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Japanese Language Reading
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Jul 2, Sat of Week 1 of Summer :beach_umbrella: (end-of-Spring :cherry_blossom:) 2022

So, I’ve just decided to read うらら迷路帳. (Yeah, the one from Borx’s avatar.) It really is light-hearted 4-koma, but there is no chapter. (Also, no Furigana, with ample Kanji use.)

Even with Furigana, I would certainly want to read hand-written text outside speech bubbles; which almost certainly has no Furigana. It’s more fun this way…

I feel like, even though I want to read n+1 for studying, but I really want to eventually make this n-1… (For me, this one counts as n+1, just as JoJo and most other mangas found anywhere.)

Also read 進撃の巨人 Ch.3 – I feel like there are a lot of things I don’t catch, even if I look up on dictionary from time to time. (While I catch a lot more from Urara and JoJo, as long as I look up.)

There is also a thing about psychological trick? Urara has no chapter (i.e. 1); SNK has 5; JoJo in monochrome version has almost 20. Which one do you think I am able to read the fastest? – SNK’ve quickly gone beyond half, now (74%, actually).

I am shifting my main dictionary, from Akebi+Kotobank to Aedict+link to online dictionary (Goo). Aedict probably also has better Kanji breakdown, although I haven’t tried much yet. There are also things like I have to change some UI settings. Also, the former dictionary has older JMdict which more errors, and doesn’t seem to get updated, while has integration in most places’ context menu (but not Bookwalker…); so maybe I can go from Aedict => Goo in web browser => Akebi, too.

Vocabularies
  • 見習い – みならい – apprenticeship
  • 人見知り – ひと.み.しり – fear of strangers
    • 人見 – slit curtain on an acting stage ; with as secondary meaning of 人目(ひとめ)
    • ひとみ also can mean 瞳 ( black of an eye ).
  • 警ら – けいら – patrolling
    • Also written 警邏 (but not in text).
  • 旅立つ – たび.だつ – to begin a trip
  • 道標 – みち.しるべ – guide / road sign

    • Road signs [/spoiler] are also read [spoiler] どう.ひょう

    • 知(し)る辺(べ) means acquaintance , with 導(しるべ) / 標(しるべ) for of guiding kind (and not necessarily human)
  • 人生の岐路に立つ – じんせい.の.きろ.に.たつ – at turning point in life
    • Can also use 居(い)る
    • 岐路 – きろ – crossroads; intersection
  • 桃源郷 – とうげんきょう – Shangri-La; heaven on Earth
    • Practically, this one is searchable because I used Akebi, which has spelling suggestion. 桃占(せん)郷 in text.
  • 山賊 – さん.ぞく – bandit
  • お上りさん – おのぼりさん – country bumpkin
  • 親玉 – おやだま – boss
  • 貴女 – きじょ – lady; opposite is… 痴(ち)女?
  • 企て – くわだて – planning
  • あまつさえ – moreover
  • 同い年 – おな.い.どし – same age
    • Practically, 同じ with い and then rendaku.
  • 物売り – ものうり – street vendor
  • 棗 – なつめ – jujubes
    • 登場人物 page just put this Kanji in without Furigana…
  • 逃亡犯 – とうぼうはん – fugitive criminal
    • It seems that 死 is deadiler than 亡…
  • 大目に見る – おお.め.に.みる – to overlook / to let pass
  • 喝 – かつ – scolding sfx
  • 新参者 – しん.ざん.しゃ – newcomer
  • 程々に – ほどほどに – in moderation
  • 介錯 – かいしゃく – the thing that happens after seppuku/harakiri fails to kill
    • Also just mean giving assistance , but that isn’t in context.
  • 秘境 – ひきょう – unexplored region
  • 人里離れた – ひと.ざと.はなれた – middle of nowhere
    • 人(ひと)里(ざと) – human habitation
  • 野生児 – やせい.じ – feral child
    • 野(や)生(せい) – wild
  • とまれかくまれ – at any how
  • 行儀悪い – ぎょうぎわるい – bad-mannered, naughty
    • Base vocabulary is 行儀(ぎょうぎ) meaning behavior ; similar to 行(おこな)い, also in context.
  • 札 – ふだ – label; certainly, which reading to use depends on context
  • 気が早い – きがはやい – drawing to conclusions
  • 足手まとい – あしでまとい – impediment
    • 纏(まと)い uses the same Kanji as 纏(まと)め
    • Feets come before hands, this time.
  • 好機 – こうき – good opportunity, chance