# 👻 Week 12 10分でよめるこわい話・10 minute Scary Stories (Absolute Beginner Book Club)

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Page 158 Sentence 3

けれど、じしん まんまんで おとこは どんどん そばを たべて いきます。

However, the man is going to eat the noodles steadily at ease.

Page 158 Sentence 4

はらは、いまにも はちきれそう です。

The Stomach soon seems to bei filled to bursting.

Page 158 Sentence 5

六十まいめを まえに して 「すこしだけ、やすませて ください。」と、おとこは おくの へやに はいりました。

Just 60 plates in Front of His eyes, “Just a small Rest please.” The man went into a room.

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> [@CherryApple](#):
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> ほうほう

This is just the equivalent of “ho-ho!”

> [@CherryApple](#):
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> やまを おり  
> Is this a Typo in the book or another verbform?

He descended the mountain. おり is just a verb-form of 降りる

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> かける

To bet

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> むりに きまって いる

It was thought to be impossible.

に決まっている is an N2 grammar point, literally “it was decided”

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> [@Cathm2](#):
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> This is just the equivalent of “ho-ho!”

Is this a laugh? Like Ho Ho Ho of Santa Clause.

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It could be, but in this case it’s more a triumphant exclamation I think.

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Like The German “Ha!”?

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I think so!

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Page 158 Sentence 6

そして しょうじを しめると、ふところ から あの あかい くさを とりだし、ぺろっと なめました。

そして しょうじを しめると、  
and then he closed the Shoji (paper sliding door)

ふところ から あの あかい くさを とりだし、  
To Take out that Red grass from His pocket

ぺろっと なめました。  
To taste with sticking Out his tongue

Page 159 Sentence 1

さて、しばらくらしても、おとこは でて きません。

Then even after a short time the man didn’t leave.

Page 159 Sentence 2

「おーい、 だいじょうぶかい。」

Hello, are you ok?

Page 159 Sentence 3

みんなは しんぱいに なって、しょうじを あけました。

Everyone became worried, they opened the Shoji (paper sliding door).

Page 159 Sentence 4

そこに おとこの すがたは なく、そばが きものを きて、すわって いました。

There were noodles in the shape of a man, wearing a Kimono and holding still.

じしょ says that なく means to cry, but I don’t know how to add that to the Sentence.

Page 159 Sentence 5

じつは、あかい くさは、まんぷくの はらの なかの ものを とかすのでは なく、にんげんを とかす くさ だった のです。

じつは、  
As a Matter of fact

あかい くさは、  
The Red grass

まんぷくの はらの なかの ものを とかすのでは  
To dissolve the Thing inside the full stomach

なく、  
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にんげんを とかす くさ だった のです。  
The grass dissolved the human

I don’t understand the Story. What is the man doing and what is the snake doing?

The man ate a Lot of Soba. Other people were betting how much He can eat. He Sees a snake, goes Back to the Restaurant, eats more Soba and turns into Soba after licking the Red grass.

Did I Miss Something? Is the role of the snake really so little?

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> **Story summary**
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> He won a bet by eating a lot of soba, but declined a second bet as he knew he couldn’t do it.
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> He then saw a snake swallow a person whole, and then lick the red grass, and its stomach shrank.
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> He thought if he did the same thing, he could shrink the contents of his stomach, and win another bet.
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> But it turned out that the red grass caused humans to dissolve, not the stomach contents. So all that was left was the masses of soba he’d been eating.

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> [@CherryApple](#):
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> Page 147 Sentence 1
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> うん、そ、そうだけど。
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> Yes, Although that is right.  
> Yes, but it is so.
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> I’m Not Sure about this Translation because Jsho Shows too many Options.

I just wanted to add to what cathm said, that the けど at the end is a whole grammar thing  
…[Tofugu on why end sentence with けど](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/kedo/)

In my mind I put “…but…uh…” at the end

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> Page 147 Sentence 5
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> ゲーム やりほうだい。
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> ゲーム game  
> やり ?  
> ほうだい。as much as I like

The やり as used here you can find in meaning 1 [やる](https://jisho.hlorenzi.com/search/%E3%82%84%E3%82%8B) to play (a game)

For me, やる is a little bit difficult because it has so many uses…I avoid using it when I’m trying to speak.. 😅

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> Page 150 Sentence 6
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> やっぱり しゅくだい、おわんなかったし、そのうえ、へんな ゆめ みちゃったし。
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> やっぱり even so/as expected  
> しゅくだい、homework  
> おわんなかったし、from おわる  
> そのうえ、in addition  
> へんな ゆめ strange dreams  
> みちゃったし from みる
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> I couldn’t find Out what the verbendings mean

In Japanese, they watch見る (みる) dreams夢 (ゆめ) … and the ちゃった is what Soggy mentioned with regards to Page 145 sentence 5, above that

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> ちゃって = casual contraction of てしまう = expresses regret

In Duolingo, with a Verb ending involving てしまう (or casual speech short form ちゃう) they usually use the words “I ended up Verb -ing”

So essentially what cathm said, "In the end, I didn’t finish my homework, and I ending up having a strange dream about it.\*

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> Page 159 Sentence 4
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> そこに おとこの すがたは なく、そばが きものを きて、すわって いました。
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> There were noodles in the shape of a man, wearing a Kimono and holding still.
> 
> じしょ says that なく means to cry, but I don’t know how to add that to the Sentence.

In this case, I think it’s a connecting form of the negative ない _does not exist/is gone_  
Here as “the man’s form was gone” すがたがない  
…[BunPro on なくて](https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E3%81%A6-conjunction)…  
…But then I can’t say why the て is missing  
… For more fun (English) reading, here is [Tofugu on ない](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/verb-negative-nai-form/)

I’m pretty sure that [Renshuu.org](http://Renshuu.org) offers Japanese to German. It sucks to have to learn _through_ English, if you are a German speaker, CherryAppleさん!

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Thanks for your explanations. Just one Story left and then I can finally go through everything again to learn it properly.

Are you also not a native english speaker?  
I understand Most of english but sometimes I still hear / read words that I don’t know. Maybe they aren’t used as often in Common speach as they appear in the dictionary?

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I’m a native English speaker, but learning languages has made me more sensitive to difficulties other native speakers face, because many language learning materials on the Internet seem to first focus on relating to English…

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I have the Same Impression. Internet = english. I think learning Japanese without knowing english is impossible or at least extremely difficult. There is no decent Japanese learning Material in German. There is not nothing but I didn’t Like the books I tried.

Japanisch im Sauseschritt is a Translation of Japanese for busy people with very few Grammar. And Japanisch Schritt für Schritt often doesn’t give you example sentences for the Grammar Points they want you to create a Sentence with.

I also have never Seen Something for jlpt-preparation similar to sou matome or shinkanzen master.

The First time I tried to learn Japanese was when I was 12 years old. That’s 20 years ago. I’m glad that I now can use english to learn Japanese.

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I’ve actually been impressed with The Japan Foundation (they make textbooks in addition to many other activities, it seems; they make Genki and Quartet and Marugoto and Irodori) .. Those last two are free and now have Japan to _several other languages_! I just checked for example Irodori [here](https://www.irodori.jpf.go.jp/en/editions.html) where it lists the various language editions, and they don’t have German, yet for that one (but have Ukrainian now, and Khmer etc)  
Here’s a [link](https://marugoto.jpf.go.jp/en/about/oversea/) to Marugoto International. They’ve got Egyptian and Peruvian, but not German, yet!

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So my goal if I end up having time (especially since it’s a long story, though relatively easy).

I’ll keep an eye on your translation for week 13, and then try to also translate it myself into German, since I realised recently that my German is getting seriously rusty.

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If you Post your German Translation Here I can Tell you If the Sentence sounds ok. But I probably won’t be able to tell If the translation from Japanese to German is correct.

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Fair! I’m planning to put the English in there too though.

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Thank you so much for that! That ending was a bit confusing for me 🤣

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