Day LI: この音とまれ!pg.93-95 & 京河さま ![]()
Just 2 pages today, these past few pages have been rather dialogue heavy.
Read today’s Japanese folktale, from Gifu prefecture, about the snake god of a pond.
A huge, snake god unexpectedly rises from a little pond, it says that the villagers are surprised but their reaction is this:
「だっ、大蛇だー!」 ![]()
(the audio is very much more enthusiastic but I just found the literal exclamation amusing)
~ New Words ~
ムカデ (百足) - Centipede - also 蜈蚣, same reading.
来る日も来る日も (くるひもくるひも) - Day after day
雨乞い (あまごい) - Praying for rain / Rainmaking ritual - don’t think I’ve ever seen that kanji before (乞)
大蛇 (だいじゃ) - Big snake, but can also be read おろち which is a giant snake of legends.
ポツリポツリ - Bit by bit, but also meaning “in drops” as in rain.