📚📚 Read every day challenge - Summer 2023 🕶☀

Japanese Language Reading
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July 31, Mon of Week 6 of Summer Q3 2023 :beach_umbrella:

  • aDoJG/Basic : と

  • 予言の島 Ch.4 - 7

  • うたわれるもの : 散るゆく者への子守唄

Words of the day (more spoilers)
  • 伸(の)し掛(か)かる = to lean on (shoulder); the weigh on (responsibility). From the verb 伸(の)す.
  • 粟立(あわだ)つ = to have goosebumps. 粟(あわ) is a millet grain, and has Furigana. Described with ぷつぷつ.
  • 立(た)ち竦(すく)む = to be unable to move, due to fear or surprise. See also just 竦(すく)む.
  • 立(た)ち尽(つ)くす is to stand still in a daze, due to surprise or emotion
  • 片膝(かたひざ)を立(た)てる = to kneel on one knee. Also 片膝(かたひざ)を突(つ)く.
  • 踏(ふ)み込(こ)む = to break in / to come to grips (with a problem)
  • 鼻先(はなさき)であしらう = to act cold and blunt towards. Similar to 鼻(はな)であしらう. There are also 鼻先(はなさき)で笑(わら)う and 鼻(はな)で笑(わら)う, which are supposedly more contemptuous and looking down.
  • 初老(しょろう) = past middle age; early old age
  • 持(も)ち物(もの) = personal belongings
  • 銃把(じゅうは) = grip of a gun. Opposite side of 銃口(じゅうこう). The hammer is 撃鉄(げきてつ).
  • 引火(いんか) = catching fire; ignition
  • 山火事(やまかじ) = wildfire
  • 生(い)き死(し)に = life or death. Confused due to seeing ～死(じ)に too much recently. Similar to 生死(せいし), though the problem is 死活問題(しかつもんだい).
  • 路銀(ろぎん) = travel expenses. Similar to 旅費(りょひ).
  • 逢瀬(おうせ) = secret meeting, especially a date between lovers. Not sure if they are in context.
  • 逸話(いつわ) = anecdote
  • 乗組員(のりくみいん) = crew (of a ship, airplane)
  • 座礁(ざしょう) = being aground on the rocks. 船(ふね)が暗礁(あんしょう)に乗(の)り上(あ)げる in context, due to a storm. A ship literally strikes a rock and gets shipwreck, it seems.