📚📚 Read every day challenge - Fall 2022 🍁🍂

Japanese Language Reading
1905

:tiger2: :books: The Tanuki Autumn Onsen :hotsprings: :raccoon:

20221221 - 吾輩は狸である progress: 100% :cat2:

Seriously, that’s the last chapter?
Endless, tedious conversation that takes up 15% of the whole book, then just a few paragraphs going like “yeh, this happened” in a tone that feels quite different from the rest of the book. Feels like Soseki might have been coaxed into writing one last chapter and just wanted to get it over with and move onto something else. Chapter 10 felt like a more fitting end, with it bringing the whole family together and all.

I enjoyed the rest of the book, there was some great parts, but that last chapter was pretty terrible in my opinion and brings it down a bit. But at least I feel like I’ve learnt a lot of Japanese from completing this.
(not to discourage anyone else from reading it, I would recommend it (just not chapter 11), that last chapter has just annoyed me :rofl:)

:fallen_leaf: Japanese found under the leaves :fallen_leaf:

Meowords

月夜「つきよ」ー Moonlit night
甕「かめ」ー Earthenware pot; bottle

Since it’s the last day of reading for me here’s a:

:sparkles: :raccoon: Tanuki Reading Roundup :raccoon: :sparkles:

Here’s what “however many days it is I’ve been reading continuously in Japanese” displayed with emojis looks like:

Reading days with emoji links
四月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:potato: :bear:
:muscle: :fire: :snowflake: :fox_face: :person_fencing: :dog2: :frog:
:onion: :japanese_castle: :raccoon: :metal: :shark: :mountain: :fox_face:
:scream: :foot: :leg: :shower: :owl: :pray: :pray:
:fox_face: :cat2: :black_cat: :moneybag: :shinto_shrine: :mountain_snow: :snake:
五月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:cat: :cloud_with_lightning_and_rain: :candy: :earth_asia: :chestnut: :cherry_blossom: :sake:
:octopus: :barber: :cucumber: :chocolate_bar: :japanese_goblin: :evergreen_tree: :rice_ball:
:bowl_with_spoon: :shinto_shrine: :waning_gibbous_moon: :dragon: :package: :evergreen_tree: :ramen:
:fox_face: :rabbit2: :fox_face: :cat2: :evergreen_tree: :mount_fuji: :nose:
:no_entry_sign: :fox_face: :basket:
六月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:blue_book: :hourglass_flowing_sand: :rocket: :steam_locomotive:
:beans: :clown_face: :heavy_division_sign: :lion: :jar: :spiral_notepad: :cherry_blossom:
:worm: :kangaroo: :female_sign: :eyeglasses: :art: :sunny: :ship:
:notebook_with_decorative_cover: :bar_chart: :milk_glass: :sushi: :cut_of_meat: :ocean: :rotating_light:
:knot: :ramen: :fish: :closed_book: :house_with_garden:
七月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:sunny: :secret:
:frog: :rabbit2: :brain: :ring: :ant: :japanese_ogre: :zap:
:pill: :department_store: :syringe: :point_left: :milky_way: :100: :rabbit2:
:raccoon: :sweden: :station: :rock: :cookie: :fish_cake: :flying_saucer:
:japanese_castle: :onion: :black_cat: :rocket: :leaves: :star: :motorcycle:
:notes:
八月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:seedling: :lebanon: :antarctica: :open_mouth: :milky_way: :smiley_cat:
:hole: :closed_book: :cat2: :toilet: :art: :black_cat: :mouse2:
:paintbrush: :fallen_leaf: :green_book: :snowflake: :bread: :notebook: :cat:
:japanese_ogre: :bell: :black_cat: :plate_with_cutlery: :speech_balloon: :peacock: :blossom:
:writing_hand: :frog: :cloud: :evergreen_tree:
九月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:spiral_calendar: :speech_balloon: :cat2:
:chestnut: :pen: :open_book: :heavy_division_sign: :running_man: :nose: :full_moon:
:raccoon: :speech_balloon: :brain: :bangbang: :nose: :athletic_shoe: :ear:
:wind_chime: :cherry_blossom: :chair: :speech_balloon: :speech_balloon: :sun_behind_large_cloud: :zzz:
:eyes: :hourglass_flowing_sand: :sweet_potato: :pinching_hand: :dark_sunglasses: :dog2:
十 月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:maple_leaf:
:mouse_trap: :crossed_swords: :bangbang: :melting_face: :fried_egg: :scissors: :snake:
:teapot: :bellhop_bell: :page_with_curl: :ocean: :evergreen_tree: :bathtub: :womans_clothes:
:bucket: :hotsprings: :japanese_ogre: :house_with_garden: :deciduous_tree: :bamboo: :japanese_castle:
:pouring_liquid: :tiger2: :cat2: :baseball: :tea: :headphones: :moyai:
:mantelpiece_clock: :seat:
十 一 月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:studio_microphone: :herb: :zzz: :mirror: :sparkles:
:email: :carrot: :scroll: :speech_balloon: :crystal_ball: :cucumber: :sweet_potato:
:evergreen_tree: :brain: :sunrise: :musical_score: :bubbles: :file_cabinet: :rice_ball:
:sweet_potato: :high_heel: :shinto_shrine: :bamboo: :yarn: :postbox: :tada:
:school: :door: :rock: :black_circle:
十 二 月
日 月 火 水 木 金 土
:violin: :white_circle: :thought_balloon:
:tangerine: :snail: :violin: :dog2: :smiley_cat: :mountain: :mans_shoe:
:evergreen_tree: :violin: :candy: :ocean: :raccoon: :art: :beverage_box:
:fire: :fishing_pole_and_fish: :fallen_leaf: :cat2:

… so most of the year! Feels like my reading has improved quite a bit but I still have a long way to go, onto the next challenge!

Hope to see you guys in the next one, and hope you all have a great new year! Remember to dream about… what was it again… Mt. Fuji, Eagle and Eggplant on new years day to have a prosperous 2023! :mount_fuji: :eagle: :eggplant:

But until then, for everyone still carrying on and for next time:
:raccoon: タヌキ頑張って！ :raccoon:

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