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Welcome to 夏目友人帳 ! (なつめゆうじんちょう)
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Reading Schedule
Week | Start Date | Chapter(s) | Pages |
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1-2 | October 13th | Chapter 1 | 50 pages |
3-4 | October 27th | Chapter 2 | 50 pages |
5 | November 10th | Chapter 3 | 50 pages |
6 | November 17th | Chapter 4 | 40 pages |
Vocabulary List
Kitsun Deck (お疲れ様 @jprspereira!)
Please follow the following guidelines when adding vocabulary to the list. This will help ensure that everyone adds vocab in a consistent way, which will make it easier to use.
Vocabulary List Guidelines
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General:
- Make sure to use unformatted text by double clicking into a cell before pasting.
- Try not to include the same word (with the same meaning) more than once for the same chapter.
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Vocab (Kanji)
column:- Use the kanji that are actually used in the manga. This also means leaving this column blank if the word is written in kana.
- Use the dictionary form for adjectives and verbs, not the conjugated forms.
- For example, if the word in the manga is 分かりました, you should add it as 分かる.
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Vocab (Hiragana)
column:- Use the hiragana that are actually used in the manga, UNLESS it is a made up katakana word for the series. In that case, use the most common real reading, and mention the made up reading in the
Notes
column.- For example (from Aria), in the manga, 地球 is given the reading マンホーム, but it should still be entered as ちきゅう (with マンホーム in the
Notes
column).
- For example (from Aria), in the manga, 地球 is given the reading マンホーム, but it should still be entered as ちきゅう (with マンホーム in the
- Use the dictionary form for adjectives and verbs, not the conjugated forms.
- For example, if the word in the manga is 分かりました, you should add it as 分かる.
- Use the hiragana that are actually used in the manga, UNLESS it is a made up katakana word for the series. In that case, use the most common real reading, and mention the made up reading in the
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English Translation
column:- If you are not (reasonably) sure which translation is being used in the given context, don’t add the word to the spreadsheet. Adding it without knowing which meaning is correct could cause confusion.
- To keep the spreadsheet simple, use the definitions from jisho.org or a similar J->E dictionary.
- If more than one of the definitions could be correct, separate them by a ・ (written using
/
in the IME).- For example, for 書く you would put
to write; to compose; to pen・to draw; to paint
if you feel like either is a likely interpretation for the given context.
- For example, for 書く you would put
- If the definition goes past the end of the column, try to remove alternate spellings first (e.g. “color” and “colour”) and then try to remove words with similar English meanings.
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Notes
column:- Use this column to add additional information that could be helpful, like if the word in the manga is a colloquial form of the official word.
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