📚📚 Read every day challenge - Summer 2022 🏖 ☀

:tiger2: :books: The Tanuki Falling Leaf Party: Date 20220916 :fallen_leaf: :raccoon:

吾輩は狸である progress: 27.37% :athletic_shoe:

Chapter 4 begins and, thankfully, the nose conversation hasn’t carried on into this chapter.

Wagahai-cat is out sneaking around in other people’s houses again, and he gets all philosophical to try and justify his sneaking, it is very important that he spies on the neighbours.

:chestnut: Japanese found within the acorns :chestnut:

Meowords

足繁く「あししげく」ー Frequently
咎める「とがめる」ー To blame; to reproach; to find fault
語弊がある「ごへいがある」ー To be misleading
密着「みっちゃく」ー Close adhesion; firmly stuck to; being glued to; having close relevance to
胡乱「うろん」ー Fishy; suspicious looking
茫々「ぼうぼう」ー Vast; boundless
餓鬼大将「がきだいしょう」ー Leader of the pack; neighbourhood bully (also: ガキ大将)

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I have had great success reading on planes, and listening to audiobooks, but trains I never do because I’m too interested in the scenary. Once I’m at my destination… No luck. :upside_down_face: I’m going to try to keep things up during an upcoming trip but I have my doubts…

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Haven’t put out an update in a while, but I kept reading. Some days more than others. I finished reading shirokuma cafe today’s special volume 4 last weekend. Yeah, it was good. Good variance of stories, lighthearted ones like the baby penguins playing and more specialised ones such as the science behind decaffeinated coffee. Took my time with it and then I switched my attention towards avan. On monday didn’t get too read much and it was more like refamiliarizing where we at, but also got in some practice from netflix so I felt okay with that. Finished reading the last chapter today and yeah pretty good volume once again. Maybe my favorite one of the bunch, as it was more personal. It still had the battles and techniques and such, but yeah it was nice. Next volume isn’t out till december, the preview does seem promising.

For the weekend I’m still undecided what I’ll read next, maybe continuing one piece. After that I’ll start reading the girl who leapt through time. I have watched the movie it was loosely based on, but other than that I’m basically going in blind. It’s the first book not in a series I’ll read so that’s also something new for me.

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In case anybody is looking for a nice book to read in the Autumn Challenge:

The Intermediate Book Club is currently polling for the next pick! Jump right in and vote for your favorites :blush:

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Sep 14: Spice & Wolf (24 → 27%)
Sep 15-16: Honzuki 11 (0 → 10%)

TiredGlare didn’t feel like reading anything, so she went for Honzuki 11 because she couldn’t hold back anymore after 2 weeks of no Honzuki.

Basically this :joy:

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September 16th

Today I read Chapter 22 of Happiness. It was a relatively simple read, though one page in particular had a quite a bit of vocab I needed to look up, which was weird since the rest of the chapter didn’t!

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september 16 :sunflower: home post

Today I read chapter 57 of 極主夫道 and a bit of 耳をすませば. I’m thinking of reading a bit of 時のオカリナ before bed too

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September 16 :blossom: Home Post

Played some more モノマギア・カンタービレ today! Not like a whole lot, but definitely still more solid reading than I’ve generally been doing lately. I’m still in the demo so we’ll see how much longer it goes on :eyes:

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:spiral_calendar: Day 78: September 16th :diving_mask: :octopus:

spacer:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: からかい上手の高木さん Volume 8 (44% ➨ 55%)

Time got away from me today, but I did read something!

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岸辺露伴(きしべろはん)(うご)かない 2

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I finished the story about the moon viewing family. I think I liked it overall.

I started the next story, “A Rainy Monday” although I think a better title in English would be “Monday -('s weather is) Rain” given that the Japanese is 月曜日(げつようび) 天気(てんき)(あめ). It looks like it’s about the evils of phones. I can’t say I’m too surprised that Araki would use this as a horror concept given that he’s the kind of guy who insists on taking a walk everyday and staying healthy. Not that that’s a bad thing, I’m just not surprised.

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:tiger2: :books: The Tanuki Falling Leaf Party: Date 20220917 :fallen_leaf: :raccoon:

吾輩は狸である progress: 27.89% :ear:

Wagahai-cat continues to be very nosy his very important surveillance of the neighbour’s conversations.

His commentary on people really pulls no punches :sweat_smile:

:chestnut: Japanese found within the acorns :chestnut:

Meowords

盛徳「せいとく」ー Splendid virtue
脳裏「のうり」ー One’s mind

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September 17th!

Today I read the next chapter of Teasing Master Takagi-san.
I usually do more reading on Saturdays, but I had a busy day today as I went to a concert :slight_smile:

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岸辺露伴(きしべろはん)(うご)かない 2

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Yep, it was a story about the evils of phones. Rohan is very Rohan. At least he didn’t say oi or some other phrase an obnoxious amount of time? And on the bright side, we saw so many people shoulder check him hard. Just as he deserves.

I started on the next story, DNA. It’s a really fascinating story, I’ve seen the live action version twice and the incorporation of Rohan’s stand in it is really fantastic. It looks like it might be fairly different from the source material though. I’m excited to read it later today.

I might finish this volume today or tomorrow :thinking: It’s just DNA and the Run, which should be a bit easier since I’ve seen their adaptations and am therefore more familiar with their stories. There’s an obnoxious lack of page numbers but I have 50p of DNA and then the thickness of the volume looks pretty similar to other JoJo volumes so maybe 50-60 more pages for the Run?

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A three-fer this time.

Two days ago:

I continued with HQ vol 26 through ch 130. lmaoooooo I’m loving how Tsukki got manipulated into babysitting problem children KageHina. さすが次期キャプテンの縁下!

Also how did I not know Eye of the Tiger is the Rocky theme song (I mean, I’ve never watched Rocky and have no interest in it, but I still feel like I shoulda known this. Not like I’ve never heard the opening bit as the Rocky theme)

I also watched ep 7 of はじめてのおつかい.


Yesterday:

I finished HQ vol 26 and watched はじめてのおつかい ep 8 and 9.

I also reset my island (I realize I didn’t have to, but it’s been absolutely forever since I last played, and the longer it’s been, the easier it is for me to just reset rather than continue) on ACNH and restarted in Japanese. The tutorial was much easier to get through than I expected based on what people in the thread have said; I guess I’m just used enough to reading after 13 months that it’s not that bad for me. Definitely still prefer informal/casual language though. The only reason it took me a while is I got saddled with a resident I hate, and since making her move out would take forever (I never even got to a full island my first time playing), I closed the game and started over. At least that time I could pretty much just fly through it. Nah, it’s the bits where they can’t put furigana so it’s all in kana that I struggle with. Even if I know the word, it takes me a little longer to make the connection.

lol I got 日本語上手d by Mamekichi. (And I can finally keep them straight in my head now! I could never remember which was Timmy and which was Tommy since their names are so damned similar, but now I know the soft-spoken one is Tsubukichi because つぶやく.)

It’s cool that they let you choose how the 島 in your island’s name is read. I named my character Chika after the 2.43 character and the island ななふ after the city where Seiin is, 七符市, so I chose しま to keep that し. (It wouldn’t be “praying mantis” otherwise! Plus it sounds better than the other two.) I coulda gone with すずむ since that’s where he lives, and I do like bell crickets… but eh.

Some vocab of note:

ミミズク [noun] horned owl. I was today years old when I learned that Bokuto’s name, 木兎, is literally a way of writing “horned owl” in kanji. He’s not just designed after one, he’s named after one, too!
二の舞 (にのまい) [noun] …all over again (repeating the same failure). As Xの二の舞.
就任 (しゅうにん) [noun, する verb (自)] assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation


Today:

I read the first two chapters of HQ vol 27. Suga better get put in this game or the fic I’m writing ain’t gonna work lmao. Ohh but I don’t remember what happens immediately post-game either, so it could still end up being non-compliant…

I also continued playing ACNH. On the one hand, I can’t wait until Blathers arrives because I love him, but on the other hand… that’s gonna be tons of terms I don’t know… But today unlocked the mail-order service of the タヌポート (or whatever it’s called), and thus I learned that 通販, which I learned a few days ago on WK, is actually an abbreviation of 通信販売. I checked its page again today, and as I thought, there’s no mention of it being an abbreviation, unlike with 自販機.

I’m so happy there seem to be just as many puns in the JP as in the ENG

Some vocab of note:

持ちこたえる [他一] to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
俯瞰 (ふかん) [noun, する verb (他)] overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird’s-eye view; having a high-angle view
嘲笑う (あざわらう) [他ア五] to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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:spiral_calendar: Day 79: September 17th :blowfish: :squid:

spacer:girl: からかい上手の(元)高木さん Volume 7 (17% ➨ 24%)

Another small-read day. Goal for Sunday: read lots!

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September 17 :blossom: Home Post

Played some more モノマギア! It’s still a wild experience all around :joy: I’m very curious about basically everything that’s happening. It’s been a pretty chill read language-wise aside from a couple pockets of weirdness here and there, so that’s nice! There’s a lot of character language but it’s really all stuff I’ve seen many times before, feels good to be comfortable with it :grin:

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Sep 18, Sun of Week 12 of Summer :beach_umbrella: 2022

I read かぐや様は告らせたい Vol.26 Ch.253 (1 chapter), which although took time, it was simply one moderate coffee shop sitting. Also read a chapter of Happiness Vol.6. (I am curious of veracity of that mentioning of Vol.7).

I reflected on reading-to-learn styles. Kanji and Jukugo -heavy, are both difficult and easy in a way, but it’s possible to guess the meaning without ensuring the reading (which can blank out, or just be learnt wrongly). Not to mention that meaning can be guessed wrong too.

Manga are relatively easier to read, if I can focus at all; maybe simply because they are easier to focus than novels. But then, deciding to focus on reading a wall of text is another thing too. Focus or not isn’t really the matter of actually skill though, but nothing would come without actual start.

Otherwise, I still have games (with JP writing and audio) and I can play on laptop anywhere (now I use a gaming laptop). However I don’t feel like playing them at all (due to presumed suboptimal learning experience). I lost my interest in visual novels (or perhaps depending on additional contents, like minigames).

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:tiger2: :books: The Tanuki Falling Leaf Party: Date 20220918 :fallen_leaf: :raccoon:

吾輩は狸である progress: 28.97% :wind_chime:

This is a long conversation, and Wagahai-cat has hunkered down in a hidden spot to eavesdrop on every last detail.

:chestnut: Japanese found within the acorns :chestnut:

Meowords

髭面「ひがづら」ー Unshaven face
酔興「すいきょう」ー Eccentricity; whim; capriciousness (outdated kanji, in-date version: 粋狂)
剛腹「ごうふく」ー Obstinacy; stubbornness
禿頭 「はげあたま」ー Bald head (also: 禿げ頭)
比丘尼「びくに」ー Buddhist nun; travelling entertainer dressed as a nun; but the best meaning: female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman’s farts​ (also a 科負い比丘尼「とがおいびくに」also 屁負い比丘尼「へおいびくに」).
標札「ひょうさつ」ー Nameplate; doorplate (also: 表札)

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Been reading through Vagabond. Havent been reading novels as I’m just watching a lot of Anime with subs this past week. Figure that still counts for reading. Once I finish Cyberpunk and get caught up with Classroom of the Elite I’ll start dedicating my time to reading again.

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September 18th!

Lots of reading today! Chapters 15 and 16 of Shadows House, this afternoon.
This story gets more and more interesting with each chapter!

Then this evening, Chapter 6 of Yoru Cafe, Volume 2.
As usual it took me absolutely ages to read, but it was an enjoyable chapter this week.

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