-in spacing after it). Aha thanks! 〃although trying it i’m only getting this giant thing as an option. If I press space is just inserts the option 3 kanji. ![Clipboard_09-06-2026_01](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/7/e/b/7eb9dc2775128beafeb083b691b9db9711d37b26.jpeg) Speaking of that, I’m assuming it just means like an emphasised え sound? Thanks as always for the explanations! I’m familiar with ~んです。From the final chapter of Genki 1, so figured it was that grammar form. ---
**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 6, 2026, 7:24pm 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-9/75627/17 "2026-09-06T19:24:51Z")
> [@downtimes](#): > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > つっかえてうどかなくなっちゃったんです > > I get that she’s saying she’s become stuck and unable to move. But I’m not sure what the ちゃったん bit is / is doing here.I understand (I think) that the たん bit is making it past tense and an explanation / reason, but I can’t figure out what the ちゃ is. > > In textbook style that would be > つっかえて うごかなく なって しまった の です > なってしまった becomes なっちゃった and the の is changed to ん pretty often in speech. > > > [@martywolfman](#): > > > > される means to do something, so I’m guessing it’s in literal form, something like ‘she’s making a fool of me’ > > Close. In this case it’s the passive form of する. Because it’s something that is done to her by her sister (as in your english translation) Ah great thanks. I’m not familiar with passive form yet, I’m guessing I’ll encounter that as I work through Genki 2. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 7:25pm 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-9/75627/18 "2026-09-06T19:25:20Z")
> [@martywolfman](#): > > although trying it i’m only getting this giant thing as an option Interesting. It must simply be a difference in how the application’s internal dictionary is populated. For example, Mozc doesn’t resolve まる to ・ although a prior application I’ve used for typing in Japanese did. > [@martywolfman](#): > > Speaking of that, I’m assuming it just means like an emphasised え sound? I’d say it makes the sound more “rough”, for lack of a better way to explain it. ---
**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 6, 2026, 7:31pm 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-9/75627/19 "2026-09-06T19:31:50Z")
> [@ChristopherFritz](#): > > I’d say it makes the sound more “rough”, for lack of a better way to explain it. Yeah, difficult to describe, hehe. I’m reading it like this: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/3/c/5/3c5a970ea6787299dd95942f1c9f59f9ae3f4762.jpeg "Sound/Expression Japanese use when surprised.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikrJfQaGgSA) The way the first girls sound. ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:25pm 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-9/75627/20 "2026-09-06T22:25:58Z")
> [@martywolfman](#): > > I’m struggling a little with the grammar of おあがりたまえ > [@ChristopherFritz](#): > > You won’t see たまえ often, but it attaches to the verb stem to give a “please (do verb)” meaning. In general, the full construction of (お／ご)[V-stem]ください is a very formal way of asking someone to do something, a big step up in formality from ～てください. Yotsuba’s just substituted たまえ here, presumably because she got it from Dad, but possibly don’t add that one to your Japanese repertoire. 🙂 > [@ChristopherFritz](#): > > For example, Mozc doesn’t resolve まる to ・ although a prior application I’ve used for typing in Japanese did. I just use the / key for interpuncts. [Next page](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-9/75627.md?page=2)