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

[ekuroe]

3 Apr

世界から猫が消えたなら 30% - 30% (1 pg)

Small progress. Reading is the only form of Japanese study I’m doing at the moment. I’ve been learning more spoken Indonesian instead over the past few days lol

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I ended up falling off pretty hard when it came to posting for the last challenge so I am going to try my best to post more consistently this time around… hopefully…

Currently Reading:

Monkeys!¡ - Unfortunately I haven’t been making any progress at all in this visual novel mostly because way more context-based reading compared to the novels I’ve read, rapid-fire jokes, and the format in general sorta breaking my reading flow with having to click for the next line have sapped my motivation…

〆切前には百合が捗る (Shimekiri Mae ni wa Yuri ga Hakadoru) - Started another fairly easy and pleasant yuri novel to read at work.

Plan to Read

Games:

扉の伝説 ～風のつばさ～ (Tobira no Densetsu: Kaze no Tsubasa) - The confluence of wanting to try a game for a change and partially getting into Japanese because I want to try untranslated indie masterpieces have compelled me to think about giving this game for a spin soon. The vocab doesn’t seem too hard but I’ve been told it’s Persona 5 levels of long so I’m a bit hesitant to dive into it right now…

Visual Novels:

ヘンタイ・プリズン (Hentai Prison) - The name does not inspire much confidence but I have been told in good confidence by a friend that it is one of the best visual novel releases in recent history. Also seems to be fairly difficult with lots of language puns and the like but I’ll try to tackle it after Monkeys!¡

信天翁航海録 (Albatross Koukairoku) - This one is nothing but a pipe dream for now because of it’s insane prose difficulty but I do really, really want to give it a try…

Light Novels

声優ラジオのウラオモテ (Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote) - just another pleasant series for me to pass the time at work when I’m done with my current ones.

Day 1 and 2 Progress:

お隣の天使様 5.5 SS冊 - 66.44% → 79.45%

〆切前には百合が捗る - 0.39% → 16.85%

Word of the Day: - 奈落ならく - Hell; the worst possible circumstances. Since 奈 just has the Nara connotation now the idea of falling into Hell being going to Nara is quite funny. Maybe if you’re scared of deer…

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[Zakarius]

The Reading Meadow

April 3rd
新書太閣記 progress: 25.38% // Volume III: 85.18%

Words found in a tree stump

素襖「すおう」ー Ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai
輦轂「れんこく」ー Royal carriage

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 1566)

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

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

[polv]

Apr 3, Mon of Week 2 of Spring Q2 2023

• うらら迷路帖 Vol.4 (47-57%)

• くま クマ 熊 ベアー Vol.1 Ch.1

I bought for 100 yen due to a campaign plus Regular status.

Pretty easy to go through, might not even due to vocabularies, but chapter length (total 26). Only 1 real new vocab (カンスト). Maybe another problem (?) is the number of volumes.

• DoBJG: Characteristics of JP Grammar - 1-3

Now, how should I continue next? What concern me most right now are punctuation marks.

• 残月記 : 月景石 Ch.9 (end story)

Yeah, vocabularies mostly don’t matter (i.e. some rare exceptions, but I might look up more than I need). Usually, even built-in Google Translate is sufficient. Much different reading style from manga, where I can practically stop and resume from anywhere.

• うたわれるもの : 二人の白皇

Words of the day

• こんこん = dead asleep. Well, 昏々(こんこん), from 昏睡(こんすい).
• べろり(.) = licking; lapping. Feel somewhat like ぺろり.
• サッシ(.) = window frame
• カンスト(.) = “counter stop”; hitting the max value
• 際(きわ)やか = conspicuous. JMdict fails, but ～やか = seeming very. So, 際立(きわだ)つ + ～やか.
• 逸(はや)る = to be rash; to be impatient. I saw this one twice today, both with Furigana.
• 這(は)いつくばる = to go down on hands and knees (to authority) = 這(は)い蹲(つくば)る
• 巣食(すく)う = to hang out in a nest
• 目論(もくろ)む = to plot. Make sense if thinking of 目(もく) + 論(ろん) + む. A related word is 目論見(もくろみ).
• 育(はぐく)む = to foster; to promote
• 出直(でなお)す = to visit again / to make a fresh start
• 今度(こんど) = next time / recent; this time. 今回(こんかい) only has that second meaning = this time.
• 空(あ)き巣(す) = empty nest; empty house / burglary
• 無断(むだん) = lack of permission
• 曙光(しょこう) = dawn; prospects. Has Furigana. First Kanji is 曙(あけぼの).
• 判然(はんぜん) = clear; definite. Well, 判然(はんぜん)としない = uncertain; unclear.
• どす黒(ぐろ)い = murky; dusky dark
• 茫漠(ぼうばく) = vast / vague. Has Furigana.
• 索漠(さくばく) = desolate; lonely and dejected. Has Furigana. First Kanji is well, from 探索(たんさく) or 検索(けんさく).
• 残滓(ざんし) = remnant; dregs. Has Furigana.
• 降臨(こうりん) = descending to Earth; Advent. Second Kanji is probably like in 君臨(くんりん).
• 編(あ)み上(あ)げブーツ = lace-up boots. Probably like 編(あ)み上(あ)げ靴(ぐつ).
• 生粋(きっすい) = pure; native-born
• 空手形(からてがた) = an empty promise. The first two Kanji is indeed Karate (空手(からて)).
• 奮戦(ふんせん) = hard (hot) fighting. Probably not putting bitterness first like 苦戦(くせん).
• 足(あし)が縺(もつ)らせる = to trip over one’s feet. It’s actually 足(あし)がもつれる in JMdict.
• 完膚(かんぷ)なきまでに = thoroughly; until there is there no (unharmed) skin area left

[nyxqueenofshadows]

3rd april

home post

read quite a bit today! managed 3 chapters of jjk vol 2 (60 pages, ish), plus the (almost) last section of that granblue fantasy event story (lots of people yelling about muscles…). fun time all round! two books i ordered came today too, 探偵ガリレオ and すきまのおともだちたち, so i had a glance over the first few pages of those and found them easier than i was expecting! looking forward to them, tho when i’ll actually get round to them i have no idea.

[Cathm2]

3/4 7 pages 古見さん (finished chapter 14), 27 pages シャドーハウ, 7 pages 夜カフェ

Tomorrow is going to be a tiring day so I don’t expect much reading.

[Nicole216]

4月3日
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A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (p. 16 → p. 27)
I read the first three topics (of five) of this weeks reading (Part of Characteristics of Japanese Grammar) covering Word Order, Topics and Ellipses.
I was a little bit surprised that omitting particles like は, が or を can be considered grammatical correct. I always thought it is rather colloquial and the speaker just doesn’t care for correct grammar (or is lazy ).

名探偵コナン vol. 1 (p. 76 → p. 85)
I so love this Manga! But it is very text-heavy, which makes it harder to read than other Manga for me. But today I didn’t have to look up as many vocabularies as in the parts before

[Twelvewishes]

Day 3, 4 月 3 日

Back to my Home Post

Once again doing some textbook reading. I’m taking it real easy for now, so I will do a lot or re-reading and re-listening to the same stuff over and over.

[Redglare]

Home post // April 3

・薬屋のひとりごと 4 (10% → 12%)

I’m very amused by the furigana in this series, no joke. Seems like kiseru is a valid reading. However, eyeliner is not a vaild reading for kumadori.

Word	Reading	Furigana	Meaning
特性の油	とくせいのあぶら	ローション	lit. “special oil”
煙管	えんかん・キセル	キセル	Japanese smoking pipe
隈取	くまどり	アイライン	style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
長椅子	ながいす	カウチ	couch, bench, ottoman

As for the story so far: Sudden subtle display of affection? Confusion ensues for all characters present. Something has definitely changed mainly for the male main character since the end of the last volume. Not behind the scenes, they just haven’t talked about it properly. I want to see that talk. Maomao is in strong denial, trying to convince herself the soft thing she accidentally touched was a (そこそこ) frog that had snuck inside the pants when they fell over and not the real thingie (which was not even supposed to be there because that’s the rule for non-imperial men to be allowed into the imperial palace. They have to be eunuchs. No wonder the entire scene back then was a big shock for her).

Random box durtle appreciation

Totally random, but… Had to check something in an old thread when I found this post.

Made me so happy to see Box Durtle () accompanied by box table long time no see!
So I added one to my home post c:

[iterimpius]

Hello everyone! have been trying to edit my home post since Saturday, but due to laptop having a mid-life crisis, I wasn’t able to finish it… I’m doing this from a tablet rn lol, but here it is!
I’m still editing this, don’t mind me

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	氷属性男子とクールな同僚女子	vol.2
	なぜどうして,もっと科学のお話ー4年生	42%
	わたしの幸せ結婚	Vol.3
	わたしの幸せ結婚 1	56%
	10分で読める伝記6年生
	reading in Chinese
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[lucylavelle]

April 3rd!

Today I read Chapter 70 of Shadow’s House.
The story has gotten super interesting in the last few chapters!

(Home Post)

[taiyousea]

taiyousea’s 花見読 home thread
→ natively → study log

April 3rd:
君の名は『まんが』 (Ch. 2 completed - 58 pages)

i have a pretty decent homework load tonight, so i stuck with reading just one more chapter of 君の名は since it’s quite an easy read. this manga is very corporate-drawn instead of what is usually art lovingly crafted by one singular mangaka, so sometimes they do the thing where they edit a real photo of tokyo to look like it’s drawn and it makes me laugh every time

spoilers

i also noticed this particular clue for the first time! it never even registered in my mind when i watched the movie, which is probably the point. especially with one being japanese and the other being english, I’m thinking the day of the week is definitely meant to be a little easter egg for second-round viewing

[lady_nelle]

April 3
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A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar・pg35
Finished this week’s reading and added some notes from both weeks’ community posts into the dictionary for easy reference. Going to review this throughout the week to make sure I understand the material. The romaji really irritates me, but I don’t know if I’ll find whiting all of it out even more irritating so I’ll just leave it be. Someone said the Intermediate volume has furigana and no romaji, that makes me happy.

二ノ国白き聖灰の女王・国王様を助けに、地下水道の奥に行こう！
Still going through a lot of tutorials, but it seems to be going by faster. Maybe I’m past the “first page syndrome”? In any case, I’m having fun. I wish I had more time to play. Named my ウッキー “クッキー” because I’m creative

[WaniTsunami]

202年4月3日
昨日はリメークをプレイしたんだけど30分だけしたんだ。それだけではなく、呪術廻戦も読みました。面白かったが私の呪術廻戦ブーム終わった。

[javerend]

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たくらむ

ニャ～

Word(s) of the Day:
雑念（さつねん）ー idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
自信家（じしんか）ー person who has great confidence (faith) in himself​

[softlyraining]

softlyraining’s blossoming book stack

April 3rd

NANA 1 (43% → 49%)

A quick read today. Finished “the encounter.” On the one hand, of course I wanted her to fully confront Asano (the predator’s name; don’t think I ever mentioned it). On the other hand, this is our introduction to Nana as a character; expecting that much character growth is probably unrealistic. She’s still quite young, and she hasn’t had a moment in her life to reassess her relationship with him on that level. Maybe I’m just making excuses, but I guess that’s my take for now.

[enbyboiwonder]

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LOL so much for being delayed, my CDJapan order got here this morning. Also! 三村統の不信頼, which previously was only available online, is included in the bunkobon version of 空への助走! My buying that when I already have the tankoubon wasn’t for nothing, after all (also the cover is pretty)

Not sure what to do about that and the tankoubon of the main series re: Bookmeter, though. I guess leave them off.

サマーサイダー was actually published by a different publisher than 2.43 (which is published by 集英社) and the same as 透き通った風が吹いて, 文藝春秋, which is interesting. Both JP novels I read part of today were published by the same company, and I think these might be the only two I have from 文春, at that!

• 17 pages of 透き通った風が吹いて, leaving off on pg 62. Honestly I should probably spend a little more time looking stuff up and trying to figure things out with this one, but that’s boring and a pain and a chore, so I don’t.
• 14 pages of サマーサイダー, leaving off on pg 22. It got up to 90°F (32°C) today and it’s supposed to be in/near the 80s (like 24°C+) most of this week, so even if it’s spring, since this is Texas it’s still nearly the perfect weather to be reading this. (Although one could argue that the perfect time to read stories where it’s sweltering hot is when it’s freezing cold out, and vice versa…) Anyway, Kabei-sensei’s trend of naming places after bugs did not start with 2.43: the city where this takes place is 日暮市 Higura-shi, after ヒグラシ, the evening cicada. I think this might also take place in Fukui; the dialect seems to match, at any rate.

Some vocab of note:

籐 (とう) [n.] rattan; wicker. This shows up in きみのまち ポルティア too, but I thought it was 藤 and just thought, “huh, I guess that means ‘wicker’ too” (since the basket isn’t decorated with wisteria or anything). I didn’t notice the difference between the two kanji until today.
絽 (ろ) [n.] silk gauze (esp. used for light garments for high summer)
度肝を抜かれる (どぎもをぬかれる) [expression, 一] to be astonished; to be astounded; to be stupefied; to be flabbergasted; to be taken aback
狼狽 (ろうばい) [n., する-verb] confusion; dismay; consternation; panic. Somehow I remembered the reading for this, and I don’t come across it much! Completely forgot the meaning though lmao
固唾を吞む (かたずをのむ) [expression, マ五] to hold one’s breath (in fear, anxiety, etc). 固唾 is “saliva held in one’s mouth during times of tension.” I presume the のむ works somewhat similarly to in 息をのむ.
気が小さい (きがちいさい) [expression, い-adj.] timid; faint-hearted; wimpy
駄々っ子 (だだっこ) [n.] unmanageable child; spoiled brat
白羽の矢が立つ (しらはのやがたつ) [expression, タ五] to be selected (from among many people)
自腹 (じばら) [n.] paying one’s own way
白ける (しらける) [自一] to be dampened (of mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn sour; to become unamused; to become bored; to become apathetic

[omk3]

April 3

かがみの孤城, 9-11%
神去なあなあ日常, 12-14%

Too tired to update last night, I was half asleep as I was finishing my reading. Things came up that reduced my reading time, so not as much progress as I had liked, but some.

In 神去なあなあ日常, today (well, yesterday) I learned about those blades that are tied to the sides of the legs and shoes so that foresters can climb trees ^[1]. The Japanese word is 昇柱器. I bought two monolingual dictionaries in the Monokakido sale yesterday, but of course none of them had it. Nor did the IME know how to type it. I guess it is kind of a specialized word that I won’t be coming across very often, but I did find it interesting.

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[MissDagger]

@omk3

I bought two monolingual dictionaries in the Monokakido sale yesterday

Which two did you end up buying? I only saw one of them in the monolingual dictionary corner thread.

For those not reading that thread, I bought 明鏡国語辞典 and 大辞泉. Meikyou is considered very beginner friendly for a monolingual dictionary (so no perhaps for a beginner, but a good choice when dipping ones toes into monolingual dictionaries), and Daijisen has a large head count (aka many words) and seem to cover a lot of idiom and stuff.

The funny thing for me is that when I looked up よす (several of you will know where I got that idea from ) and Daijisen had the shorter and easier definition while Meikyou started with a bit of a more complex one, but also had the easy ones. (The easiest definition for me was just やめる.) But I haven’t yet used them while reading, so I personally expect Meikyou to turn out to be the easier, but now I’ll be keeping track because maybe not?!?!

[natarin]

April 3 Home Post

Played some more BU$TAFELLOWS and finished off the main part of Mozu A! I would’ve read more probably but I’ve started playing Hades again and it’s ruining my life all in a day’s work haha.