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February 6th
ジョジョの奇妙な冒険9
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I fell asleep at my kotatsu (several times?) and was just exhausted yesterday. Looks like a busy week ahead >-> not sure how much time I’ll have for reading.
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Finished chapter 4 of 魔女の旅々. It was overall interesting so per day I read more than usual. Word of the chapter is probably 旅の占い師.
Elaina is definitely quite an interesting character.
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Arlo. Arlo was one of the characters who’s used 俺. And there’s nothing about any of the situations that he’s used 俺 vs 私 vs わたし vs わし (still going to think of that one as a typo, because, like, what) for it to make sense that he doesn’t just use one?? Remmy’s also one who uses 俺, but I can’t remember if I’ve ever seen him use anything else.
And today I met Ack, a robot cook who speaks almost entirely in katakana… Lovely.
Anyway, I didn’t just play ポルティア today, though I did do a lot of that (and will continue playing after posting). I also did a bit of book club reading, reading mission 27 of SPY×FAMILY.
Some vocab of note:
もらう [他ア五] to have in one’s pocket (a fight, match, etc.); to have in the bag
或る (ある) [prenominal] a certain…; some…. Until today, I’d thought this was just a different, possibly expression, usage of 有る, but nope, it’s a totally separate word.
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Today’s 夜は短し was alright, no struggles. Only 9 unknown words.
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February 6th
What did I read?: 魔女と猫の話
How much did I read?: 4 pages
(Continued 3rd Story )
How long did it take me?: 41 min
I never really talked about what this story is about, so here’s what’s happened so far: Chise doesn’t like the attention that having a black cat (which is rare) and being a 夜-type witch brings, and wishes to be more ordinary. So she tells her cat Sei to keep his distance from her, even as she works on her practical exercise: helping a woman with a case of insomnia. But after she gets to know the woman more, she begins to feel sorry about her halfhearted efforts to help her and finally decides to work together with Sei.
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February 6 
Home Post
Read some more 山猫 today, but it was a sleepy day so not as much as I would’ve liked, I wanna know more about what’s going on!! 
Tomorrow’s a new day haha.
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Last night I opened my DragonBall Manga that I bought last year and read for about 15 minutes. A lot of words I didn’t know but from those I knew and the pictures, I got the gist (extensive reading).
Today I did 30 minutes of graded readers. I noticed that I was reading faster and understanding the story despite not knowing some of the main vocabulary, so reading does really improve reading lol (intensive reading).
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Glad to see you feel improvement despite not having 100% concept of everything. That is something I only recently really internalized in my own reading. I am still going back and grabbing words that stuck out and looking up but I try to read the first time uninterrupted unless its a words that keeps popping up that regardless of context I can’t get. Luckily with Manga a lot of that context is given visually too.
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Finished Steel Ball Run Volume 4. So I think I’m gonna do My Hero then 推しの子. From there I’m gonna just read 推しの子 until I’m caught up with the volumes. Jojo is probably gonna be my main manga in a couple weeks. But I’m gonna be Jojo’d out by Saturday since I’m on the last leg of Stardust Crusaders. Which I don’t wanna do.
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Finished My Hero Academia 37. I couldn’t stop reading it, so many big moments X_X
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February 6
Read this week’s chapter of オレンジ and then some この本を盗む者は. I wanted to play some B$ as well but I was weirdly tired so I went to sleep early. A wise decision for once (probably).
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2 月 7 日
大きな地震 トルコとシリアで4300人以上が亡くなる
Busy day today but had a chance to read an NHK Web Easy article on the earthquakes in Turkey. I read a bunch of English articles on it already for work so this was an easy read. Also since i had read previous disaster related Japanese news before I could recall learned vocab from those instances.
Such sad and frightening news. To those in the region or know people there, I hope you and your loved ones are safe. 
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Back at work properly for first time in 2 months. Still got some reading done.
6/2 1 page 夜カフェ, 13 pages Cells at Work
7/1 9 pages Cells at Work (finished last week’s reading, onto this one)
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シャドーハウス Volume 5 (12% ➨ 15%) 
The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den
February 7th
新書太閣記 progress: 07.58% // Volume I: 87.91% 
Three chapters to go!
Words found under the kotatsu
放縦「ほうじゅう」ー Self-indulgence; dissolution
自刃「じじん」ー Suicide by the sword
菩提「ぼだい」ー Bodhi; enlightenment (Buddhism)
Character Name List
Probably some spoilers, but this is a historic novel, so can spoilers really exist for things that have (for the most part) actually happened 
Volume I: 1535 - 15??
(Currently 1555)
日吉「ひよし」- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nicknames: 猿「さる」/ 針売り「はりうり」
Name serving Nobunaga: 木下 藤吉郎「きのした ときちろう」
Family
木下弥右衛門「きのした やえもん」- Father
– – 乙若「おとわか」- Old friend (serves under 織田)
筑阿弥「ちくあみ」ー Step-father
大政所「おおまんどころ」// also お奈加「おなか」ー Mother
おつみ - Older sister
小竹「こちく」- Baby brother
加藤清正「かとう きよまさ」// also 弾正「だんじょう」- Ojisan (only distantly related (before marriage))
– Married to: おえつ (sister of お奈加)
Friends & Acquaintances
仁王「におう」- Big kid friend
於福「おふく」(Nickname - full name: 福太郎「ふくたろ」) // 楊景福「ようけいふく」(Chinese name/birth name) - Timid kid friend (older than Hideyoshi)
– 五郎大夫 「ごろ だゆう」// 祥瑞「しょうずい」(Chinese name) - Father
– 梨琴「りきん」- Mother
捨次郎「すてじろう」- Previous servant to 五郎, later the adoptive father of 於福, and owner of a tea ware shop - and employer of, and master to, Hideyoshi
Hachisuka Clan
蜂須賀小六「はちすか ころく」(also 正勝 「まさかつ」) - Head of the Hachisuka clan
– 七内「なない」- Younger brother
– Married to 松波「まつなみ」
– – 亀一「かめいち」- Son
Retainers:
稲田大炊助「いなだ おおいのすけ]
青山新七「あおやま しんしち」
長井半之丞「ながい はんのじょう」
松原内匠「まつばら たくみ」
Others:
国吉「くによし」- Gunsmith/blacksmith
渡辺天蔵「わたなべ てんぞう」- Deserter - Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
難波内記「なんば ないき」- Spy disguised as a Komuso
仁田彦十「にった ひこじゅう」- Subordinate
(蜂須賀正利「はちすか まさとし」- previous head of the Hachisuka clan)
Saito Clan
((questionable) Alliance with the Hachisuka clan)
斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Head of the Saito clan
– 斎藤義龍「さいとう よしたつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」) - Son
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」) - serves under Dosan
– 又市「またいち」- Underling / foot soldier
堀田 道空「ほった どうくう」- Chief retainer
弥平治光春「やへいじ みつはら」- Retainer (cousin to Jyubei)
– 明智光安「あけち みつやす」- Father
春日丹後「かすが たんご」- Military commander
Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Leader of the Oda clan (Married to the daughter of Saito Dosan)
– 卯月「うづき」- Nobunaga’s faithful, old horse 
– 織田信秀「おだ のぶひで」- Father and previous leader of the Oda clan
– – 織田与三郎「おだ よさぶろう」- Younger brother
Retainers (Under Nobuhide rule):
平手 政秀「ひらて まさひで」
– 五郎左衛門「ごろうざえもん」(nickname: 五郎左「ごろうざ」) - First son
– 監物「けんもつ」- Second son
– 甚左衛門「じんざえもん」- Third son
– 雨宮勘解由「あめみや かげゆ」- Servant
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」(common name: 新五郎「しんごろ」)
青山 信昌「あおやま のぶまさ」(common name: 与三右衛門「よそうえもん」)
内藤 勝介「ないとう しょうすけ / かつすけ」
Others:
市川大介「いちかわ だいすけ」- Archery master/instructor
平田三位「ひらた さんみ」- Master of military strategy
Shiba Clan
斯波義統「しば よしむね」- Head of the Shiba clan, at Kiyosu castle
– 斯波義銀「しば よしかね」- Son
Imagawa Clan
今川義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo
Retainers:
松下之綱「まつした ゆきつな」(common name: 加兵衛「かへい」)
飯尾豊前「いのお ぶぜん」
多賀能八郎「たがのう はしろう」(nickname: 能八「のうはち」)
Takeda Clan
太郎義信「たけだ よしのぶ」- Commander
(Married to the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto to tie the clans)
Non-affiliated
上泉 信綱「かみいずみ のぶつな」(also: 上泉 伊勢守「かみいずみ いせのかみ」) - Founder of the 新陰流「しんかげりゅう」school of Kenjutsu
– 疋田小伯「ひきた しょうはく」- Disciple
– 神後五六郎「かんご ごろくろう」- Disciple
塚原 卜伝「つかはら ぼくでん」- Kensei; legendary swordsman
Historical People
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阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)
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白楽天「はく きょい」ー Chinese poet (Bai Juyi / Bo Juyi) also known as: 白楽天「はく らくてん」in Japan. (Late 700s)
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道元「どうげん」(or 道元禅師「どうげん ぜんじ」ー Japanese Buddhist Priest, writer & poet (also known as 栄西禅師「えいさい ぜんじ」) (Early / mid 1200s)
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空海「くうかい」ー The one and only Kukai or Kobo Daishi - a Buddhist monk. Posthumously given the title of: 弘法大師「こうぼう だいし」born as: 佐伯 眞魚「さえき の まお」(late 700s / early 800s)
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源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)
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平 重盛「たいら の しげもり」ー Military commander and court noble, claimed to be an ancestor of Oda Nobunaga (Mid-1100s)
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桓武（天皇）「かんむ（てんのう）」ー 50th Emperor of Japan, claimed to be an ancestor of Taira no Shigemori, thus ancestor to Oda Nobunaga (Mid-Late 700s)
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Feb 7, Tue of Week 7 of Winter Q1 2023 
- ふしぎの国のバード Vol.1 Ch.3 粕壁
Bugs. Pests.
- 一度読んだら絶対に忘れない日本史の教科書 Ch.2 飛鳥・奈良 [1/16]
Many not so long subsections. Another book has more diagrams and charts, so can possibly be understood faster.
- うたわれるもの
Words of the day
- いがみ合う = to snarl at each other; to argue = 啀み合う. Sounds like 威噛み合う to me.
- 免じる = to forgive / to exempt from / to dismiss from work = 免ずる
- 閉口する = to be stumped; to be unable to bear
- 筒抜け = being overhead; secrets being leaked / going in one ear, going out another, nothing is learnt
- 木苺 = raspberry
- 練乳 = condensed milk. Also, 乳を練る.
- 売春宿 = brothel. Well, selling youth (売春).
- 熱狂 = being crazy about
- 鮮烈 = vivid = 新鮮 + 強烈
- 殊勝 = admirable
- 不肖 = unworthy. Humbly saying.
- 下賤 = lowly birth; humble origin. Also, 下賎, just Kanji variation.
- 渾沌 = chaos
- 白濁 = turbid; cloudy
- 均等 = uniform; even
- 加味 = adding seasoning
- 添加物 = a (food) additive. 添加 = including; annexing
- 遠火 = (cooking with) fire at some distance; (cooking with) distant fire
- お徳用 = good-for-value size
- 文鎮 = paper weight; a stone to keep papers not flying away
- 放蕩三昧 = being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures. Actually, ～三昧 is just being absorbed in; so 放蕩 is loose habits.
- 一心不乱 = whole-heartedly
- 前代未聞 = unheard of
- 露にする = to lay bare; to expose
- 後手に回る = to fall behind; to be one step behind
- 可能性を秘める = to have a dormant potential for
- 手を差し伸べる = to extend a helping hand
- 痺れを切らす = to grow tired of waiting
SFX
- ホクホク = soft and fluffy food texture = 柔らかくほぐれる感じ
Places
- 粕壁. Nowadays is 春日部.
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February 6 
半落ち , 39-46%
February 7
半落ち , 46-56%
I had the hardest time concentrating yesterday. The page was there, my mind was elsewhere. I did read, but certainly not as much as I should have, given the time I spent with the book open in front of me. Today was much better. In these two days I read two weeks’ worth of the 半落ち book club, this one and the next. I don’t intend to read ahead, I just didn’t want to leave the chapter unfinished.
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Day 36
I started reading Tsugumomo volume 4 and continued reading the second Kindaichi Shounen volume. The what happened until
now summaries every thirty or so pages are getting on my nerves.
I didn’t read as much as I wanted but at least I had some time to check what’s actually in my backlog. To save me some headaches from now on I should write down everything I buy which is in japanese. Especially tracking all visual novels I have is pretty hard.
Here is a picture of the japanese games I have on Switch
2741 pages read 17259 to go
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7th feb
this is very late for me but sometimes you just have one of those days 
made some headway into shimanami tasogare vol 3, about two chapters (60-something pages) which is pretty good in general but i had hoped to get further. something about this one feels more difficult than the last one. maybe i’m just tired.
oh wow there’s a whole section on the wikipedia page about this
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Home post // Feb 7
・薬屋のひとりごと３ (21% → 23%)
This whole week in general is very busy, but I found some time for reading today :3
Edit: and posting updates and editing home post on phone went surprisingly smooth too. Just too bad there’s no ctrl z on phone
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