Glad to hear itโs been useful! Iโm filling it in myself as we go, so let me know if you see any errors and I can fix them.
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Page 10, sentence 1.
Summary
ใใใฆใใจใใใใงใใซใใใใฆ ใใใจใใใฃใใ ใใญใใใงใใซใใใผใใฎ ใใใใ ใใใใฃใฆ ใใพใใใ
So, halfway he turned back and steathily went to the attic where he peeped at his wifeโs strange behaviour.
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page 10 sentence 1
This is just a picky correction, but:
Since weโre doing literal translations, just pointing out that ใใฃใใใใญใใใง is โfrom the atticโ instead of โwent to the attic.โ So, literally, โhe peeked at his wifeโs behavior from the attic.โ
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Page 10, sentence 2.
Summary
ใใใจใใใใใฏใใ ใในใชใ ใฏใใฎ ใซใใใผใใใๅคงใใช ใใใซใใชใใ ใใใใใใใงใใ ใใพใใใ
And thenโฆ the wife, who isnโt supposed to eat, came out with a large basket with a lot of rice in it.
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Yeah, I figured as much when I looked at the picture on the next page, haha. All corrections are welcome though!
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Page 10, sentence 2
Looks good, although another translation of ใฏใ here might be โthe wife who ought not to be eatingโ
If anyone hasnโt learned ใฏใ yet, hereโs the bunpro article:
And from the dictionary of basic japanese grammar:
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Do you write in your books (If you have a physical Copy)? I Kind of want to but at the Same time I donโt dare to. When I was in school I Always wrote in the books I read in english and German class but I never liked the books I was forced to read in school.
I Wonder If it helps with learning to write the Translation into the book.
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Hmmmm, I donโt think I would write the translation in the book, because then if youโre reviewing it your eyes might just skip to the translation instead of reading the Japanese.
Maybe circling vocabulary words you want to remember would be good?
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What I did with some of the other books is use post it notes to write the translations! Easy to remove - but I guess the drawback is you miss the japanese underneath/may focus on that the most!
To be honest, as I couldnโt get hold of a physical copy, Iโve been writing out the phrases by hand and then underlining new words that I donโt understand!
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I just wanted to ask a quick question about the phrase โใใใชใใใกใซโ. On the page *pg.9) there is a big gap between โใใใชใโ and โใใกโ that I initially thought it was about his hoouse, lol.
I think I was just wondering if itโs common for certain expressions to sometimes have a big gap between them or is it more of a childrenโs book thing? As a beginner who doesnโt know a lot of the words on the page, this really thows me in a loop sometimes. 
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This is a childrenโs book thing! Usually Japanese has no gaps in a sentence.
In this case, while ใใใชใใใกใซ is an expression, itโs also just made up of two parts:
ใใใชใ- to not know
ใใกใซ- while, before
Together: before one knows it!
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That was also one of my concerns.
I could make Fotos and use procreate instead of Writing directly in the books.
And maybe using different colors to underline different kinds of words. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, particles, phrases, โฆ .
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ใฏ vs ใ bedevils most Japanese learners. I found this article to be extremely helpful.
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Yep, ใฏ vs ใ is definitely tricky, but in this case weโre talking about the phrase ใฏใใฏใใใพใใ, which is a form of the grammar point ใฏใใใชใใSo I think the question is more about why in this case it would be written with a ใฏ when it is usually a phrase using ใใHereโs the hinative response I was referring to.
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Thanks for posting that reference. I definitely value input from native speakers.
Iโm working on the assumption that the grammar point ใฏใใใชใ is merely an application of basic rules. The noun is ใฏใ (expectation that something is), so ใฏใใใชใ means something like (there is no expectation of that). The noun can be identified either as the topic, by using ใฏ, or as the subject, by using ใ. The choice of particle will therefore affect the focus and tone of the sentence. This results in substantially the same answer you found in the hinative response, but the 80/20 Japanese article might help the reader better understand why choosing ใ represents a stronger conviction. I thought that might be helpful in applying the principle more broadly to other contexts.
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Makes sense, thanks!
I still pretty much skim past the difference between ใฏ and ใ and go mostly by vibes 
Just one of those things.
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Is it possible to get a feeling for what Sounds right? ใฏ or ใ๏ผOr other Particles with more than one function.
In english I donโt think about Grammar anymore. I Just write / say what feels right to me. I read / listen a lot in english. I even know vocabulary Just from context and use / understand them without being 100% sure of the German Translation. Thatโs my Goal for Japanese.
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Absolutely! What youโve described with English is definitely possible in Japanese. You just have to read/listen a lot in Japanese and it will begin to make intuitive sense. It may feel more difficult at first because Japanese is a difficult language, but it can be done. 
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Page 10 Sentence 3
ใฟใใใใใพใปใฉ ใใใใ ใ ใใพใใใ
Summary
ใฟใใ
ใใพใปใฉ a heap; great amount of
ใใใใ Barrel from
ใ ใ To Take out
Is ใฟใใ a Name?
She took out a great amount of it (rice) from the Barrel.
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page 10 sentence 3
ใฟใ is miso, as in the fermented soybean paste. ใ means โalsoโ here. So combined with the previous sentence ( ใใใใ ใใฆใใพใใ ) ( She took out some rice) it means She also took a large amount of miso out of the barrel.
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