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

[prath]

31/05/2023 Home Post Link

funny that I had to fall terribly sick right on the last day of the challenge

managed to read 1 chapter from Sakura and Suzuki. Even though I found a lot of useful vocabulary, the story and the setting are not really my thing, so I usually use this as a last resort lol - especially when I don’t have the mood, energy, or time to read.

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I had soo much fun reading and participating in this challenge with ya’ll. it was such a treat to read everybody’s updates and progress, and I managed to add more resources + manga/books to my TBR even though I’m still just starting out

I’m glad that I finished my first manga in this challenge and picked up 3 other manga to read. Also really surprised at how I managed to read every single day. Some days, I was really just super tired and frustrated and didn’t want to read, but I wanted to tick off all the boxes just to make a habit out of this, and now my entire studying appraoch has changed hehe.

I’ll just be ticking boxes in my home post during the break (and going easy on myself too), but I’ll probably write here if I have something interesting to say or another mini milestone to share. See ya’ll in July!

[Natsuha]

May 30
I read four pages Vampire Hunter D and some pages in manga magazines. After a long time I got back to working through the Kanzen Master Grammar N3 book.

9283 pages read

[Thud]

They had recently released volume 5 of tanuki, which is a summer related volume. Have a fun vacation!

I was just popping in this thread to see how people are doing and it looks even more lively than I remember it. Still glad I shifted away from the daily read challenge. Sometimes work or other hobbies leave me too tired to focus on reading much. I found dedicating some more time on days I know I have the room to read work out in my advantage. So I read less than last year because it’s less frequent, but I have longer reading sessions and enjoy reading it more naturally.

[fallynleaf]

Summary post

Been a pretty busy past several weeks for me! I finished level 60 of WK, wrote a whole novella of a post about it, fell behind on my translations, got caught up on my translations, started a new translation project, finished a book in Spanish, and also somehow managed to read a little bit more of Read Real Japanese Essays?

But, well, here we are, at the end of the challenge. Here’s my final score:

Apr	月	火	水	木	金	土	日
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17

May	月	火	水	木	金	土	日
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22

= Japanese
= Japanese and Spanish

As far as my Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling translations go, I translated their experimental May 1 Inspiration show, the May 5 Korakuen Hall show (part 2), the May 13 VOD show, and the May 20 show.

Here’s a photo from a show that I did not do a translation for:

This is Yoshihiko (yes, he’s a doll) suplexing Shoko Nakajima (here’s a video of it) in Hyper Misao’s crazy ambitious produce show, HYPE!, which happened on May 25, and which is one of my favorite wrestling shows of all time. The main event of that show really pushed the boundaries of what a wrestling show can be (and pushed the limits of my very poor listening comprehension, haha), though it’s impossible to succinctly summarize.

As a translation task, though, it was pretty far beyond me. Here’s a summary of it written by another fan. Needless to say, there was way, way too much dialogue, and very little of it was transcribed, haha, so there wasn’t much I could really do beyond what that summary contains.

I composed a tweet in Japanese afterward because I wanted to thank Misao (and Mahiro Kiryu) for doing such an amazing job with that show. It actually received a fair number of likes from Japanese fans, too, in addition to those two wrestlers, which made me happy.

I’m currently still a show behind, even with having skipped translating Misao’s produce show, but I’m hoping to be caught up soon, haha.

I also finished the second essay in Read Real Japanese Essays, which was written by 酒井順子(さかいじゅんこ) and titled 電車(でんしゃ)の中(なか)で若者(わかもの)に注意(ちゅうい). I also didn’t have much trouble reading this one! Always a pleasant surprise. I’m trying to pick up the pace with this book a little bit so that I have a better chance of accomplishing the reading goals I set last year.

As far as reading in Spanish goes, I finished the novel Cantoras! I have a lot of thoughts about it, which I'll put under a cut (warning for major book spoilers and depressing topics)

I thought the book was decent, but the main thing that I personally had an issue with was what happened to Malena. Her part near the end about the Nazi conversion therapy clinic was super depressing and tough to read about, which is fine, but I really wish that her story hadn’t ended with her committing suicide. Part of it was poor timing on my part; I just so happened to get to that part of the story the night I watched the third Hana Kimura Memorial Show, so I was really, really not receptive to a fictional story about suicide after spending hours thinking about Hana Kimura’s very real suicide. So Malena killing herself caught me off guard in the worst possible way.

I had a bad feeling about some things hinted at earlier in the book, like how she had mysteriously managed to acquire the rest of the money they needed to buy the house and then wouldn’t tell the others how she’d gotten it, and then they had gone to that bar and one of the patrons “mistook” her for a prostitute he’d seen. That gave me a pretty good theory for how she’d gotten the money, and I was really bummed to be right about that one (not that sex work is bad, but I don’t like to read about lesbians being forced to have sex with men in order to get money to survive).

It was also frustrating for me as someone who has myself struggled a lot to learn how to open up to people seeing a character like Malena be there so much for Romina without Romina trying at all to be there for Malena in that same way. She totally took advantage of her emotionally and let Malena bear all of Romina’s burdens without Romina making any effort to bear any of Malena’s. And then the way Romina ended their relationship super suddenly because she suddenly fell deep in lust with this artist, and that relationship made her feel an incredible passion that she had never felt with Malena… That part really sucked to read as an asexual lesbian, both in the sense that I can never understand or empathize with that sort of character motivation that Romina displayed there, and also in the sense that in some ways, that sort of thing is my worst fear, I guess. That I’ll get into a relationship with someone and then get dropped suddenly when the other person finds someone else who can give them what I can’t.

I think I understand what the author was trying to do with Malena’s role in the story; it was just especially crushing for me, personally, to read. I don’t know if I would have picked up the book if I had known she was going to die like that.

But anyway…

Since the reading challenge is wrapping up, I’m going to be switching gears to listening for the off-month, so I guess expect to see me posting over in the listen every day challenge for June?

[Cathm2]

31/5 54 pages ロジカとラッカセイ, 8 pages Spy Family (finished mission 40), 6 pages夜カフェ (finished chapter 11)

Finished the challenge well. Have decided to read ahead with ロジカとラッカセイ - I kind of was already. At least I’m up to date with Spy Family now.

[sddsdd]

Home Post

Days 59-61 Progress:
わたしが恋人になれるわけないじゃん、ムリムリ! (※ムリじゃなかった!?) 三巻 - 61.00% → 99.57% (完成)

Congrats to all the challenge finishers!!!

And that’s another volume down, perfectly coinciding with the end of the challenge! (I’ll still be posting here, probably). And that’ll be my 20th novel since I started reading too! Although, instead of feeling a sense of accomplishment, I feel a little… disappointed, actually? Though I’ve been able to finish books at a more regular pace (at about 1/week) if I commit myself, I was kind of hoping my reading speed would exhibit a less… logarithmic function? Well, not much I can really do about that, honestly…

In either case, this season’s reading challenge has been demonstrably better than the last one, with much more consistent reading and keeping myself honest by posting here more often (daily was feeling a bit too much for me for sure).

On the book itself: the second half of the novel is unfortunately a bit saturated with pulpy, sentimental internal monologues about 紫陽花(あじさい)'s emotional affairs… but the ending came out of nowhere with the surprising twist of a confession from 紫陽花(あじさい)… and unexpected reciprocation from れな子(こ)??? Could the story be finally going somewhere??? Guess we’ll see next volume… Christ it’s long… like 30% longer than the last one…

Word of the Day: 絶叫(ぜっきょう)マシン - thrill ride (at an amusement park). Wow, they really call rollercoasters ‘scream machines’ in Japan, huh?

[Zakarius]

The Reading Meadow

June 1st
新書太閣記 progress: 44.60% // Volume V: 96.55%

Today’s Bonus Colours

麹塵きくじん ／ 青白橡あおしろつるばみ - Kōji Mold / Green Pale-Chestnut (Pale greeny-grey)
(麹塵 is a shortening of 麹塵の袍「きくじんのほう」which were the Emperor’s informal everyday robes. The name and colour originates from China and is very old and has always been associated with royalty. It’s said the colour originates from Aspergillus Oryzae, or Kōji Mold「麹黴」(こうじかび) but the Chinese kōji, jiuqu or just qū, is a much more yellow colour (but the robes associated with this colour weren’t, they were this greeny-grey colour), soooo, it probably had a meaning at some point but eventually it just came to mean ‘that greeny-grey colour the Emperor/press wears during everyday informal time’.
Even more 青白橡 used to be thought of as a separate colour but there are various ancient texts saying that 青白橡 and 麹塵 are actually the same colour.)

璃寛茶りかんちゃ - Rikan Brown (Medium Greeny-Brown)
(This colour was named after the Osakan Kabuki actor: 二世 嵐 吉三郎「にせい あらし きちさぶろう」Arashi Kuchisaburō​ II. And yes, in Kabuki actor fashion, there is a long lineage of Arashi Kuchisaburō​s, with the latest (8th) passing away in '87. In fact, Arashi Kuchisaburō​ II was seen as a rival of our previous Kabuki friend: 三代目 中村 歌右衛門「さんだいめ なかむら うたえもん」Nakamura Utaemon III, as their popularity was split during their time (late 1700s-early 1800s).
The book doesn’t really explain why this colour is associated with Arashi Kuchisaburō​ II just that it was named after his haiku pseudonym: 璃寛「りかん」. But guessing from the other colours named after Kabuki actors, it was probably because it was a colour he wore often.)

Words found in a tree stump

伴天連「バテレン」ー Title for Portuguese Jesuits who came to Japan in the 16th century.
遠目鏡「とおめがね」ー Spectacles for farsightedness (obsolete word); telescope // (more common kanji: 遠眼鏡)
虫目鏡「むしめがね」ー Magnifying glass (more common kanji: 虫眼鏡)
地球儀「ちきゅうぎ」ー (Model) Earth globe

Words Found with Mold Growing on Them
麹黴「こうじかび」ー Kōji mold (Aspergillus Oryzae)
風紀「ふうき」ー Public morals; discipline; rules governing social behaviour

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 - 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 1579)

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

弥助 ／ 弥介「やすけ」- (African Born) Retainer & weapon bearer for Nobunaga.

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」

Jesuits
ニェッキ・ソルディ・オルガンティノ (Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino) - Italian missionary

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@windupbird

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 ()

Thanks again for being the reading host!
(and for cute tanuk)

And it’s really been three years since the first summer challenge?!? crazy
Anyway, enjoy your Alaskan adventure!

[frootlooper]

Home Post

Wow, two whole months already! I’m happily surprised I didn’t miss a day. When I didn’t really have time, even just one short, easy chapter of something was better than nothing and kept my momentum going. I was afraid if I missed one day, that would trigger missing more days. I’m happy I got really caught up in the stories and it really feels like proper reading now. I can’t believe I hit all my goals. And I blew my manga goal out of the water with 32 completed! Time for another manga order as a reward? I do need more of Tokyo Revengers soon…

I’m going to continue trying to read every day for June so you’ll keep seeing some updates from me.

５月３０日
チェンソーマン Ch 131

５月３１日
会長はメイド様! Ch 3
東京リベンジャーズ 6 Ch 43-51

[polv]

June 1, Thu of Week 10 of Spring Q2 2023

• うたわれるもの : 二人の白皇

Words of the day

• なまじ(.) = thoughtlessly; half-heartedly
• なびく = to be swayed by; to yield in to / to flutter in the wind = 靡(なび)く
• 紛(まぎ)れる = to get mixed amongst
• 毛頭(もうとう) … ない = not in the least; not even in the tip of the hairs
• 深手(ふかで)を負(お)う = to sustain a serious wound
• 大概(たいがい)にする = to stay within bounds; to not get carried away
• 歩(ある)き詰(づ)め = walking without rest
• 面構(つらがま)え = facial expression, esp. fierce one
• 店(みせ)じまい = closing of the shop for the season, e.g. end-of-season sales = 店仕舞(みせじま)い
• 無類(むるい) = matchless; the very best
• 内情(ないじょう) = internal state of affairs
• 裏付(うらづ)け = backing
• 具足(ぐそく) = fully-equipped
• 歩調(ほちょう) = pace
• 樹上(じゅじょう) = up in a tree
• 分断(ぶんだん) = dividing into parts
• 機転(きてん) = quick-wittedness
• 失墜(しっつい) = a fall; a loss
• 陽動(ようどう) = diversion; feint
• 臨機応変(りんきおうへん) = adaption to circumstances

[Voi]

Well I figured I’d update: I have utterly failed this challenge.

I was doing great until I decided to burn thru my one volume backlog, got halfway thru a certain one, and decided I hated it. I kept trying to power thru and that was a mistake. Instead I just didn’t read anything (except 999) for like the last two months.

BUT!!! June is a new month, the second part of Honzuki manga is waiting (with a new volume to boot) and I’ve finally got a good setup for quick lookup in both epubs and digital manga.

So my new plan is to read thru one Honzuki volume a week, finish コンビニ人間 in June, and continue with 999. I’ve still been powering thru WK reviews, bunpro grammar, and some JPDB so I’ll continue that as well.

[Natsuha]

May 31
Today I read five pages Vampire Hunter D and some pages in manga magazines.

9369 pages read

Looking back the spring challenge was pretty disappointing for me I thought I would manage to read much more. I start reading too many different things without finishing any of them. This year I still didn’t miss a day reading I hope it stays like that. I’m glad there is a break in three weeks Final Fantasy 16 is released I don’t know how much I will read once the game is out. Anyway see you all at the next challenge.

[Nicole216]

6月1日(木)
Home post

暁のヨナ vol. 2 (p. 97 - p. 99)
I had not much time today and I could only read 3 pages (actually only two, because one was the chapter start image). Ah well, at least I read a little bit…

[Redglare]

Home post // June 1

・薬屋のひとりごと 8 (31% → 33%)

Today was busy. Also forgot my glasses at home after putting on my sunglasses this morning. Luckily I work at a glasses store, and guess what, we also have contact lenses I could just pop in! Thanks boss~

← me going to work not realizing I forgot important item at home

[javerend]

６月１日 (Home Post Link)

It’s June! Wow! Year’s going fast

Read:

• aDoBJG - 前に, 毎
• 新完全マスター pg 94 → 96
• はちゅねミクの日常 ネギの２２side A and B, 23 side A

[lucylavelle]

June 1st!

Today I read 6 more pages of Orange. There are only 6 more pages left in this chapter, so hopefully I’ll be able to finish this chapter tomorrow

(Home Post)

[windupbird]

@Thud

They had recently released volume 5 of tanuki, which is a summer related volume. Have a fun vacation!

Clearly I am going to need to add this to my cart when I buy the new Flying Witch volume And thank you!

@Zakarius

And it’s really been three years since the first summer challenge?!? crazy
Anyway, enjoy your Alaskan adventure!

Well more like 2 years, since it’ll just be starting the third year of the challenge, but still - crazy And that means I’ve been hosting this challenge for almost as long
Thanks - with any luck, I’ll have some non-cartoon wildlife pictures to share when I get back
No IRL tanuks though

[DIO-Berry]

Home

June 1
季節を愉しむ366日
6/2

吸血鬼ドラキュラ
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桜蘭高校(おうらんこうこう)ホストクラブ
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ジョジョの奇妙な冒険33
106 - 110

不可解なぼくのすべてを 3
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The family reunion has been weighing on my mind a lot. I looked into it more and it seems like I technically could swing it, but I’d miss out on the actual gathering events. I’m hoping that next year will be favorable and that I’ll have the date far enough in advance too.

My reading yesterday went absolutely pitiful. My concentration was so bad that I went for a walk in the rain and that only helped a little.

I was able to think a bit about the horror elements in this arc though. It’s straight up said that the enemy stand user was going through all the protagonists’ houses and actively spying on them without their knowledge or detection. My first watch through, I definitely missed that this enemy is supposed to be absolutely stupid. Having watched it a second time and now reading it, it’s really obvious to me, but it threw me off. Last night’s reading solidified it because the boys were talking about how the enemy has been messing with their homework (erasing some of their answers or just taking it). If it hadn’t been more established that this enemy was too stupid to think of killing the characters in their sleep, I’d cry poor writing. I still might cry poor writing for this arc though tbh.

Words found in the spaceship

word	meaning/notes
黙(だま)る	to be silent
かっぱらう	to swipe

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June 1st:

• played Lost sphear for 40 min (+ spent some time on a very annoying butterfly boss which I couldn’t beat yet…)
• also watched FF7R walkthrough which doesn’t count as clear reading but I still thoroughly look at the dialogues and in-game texts and check whether I know the words )

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I actually remembered to change the date decorations!

• xxxHOLiC vol 9. And now I’m caught up with the volumes I have again
• 52 pages of ステップファザー・ステップ, reading ch 7 Milky Way and finishing the book! Oh man, that last chapter. Hit me right in the angst-loving heart. It was so good. I think it might have been the best one.
  I really enjoyed this novel! I know Miyabe writes in a variety of genres, and this one’s humor/mystery whereas I think the the other two I’ve picked up are just mystery, but still I hope this bodes well for me enjoying those as well.
• 11 pages of 約束の星を数えて, starting ch 1 and leaving off on pg 21. My new Chishima Chidori novel! Annnd we’re back to what seems to be the norm in Japanese novels of a few long chapters lol ^^; There are only 4 chapters in this one, but at least they’re actually numbered? (I think I prefer the 9/10 shorter but unnumbered chapters though, gives me more natural stopping points, but oh well)

Some vocab of note:

剣突をくらす (けんつくをくらす) [expression, サ五] to burst out in anger. This term is marked as being obscure.
特筆すべき (とくひつすべき) [expression] worthy of special mention

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June 2, Fri of Week 10 of Spring Q2 2023

• Death Note Vol.8 Ch.65-66

• うたわれるもの : 二人の白皇

Two consecutive fights, one for the day.

• 神様のカルテ 56-60%

Exercise in understanding. Collecting (almost) no vocabulary. Google Translate for readings and some meanings.

Words of the day

• ぼそっと(.) = (on-mim) absentmindedly
• じわじわ(.) = (on-mim) steadily; bit-by-bit. じわじわ命(いのち)を削(けず)り取(と)る in context.
• おめおめ(.) = (on-mim) shamelessly; resigned to disgrace
• すかすか(.) = (on-mim) insubstantial; flimsy; spongy
• みすみす = before one’s eyes; under one’s nose = 見(み)す見(み)す
• 薄々(うすうす) = vaguely; thinly. Different from うずうず.
• ～伝(づた)いに = walking along. The verb is 伝(つた)う. Perhaps I think of 沿(ぞ)い as well; but the former focuses on moving.
• 積(つ)む = to pile up. In some ways like 重(かさ)ねる.
• 堰(せ)き止(と)める = to dam up a river. 堰(せき) is a dam. No Furigana.
• 討(う)ち取(と)る = to kill; to slay
• 出(だ)し抜(ぬ)く = to outwit
• 目(め)を付(つ)ける = to have an eye on
• 目(め)に焼(や)き付(つ)ける = to burn an image into memory (inner eyes?)
• 啀(いが)み合(あ)う = to snarl at each other
• 目星(めぼし)が付(つ)く = to get an idea. Like 見当(けんとう)が付(つ)く /   見当(けんとう)がつかない.
• あぶり出(だ)す = to uncover; to reveal; to bring into light = 炙(あぶ)り出(だ)す
• 気(き)を落(お)とす = to be disheartened
• 当(あ)てにならない = unreliable
• 挙措(きょそ) = behavior; manner
• 策動(さくどう) = maneuvers
• 卓越(たくえつ) = excellence
• 強気(つよき) = self-confident / bullish
• 補強(ほきょう) = reinforcement
• 殲滅(せんめつ) = extermination
• 悪逆(あくぎゃく) = atrocious; brutal
• 大勢(たいせい) = general situation. 大勢(おおぜい) written with the same Kanji and Rendaku.
• 賛同者(さんどうしゃ) = proponent; advocate
• 最高峰(さいこうほう) = greatest authority; most prominent person / highest mountain peak. The last Kanji is 峰(みね).
• 潰走(かいそう) = running away of the army when the fight is lost. The first Kanji is 潰(つぶ)す, also in 潰瘍(かいよう).
• 背水(はいすい)の陣(じん) = fighting with one’s back to the wall. Water is really in the back in context. (Surrounded, actually.) Similar sounding to 排水(はいすい).
• 度量衡(どりょうこう) = weights and measures