Day 38: October 8
What did I read?: ハイ☆スピード!
How much did I read?: 2.5 pages
How long did it take me?: 1 hour 10 min
A tiny read today, but a good one <3 I guess it doesn’t look that tiny time-wise, but that’s because I spent some time learning about swimming from Youtube during that time also xD
Literally these pages were just Makoto swimming backstroke, but 
He’s so happy, you guys 
He’s not swimming like he’s trying to run away. The scary monster in the water’s suddenly not so scary anymore. He can see the sky 
And he can swim the way he was always meant to swim, feeling the water without fear <3 I’m so happy for him, this sweet baby angel
I also learned about S字プル today (which I awkwardly misread as S字プール at first 
). As this fine gentleman on Youtube demonstrates, it’s basically moving your arm in more of an S shape as you move through the stroke, instead of just keeping your arm straight (which is ストレートプル). It’s faster 
I feel like I actually knew this at one point but forgot…I did swim quite a bit as a kid, but I pretty much stopped some time in middle school
Good words
- お負けに (おまけに) - to make matters worse; besides; what’s more; in addition; on top of that
- 束の間 (つかのま) - moment; brief space of time
- 魔物 (まもの) - demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
- 竦む (すくむ) - to cower; to shrink in on oneself (can also mean to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.))
- 海獣 (かいじゅう) - marine mammal
- 充実感 (じゅうじつかん) - sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
- 満たす (みたす) - to satisfy (conditions, one’s appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to gratify
- 高揚 (こうよう) - elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
Me: immediately worried I used the word wrong
I think we’re ok wipes sweat from brow
Woohoo! Welcome, glad to have you join us 