📚📚 Read every day challenge - Spring 2023 🌸🌷🌼

[amphibian_phone]

I would like to participate! Just need to wait a couple weeks to get my laptop fixed so I can add myself to the participant list and make a proper home post. I don’t want to mess anything up in the meantime. I’ll still read everyday until then, though!

[natarin]

Natalie’s Home Post!

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Sneaking in a little last-minute home post here welcome to the spring challenge everyone! It’s always exciting to start out fresh and see what everyone’s up to

Background

I’m currently in the era of visual novels apparently, though really what else is new The Zero Escape VN club I’m hosting just started up so that’ll be an ongoing project, in addition to BU$TAFELLOWS which I may or may not stick to the schedule for haha. I’m also still working through Steins;Gate when I circle back to that, so lots to keep me busy! I’ll probably also throw in some manga and such for funsies (like when the OHSHC club starts ) and maybe read a normal novel at some point, but who knows!

Progress

Natively

Currently Reading:

Finished:

Previous Challenges:

[mikeking74]

I’m only at level 8 but I just started reading on and off (more off). I don’t understand most of what I read but i feel it’s good practice anyways. It is exiting when I run across kanji that I know. I’m hoping this challenge will keep me focused and i’ll start a new reading habit.

I will be reading:
Todai Easy Japanese (1 news article per day)
履いてください、鷹峰さん. (1 or 2 chapters per day)
maybe 千と千尋の神隠し if i finish the above manga early.

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Obviously idk how to copy and past a calendar. jeez.

Edit: fixed it! thank you MissDagger!

[MissDagger]

You see those ``` marks before and after the calendar? Delete those and your calendars should be normal.

[lady_nelle]

lady_nelle’s home post

Currently Reading:
Game: 二ノ国白き聖灰の女王
Web Novel: 本好きの下剋上～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～
Dictionary: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
にほんご500問N3

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[hanpt2]

４月１日 • Home Post

Today I read an entire chapter of チェンソーマン ( ) with relative ease! More than that, I actually enjoyed it and got into flow a little! やった！！！

Something that’s made a huge difference to my enjoyment and comprehension is changing from XTREME HARDCORE IMMERSION MODE down to something more beginner, which fits my skill level having just finished Genki 1. That looks like:

1. Letting myself immediately look up words & phrases I don’t know, instead of trying to work them out by force;
2. Letting myself plug the fully conjugated word into DeepL, instead of only the stem;
3. Instead of trying to break down and decode a sentence with grammar that isn’t making sense to me, I’ve been plugging the chunks into DeepL one at a time until I figure out the gist, and then double checking the whole sentence. This means I’m surfacing a lot more nuance and understanding the ways that combos of phrases I understand individually modify each other when they interact.

Overall, I’m finding that I’m learning AND enjoying more by not being a “figure it out on your own or die” purist. Feelsgoodman. Perfectionism can eat my shorts.

[Sylph]

Sylph’s home thread

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Another challenge! I think this is my 7th? Can’t believe it’s been so many already.
This time my goals will be to not get burnt out trying to keep up with all the clubs I’ve joined/want to join (I’m a danger to myself) and somehow also read a non-bookclub book on the side. Good luck to me…
Even if it doesn’t happen 100% it’s always fun to have big goals

Bookclubs I’ll try to follow

• BU$TAFELLOWS (VN club)
• 極限脱出 9時間9人9の扉 (Zero Escape: 999) (VN club)
• 僕が愛したすべての君へ (IBC)
• A Dictonary of Japanese Grammar club
• 四畳半神話大系 (The Tatami Galaxy)

Other things I’d like to read:

• わたしの幸せな結婚 (Book)
• 満月をさがして (Manga)

Past challenges

Winter 2023
Autumn 2022
Summer 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Autumn 2021

[Beyond_Sleepy]

Home post

\huge\color{ #A3E4D7}\mathrm{🍀Day 1🍀}

\small \color{ #FCF3CF}\mathrm{★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★}

Today I read a chapter of よつばと！That’s all:)

\small \color{ #FCF3CF}\mathrm{★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★}

[pyororon]

Pyoro’s Home Post
Missed the winter challenge so I’m happy to be back for spring! I’ve spent the beginning of this year reading a lot of manga so my goal for this challenge is to focus more on novels and games.

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My Natively

Currently Reading

Books:
珈琲店タレーランの事件簿 また会えたなら、あなたの淹れた珈琲を (0%)
FLESH & BLOOD 12 (0%)

Games:
剣が君 (1/6)
バスタフェロウズ シーズン 2 (4/6)

Finished

April
准教授・高槻彰良の推察2 怪異は狭間に宿る (15% → 100%)
FLESH & BLOOD 11 (0% → 100%)
薬屋のひとりごと 1 (0% → 100%)

May
かがみの孤城 上 (20% → 100%)
かがみの孤城 下 (0% → 100%)
わたしの幸せな結婚 (0% → 100%)

June
バスタフェロウズ (7/7)

Archive

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Apr 12th - May 29th
May 30- Jun 10th

[FlamySerpent]

FlamySerpent’s Home Post

After another pause I wanted to get back to every day reading again, so here we are. I have an epilogue of 本好きの下剋上 2 left, and I thought to continue reading that series after finishing that one

- read even a little bit; - read 25+ pages

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Book progress

Title	Progress	Days	Completed
本好きの下剋上 2	90% → 100%	2	April 2
本好きの下剋上 3	0% → 100%	22	April 29
本好きの下剋上 4	0% → 100%	14	May 19
本好きの下剋上 5	0% → 100%	13	June 10
本好きの下剋上 6	0% → 6.5%	2	-

[Cathm2]

I don’t know that I did that well with the last challenge but should do ok for the first couple of weeks at least!

I think I’m in about 5 book clubs so not necessarily planning to read outside of the clubs too much.

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[WaniTsunami]

Updated some of my goals last minute. While I do want to re-read One Piece, I don’t like the pressure of doing it for the challenge. Right now I am enjoying playing Final Fantasy VII again so I think the only thing I really want to commit to is Tatami Galaxy. I’ll update every day what I read but I want to be more open about what I consume for fun.

[nyxqueenofshadows]

1st april

home post

day one! it’s a weekend, so i’m not doing my usual intensive reading, but i did read through about a chapter and a bit of a granblue fantasy event story. full of slang, including メンゴ, パイセン, and とりま plus loads of sentence ending fun like べ and わ (falling pitch).

[javerend]

４月１日 (Home Post Link)

Yay April! Spring challenge time!

I’ve been looking forward to this a lot. 四月は君の嘘 was I think the 2nd series I ever purchased in japanese, and it’s one I tried to read last april but decided it was too hard to really attempt. So this april, I’m very excited to see if I can read the whole thing! It’s only 44 chapters, but these are pretty long chapters compared to what I’ve been reading: 50-60 pages. To manage this I need to be reading about 1.5 chapters a day.

Because of that I’m not really going to be trying anything else for the duration of april. Basically not gonna worry about any other reading or books until I finish this (but I’ll find time for the clubs somehow, though, probably )

Unfortunately this is probably also going to be my busiest month irl, so we’ll see how much I can pull off.

Read:
四月は君の噓 ch 1 - oh man this felt so much easier than last year. I wish I had more time to read today but oh well

Word(s) of the Day:
証拠隠滅（しょうこいんめつ）ー destruction of evidence​
鍵盤（けんばん）ー keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)​

[prath]

1/04/2023 Home Post Link

I read more than 20 pages from Ruri Dragon. My speed has increased just a little bit and I’m starting to notice a lot of words from all over the place - it’s honestly the best feeling ever. I also read some graded sentences from Kanji Study and although I spent only around 20 mins doing that, I learned a lot of new/slang words (that I’ve added to Bunpro reviews). I’m excited to see all of this in anime now.

Today was my immersion day, so I could easily finish both challenges. My main goal during these challenges is to never lose the streak. I want to sit and read/listen for 5 mins if that’s all I can manage. 5 minutes is my minimum and there’s no limit to the max amount of time I spend doing this obviously.

[Zakarius]

The Reading Meadow

April 1st
新書太閣記 progress: 24.94% // Volume III: 80.23%

New challenge, let’s go!

Words found in a tree stump

勝鬨「かちどき」ー Shout of victory
宵闇「よいやみ」ー Dusk; twilight

Character Name List

Probably some spoilers, but this is a historic novel, so can spoilers really exist for things that have (for the most part) actually happened

Volume I: 1535 - 1555

日吉「ひよし」- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nicknames: 猿「さる」/ 針売り「はりうり」
Name serving Nobunaga: 木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」

Family
木下弥右衛門「きのした やえもん」- Father
– – 乙若「おとわか」- Old friend (serves under 織田)
筑阿弥「ちくあみ」ー Step-father
大政所「おおまんどころ」// also お奈加「おなか」ー Mother
おつみ - Older sister
小竹「こちく」- Baby brother
加藤清正「かとう きよまさ」// also 弾正「だんじょう」- Ojisan (only distantly related (before marriage))
– Married to: おえつ (sister of お奈加)

Friends & Acquaintances
仁王「におう」- Big kid friend
於福「おふく」(Nickname - full name: 福太郎「ふくたろ」) // 楊景福「ようけいふく」(Chinese name/birth name) - Timid kid friend (older than Hideyoshi)
– 五郎大夫 「ごろ だゆう」// 祥瑞「しょうずい」(Chinese name) - Father
– 梨琴「りきん」- Mother
捨次郎「すてじろう」- Previous servant to 五郎, later the adoptive father of 於福, and owner of a tea ware shop - and employer of, and master to, Hideyoshi

Hachisuka Clan
蜂須賀小六「はちすか ころく」(also 正勝 「まさかつ」) - Head of the Hachisuka clan
– 七内「なない」- Younger brother
– Married to 松波「まつなみ」
– – 亀一「かめいち」- Son

Retainers:
稲田大炊助「いなだ おおいのすけ]
青山新七「あおやま しんしち」
長井半之丞「ながい はんのじょう」
松原内匠「まつばら たくみ」

Others:
国吉「くによし」- Gunsmith/blacksmith
渡辺天蔵「わたなべ てんぞう」- Deserter - Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
難波内記「なんば ないき」- Spy disguised as a Komuso
仁田彦十「にった ひこじゅう」- Subordinate

(蜂須賀正利「はちすか まさとし」- previous head of the Hachisuka clan)

Saito Clan
((questionable) Alliance with the Hachisuka clan)
斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Head of the Saito clan
– 斎藤義龍「さいとう よしたつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」) - Son

明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」) - serves under Dosan
– 又市「またいち」- Underling / foot soldier

堀田 道空「ほった どうくう」- Chief retainer
弥平治光春「やへいじ みつはら」- Retainer (cousin to Jyubei)
– 明智光安「あけち みつやす」- Father
春日丹後「かすが たんご」- Military commander

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Leader of the Oda clan (Married to the daughter of Saito Dosan)
– 卯月「うづき」- Nobunaga’s faithful, old horse
– 織田信秀「おだ のぶひで」- Father and previous leader of the Oda clan
– – 織田与三郎「おだ よさぶろう」- Younger brother
– – 織田信行「おだ のぶかつ」(Other name: 信成「のぶなり」) - Son (half-brother to Nobunaga (different mother))

Retainers (Under Nobuhide rule):
平手 政秀「ひらて まさひで」
– 五郎左衛門「ごろうざえもん」(nickname: 五郎左「ごろうざ」) - First son
– 監物「けんもつ」- Second son
– 甚左衛門「じんざえもん」- Third son
– 雨宮勘解由「あめみや かげゆ」- Servant
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」(common name: 新五郎「しんごろ」/ nickname: 佐渡「さどう」) (served under Nobunaga too)
– 美作守「みまさかのかみ」- Younger brother
青山 信昌「あおやま のぶまさ」(common name: 与三右衛門「よそうえもん」)
内藤 勝介「ないとう しょうすけ / かつすけ」

Retainers (Under Nobunaga rule):
柴田勝家「しばた かついえ」(Nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)

Others:
市川大介「いちかわ だいすけ」- Archery master/instructor
平田三位「ひらた さんみ」- Master of military strategy
浅野又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Military commander
– 寧子「ねね」- Daughter
がんまく - Former worker/servant, friend of Hideyoshi

Shiba Clan
斯波義統「しば よしむね」- Head of the Shiba clan, at Kiyosu castle
– 斯波義銀「しば よしかね」- Son

Imagawa Clan
今川義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo

Retainers:
松下之綱「まつした ゆきつな」(common name: 加兵衛「かへい」)
飯尾豊前「いのお ぶぜん」
多賀能八郎「たがのう はしろう」(nickname: 能八「のうはち」)

Takeda Clan
太郎義信「たけだ よしのぶ」- Commander
(Married to the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto to tie the clans)

Non-affiliated
上泉 信綱「かみいずみ のぶつな」(also: 上泉 伊勢守「かみいずみ いせのかみ」) - Founder of the 新陰流「しんかげりゅう」school of Kenjutsu
– 疋田小伯「ひきた しょうはく」- Disciple
– 神後五六郎「かんご ごろくろう」- Disciple

塚原 卜伝「つかはら ぼくでん」- Kensei; legendary swordsman

Historical People

• 阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)

• 白楽天「はく きょい」ー Chinese poet (Bai Juyi / Bo Juyi) also known as: 白楽天「はく らくてん」in Japan. (Late 700s)

• 道元「どうげん」(or 道元禅師「どうげん ぜんじ」ー Japanese Buddhist Priest, writer & poet (also known as 栄西禅師「えいさい ぜんじ」) (Early / mid 1200s)

• 空海「くうかい」ー The one and only Kukai or Kobo Daishi - a Buddhist monk. Posthumously given the title of: 弘法大師「こうぼう だいし」born as: 佐伯 眞魚「さえき の まお」(late 700s / early 800s)

• 源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)

• 平 重盛「たいら の しげもり」ー Military commander and court noble, claimed to be an ancestor of Oda Nobunaga (Mid-1100s)

• 桓武（天皇）「かんむ（てんのう）」ー 50th Emperor of Japan, claimed to be an ancestor of Taira no Shigemori, thus ancestor to Oda Nobunaga (Mid-Late 700s)

Volume II: 1555 - 1562

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Head of the Oda clan
– 織田 信広「おだ のぶひろ」- Older brother
– 織田 信行「おだ のぶゆき」(also: 信勝「のぶかつ」) - Younger brother
– 織田 お市「おだ おいち」- Younger sister

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi (Married to Nene)
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant

Military Commanders
浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」
– こひ - Wife
– 寧子「ねね」- Oldest Daughter (Married to Hideyoshi)
– おや屋「おやや」- Youngest Daughter
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(Common name: 勝三郎「かつさぶろう」)
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」
佐久間 盛重「さくま もりしげ」(also know as: 大学「だいがく」)
山口 守孝「やまぐち もりたか」(also known as: 海老丞「えびのじょう」)
柘植 友顕「つげ ともあき」(also known as: 玄蕃「げんば」)
梶川 一秀「かじかわ かずひで」
佐久間 信辰「さくま のぶとき」
佐々 政次「さっさ まさつぐ」
岩室 重休「いわむろ しげやす」
簗田 政綱「やなだ まさつな」(also known as: 弥二右衛門「やじえもん」)
毛利 良勝「もうり よしかつ」
中川 重政「なかがわ しげまさ」

Retainers
佐久間 盛政「さくま もりまさ」(nickname: 玄蕃「げんば」)
森 可成「もり よしなり」(Other name: 三左衛門「さんざえもん」)
– 蘭丸「らんまる」- Son
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます」(Common name: 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)

Others
山淵 右近「やまぶち うこん」- Magistrate
– 山淵 義遠「やまぶち よしとお」- Father (Chief Vassal)
道家 清十郎「どうけ せいじゅうろう」- Wealthy farmer and lord

戸部 新左衛門「とべ しんざえもん」- Castle commander
水野 帯刀「みずの たてわき」- Castle Guard
服部 一忠「はっとり かずただ」(also called: 小平太「こへいた」) - Samurai

Maeda Clan
Military Commanders
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(childhood name: 犬千代「いぬちよ」)
– 佐脇 良之「さわき よしゆけ」(also known as: 藤八郎「とうはちろう」) - Younger brother

Saito Clan
Military Commanders
斎藤 義龍「さいとう よしさつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」)
– 孫四郎「まごしろう」- Brother
– 喜平次「きへいじ」- Brother
– 斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Father

Akechi Clan
Military Commanders
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
明智 光安「あけち みつやす」- Also the adoptive father of Jyubei
– 明智 秀満「あけち ひでみつ」- Son, and retainer to Jyubei

Imagawa Clan
今川 義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo
– 今川 氏真「いまがわ うじざね」- Son, and heir to the Imagawa clan
– 太原 雪斎「たいげん せっさい」- Uncle, military advisor and monk

Military Commanders
伊丹 康直「いたみ やすなお」(also known as: 権阿弥「ごんあみ」)
庵原 忠縁「いはら ただより」(also known as: 将監「しょうげん」)
斎藤 利澄「さいとう としずみ」(also known as: 掃部介「かぶのすけ」)
関口 氏経「せきぐち うじつね」
富永 氏繁「とみなが うじしげ」(also known as: 伯耆守「ほうきのかみ」)

Others
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」(Childhood name: 竹千代「たけちよ」// Other name: 元康「もとやす」) - Retainer
– 築山「つきやま」- Wife
– 榊原 忠政「さかきばら ただまさ」- Vassal
– 石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」- Loyal follower
朝比奈 主計「あさひな かずえ」- Samurai
井伊 直盛「いい なおもり」- Retainer

Takeda Clan
武田 信玄「たけだ しんげん」- Daimyo

Asakura Clan
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」- Daimyo

Sakai Clan
Military Commanders
酒井 正親「さかい まさちか」(also known as: 与四郎「よしろう」)

Matsudaira Clan
Military Commanders
松平 親俊「まつだいら ちかとし」(also known as: 左馬助「さまのすけ」)
杉浦 吉貞「すぎうら よしさだ」(also known as: 八郎五郎「はちろうごろう」)

Miyoshi Clan
三好 長慶「みよし ながよし」- Head of the Miyoshi clan

Retainers
松永 弾正 久秀「まつなが だんじょう ひさひで」

Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
足利 義輝「あしかが よしてる」- 13th Shogun of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
細川 晴元「ほそかわ はるもと」- 34th Kanrei of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate

Non-affiliated
鵜殿 甚七「うど (の) じんしち」- Mountain priest (Yamabushi)

Volume III: 1562 - 15??
(Currently 1565/6)

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Leader of the Oda Clan
– 織田 信秀「おだ のぶひで」- Father (previous leader of the Oda Clan)

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」(Nickname: 猿「さる」) - Hideyoshi
– 寧子「ねね」- Wife
( – – 浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Father)
( – – おや屋「おやや」- Younger sister)
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant
– おつみ - Older sister

Military Commanders
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」
林 秀貞「はやし ひださだ」
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます」
菅屋 長頼「すがや ながより」
織田 広良「おだ ひろよし」(cousin to Nobunaga)
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(also called: 犬千代「いぬちよ」)
川口 宗勝「かわぐち むねかつ」(Common name: 久助「きゅうすけ」)
日比野 六大夫「ひびの ろくだゆう」
梶田 直繁「かじた なおしげ」(also called: 隼人「はやと」)
松原 内匠「まつばら たくみ」
堀尾 吉晴「ほりお よしはる」(also called: 茂助「もすけ」)
– 堀尾 泰晴「ほりお やすはる」(also called: 吉久「よしひさ」) - Father
森 可成「もり よしなり」(also called: 三左衛門「さんざえもん」)
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(also known as: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
飯尾 尚清「いいのお ひさきよ」
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」
蒲生 氏郷「がもう うじさと」

Matsudaira Clan → name change to → Tokugawa Clan
松平 元康「まつだいら もとやす」(name change: 徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」) - Leader of the Matsudaira Clan
– 竹千代「たけちよ」- Eldest son

Military Commanders
石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」
酒井 忠次「さかい ただつぐ」

Hachisuka Clan
蜂須賀 正勝「はちすか まさかつ」(also called: 小六「ころく」// new name because it’s a new year so why not, let’s have a new name: 彦右衛門 正勝「ひこえもん まさかつ) - Leader of the Hachisuka clan
– 松波「まつなみ」- Wife
– 亀一「かめいち」- Eldest son
– 又十郎「またじゅうろう」- Cousin

渡辺 天蔵「わたなべ てんぞう」- Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
長井 半之丞「ながい はんのじょう」- Retainer

Ujiie Clan
氏家 直元「うじいえ なおもと」- Military Commander

Takeda Clan
武田 義統「たけだ よしずみ ／ よしむね」- Military Commander

Kanbe Clan
山路 弾正「やまじ だんじょう」- Military Commander

Date Clan
伊達 政宗「だて / いだて まさむね」(also know as: 独眼龍「だくがんりゅう」(one-eyed dragon) - Leader of the Date clan

Mino Province
大沢 次郎左衛門「おおさわ じろうざえもん」(nickname: 虎「とら」) - Lord of Unuma Castle
斎藤 龍興「さいとう たつおき」- Daimyo

Military Commanders
不破 光治「ふわ みつはら」(also called: 平四郎「へいしろう」)
安藤 定治「あんどう さだはる」(also called: 範俊「のりとし」)
竹中 重治「たけなか しげはる」(also called: 半兵衛「はんべえ」)
– 竹中 善左衛門「たけなか ぜんざえもん」- Subordinate

Aki Province
福島 市松「ふくしま いちまつ」- Son of Hideyoshi’s aunt

Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
細川 藤孝「ほそかわ ふじたか」(also known as: 幽斎「ゆうさい」) - Military Commander

Unaffiliated
恵瓊「えけい」- Travelling monk
尾州 風客「びしゅう ふうきゃく」- Mountain Hermit

[mikeking74]

That worked! どもありがとう！

[polv]

Apr 1, Sat of Week 1 of Spring Q2 2023

• DoBJG: Characteristics of JP Grammar - 6. Politeness and Formality

Characteristic section’s week has came up. Maybe I would talk about it later.

• 残月記 : 月景石 Ch.8/2

Not yet. Will finish the chapter next time.

• うらら迷路帖 Vol.4 (26-37%)

はいから still continues to trip me from the sentence scribbles. (It’s ハイカラ.)

Words of the day

• 悪友(あくゆう) = a close friend, “partner in crime” / a bad friend
• 師弟(してい) = teacher and student. However, student = 弟子(でし).
• 相合(あいあい)～ = doing together, e.g. in 相合(あいあ)い傘(がさ). I confused the reading and whether it can be reversed with 相性(あいしょう)   /   合性(あいしょう). Another あいあい is 和気藹々(わきあいあい), which uses different Kanji.
• 磔刑(たっけい) = crucifixion. Has Furigana. The first Kanji is 磔(はりつけ), but add delivering punishment (刑(けい)する).
• 鬣(たてがみ) = mane of a horse. Has Furigana. The reading makes sense when thinking of 立(た)てる + 髪(かみ)(の毛(け)). About the Kanji, perhaps 髪(かみ)(の毛(け)) + 鼠(ねずみ)?
• 節(ふし)くれ立(だ)つ = to be knotty (of a tree; a hand) = 節榑立(ふしくれだ)つ

[MissDagger]

April 1
Home Post

古見さんは、コミュ症です。 → first 2 chapters of volume 2
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar → 2 sections
Fiction/Nonfiction in English → V is for Vulnerable (start to finish; nonfiction) and some chapter of a fiction book

I wanted to start April 1 strong, and I have by reading a bit of all three different things I want to focus on.

I started volume 2 of Komi-san as an easy-ish manga read to have on the side of my two hard main reads (VNs). There were a few words I could have looked up, and a couple of kanji I recognized from WK but could not place… But I decided not to look it up. Lost some more exact comprehension but nothing beyond that.

Read a bit of the grammar dictionary. Only one section left for this week, so I guess I’ll finish that early.

Lastly I had a bit of an interested experience with the fiction book I'm reading.

I do enjoy reading romance a lot, especially regency romance ones. And I’ve read a few from this author and enjoyed them, but I started the first couple of chapters last year I think and then put it aside, because the plot revealed it was about to go away from all the things I enjoy most. (The high society part, with balls and intrigues. Otherwise I might as well not read a historical romance.) And today, after reading a couple of more chapters, I decided to skip the middle and jump to the end. The end I’ve been interested in reading for a while, because I kept peeking at it as I tried to read the opening to gain enough interest to get there (I don’t really care about spoilers because they do not spoil the reading experience for me in general, plus all romances ends the same: the couple gets a happily ever after ).

And I find myself being immediately pulled into the story towards the end and not feeling like I missed much (I guess I missed the couple falling in love, but since nothing else about that part was of interest…). I’m a few/couple chapters from the end so I will probably finish it before I go to sleep.

This is the first time I’ve completely skipped the middle of a book. Can’t say I ever thought I’d be able to do that, well, I guess most of the time I wouldn’t be interested in the end if the beginning wasn’t engaging enough. xD

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@mikeking74 You’re most welcome!

[omk3]

April 1st

かがみの孤城, start-6%
神去なあなあ日常, start-5%

Today I restarted かがみの孤城. I have had the audiobook for ages and had listened to the first chapter or two, but I was dissatisfied with the amount I was missing, so this time I decided to listen to it while reading along. I’m looking forward to reaching the parts I haven’t listened to before, because so far I’m finding it rather tedious. I hope this changes soon.

And for some pure reading, I also started 神去なあなあ日常 by 三浦しをん. This is a joy to read so far. It’s written in a lighthearted manner, and had me chuckling several times. I’m still at the very beginning, with the protagonist just having arrived at Kamusari. Looking forward to his first experiences there.