Week 6: お探し物は図書室まで 📚📖 (Intermediate Book Club)

Japanese Language Book Clubs
1

Join the Intermediate Book Club Here!
お探し物は図書室まで :books::open_book: home thread

Week 6

image
image681×1000 92.8 KB

Week 6 Jul 5 2025
pages 80 - 96
kindle locations 804 - 975
End % 30 %
End phrase 催事場を出ていった。
Previous week Week 5
Next week Week 7

Discussion Rules

  • Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters.
  • When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading.
  • Don’t be afraid of asking questions, even if they seem embarrassing at first. All of us are here to learn.
  • To you lurkers out there: Join the conversation, it’s fun! :durtle_the_explorer:

Proper Nouns

Name Reading Notes chapter week
森永 のぞみ もりなが のぞみ librarian’s assistant 1 2
小町 さゆり こまち さゆり the librarian 1 2
浦瀬 諒 うらせ りょう the narrator 2 5
神奈川 かながわ Ryou’s hometown 2 5
煙木屋 えんもくや name of an antiques shop 2 5
海老川 えびがわ antiques shop owner 2 5
田淵 たぶち Ryou’s boss 2 5
ナナメ coworker 2 5
紺野 こんの sales department employee 2 5
吉高 よしたか Ryou’s assistant 2 5
比奈 ひな Ryou’s girlfriend 2 5
鎌倉 かまくら Japanese city 2 5
由比が浜 ゆいがはま beach near Kamakura 2 5
茂木 もぎ lecturer on minerals 2 5
貴美子 きみこ Hina’s sister 2 6
恵里香 えりか Hina’s sister 2 6
安原 やすはら owner of the cats bookshop 2 6
三軒茶屋 さんげんぢゃや district in Tokyo 2 6
P・F・ドラッカー Austrian management expert 2 6
新宿 しんじゅく ward of Tokyo 2 6
伊万里焼 いまりやき Imari porcelain 2 6
那須田 なすだ former customer of Enmokuya 2 6
キシモト Ryou’s employer 2 6

Participation

Mark your participation status by voting in this poll.
(Please feel free to update your status whenever you like!)

  • I’m reading along
  • I have finished this part
  • I’m still reading the book but I haven’t reached this part yet
  • I’m reading this book after the club has finished
  • I’m no longer reading the book
0 voters

If you’ve already read this book but are still going to join the discussion, please select “I have finished this part.”

Don’t forget to set this thread to Watching in order to stay abreast of discussion!

5 Likes
2

You can see the book recommended to Ryou here:

In the English edition of our book it is a book by the same author Guy Barter:
How Do Worms Work?

I don´t know if the Japanese and English garden books are the same. But here you can see for yourself:

Did you notice Ryou´s felt cat on the book cover?

5 Likes
3

Oh, this part feels downhearted. The information about the antique shop owner, the pressure from the girlfriend’s parents… And surprisingly he decided not to get the business books at the library. (I don’t know why I listed the event in the backward order.) I like the main character and root for him having peace of mind.

4 Likes
4

Yes, I love that!! He was describing the pattern, and I was imagining it in my mind. And then remembered, “oh wait!” And went to the cover :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

The line when he was talking about like, they don’t have faith or aren’t trusting in him to take care of their daughter, they’re trusting in his job
I was like, ouch :sweat_smile:

3 Likes