And the last day of the challenge arrived and I almost forgot it!
I’m really happy I decide to join, even thou I didn’t write anything here like most of you guys, I can assure you all I read every single day for more than 1 hour in most of them. I completed 5 light novels in Japanese (today I’m on my way to try and finish the 6th volume), which alone is way more than I did 8 years ago, when I started to learn Japanese. If anyone is willing to start a Summer version, I’ll also join just to keep the momentum. Thank you guys for the motivation!
31st may last day!!
went with 弟の夫 to round off the challenge, managed up to the end of chap 3 in the time i had. i really like it, it’s got great art (kana is adorable) and i’ve got hope it’ll handle its themes of homophobia and cultural difference well. the little queer history lessons at the end of chapters are also good. it’s deceptive tho, i thought it would be fairly easy based on the first chapter and then it just gets harder as you go on 
words that stood out: 合法 (legal, lawful, legitimate), 不動産屋 (realtor, real estate agent), 自意識過剰 (excessive self-consciousness).
words unexpectedly in kanji/in different kanji: 可哀想, お早う, 判る (instead of 分かる), and 恰好 (rather than 格好)
some cute pictures
it’s so bright and colourful!
their facial expressions are adorable
oh god so many countries, some of which i’ll probably never see in japanese again
and with that the challenge is over! i absolutely cleared the goals i set myself, of completing my first novel kiki’s delivery service, starting my first game 逆転検事 (which i finished!!) and joining the ouran club. beyond that, i’ve read some great manga both that i was looking forward to and that were complete surprises. i can tell i’ve massively improved since even just last time, and it’s been fun following everyone else’s reading journeys. looking forward to taking part in the next one in summer, when the JLPT will be over and i can tackle 逆転検事 2!
congrats to everybody for finishing! 🏳🌈🎉
Day 61, 5 月 31 日 
Back to my Home Post
Tileworld Chronicles - Markus’ Ascent Chapter 4, p. 1 - 4
Last day of the challenge, and I decide to start a new chapter. 
I’ll want to re-read it once more, anyway, because there were a lot of kanji I didn’t know and I want to have a more detailed understanding of the story here.
On page 2 there are two を after each other, I’m gonna assume it’s a typo.
The person we met last time introduces themselves: they’re Sanaa. They and their people live underground because the sun burns them. Apparently there was a battle their ancestors were part of, and afterwards this magical affliction took hold. Anyway, there was a floating bridge in the void, which was very confusing to me. You’re telling me this mountain is hollow?
To be continued in the summer. I’ve been a bit lax with my discipline and have not read every day for this challenge. And by discipline I mean health, because chronic issues are chronic and need constant vigilance lest they make you regret not going to bed at a more proper time. 
Nevertheless, I will once again join the coming challenge, though I will take a break this coming month. I want to focus on my art/writing, which I have struggled to find time for during challenge times.
Thanks for pointing out the typo.
You’re telling me this mountain is hollow?
Since you’re asking I’ll give you an answer : yes indeed it is hollow!
The main reason being I was very tired of the low contrast underground tiles I used in the previous chapter. I could not imagine myself using them again.
And hollow mountains are definitely a thing!
Here is one from FF6.
I have read you mentioning your health a few times. I wish it gets better soon. And if you produce some art and feel like sharing it, there is an art share thread 
Thanks for all the info! I will definitely check it out! I’ll have to think about what I wanna do… And what I have time for. 
May 31st
新書太閣記 progress: 44.40% // Volume V: 94.40% 
Today’s Bonus Colours
The book mentioned a really cool Buddhist temple in Kyoto called: 西芳寺 / Saihō-ji, which is famous for its moss garden.
Words found in a tree stump
霹靂「へきれき」ー Thunderclap
諫言「かんげん」ー Admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
方針「ほうしん」ー Policy; course; plan of action
Word Found in the Magical Moss Garden
威光「いこう」ー Power; influence; authority
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
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阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)
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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)
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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 - 1570
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」
荒木 村重「あらき むらしげ」
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
Miyoshi Clan
十河 存保「そごう まさやす」- Military Commander
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
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」- 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
千利休「せんのりきゅう」- Ultimate tea master
曽呂利 新左衛門「そうり しんざえもん」(also know as: 杉本「すぎもと」) ー Scabbard maker
Volume IV: 1570 - 1574
Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」(Nickname: 魔王「まおう」）- Leader of the Oda Clan
– お市「おいち」- Younger sister
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
Military Commanders
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(also known as: 勝三郎「かつさぶろう」)
蜂屋 頼隆「はちや よりたか」(also known as: 兵庫「ひょうご」)
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」
坂井 政尚「さかい まさひさ」(also known as: 右近「うこん」)
竹中 重矩 「たけなか しげのり」(also known as: 久作「きゅうさく」) - Younger brother to 重治
竹中 重治「たけなか しげはる」(also known as: 半兵衛「はんべい」) - Older brother to 重矩
蜂須賀 正勝「はちすか まさかつ」(also known as: 小六「ころく」& 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)
堀尾 吉晴「ほりいお よしはる」(also known as: 茂助「もすけ」)
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」
氏家 直元「うじいえ なおもと」(also known as: ト全「ぼくぜん」)
安藤 守就「あんどう もりなり」
武井 夕庵「たけい せきあん」
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(also known as: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
Children (of the Lords/Samurai etc.)
加藤 清正「かとう きよまさ」
福島 正則「ふくしま まさのり」
森 成利「もり なりとし」(also known as: 蘭丸「らんまる」)
Tokugawa Clan
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」- Leader of the Tokugawa clan
Military Commanders
榊原 康政「さかきばら やすまさ」
大久保 忠世「おおくぼ ただよ」
本多 忠勝「ほんだ ただかつ」(also known as: 平八郎「へいはちろう」)
石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」
鳥居 忠広「とりい ただひろ」
高木 広正「たかぎ ひろまさ」
Attendants
野中 重政「のなか しげまさ」
Takeda Clan
武田 信玄「たけだ しんげん」- Leader of the Takeda clan
Military Commanders
穴山 信君「あなやま のぶただ」(also known as: 梅雪「ばいさつ」)
仁科 盛信「にしな もりのぶ」 (5th son of Takeda Shingen)
山県 昌景「やまがた まさかげ」
内藤 昌豊「ないとう まさとよ」
小幡 信定「おばた のぶさだ」
小山田 虎満「おやまだ とらみつ」
馬場 信春「ばば のぶはる」(also known as: 信房「のぶふさ」)
Azai Clan
浅井 長政「あざい ながまさ」- Leader of the Azai clan
– お市の方「おいちのかた」- Wife (Nobunaga’s younger sister)
– 茶々「ちゃちゃ」- 1st daughter
– お初「おはつ」- 2nd daughter
– 万寿丸「まんじゅまる」- 1st son (heir to the Azai clan)
Military Commanders
大野木 秀俊「おおのぎ ひでとし」
樋口 直房「ひぐち なおふさ」
磯野 員昌「いその かずまさ」(also known as: 丹波「たんば」)
遠藤 直経「えんどう なおつね」(also known as: 喜左衛門「きざえもん」)
藤掛 永勝「ふじかけ ながかつ」(also known as: 三河守「みかわのかみ」)
Rokkaku Clan
六角 義賢「ろっかく よしかた」(also known as: 承禎「じょうてい」) - Leader of the Rokkaku clan
Asakura Clan
朝倉 景健「あさくら かげたけ」- Military Commander
Sassa Clan
佐々 成政「さっさ なりまさ」- Military Commander
Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
足利 義昭「あしかが よしあき」ー 15th Shogun of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
Military Commanders
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」
細川 藤孝「ほそかわ ふじたか」
和田 惟政「わだ これまさ」
Volume V: 1574 - 15??
(Currently 1578/9)
Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」(Nickname: 魔王「まおう」）- Leader of the Oda Clan
– 織田 信忠「おだ のぶただ」- 1st Son
Military Commanders
脇坂 安治「わきざか やすはる」(also known as: 甚内「じんない」)
稲葉 良通「いなば よしみち」(also known as: 一鉄「いてっつ」)
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(also known as: 又左衛門「またざえもん」)
福富 秀勝「ふくみず ひでかつ」(also known as: 平左衛門「ひざえもん」)
佐々 成政「さっさ なりまさ」
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(also known as: 権六「ごんろく」)
野々村 正成「ののむら まさなり」(also known as: 三十郎「さんじゅうろう」)
丹羽 長秀「にわ ながひで」(also known as: 五郎左衛門「ごろうざえもん」)
蒲生 氏郷「がもう うじさと」
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(also known as: 信輝「のぶてる」)
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます ／ いちます」
明智 光秀「あけち みつひでえ」(also known as: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
武井 夕菴「たけい せきあん」
松井 友閑「まつい ゆうかん」
山内 一豊「やまうち かずとよ」
黒田 孝高「くろど よしたか]
– 黒田 長政「くろだ ながまさ」- Son
木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」(Nickname: 猿「さる」) - Toyotomi Hideyoshi / Kinoshita Tōkichirō
– 寧子「ねね」- Wife
– – 木下 吉定「きのした よしさだ」- Younger brother
– 羽柴 秀勝「はしば ひでかつ」(also: 於次丸「おつぎまる」) - Adopted son (4th son of Nobunaga)
– 羽柴 秀長「はしば ひでなが」(also: 小一郎「こちろう」) - Younger brother
Hideyoshi’s Followers
蜂須賀 正勝 「はちすか まさかつ」(also known as: 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)
– 小六 家政「ころく いえまさ」- Son
生駒 甚助「いこま じんすけ」
加藤 作内「かとう さくない」
増田 長盛「ました ながもり」(also known as: 仁右衛門「にえもん」)
大谷 吉継「おおたに よしつぐ」(also known as: 平馬「へいま」)
一柳 直末「ひとつやなぎ なおすえ」(also known as: 市助「いちすけ」)
木下 勘解由「きのした かげゆ」
小西 行長「こにし ゆきなが」(also known as: 弥九郎「やくろう」)
山内 一豊「やまうち かつとよ ／ かずとよ」(also known as: 猪右衛門「いえもん」)
福島 正則「ふくしま まさのり」(also known as: 市松「いちまつ」)
加藤 清正「かとう きやまさ」(also known as: 虎之助「とらのすけ」)
仙石 秀久「せんごく ひでひさ」(also known as: 権兵衛「ごんべえ」)
石田 三成「いしだ みつなり」
平野 長泰「ひらの ながやす」(also known as: 権平「ごんぺい」)
加藤 嘉明「かとう よしあきら」
糟屋 武則「かすや たけのり」
竹中 重治「たけなか しげはる」(also known as: 半兵衛「はんべい」)
Non-Military
岡部 又右衛門「おかべ またえもん」- Master carpenter
Imagawa Clan
今川 氏真「いまがわ うじざね」- Head of the Imagawa clan
Tokugawa Clan
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」- Head of the Tokugawa clan
– 松平 信康「まつだいら のぶやす」(also: 三郎「さぶろう」) - 1st Son
Military Commanders
近藤 平六「こんどう ひいろく」
石川 重政「いしかわ しげまさ」(also known as: 又四郎「またしろう」)
松平 家忠「まつだいら いえただ」
奥平 定能「おくだいら さだよし」
渡辺 守綱「わたなべ もりつな」(also known as: 半蔵「はんぞう」)
酒井 忠次「さかい ただつぐ」
本多 広孝「ほんだ ひろたか」
松平 伊忠「まつだいら これただ」
石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」
榊原 康政「さかきばら やすまさ」
平岩 親吉「ひらいわ ちかよし」
本多 忠勝「ほんだ ただかつ」(also known as: 平八郎「へいはちろう」)
Samurai
大賀 弥四郎「おおが やしろう」
山田 八蔵「やまだ はちぞう」
大岡 忠相「おおおか ただすけ」(also known as: 忠右衛門「ちゅうえもん」)
Ashigaru
鳥居 強右衛門「とりい すねえもん」）
Takeda Clan
武田 勝頼「たけだ かつより」- Head of the Takeda clan
Military Commanders
跡部 勝資「あとべ かつすけ」(also known as: 大炊「おおい」)
山県 昌景「やまがた まさかげ」
武田 信廉「たけだ のぶかど」
穴山 信君「あなやま のぶただ」
馬場 信春「ばば のぶはる」(also known as: 美濃守「みののかみ」)
真田 信綱「さなだ のぶつな」
原 昌胤「はら まさたね」(also known as: 隼人佐「はやとのすけ」)
土屋 昌次「つちや まさつぐ」
小幡 信真「おばた のぶざね」(also known as: 上総介「かずさのすけ」)
長坂 虎房「ながさか とらふさ」(also known as: 長閑「ちょうかん」)
小笠原 信嶺「おがさわら のぶみね」(also known as: 掃部「かもん」)
甘利 信康「あまり のぶやす」
小山田 信茂「おやまだ のぶしげ」
内藤 昌豊「ないとう まさとよ」
菅沼 定忠「すがぬま さだただ」
Uesugi Clan
上杉 謙信「うえすぎ けんしん」- Head of the Uesugi clan
Mori Clan
毛利 輝元「もうり てるもと」- Head of the Mori clan
安国寺 恵瓊「あんこくじ えけい」- Military monk
Military Commanders
小早川 隆景「こばやかわ たかかげ」
吉川 元春「きっかわ もとはる」
渡辺 又左衛門「わたなべ またざえもん」
Kodera Clan
小寺 政職「こでら まさもと」- Head of the Kodera clan
Military Commanders
黒田 職隆「くろだ もとたか」
Amago Clan
Military Commanders
山中 幸盛「やまなか ゆきもり」(also known as: 鹿之介「しかのすけ」)
尼子 勝久「あまご かつひさ」
Ukita Clan
宇喜多 直家「うきた たおいえ」- Head of the Ukita clan
Retainers
長船 綱直「おさふね つななお」
戸川 達安「とがわ みちやす」
岡 越前守「おか えちぜんのかみ」
花房 職秀「はなぶさ もとひで」
Hi everyone! 
I’m still here, just haven’t been updating because, well, I didn’t have all that much to say.
Somehow, May is already over 
Here’s how it went for me, reading-wise: I missed 6 days, and only read 2 books, but I finished (and really enjoyed) both. Total pages this month: 811, with an average of about 26 pages per day.
I realized (not that I didn’t know it already) that I don’t need a challenge to read every day - reading is my favourite pastime anyway. However, there are some days that are just too busy, and I had to seriously tell myself that there’s no point in reading just for the sake of ticking a box. That’s not what I’m reading for. So I made myself not read on days when it would have been a chore rather than enjoyment, hence the 6 missed days. I will continue reading (almost) every day, and I will sporadically post in this thread when I think I have something interesting to say, but I don’t think I will be updating every day or worrying about missing reading days from now on.
May 31, Wed of Week 10 of Spring Q2 2023
- うたわれるもの : 二人の白皇
Words of the day
- 打って出る = to make one’s debut
- 成し得る = to be able to do
- しくじる = to mess up; to blunder; to fail to do
- けりを付ける = to settle; to finish a matter. Not sure if this けり is a kick (蹴り)?
- 薙ぎ払う = to mow down
- 手中に収める = to make one’s own
- 拝み倒す = to plead with someone until they agrees
- 裏目に出る = to backfire
- 顔がほころぶ = to break into a smile. The verb is 綻ぶ, somewhat similar to 綻びる.
- いけ好かない = nasty; unpleasant (unlikeable). Probably similar to いけず (which has Daku’on; no-good, NG).
- 歯噛み = grinding of the teeth
- 呆気ない = disappointing
- 後が無い = having one’s back to the wall
- 打つ手がない = nothing can be done
- 腹積もり = plan; intention
- 上々 = the very best
- 必至 = inevitable. Feels like 必死, but this one is desperate.
- 求心力 = centripetal force; unifying force
- 軟弱 = weakness
- 御託 = cheeky talk
- 増長 = be spoiled; becoming arrogant
- 思うがまま = as one wishes
- 道化 = clowning; buffoonery
- 知略 = resourcefulness
- 立役者 = leading actor
- 性根 = character. Probably can be similar to 根性.
- 挟撃 = a pincer attack
- 遺物 = a relic; remain; artifact
- 後生大事 = with religious zeal. 後生 is the afterlife.
- 権謀術数 = trickery; wiles
- 持続可能 = sustainable
Reading Every Day Challenge Q2 2023 
- Wrapping up
Picking out vocabularies continues, only that now I quiz on vocabularies from JP on the front.
At some point, I became tired of reading chores, ngl. So do the first priority. Also I’ve got some reading from listening materials too.
What I have done 
- うたわれるもの : 二人の白皇 (around 60 hours) Not only story, but also game controls getting more complex.
- 神様のカルテ (56%). There is audiobook.jp too, but I don’t like it.
- A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (Currently at K) (There is a club running.)
- Death Note Vol.7-8 up to Ch.64 (Only as fast and far as the club I am holding.)
- 暁のヨナ Vol.1-2, and just start of Vol.3 (Ch.12). (During trial period.)
- 四月は君の嘘 Vol.1-4, and first half of Vol.5
- 古見さんは、コミュ症です。 Vol.1 (There was a club running.)
- うらら迷路帖 Vol.1-7 (Completed series)
５月３１日 (Home Post Link)
We did it! 
Another challenge in the books! Thanks for reading and posting everyone; it really is fun to read all your updates. It both motivates me and gives me (usually good) ideas to steal
This challenge has felt kinda sparse for me compared to previous ones. I only really had one main goal going into the challenge, which was to read all of your lie in april during april, and then everything else has just been icing on top.
I missed no days of reading, doing at least some solid chunk every day, and read:
- 11 volumes of 四月は君の噓 + 1 chapter of the light novel
- 1.5 volumes of アオハライド
- 1.5 volumes of はちゅねミクの日常
- finished the volume of 古見さんはコミュ症です with the book club
- started アオのハコ, ロジカとラッカセイ, and 桜蘭 with the book clubs
- 60 pages of 新完全マスターN3 Reading, which, honestly, is a lot. Test practice is so draining to me, even in English. I can sit down and read a novel cover to cover for fun, but give me 1 single section to read and frame it like a test and i’ll be done lol
- read 230 pages of a grammar dictionary lmao (also a club)
- finished Making Sense of Japanese by Jay Rubin
- maybe a few random chapters of other stuff, I know a few nagatoro, one mushishi, some other test reading stuff like nausicaa
Honestly? It all adds up. Plus I like, moved, started a new (old) job, took several trips, and just in general was super busy packing/unpacking/meeting with people and all that. There were a lot of opportunities for me to just not read and do something else, but I’m pleased that it has become both enjoyable enough and enough of a habit that I don’t really have to worry about not doing it.
Similar to what a few other people have mentioned, there’s stuff that when I want to read it for fun, I will just read it in japanese rather than seek out an english translation. It feels less like a chore and more like something that I actually want to do , which is a super good feeling! (ok except the 新完全マスター, that absolutely still feels like a chore 
)
Read Today:
- aDoBJG - までに
- はちゅねミクの日常 ネギの２１side A and B
For June, I’d like to kinda clean up a lot of loose threads. Finally put a nail in this reading practice book, finish up はちゅねミク, and stay on top of book clubs. If I have time, I’d like to also finish the 四月は君の噓 light novel, preferably before the IBC primer and actual IBC start. But for those taking a month off, I’ll see you in July for the summer challenge!
May 30:
- played Lost sphear for 1h
May 31st:
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played 魔女の泉3 Re:Fine for 30 min (it’s a cute little rpg about a witch living in a forest, creating magical puppets to fight alongside her, and doing push-ups for training ^^)
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also played Lost sphear for 15 min
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and suddenly played Persona 5 Royal for an hour+ (just wanted to check whether it’d run smoothly on switch emulator…yeah. To my surprise I understood quite a lot and didn’t have to look up much - maybe I expected it to be more difficult or also maybe my brain fills in the gaps easily since I know the story from the previous walkthrough)
And as for the challenge results..it might seem pretty uneventful in my case since I haven’t actually finished anything but the fact that I read almost every day (usually 6 days a week) for 15-60min for 6 weeks is a huge step for me so I’m really glad I joined the challenge! I’ll keep playing Lost sphear and hopefully finish it during the Summer challenge 
Big thank you to everyone here - you’ve been a great inspiration and support 
5月31日(水)
Home post
暁のヨナ vol. 2 (p. 37 - p. 96)
p. 37 - p. 66: Chapter 7 ~ 40 minutes
p. 67 - p. 96: Chapter 8 ~ 31 minutes
I feel like the quality of this volume is worse than of the first volume. Sometimes I can only guess the furigana. 
but most of the time I guess correctly, so it’s not that bad.
End of the challenge
I only missed 4 days in May (none in April). But I did Duolingo on those days…so technically I did read at least a few sentences I think that is a good result for my first ever japanese reading challenge.
I will continue tracking my readings here in June, but I won’t see it as a challenge (as in I won’t force me to read if I don’t want to - which was not that often, but it was the case on some days).
Home post // May 31 
・薬屋のひとりごと 8 (28% → 31%)
Only read a teeny amount yesterday before I fell asleep and a bit today. Didn’t read on Monday because I was busy writing the last assignment/exam of the semester.
I’d do a wrap-up, but I’m going to sleep now. Will probably continue posting during June 
May 31
Home Post
(May 27-30: nothing)
Ouran Host Club : 5 pages
Grammar dictionary : 3 entries
First:
Thanks everyone for celebrating finishing my first VN together with me! I really appreciate all the congratulations. 
Sorry I didn’t say anything earlier, but I never feel too good about posting when I’m not reading.
Also thanks for the happy birthdays that came in after I thanked the first bunch. 
I just had a super busy weekend, loads of yard work, as I mentioned in my previous post, and somehow it is already Wednesday. I think the only reason I made myself get out of my little dry spell was because today was the last day of the challenge.
I had meant to make this challenge the time I got more consistent, but I seem to maybe have been more inconsistent then I was for the first quarter this year.
Maybe I can use this off month to get regular again, and then smash the summer challenge? I can hope!
So far during this spring challenge I’ve finished 3 manga volumes and 1 VN. The VN I’d been working on a while as mentioned earlier in the thread. So for my yearly goals, I’m close-ish to half done. I should preferably finish a novel or an VN by the end of June, but that is not happening.
For now, I’m happy to be down to only have Ouran as my club reads (except for the grammar dictionary, but it feels different from the others so it is pretty chill), and after I get current with that maybe I’ll have time to squeeze in some side reads before the IBC primer starts in mid June.
I can dream anyway. xD
May 29
I read four pages of Vampire Hunter D it doesn’t seem like much but there are only around 100 pages left in the book. Sooner or later I will finish reading the book and can read something easier next.
9197 pages read
May 31st!
Today I continued to read Orange, and managed 6 pages. I could have read a bit further, but it was another case like yesterday where I came to a good stopping point, and flipping through the next few pages it looked like there wasn’t another good place to stop soon.
End of Challenge Summary: 100%
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Books Completed
- Shadow’s House - Volume 6+7
- Teasing Master Takagi-san - Volume 11
- Komi Can’t Communicate - Volume 1
- Ruri Dragon - Volume 1
- Chi’s Sweet Home - Volume 1
- Mitsuboshi Colors - Volume 8 Series Complete!
As usual the end of the challenge has managed to sneak up on me!
I completed another 7 volumes of manga during this challenge, for a total of 20 volumes so far this year.
I also said goodbye to another of my long term bookclubs, as we finished the final volume of Mitsuboshi Colors after about 18 months or so of reading together.
While I’ve been sad to see the end of a few of my offshoot bookclubs so far this year, I’m also pleased that having more free reading time has allowed me to start reading a novel - this will be the 3rd novel I’ve read, and my first attempt at reading one without the support of a club. So far its been slow going, but I’m enjoying it a lot.
As always, huge thanks to @windupbird for hosting this challenge, and to everybody who has taken part for the support, motivation and recommendations!
I’ll be carrying on posting updates here throughout June, but for those of you who aren’t - I look forward to seeing you all for the Summer Challenge! 
Day 61: May 31st
What did I read?: 雨と君と Vol 4
How much did I read?: 18 pages
How long did it take me?: 18 min
Finished off the Spring Challenge by finishing this volume of the tanuki - I can’t believe this challenge is over already! I learned a relevant word re: what I was just complaining about a couple days ago: 断捨離 (decluttering; clearing out past accumulation; minimalism) 
And, of course, I have one last cute tanuki picture xD
Overall, this felt like a pretty good challenge season for me. I missed kind of a lot of days compared to usual (I read 45/61 days), but I did finish a book book (Penguin Highway) along with 5 volumes of manga! I’m not mad at that lol.
As always, thank you to everyone who participated in the challenge, I hope you enjoyed your time in this thread 
For those of you who are finishing today, おつかれさまでした! 
For those of you continuing on through June, 頑張って! I will be taking a break, but please feel free to continue using this thread until the Summer Challenge (round 3??? omg) starts up on July 1st 
The next challenge thread might go up a bit early, or a bit last minute, as I will be in Alaska having an adventure (
) during most of the last 2 weeks of June - we’ll see which one of those it ends up being, but either way, I promise the new thread will be there by July 1
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Ooo, I want to go to there 
2023-06-01T01:11:00Z
Well, today is the end of the official challenge. I missed 7 days in total over the two months. The first break was because of Holy Week. I just didn’t have time after Mass. Since that broke my streak, I ended up relaxing and just gave myself licence to miss a few more days here and there (especially when I was engrossed in an English series and didn’t want to stop). I’ve continued the trend of choosing wordy manga which means that the number of pages I could read in one sitting decreased. So I’ve only read one entire volume of manga for this challenge- Fairy Tail 2.
May 31
二ノ国白き聖灰の女王
More side quests… lots and lots of side quests plus material hoarding and crafting… I might be obsessed xD
Let’s see…
二ノ国白き聖灰の女王 | Over half-way through the main story quest and I’m at… 51 hours and 7 minutes
日本語基本文法辞典 | Keeping pace with the book club, and we finished a good chunk of it, go team!
名探偵コナン | Read 2 volumes + about 1/3 and started watching the anime for some listening practice
日本語500問N3 | Read Week 1 and then I seemed to have misplaced it… I blame it on binging Honkai Star Rail
本好きの下剋上 | Only read the prologue
＊５月３１日＊
My books arrived today. Among them are あん, so I’m prepared now for whenever that club starts, and another Chishima Chidori novel, which I’m not planning to read as quickly as the first, but uh well we’ll see lol
- SPY x FAMILY mission 40
- xxxHOLiC vol 8 to add one more book to my count this month lol. I coulda read vol 9 too, but I wanted to spend more time on Stepfather Step and the English novel I’m reading.
- 44 pages of ステップファザー・ステップ, finishing ch 6 and leaving off on pg 328
Some vocab of note:
錠剤 (じょうざい) [n.] pill; lozenge; tablet
In May, I read 31/31 days and read (finished) 11 volumes of manga and 3 novels—one of those novels even read entirely within this month! According to Bookmeter, I read an average of 63 pages/day. Not quite as much as last month, but I did more novel-reading this month, so it might balance out a bit.
I’d had vague designs on finishing Stepfather Step before the month was up too, but when I still had about half of it left at the beginning of this week, I knew that wasn’t happening. I’ll likely finish it by the end of the week, though, since I only have the one chapter left—possibly even tomorrow, though I ain’t getting my hopes up since I’ve got work.
As usual, I’ll be continuing through the off month, so y’all continuing as well, I’ll see y’all tomorrow, and those not, until July!
May 31
季節を愉しむ366日
June and 6/1
吸血鬼ドラキュラ
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桜蘭高校ホストクラブ
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ジョジョの奇妙な冒険33
67 - 105
不可解なぼくのすべてを 3
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Like always, I plan to continue the challenge through the break time. Hopefully next season though I can read every day without breaking my streak.
Seasons was about changing from winter to summer clothing around this time of year and how the tradition came from China during the Heian period but only became popular during the Edo period.
JoJo I mostly read during the day. It was interesting to see horror meets comedy of errors in this arc. I also started the Red Hot Chili Peppers arc.
I planned to read more Dracula and even read the whole of May 7th (or whatever day I’m on) for it, but I was able to talk with my parents yesterday and they told me about a planned family gathering. It might be possible for me to go, but Idk if it’ll be worth it as compared to another year. It’s weighing so much on my mind though that it took me 30 min to read two fairly easy pages of seasons
Words found at Tonio's and in the spaceship
No meaning spoilers because mobile is a pain in the ass.
| word | meaning/notes |
|---|---|
| 企む たくらむ | to scheme |
| ただ | unaffected, safe (intended but nit the heard meaning) |
| 生きがい いきがい | reason for living |
| 水虫 みずむし | athlete’s foot |
| 加減 かげん | degree, amount |
| 襲う おそう | to attack I’m mostly confused as to way they didn’t say killed instead |
| 以前 | previous edit: this one’s on wk but I see it so rarely that I forgot it and only found out it’s in wk after spotting it on kanjiroids |
| 度胸 どきょう | courage |
| 脅威 きょうい | threat (i know I’ve put this on the list before but I’m doing it again |