Tonari no Chikara. Nihonggo Benkyoushimasu!

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Shashiburi minna-san! It's been a while since I wrote something in LJ and I am planning to use this space to challenge my knowledge in using Nihonggo. My application on the JET Programme didn't make it to the shortlist. I do not received any email that I passed and get ready for the interview. This is much acceptable than the JFC's notification that you do not hit in any Arashi concert. Maybe the reasons why I didn't make it is because; 1. I didn't disclose in my application that I am currently taking my MA degree in English. All my credentials were from my Bachelor's degree 2. I don't have a conversational skill in Nihonggo. I think they are prioritizing those people who have JLPT Certificate and have the experience going and staying abroad and 3. I sent my application the day before the deadline. And all my requirements were done half-heartedly because I was so pissed off with my current job. Just because of these circumstances I enrolled myself to a proper Nihonggo class while having a full-time job, finishing my MA degree and looking for extra job to fulfill my financial goals.



I'm watching the second episode of Tonari no Chikara, the new Jdorama of Jun Mastumoto when realized that my knowledge in Nihonggo improved (well, thanks for the help of these self-guide Nihonggo apps and my drive to self study in these past few months). Before I can only understand simple words such as "arigatou" or "tasukete" but this time it is more than that. I can now comprehend some simple context but grammar is still a challenge for me because even I understand the words, if the placing or the order is quiet confusing, I miss to comprehend what the characters are talking about. So this time, as a practice while waiting for the class to start, I will challenge myself to watch each episodes without a subs and try to summarize all the possible context of the episode. I will write it down here on LJ and after I watched the subbed episode I will check if my comprehension or the understanding of the plot is correct.

So for the second episode of Tonari no Chikara here are my gathered context;

1. Takuya-kun's grandma has dementia. 
2. Takuya-kun told Chikara to play along (not quiet sure about this). He also told that grandma was not yet taken to the hospital for the check-up or the grandma do not want to go to the hospital
3. Takuya-kun and the grandma are the only part of the family. 
4. Kotara and the girl next door will go to school together (though I didn't hear the word "ishoni")
5. Airi-chan told Kotaro that the percentage of liking him by the girl next door is 99.9%
6. There this activity in Airi's school where the theme is about their dream but when Chikara asked Airi's dream her answer on the note is she doesn't have any dream or having a dream is zero. 
7. Chikara asked if when looking at them (Akari), Airi is inspired. Airi answered in zero because Akari work is too exhausting while Chikara's work is stupid and thinking himself too much(?). Maybe because he is a ghost writer and not doing things for himself. 
8. Aira asked Chikara if being a ghost writer is his dream and if he is having fun.
9. Chikara is hesitant to talk to the grandma because he thinks that grandma will ask him what is the problem about her but he promised to Takuya-kun to play along. 
10. Chikara asked the grandma if Takuya and her is living together (just them) for along time. 
11. Chikara asked grandma if she remember things about school. Chikara give example about he remember her teachers in grade school.
12.   Chikara saw the girl next door at the veranda and he assume that her dad do something to her again.  The flag says "Genki?" or how are you?
13. The narrator told that Chikara enjoying the things he sees across the apartment building.
14.  Chikara said that the man on the apartment is different from the other day. 
15. Chikara assumed that Boy A is not a murdered but a terrorist. 
16. Chikara is rooting Takuya-kun for studying hard. 
17. Chikara telling to her wife to cook karage because her karage is delicious. 
18. Grandma is about to cook karage but she forgot a certain ingredient (?) 
19.  Grandma asked Airi -chan what grade she is. Airi-chan said grade 6.
20. Chikara told Airi-chan that she can talk to Takuya about her activity which is about dream.
21. Kotaro said that his dream is to be spiderman or superman.
22. Chikara asked Takuya what is his dream. Grandma told him that Takuya wanted to be a teacher. And she wanted to see it (I'm not sure with this).
23. Akari-san told that Chikara can listen to someone who is talking for a long period of time. (I'm not sure in the part where Chikara showed a place and Akari told them that is place where they meet)
24. Chikara told that he saw the suffering of Takuya. 
25. The grandma told him that there is really a problem and asking him to tell about it.
26. Takuya told his grandma that Chikara helped him.
27. Aira told his father to think about himself or his own life. 
28. And Akari told her to apologize to his father. 
29. Grandma said that she is cooking tempura. 
30. The apartment manager asked if the grandma has dimentia (not sure what medical term to be used)
31. Takuya told Chikara that he will stop studying but Chikara told him that it is his dream.
32. Takuya told Chikara that her grandma went missing after he told Chikara that he will stop going to school. 
33. Chikara asked Yuriko if she saw grandma. Yuriko said that she saw her. 
34. Akari called Chikara if he already saw grandma. chikara told that he was in the place Yuriko predict but still she can't find her. 
35. Chikara's dad was a murderer?????? He also lived with her mother alone (I'm not sure with this)
36. Chikara-kun saw Boy A and said that he is a deliveryman and not a terrorist. 
37. Chikara asked Boy A if she saw grandma and he said Yes. 
38. Chikara told grandma that he is looking for her. He said to go home with him. 
39. Grandma said that for the sake of Takuya she should die. 
40. Grandma said that it was first time he saw Takuya frustrated.
41. Chikara said to himself that grandma have the same suffering to his father.
42. Chikara remember where she met grandma. (Dami na niyang sinabi di ko na nafollow-up)
43. Chikara told grandma to get home because Takuya is waiting.
44. Grandma finally remember Chikara. 
45. Grandma said that her and Takuya suffer together. 
46.  Akari asked Chikara what is the problem with his shoulder and he said that Takuya-kun stay longer on leaning his shoulder. 
47. Aira asked his what he is doing. Chikara asked her why she came back (not sure with this part) but Airi said that she forgot something. 
48. Chikara asked Akari why she is there. When Takuya open the door she said something about upstairs or above (uchi).
49.  Takuya said that he is glad that Chikara was there because he has something to tell him. 
50. Takuya told that he will not give up and do his best. 
51. Grandma told Chikara that she has a favor. (I can not read the memo because of the Kanji).
52. Grandma told that it is Takuya favorite song (?)
53. Chikara remember something that he can't remember. 
54. Airi said that she has no dream. She mentioned that his father doesn;t mind himself and always do silly things. She doesn't want to be like that. 
55. Chikara think that Aira is such a good kid. 
56. Chikara saw Kotaro and told that he thought Kotaro and the girl next door is going to school together. 
57. Kotaro said that this not yet the right time to do that. 

I think that's all! I'm sorry of there are grammar lapses as I wrote it freely.