Learning through examples in manga
Sacchan and her friends decide to make a movie about the district they live in. They stop by Sacchan’s mother’s shop to film a scene.
「うちのうち」 is contracted into 「うんち」.
Ran seems angry as Shin’ichi basks in the media attention he’s getting for solving a difficult case. When Shin’ichi asks Ran why she’s angry, she points out that it’s because of Shin’ichi that her father’s been getting fewer case requests.
Shin’ichi has the incomplete observation that Ran’s father is losing work taking cases because of Shin’ichi’s detective work.
Considering how bad Ran’s father is at being a detective, it’s surprising to Shin’ichi that he’s still in the detective business.
However, based on Ran’s remark, Shin’ichi reasons that her father must still be working as a detective. He puts this as a question for confirmation.
The text 「◯◯◯のうち」 (“◯◯◯’s house”) often gets contracted to 「◯◯◯んうち」.
If the name ends in ん, that gets contracted in as well: 「◯◯◯さんのうち」 becomes 「◯◯◯さんち」.
One of the trickier Japanese grammar structures for English natives to get used to is のだ.
After recovering from over-dieting, Miku quickly gained back the weight she had lost. She receives a text message from her boyfriend, Shibutani, about scheduling time to meet up between their summer classes, but she turns him down.
Takeo feels Rinko is keeping something from him, but can’t figure out what. Makoto and Ai meet with Rinko to confront her about it.
Komura shares his history book with Mie. Since Mie forgot her glasses, she leans in as she strains to see the material written in the book.
To express that an action is difficult, the auxiliary adjective may be づらい is appended to the verb stem.
Visiting her new friend’s family’s café, Cocoa ponders over which menu item to order.
A student from a lower grade enters the classroom. She stops and stares at Asuka Jr., one of the boys in the class.