๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š Read every day challenge - Fall/Autumn 2021 ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿฆ

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Day LI: ใ“ใฎ้Ÿณใจใพใ‚Œ๏ผpg.93-95 & ไบฌๆฒณใ•ใพ :snake:

Just 2 pages today, these past few pages have been rather dialogue heavy.

Read todayโ€™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:
ใ€Œใ ใฃใ€ๅคง่›‡ใ ใƒผ๏ผใ€ :laughing:
(the audio is very much more enthusiastic but I just found the literal exclamation amusing)

~ New Words ~
ใƒ ใ‚ซใƒ‡ (็™พ่ถณ) - Centipede - also ่œˆ่šฃ, same reading.
ๆฅใ‚‹ๆ—ฅใ‚‚ๆฅใ‚‹ๆ—ฅใ‚‚ (ใใ‚‹ใฒใ‚‚ใใ‚‹ใฒใ‚‚) - Day after day
้›จไนžใ„ (ใ‚ใพใ”ใ„) - Praying for rain / Rainmaking ritual - donโ€™t think Iโ€™ve ever seen that kanji before (ไนž)
ๅคง่›‡ (ใ ใ„ใ˜ใ‚ƒ) - Big snake, but can also be read ใŠใ‚ใก which is a giant snake of legends.
ใƒใƒ„ใƒชใƒใƒ„ใƒช - Bit by bit, but also meaning โ€œin dropsโ€ as in rain.

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