Sure! Thanks for the encouragement, I’ll start logging them from now on ^^
Some of the words I learned are mostly related to classes and jobs. I’m going to suppose you or anybody else don’t know anything of the game so bear with me if you do
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呪術士: Translated as Thaumaturge, later on becomes 黒魔導士 , good old Black Mage. I like that 呪術 is a word itself but the kanji pretty much give away its meaning so it’s intuitive to understand: curse + arts + specialist (ish). Many other classes with 術士, like 槍術士 (lancer), 弓術士 (archer), etc. All of these are probably not very useful words but it has taught me why they would choose the kanji 士 over something like 師 or 者; according to Kanjipedia’s second meaning, it also can mean samurai or soldier, so it makes sense when all of these classes are directly related to war. It also made me think about the difference in martial arts of 術 and 道, where for example 剣術 refers to the techniques of the sword, in opposition to 剣道 that refers not only to the techniques but to the spiritual and moral development of oneself through the study of the sword. Same for 弓術 and 弓道 ; 柔術 and 柔道 ; and so on and on.
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格闘士: Translated as Puglist.This one taught me that 格闘 is something like, as jisho puts it, hand-to-hand combat. Becomes a モンク, good old Monk. A quick YouTube search showed me that this one is apparently also used for MMA fighters and the like, and the word used for martial arts / combat sports is apparently 格闘技.
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I learned 採集 (gathering/recollection) and also 採掘 (mining).
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I also learned other kanji for 1, 2 and 3 that apparently are used in documents but I learned them because the monk katas in FFXIV are divided into three. Those are 壱 , 弐 and 参 respectively (the last one I already knew but not for that meaning). I learned 洞窟 (cavern) from FF III and the second kanji too which was new for me.
Nothing else comes to mind at this moment but I’m sure there’s more. I learned 旅立つ(たびだつ)from FF III as well, which means to begin a trip / set out on a journey. I’m sure there are more words but I don’t want to overwhelm everyone with a longer post!




I’ve had this weird sinusy headache all day, and I frequently feel cold even though I’m not running a fever whatsoever (I checked)? Idk man. Anyway, this headache is really not very conducive to reading, so I finished off the sharks today instead of doing the 囀る鳥 reading for the week like I’d originally planned. Today we met the ノコギリザメ, aka saw shark, who goes together well with my favorite shark シュモク 


I’m really impressed you put time into reading, even though you aren’t feeling well. By the way, the sharks are always so cute.
But everyone and every book/movie is different. Lemme know if you check out the anime, and if it’s good!!
) but it’s definitely a little different in terms of format. The one I just finished was all 4-koma format and stories that spanned multiple pages/multiple 4-koma. The サメーズ one you linked (and this other one, 
