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Tanuki Scroll XI: ๆใ็ซใซใชใฃใใใณ 
Read todayโs Japanese folktale from Tokyo about a maneki neko that brings fortune to a tea house.
Today is ้ก้ใ!
Were you break down and eat the ornamental Kagami Mochi [้ก้ค
] that was prepared for New Years. I really want mochi now I should get dinner, but I have no mochi, I want mochiโฆ but perhaps if I were toโฆ 
I found a recipe for mochi
Why am I looking at this and making the hunger more, I donโt even have any of this stuff in to make it, and about 13 hours prepโฆ but mochi
โ Learnings โ
New Words
ใใฃใใผ Only; Merely; No more than
ๆฐๅณใๆชใใใใฟใใใใใใผ Creepy/Uneasy feeling
ๆใใตใจใใใใผ inside the chest section of clothing (especially for kimono); breast pocket
Bonus mochi recipe words
ๆใพใใใใฎใใพใใใใผ Desirable; hoped for
็ๆ ็ฒใใใใใใใใผ Potato starch
ใใใถใใผ A wooden box used in cooking.
ใใญใใญใผ Worn out; crumbly
Mysterious kanji-thingy: ใข
Iโm guessing itโs some sort of measurement thing since it was used with numbers ๏ผใใใใ5,6ใข๏ผ.
Further research indicates it stands for centimetres.
Okay, now on further inspection I notice that it isnโt kanji but stacked katakana
Places
ไธ้ใใใใใใใผ Kouzuke - a former province located in Gunma Prefecture.
ๅฏบ็บใใฆใใพใกใใผ Teramachi - a very old street in Kyoto.
Forgotten Readings
้ฃผใใใใใ(to keep a pet or animal)