Yes, thatโs right. Iโd translate ใใใใ as โto surviveโ and ใใ is โappears/seemsโ
ใใใใใใ - (people) who seem like theyโll survive
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Pretty close, Iโd say itโs something like:
ใใใ ใฟใใใฐ
If you can see this, (whether or not someone will live or die)
ใฒใจใใใใซ ใชใ
To become a money making opportunity
If you can see (whether a sick person will live or die), itโll become a money making opportunity, wonโt it?
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ใชใซใใกใใใใจ ใใฃใใฃใฆ
This is the ใฃใฆ quoting particle, which is the casual form of the quoting particle ใจ
So weโll need to treat the entire section beforehand as a quote.
ใใชใซใใกใใใใจ ใใฃใใใฃใฆ
ใฃใฆ isnโt always a literal quoting particle, and sometimes means something closer to โas forโฆโ which is what weโll translate it as here.
Then the part being quoted:
ใใชใซใใกใใใใจ ใใฃใใ
Literal: โWhat, treatment?โ you said
Now, Mohei didnโt actually say โwhat treatmentโ but the Shinigami is imagining that Mohei is thinking โwhat treatmentโ since Mohei isnโt actually a doctor.
The Shinigami is imagining that Mohei would be confused by the suggestion to become a doctor and treat patients, so this sentence is him imagining Moheiโs response and explaining that actually, the โtreatmentโ is very simple. (clapping your hands together)
ใชใซใใกใใใใจ ใใฃใใฃใฆ
If youโre saying โwhat, treatment?โ
or
As for โwhat treatmentโโฆ
ใฝใใฝใใจ ใฆใ ใใใใฐ
If you clap your hands together with a ใฝใใฝใ
ใใซใใฟใฏ ใใชใใชใ
The god of death will disappear.
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The casual ใฃใฆ quoting particle again.
ใใใใง ใใใใใใใฃใฆ ใใใ
ใthereโs a large profitใ
ใฃใฆ here is kind of like โaforementioned,โ the Shinigami is โquotingโ himself, earlier, saying that there is a good moneymaking opportunity. ใใ means reason, cause.
ใใใง ใใใใใใฃใฆ ใใใใ
This is the reason I said โthereโs a large profitโ
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ใใใใใ ใใใใใฎ
The wife being woken up
ใ particle is just for emphasis- weโll say it means โevenโ
I heard that there was a new doctor around here (and so I came).
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Iโm not sure why ใใจ is being used here instead of ใใใ or something, but Iโm pretty sure heโs just saying itโs been a long time that sheโs been ill.
Page 64 Sentence 1
Might be a typo here but โmany doctors have given upโ
Let me know if youโre still confused by anything
Oh another thing I always notice with easier material (and hey, we are on a kanji learning plattform, so letโs advocate some!): I feel like texts that have kanji are easier to parse grammarwise. Like the grammar just sticks out a lot more Well of course kanji (without furigana) then pose a different kind of challengeโฆ I guess we have to suffer one way or the other.
Yeah, especially since normal Japanese is written without spaces, using kanji makes the word boundaries easier to parse. Like seeing [kanji] ใใ will tell your brain itโs an adjective, and that the word starts with the kanji and ends with the ใ but something all in hiragana takes more effort to parse. This book tries to get around that problem a bit by including spaces.
ใใธใใใใฏ ใฝใใฝใใจ ใฆใ ใใใใจ
Mohei clapped His hands with a bang-bang
ใใฃใใซใจใใใฆใใ ใใใฎใฒใจใ ใฎใใใฆใใใฃใใจ ใใใฃใฆใใพใใพใใใ
The dumbfounded Head of house left quickly to Go Back.
Literal: Oh, since heโs at the foot of the bed, (the person) can be saved, he said, that Shinigamiโฆ
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Not sure where you got โwith confidence,โ here, this is:
ใใฃใ
Eh?
ใชใ
What (ใชใซ)
ใงใ
ใฃใฆ๏ผ
Quoting particle
ใใฃใใชใใงใใฃใฆ๏ผ
Eh, what was that? (What did you say?)
This is the customer speaking to Mohei, who just said the previous sentence about the Shinigami being at the feet.
Page 66 Sentence 1
Almost there, awesome job with this long sentence!
The key here is this:
ใฒใจใ ใฎใใใฆ
The object of ใฎใใ, to leave something behind, is ใฒใจใThe ใฒใจ in question is the head of the household, so heโs the one being left behind by Mohei. Donโt forget that Mohei is the subject of the sentence.
ใใใผใExpression of disagreement
ใณใฃใใใใพใใใto be surprised
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I think ใใ here is less like โnoโ and is more just an exclamation, like โoh my!โ
Oh my, Iโm shocked!
Page 66 Sentence 4
ใใใใใซใชใฃใ = fancy way of saying โwent homeโ
Note that โdoctorโ is Mohei, and the head of household is just speaking in the third person.
ใใใใใใใใใใซใชใฃใ ใใจใ
After you (the doctor) went home,
Looks like a typo but she ate three meals/portions of rice.
Page 67 Sentence 1
ใใ ใใฃใฆ
This is ใใ, to say
โSaying thusly,โ
The ใใ is at the end,
ใใใฆ ใใใพใใ
He left (coins) and went.
Page 67 Sentence 2
Instead of describing a specific incident/event, weโve switched to the narrative voice, which is just describing things generally. So this is:
โIn this way, Moheiโs reputation steadily spread.โ
Page 67 Sentence 3
Same as the previous sentence.
ใณใใใซใใ ใฟใฆใใใซใใฟใ ใพใใใใจใซ ใใใฐ
โIf Mohei saw a patient with the god of death at their pillow,โ
ใใใใใชใใใจใใ
ใใใใใชใใ = please give up
ใจใใ
Ok, this is a bit of a tricky one because of the lack of hiragana, andใจใใ is a grammar point on its own, but I think this is actually ใจ่จใ instead of ใจ่ฏใใItโs this connector form of the verb. So itโs Mohei saying โplease give up on this patientโ
If Mohei saw a patient with the god of death at their pillow, he said โplease give up on this patient,โ and if it was at their feet, he would clap his hands.
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This is someone speaking.
Note that โreputationโ is modifying โdoctorโ
ใฒใใใฐใใฎ ใใใใใใพใฏ
The reputed/well known doctor
ใใกใ
Here/this way
ใงใใใใ
ใงใใใ literally is like โprobablyโ but here it just makes the sentence fancier, by making it more indirect, as opposed to just attaching ใ to the end of the sentence.
ใใใใฏใใกใใงใใ๏ผ
Is the doctor here?
Is it possible that the esteemed and most reputable doctor is here?
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ใใใญใฆ ใใใฎใฏ
The one who came and asked
ใใฉใงใ
I think the ใ here is emphasis, similar to โeven in Tokyo.โ Not 100% sure on this one, but I think that the particle usage/emphasis here is saying that there are many rich people in Tokyo, but even among them this guy is particularly rich and well known.
Page 68 Sentence 5
Yes, thatโs right that sheโs literally saying โwill he recover?โ but I think that this is another case of how in Japanese, people speak indirectly when theyโre being polite. Sheโs really asking โwill you heal my husband?โ but saying so directly would be less polite.
Page 68 Sentence 7
Looks like I missed an expression when I was doing the vocab sheet. ใซใใใฃใฆ is โparticularly; only; in the case ofโโ
ใงใใใใใใ ใจใใซ ใใใฃใฆ
However, in this particular case,
ใใซใใฟใฏ ใพใใใใจใซ ใใพใใ
the god of death was by the pillow.
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Iโd say that here ใ ใ is like โto giveโ money.
ใใใใงใ ใ ใใพใใใ
Iโll give you anything/as much as you want, so
ใชใใจใ ใใใใฆ ใใ ใใใ
please help somehow
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ใใใซใใ is a grammar point meaning โto see to it that.โ It carries the nuance that the actor (Mohei) is doing something on purpose/intentionally, it didnโt just happen. The shinigami didnโt just somehow end up at the foot of the bed, Mohei made it happen.
with an innocent look received the money, and went home.
Awesome job with these, I think youโve improved a lot with understanding longer sentences. The grammar points Iโm pointing out are mostly N3 stuff so youโre doing great for your level/study so far!
After Reading the end of the Story I assumed He might have dine Something like giving His own life force to some patients, but didnโt understood when.
Well of course kanji (without furigana) then pose a different kind of challengeโฆ I guess we have to suffer one way or the other. 