The June Tanuki Den: Date 20220603 
No Longer Tanuki Progress: 0.04%
Today I managed to finish the foreword, so now Iโm onto chapter one, or โFirst Noteโ as itโs called and into the story proper. Quite a lot of new words (and stumbling over words I know but using different kanji) but they are repeated quite a bit so readingโs gradually getting a little quicker.
Japanese found in the tall grass
Learnthings
ๅค่ฒใใธใใผใใใผ Transfiguration; transformation
็พ่ฒใใณใผใใใผ Beautiful face; good looks (same kanji ender X2 Combo)
่ฆใใใฎใใใใผ To peek through a hole or crack (This was in my list only yesterday or the day before but Iโve forgotten how to read it)
็ฑๆค
ๅญใใจใใใใใผ Wicker chair
ๆธใฟใใใถใฟใใผ Astringency; a Japanese aesthetic of simple and unobtrusive beauty.
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ๅฎๆใใใ
ใใใคใใใใผ Sense of fulfilment
็พฝๆฏ ใใใใใใผ Plumage; feathers
้ ใ็ฉใใคใใใใฎใใผ Man-made thing/structure/product (the alt. kanji threw me)
ๆฐ้ใใใใใผ Smug; pompous; pretentious
่ปฝ่ใใใใฏใใใผ Frivolous; superficial; shallow
ๅฅๆชใใใใใใผ Strange; wonderful; weird
็ฎๆใใใใใใผ Place; point; spot; portion
่ฌใใฐใใใใฐใใผ So to speak; as it were (think this has come up before too, but the alt. kanji keeps throwing me off)
็ใใใคใถใใใผ To close your eyes
ไธปไบบๅ
ฌใใใ
ใใใใใใผ Protagonist; main character
้งๆถใใใใใใใผ Vanishing like mist
ๆญป็ธใใใใใใผ The shadow of death; look of death
ๆ่ฌใใใใใใใผ So-called; so to speak
้ง้ฆฌใใ ใฐใใผ Packhorse; workhorse
Forgotten Stuff
ๅฟใพใใใใใใพใใใใใผ Unpleasant; disgusting
New Meanings
็ใใคใใฅใใใผ Deeply; keenly; severely. Can also be written like: ็ใ
, but most likely itโll just be in kana.
Replies
Thanks for the additional motivationnn! Iโve found perseverance is the key to most things in life, step by step until youโve made the whole Lego model.
I get a little excited when finding weird, old, archaic kanji or words, like an archaeologist uncovering some ancient rune of cosmic origin. And then hurrying it back to the lab to uncover its secrets (mostly โhow the heck do I read this??โ) 