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Tanuki Scroll XXIII: ใปใใตใใฎ็ซน 
Read todayโs folktale from Gunma Prefecture!
About three merchants who get talking in an inn, and try to wow each other with impressive feats of their hometowns. One of them tells a lie that massive bamboo grows in his hometown (to make a huge bath for Buddha too), the other two, intrigued, insist that they go see it, and he rushes back to his wife for help.
Also attempted Nioh 2 in Japanese again last night, just to check that it was indeed difficult readingโฆ and yep, still beyond me. Iโll see if I have any other games that let me play in Japanese.
This was on a different story, but please enjoy this image of a fox and a cat enjoying a kotatsu together:
I think this is intended for you to colour in, I just love how happy they are
โ Learnings โ
New Words
ใใใใใๅคซใๅคซใใใผ Each; Respectively
ๅฝ่ชๆ
ขใใใซใใพใใใผ National or local pride; pride in the place youโre from (province; village etc.)
ๅคฉไธใใฆใใใใผ The whole world; the whole country; society / the public
(though the meaning in this story is โShogunโ but its use in that way is an archaism and will probably only show up in olde-timey stories like these)
ๆๆณใใใใใใใใใใผ hospitality, to greet someone in a warm friendly way
้ขจๅๆกถใฎใฟใฌใใตใใใใฎใใใใผ the ring that goes around a bathtub (traditional Japanese bathub)
Alt Meanings
้ใใใใผ An old unit of measurement 1้ = 3.9km (approx.)
Places
่ถๅพใใใกใใใผ Echigo, former province in present-day Niigata Prefecture.
่ตๅใใใใพใใใผ Kuramae (Town)
Forgotten Meanings
ใใพใใพใๅถใ ใใผ Occasionally; Unexpectedly; By Chance