📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

[WaniTsunami]

Finished My Hero Academia 37. I couldn’t stop reading it, so many big moments X_X

[Sylph]

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).

[alygator]

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2 月 7 日
大おおきな地震じしん トルコとシリアで4300人にん以上いじょうが亡なくなる

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.

[Cathm2]

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)

[ChristopherFritz]

Day 37: February 6th

シャドーハウス Volume 5 (12% ➨ 15%)

Tiny reading day…

[Zakarius]

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

• 阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)

• 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)

• 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)

[polv]

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(かすかべ)

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(あすか)・奈良(なら)   [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(あ)う = to snarl at each other; to argue = 啀(いが)み合(あ)う. Sounds like 威(い)噛(が)み合(あ)う to me.
• 免(めん)じる = to forgive / to exempt from / to dismiss from work = 免(めん)ずる
• 閉口(へいこう)する = to be stumped; to be unable to bear
• 筒抜(つつぬ)け = being overhead; secrets being leaked / going in one ear, going out another, nothing is learnt
• 木苺(きいちご) = raspberry
• 練乳(れんにゅう) = condensed milk. Also, 乳(ちち)を練(ね)る.
• 売春宿(ばいしゅんやど) = brothel. Well, selling youth (売春(ばいしゅん)).
• 熱狂(ねっきょう) = being crazy about
• 鮮烈(せんれつ) = vivid = 新鮮(しんせん)   +   強烈(きょうれつ)
• 殊勝(しゅしょう) = admirable
• 不肖(ふしょう) = unworthy. Humbly saying.
• 下賤(げせん) = lowly birth; humble origin. Also, 下賎(げせん), just Kanji variation.
• 渾沌(こんとん) = chaos
• 白濁(はくだく) = turbid; cloudy
• 均等(きんとう) = uniform; even
• 加味(かみ) = adding seasoning
• 添加物(てんかぶつ) = a (food) additive. 添加(てんか) = including; annexing
• 遠火(とおび) = (cooking with) fire at some distance; (cooking with) distant fire
• お徳用(とくよう) = good-for-value size
• 文鎮(ぶんちん) = paper weight; a stone to keep papers not flying away
• 放蕩三昧(ほうとうざんまい) = being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures. Actually, ～三昧(ざんまい) is just being absorbed in; so 放蕩(ほうとう) is loose habits.
• 一心不乱(いっしんふらん) = whole-heartedly
• 前代未聞(ぜんだいみもん) = unheard of
• 露(あらわ)にする = to lay bare; to expose
• 後手(ごて)に回(まわ)る = to fall behind; to be one step behind
• 可能性(かのうせい)を秘(ひ)める = to have a dormant potential for
• 手(て)を差(さ)し伸(の)べる = to extend a helping hand
• 痺(しび)れを切(き)らす = to grow tired of waiting

SFX

• ホクホク = soft and fluffy food texture = 柔(やわ)らかくほぐれる感(かん)じ

Places

• 粕壁(かすかべ). Nowadays is 春日部(かすかべ).

[omk3]

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.

[Natsuha]

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

[nyxqueenofshadows]

home post

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.

@javerend

クラムボン

oh wow there’s a whole section on the wikipedia page about this

[Redglare]

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

[MissDagger]

February 7
Home Post

LoZ - BotW
BU$TAFELLOWS

I started the day with some Breath of the Wild. Listening/reading the first cutscene. And then went of the Great Plateau to start heading east. Since I’ve already more or less 100% the game before (I did not get all korok seeds, only as many as I needed for all upgrades; outside that I did everything except maybe doing the harder version of all mini games like horse racing), I don’t plan to go all over the place. Instead I want some fun gameplay and also getting the story in Japanese. Basically giving me a better excuse to replay the game than just replaying it.

It also feels good quite how much better I am at the game then I was when I started, because this time I could pick stamina for my first health/stamina upgrade, and I couldn’t stat picking stamina upgrades until I had 5-6 hears last time.

Also, I want better bows. My battle strategy depends on them.

Anyway, then I finally spent a good chunk of time on b$ and finished chapter two. So if I can get a good start on chapter 3 before Friday, then I’ll be closer to catching up then I was when chapter 4 started. So that means I am catching up, but not yet caught up.

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@midnightblue

You mentioning playing BotW in Japanese just reminded me of my poor attempt:
I tried using BotW as a bit of reading practice myself around two and a half years ago. It was my third play-through and I wanted to do a Master Mode run in Japanese to test the waters on how much I could understand. I’m was (and still am) at a beginner to pre-intermediate level meaning that the first two hours with the old man doing the expositions on the plateau and all the weapon names and descriptions already kicked my butt and made me utterly exhausted from all the looking up. I kept it in Japanese, took a lot of screenshots for future reference and reading practice but I didn’t look things up after the first 5 hours anymore and didn’t understand almost anything as a result. Maybe one day I can go back to it or its sequel and understand most of it.

I hope that your play-through will be enjoyable and that you will understand a lot – even if it’s not 95%.

I will admit that I pretty quickly decided to skip all the descriptions on weapons and items. From my previous play through I know there mostly won’t be anything interesting there. In fact, I’m more and more noticing that very few games actually make reading the descriptions worth the time I spend on them. And I didn’t feel like being bogged down by reading them in Japanese. So I’m skipping a whole lot of practice there, but also a whole lot of tedium, I suspect. xD

As for the old guy speech, it for sure is not something I’m used to, but I can understand it mostly. Right now, my biggest problem is still the vanishing text at the start and end of shrines, I’ve almost managed to catch the whole thing after 5 shrines, but that comes from ignoring the first half after I read that two times in a row and then reading the second half and… Well, at least it is the same text every time, so I feel like I’m slowly managing to put it together and I know it isn’t super relevant text so it doesn’t matter if it is taking me forever to put it together fully in Japanese.

So I think for this, I will definitely play the sequel in English, that way I can enjoy it without any reading annoyance, and I can read the weapon/item descriptions so quickly and easily that even if 99% of them turn out pretty average, I can enjoy the 1%.

[midnightblue]

February 7th

Home post

Aria: the masterpiece volume 3 – progress report
Yesterday: Continued up to page 184.
Today: Read up to page 197.

Almost done with chapter 28 but I couldn’t bring myself to read the last ten pages as I’m too tired again.

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@MissDagger
Descriptions aren’t really my cup of tea either and I usually skim through them in English etc. unless I know they are humorous. I assume that when I did my JP play-through those years ago, I at least wanted to make myself a bit familiar with weapon names and materials because many RPGs and strategy games use plenty of weapon vocabulary including their upgraded versions (e.g. wooden sword → iron sword → steel sword → silver sword → mythril sword or whatever material it would be). Deciphering those weapon descriptions up to the point where I stopped trying to look up anything during my playing sessions anymore was still a hassle, though.

Therefore, I can certainly understand why you’re skipping weapon and item descriptions and are only going to focus on story and dialogue. Much more relaxing and interesting.

As for the monk dialogue vanishing after a short time – who knew that it being repeated every go***mn time would end up being useful in a case such as this? I always skipped these after the second time but when you have to decipher the words, the repetition is much welcomed.
If my memory is correct, there will be some more vanishing text when you start those shrine trials (mazes, eventide island(?), those ruins inside the completely dark swamp area etc.), so brace yourself (and take screenshots if needed).

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Word or expression of the day:
方向音痴 - (ほうこうおんち) - (person with) no sense of direction

Honourable mention(s)
お茶目 - (おちゃめ) - playful, mischievous

[NicoleIsEnough]

Home Post

Oh, I did not yet report on last week’s reading!

Here goes:

Read and finished Flesh&Blood Vol. 11, and started the new ABC pick この本を盗む者は. The start was a bit slow for me, and I was super busy over the weekend, so I did not get very far yet.

Plans for this week:

• Continue to read この本を盗む者は (2nd half of Ch. 1)
• Continue to read 1Q84 (did not start Ch. 16 yet)
• Start reading the new Compulsive Readers pick ユートロニカのこちら側
• Flesh&Blood: Read some of the bonus material (mainly side stories written by the same author)

My page count as of Sunday night: 1060 pages down, 8940 pages to go!

[WaniTsunami]

So the last couple weeks I have been going through a book above my level little by little and doing word lookups afterwards, then reading manga “on the side” (even though its been my primary reading for the last 3 weeks). I want to basically do this until I finish a manga series and get comfortable enough with the book (study the first chapter/first 100 pages) and then when those conditions are met give 100% focus to the book. Seems like a way to avoid burnout on reading but maintain a consistent amount of reading daily.

[lucylavelle]

February 7th!

Today I read Chapter 7 of God Bless the Mistaken.
This chapters bug was a fun one, I enjoyed reading it.

(Home Post)

[DIO-Berry]

Home

February 7th

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険9
16 - 29

I sense overtime at work in my future

[javerend]

２月７日 (Home Post Link)

had a hard time focusing today, so didn’t want to do too much intensive stuff. Just played some pokemon and kanken practice + my chapter for the day

Read:

• 三ツ星カラーズ ch 4

Word of the Day
すれちがい (すれ違い) ー generally: missing (meeting) each other; passing each other. Here, specifically: the street-pass function of the nintendo 3DS. Remember when that was a thing?

[natarin]

February 7 Home Post

Somewhat busy today, but I still got in a decent amount of 山猫 and Steins;Gate so yay! But now I am very sleepy

[Greya]

February 7th
What did I read?: 魔女と猫の話
How much did I read?: 5 pages
(Continued 3rd Story )
How long did it take me?: 57 min

Even though Chise is supposed to be a witch, so far the methods she’s used for curing the woman’s insomnia have been things even I could do! (Herbal teas, aromatic candles, music, etc.) But I guess the idea is that it’s better to start off with something more straightforward before getting magic involved.