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Japanese Language Reading
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Dec 10, Sat of Week 11 of Fall 2022 :maple_leaf:

  • Super Doctor K Vol.1 Ch.2-3 (A 2-chapter series, the volume has 7 chapters)

Good thing protag didn’t die immediately at the second chapter of the whole series.

Next chapter also features villains. (Also another 2-chapter series)

  • かがみの孤城 (下) 18% => 23% (first 1/3 of February)

Along with 1.2x audio, but I can collect vocabularies with Kanji, and Furigana only sometimes.

More knowing of what really happened, and the castle is closing.

Interesting vocabularies
  • ガレキ = debris. Kanji form is 瓦礫(がれき) = tiles (瓦(かわら)) + pebbles (礫(つぶて)).
  • 手抜(てぬ)き = omitting important steps. This vocab, and the one just above, you can guess.
  • 脱脂綿(だっしめん) = absorbent cotton. It is 木綿(もめん), but it can absorb more than fat (脂肪(しぼう)), though.
  • 入(い)り組(く)む = to get complicated
  • ひん曲(ま)がる = to be very bent
  • 鋭利(えいり) = being sharp (鋭(するど)い), of a knife too.
  • 支(ささ)える = to be able to support, also heavy objects, such as a large ガレキ.
  • 賠償(ばいしょう) = compensations, e.g. money fee
  • 分岐(ぶんき) = divergence
  • 平行(へいこう) = parallel, like of lines. In contrast with the vocabulary mentioned yesterday, 並行(へいこう) = at the same time / keeping pace with.
  • 同窓会(どうそうかい) = class reunion. 窓 also has a meaning of a room, therefore 学窓(がくそう),    同窓(どうそう).
  • 恥(は)じる = to feel ashamed / to feel guilty. Verb version of 恥(はじ).
  • 瞬(しばたた)く = to blink, but faster and more repeatedly than 瞬(まばた)く
  • ややあって = after a while. 稍(やや) = a little bit.
  • 帯(お)びる = to have an air of. Also, to be entrusted with / to carry a sword.
  • 大雑把(おおざっば) = rough, like a rule of thumb
  • くくる = to summarize. Kanji form is 括(くく)る.

Phrases

  • 下敷(したじ)きになる = to become like a sheet (下敷(したじ)き), by a large ガレキ. Otherwise, say, being under something (下(した)), and being laid flat (敷(し)く).
  • できっこない = can never be able to do. The key is the suffix っこない = …するはずがない，の意を表す。
  • 棒立(ぼうだ)ちになる = to stand upright
  • 上(うわ)ずった声(こえ) = high pitch voice. The verb is 上(うわ)ずる.
  • 腑(ふ)に落(お)ちる = to be convinced. 腑(ふ) is from 臓腑(ぞうふ) or 五臓六腑(ごぞうろっぷ). Perhaps a Kanji worth readable as a standalone as well.
  • 説明(せつめい)がつく = to explain adequately

Forgotten ones

  • バイキン = germs. Nothing related to バイキング (buffet). Kanji form is 黴菌(ばいきん), so just remember the sound first, I guess. (The second Kanji 菌(きん) has a value of remembering reading too, I guess.)
  • 精密(せいみつ) = precise.
  • 辻褄(つじつま)が合(あ)う = to be consistent. The opposite can also be found, meaning = to be inconsistent.
  • 控(ひか)えめに = modestly. Yomichan hovering over 控(ひか)え目(め)に gives slightly different results.
  • 切実(せつじつ) = urgent / desperate
Good Kanji

勉

There is only one vocabulary (and another variant) for this Kanji in Wanikani, even if it is a Level 12 Kanji. Sound like 晩(ばん), but studying at night with exertion, I guess.

  • 勉強(べんきょう),    ガリ勉(べん),    勤勉(きんべん),    刻苦(こっく)勉励(べんれい)

賠

Making up for (償(つぐな)う)

  • 賠償(ばいしょう),    賠責(ばいせき)

窓

Not only windows, but also rooms bearing windows

  • 窓口(まどぐち)
  • 窓外(そうがい)
  • 学窓(がくそう),    同窓(どうそう)

腑

Entrails

  • 腑(ふ)に落(お)ちる,    腑(ふ),    臓腑(ぞうふ),    五臓六腑(ごぞうろっぷ),    胃(い)の腑(ふ)