I promoted Japanese Reading practice through Neko Atsume in this thread Small, easy language immersion with Neko Atsume, and have been logging and translating the daily passwords in the comments, but since that has been getting a bit chaotic, I decided to make a separate thread about it for more organization. Below, you can find the daily passwords, sorted by month.
June
| Day | Word | Translation | Further Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 麦星 | The star Arcturus in the Boötes constellation | A star visible during barley harvest time in autumn (麦秋）(x) |
| 24 | ソーサー | Saucer | |
| 25 | クルー | Crew | |
| 26 | テレイン | Terein | Honestly, the weirdest word yet. “A fungal metabolite of Aspergillus species. Terrein forms pale yellow crystal needles. Terrein has a strong cytotoxic activity against cells with colorectal carcinoma.” This translation might possibly be wrong XD |
| 27 | 雄弁 | Eloquence | Literally translated as “superior/excellent speech” |
| 28 | 完全無欠 | Flawless, Absolute perfection  |
Everything perfect, lacking nothing |
| 29 | しぐれ | Rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter (時雨) | This one is a bit of a mystery to me, because I’ve not found an interpretation that is normally written like this in hiragana. There is also a dish that is referred to as this name, which is a shortened version of 時雨煮, which is a seafood dish prepared with mirin, soy sauce and ginger, so maybe this is the casual way of referring to that dish? |
| 30 | 水無月 | Sixth month of the lunar calendar (x) | The 無 is simply ateji, and does not actually mean nothing here. It literally translates as “Month of water”, which refers to the time of the year where the rice fields are flooded. |
July
| Day | Word | Translation | Further Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 七夜月 | Seventh month of the lunar calendar (x) | |
| 2 | コシ | Lower back, lumbar region | Just the Kanji 腰 |
| 3 | なないろ | The seven prismatic colours  |
七色, can also be used as an abbreviation for a seven spice mix 七色唐辛子, containing coarsely ground red chili pepper (the main ingredient), ground sanshō (“Japanese pepper”), roasted orange peel (chenpi), black sesame seed, white sesame seed, hemp seed, ground ginger, nori or aonori (seaweed), poppy seed, and yuzu peel. Interestingly, that’s 10 ingredients  |
| 4 | 梨尻柿頭 | A saying: the bottom of the pear is the top of the persimmon (pear butt persimmon head) | The sweetest part of a pear is the bottom part, just like the sweetness of the top of a persimmon or kaki fruit. (Apparently  ) (x) |
| 5 | 魚子 | Fish child? So like a guppy? When I googled it I mostly saw pictures of roe | This can also be the Japanese name ぎょし, so maybe it’s just that |
| 6 | 鍵 | Key  |
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| 7 | 小暑 | “Minor heat” solar term | Solar terms are a 24-part year segment set that is part of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The “minor heat” solar term is the 11th segment of this set. Starts around the 7th and goes on until the 22nd-23rd of July |
| 8 | 夕凪 | Evening calm  |
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This is mostly done as an exercise for myself, but feel free to read along or suggest corrections etc.