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Japanese Language Reading
1904

Dec 21, Wed of Week 13 of Fall 2022 :maple_leaf:

  • BU$TAFELLOWS (Ch.1, 2 choices)

I didn’t look up much, compared to a month ago. Perhaps I have improved?

Luckily, I haven’t chosen a wrong choice yet. (I can always rewind anyway.)

  • うたわれるもの (a little less than an hour)

Big big capital.

  • Yurucamp Vol.14 Ch.77

Perhaps read once in a while, but I thought about giving up this series before.

I talked about wanting to play games in another thread. Maybe some are not particularly difficult even now. Still, I need to learn vocabularies and Kanji first from other places.

Interesting words
  • ドンピシャ = precisely correct
  • エンタメ(.) = entertainment
  • なだらか(.) = gently sloping
  • ぼやく(.) = to complain
  • タレコミ = anonymous report to authorities. Come from 垂(た)れ込(こ)み
  • そっけない = curt; blunt. Kanji form is 素(そ)っ気(け)ない.
  • さらなる = even further. From 更(さら)なる.
  • しかと = certainly. From 確(しか)と. Very different from another シカト.
  • つゆ知(し)らず = utterly ignorant. From 露知(つゆし)らず, which 露(つゆ) also means, not at all (normally, dew; water drop of dew).
  • 大儀(たいぎ)そうに = heavily; wearily. 大儀(たいぎ) is stately; ceremonious.
  • 若干(じゃっかん) = a few
  • 頭取(とうどり) = (bank) president. Appears to be a case of hidden Okurigana (also Rendaku).
  • 方角(ほうがく) = direction; point of the compass
  • 発注(はっちゅう) = placing an order
  • 端末(たんまつ) = information access device (e.g. smartphone, tablet) / computer terminal / end portion
  • 出頭(しゅっとう) = turning oneself in to the police. Also, 自首(じしゅ).
  • 威信(いしん) = dignity; prestige. Must protecc
  • 挽回(ばんかい) = restoration, i.e. of dignity
  • 邪道(じゃどう) = unorthodox method; heresy. Opposite is 正道(せいどう).
  • 関与(かんよ) = participation
  • 忌避(きひ) = evasion
  • 黙秘(もくひ) = keeping silent
  • 痛快(つうかい) = gratifying; intensely pleasurable
  • 悪徳(あくとく) = immorality. I keep forgetting this one, bad + good (or virtue) is actually bad.
  • 伝票(でんぴょう) = voucher
  • 名刺(めいし) = business card
  • 被告(ひこく) = the accused. Indeed, 告らせた被害者.
  • 起訴(きそ) = prosecution; accusation
  • 司法(しほう) = administration of justice
  • 要塞(ようさい) = fort; stronghold
  • 扶持(ふち) = allowances
  • 雑多(ざった) = miscellaneous
  • 喧噪(けんそう) = turmoil. Also, 喧騒(けんそう). First Kanji is from 喧嘩(けんか).
  • 祝祭(しゅくさい) = a celebration. The context is 祝祭の日(ひ) = 祝祭日(じつ).
  • 歓待(かんたい) = warm reception
  • 慰安(いあん) = relaxation
  • 前方(ぜんぽう) = ahead
  • 祭壇(さいだん) = altar
  • 祭事(さいじ) = sacred rites
  • 施政(しせい) = administration
  • 御世(みよ) = reign. Also, 御代(みよ).
  • 名代(みょうだい) = proxy; representative
  • 出仕(しゅっし) = to enter the service
  • 門衛(もんえい) = gatekeeper
  • 萎縮(いしゅく) = withering; shriveling
  • 印章(いんしょう) = seal; stamp. Compare, 印象(いんしょう) = impression.
  • 無垢(むく) = pure; innocent
  • 土塀(どへい) = mud wall
  • 丁重(ていちょう) = polite. Somewhat like 丁寧(ていねい), perhaps.
  • 分厚(ぶあつ)い = bulky. Short 分(ぶ).
  • 暗示(あんじ) = suggesting. Probably like 示唆(しさ).
  • 弥栄(いやさか) = prosperity
  • 大内裏(だいだいり) = greater palace. The small version is 内裏(だいり), where だい is an alternate Onyomi for 内.
  • 姫御子(ひめみこ) = imperial princess
  • 通行人(つうこうにん) = passerby; pedestrian
  • 入国者(にゅうこくしゃ) = immigrant
  • 骨伝導(こつでんどう) = bone conduction
  • 建築物(けんちくぶつ) = a building; a structure
  • 設(しつら)える = to provide
  • 奉(たてまつ)る = to offer
  • 言祝(ことほ)ぐ = to congratulate; to wish someone well
  • 鏤(ちりば)める = to stud; to inlay. Can also be seen as 散(ち)りばめる, so 散(ち)る + 填(は)める.
  • 検(あらた)める = to examine, to inspect. 間違いがないかどうか調べる。検査する。
  • くぐり抜(ぬ)ける = to pass through. From 潜(くぐ)り抜(ぬ)ける.
  • 行(い)き交(か)う = to come and go
  • 気(き)を抜(ぬ)く = to lose focus
  • 覚束(おぼつか)ない = uncertain; doubtful. Not the bulk (束(つか)) you have can recall (覚(おぼ)える)
  • 顔(かお)を立(た)てる = to make someone look good
  • 助(たす)け船(ぶね) = friend in need. Also, 助け舟.
  • 興味津々(きょうみしんしん) = being very interested in. Probably similarly to 興味深(きょうみぶか)い.
  • 感度良好(かんどりょうこう) = loud and clear
  • 実事求是(じつじきゅうぜ) = the practical search for the truth
  • 五穀豊穣(ごこくほうじょう) = huge harvest (of five grains)
    • 5 grains are 米(こめ) ・ 麦(むぎ) ・ 粟(あわ) ・ 黍(きび) ・ 豆(まめ)
  • 山海(さんかい)の珍味(ちんみ) = all sorts of delicacies

SFX

  • ゴテゴテ = lavishly; piling over. Also, コテコテ.
  • ポソポソ = whispering. From ぼそり / ぽそり.

Kanji

  • 挽
    • dragging a coffin cart
      • 挽回(ばんかい),     挽歌(ばんか)
    • grinding with a mortar / a saw
      • 挽(ひ)き肉(にく)
  • 垢
    • dirt
    • 垢(あか)
    • 無垢(むく)