Dec 29, Fri of Week 14 of Fall Q4 2023 
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STEINS;GATE (VN) Ch.6
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いちばんやさしい世界史の本 (22-24%)
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あなたも殺人犯になれる! Ch.17-19 (53-61%)
Words of the day
- ほとぼりが冷める = heat dies down. The first part can be written 熱り.
- 足止めを食う = to be forced to stay
- 念には念を入れる = to make absolutely sure
- 思いの外 = unexpectedly; surprisingly
- 鬼子母神 = Hariti - Wikipedia
- 宦官 = eunuch official. The first Kanji is also mainly eunuch, as an official historically.
- 素焼き = unglazed pottery
- 賦役 = slave labor service; forced labor
- 匈奴 = Xiongnu - Wikipedia. Whom 万里の長城 were defending from, in the area of Mongolia.
- 焚書坑儒 = burning of the books (and burying of the scholars)
- 篆書 = Seal script - Wikipedia. After 甲骨文字
and simplified into 隷書. - 歴訪 = rounds of calls (visits)
- 論語 = Analects - Wikipedia, the Sayings of Confucius (孔子). One of 四書五経.
- 道教 = Taoism - Wikipedia
- 富国強兵 = enrich the country, strengthen the army. Japan later on took after China.
- 官学 = government school
- 大月氏 = Greater Yuezhi - Wikipedia. A historical group of people from central Asia.
- シチュー = stew. Why do I think situational comedy?
- 留置場 = detention cell, for temporary detention of suspects. Probably similar to 留置所.
- 遠大 = ambitious; far-reaching
Book highlights
項羽 = ฌ้อปาอ๋อง - วิกิพีเดีย (เซี่ยงอวี่)
劉邦 = จักรพรรดิฮั่นไท่จู่ - วิกิพีเดีย (หลิว ปัง)
武帝 = จักรพรรดิฮั่นอู่ - วิกิพีเดีย
張騫 = Zhang Qian - Wikipedia
陳勝・呉広の乱 = Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising - Wikipedia
呉楚七国の乱 = Rebellion of the Seven States - Wikipedia (+ Wu Kingdom (Han dynasty) - Wikipedia + Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) - Wikipedia)