📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

[javerend]

２月１７日 (Home Post Link)

Read:

• 夜カフェ pg 107 → 120 (finished ch 9)
• 三ツ星カラーズ ch 15

Word of the Day:
乱入「らんにゅう」ー intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one’s way into​

[enbyboiwonder]

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I didn’t realize I had gotten ahead at some point in S×F, so I had intended to read this past week’s and this coming week’s chapters, but I ended up reading this coming week’s and the next week’s lol whoops

I also got a slight head start (technically; it’s still Friday in my time zone) on 極主夫道 and read ch 91-92. It’s always so hard to put this series down, but I wanted to go on my friend-date with Albert in ポルティア, so I managed it.

And yeah I played a couple hours of きみのまち ポルティア. I got a quest where I need to place several large planters in the Eufaula Desert and plant poplar trees in them, but the only way to get one of the materials I need to make the planters is to trade the Church data disks for them, which I ain’t doing. But the quest ain’t timed so it ain’t disappearing, and now that I have the poplars in my possession, there are a bunch of indicators on the map where they’re supposed to go which also ain’t gonna be disappearing, arg. I wanna make 'em go away, but I don’t wanna give the Church squat, especially not Old World tech to destroy… Oh the dilemma.

…Now that I think of it, I also don’t know if this is a storyline quest or a side quest. Shoot.

Update: Actually, I’m pretty sure building the drill machine for Mint is the story quest, making this a side quest, so I’m good on that front. I still wanna get rid of those indicators on the map though and really don’t like the idea of having to give the Church tech to do it…

[natarin]

February 17 Home Post

Got distracted by other things again so just counting my reading for class today, it’s all progress!

[Myria]

闇祓 update!
Finished chapter 3, I’m at 66% now.
I have to say, this is one of the more scarier books I’ve read in Japanese. I didn’t like the first chapter, maybe because I don’t find vampires scary? And the chapter was a bit too 中二病 for my taste. But chapter 2 was really good, and chapter 3 was also quite scary. @omk3 Halloween candidate?

Chapter 3 was completely office setting, and at first the 課長 just seems to be an asshole, but you’re wondering why he is, because it seemed to be quite a sudden change. But he does some terrible things that are also quite creepy (not in a sexual way). I actually had goosebumps at the 3時間24分14秒 revelation. And then the classic „he hits someone“ (???) but of course he doesn’t get fired or anything, Japanese companies have a position for everyone. He just gets 異動‘d. Someone else becomes 課長 and suddenly the main character has some complaints about the new 課長. And then it somehow becomes even more creepy. ジンさん seems to be the common denominator in these 課長s becoming rude towards him, and he‘s acting sketchy. I waited for him to turn into some kind of monster, eating MC, but that didn’t happen. The chapter ended quite abrupt, I would have loved to see more of ジンさん‘s „I‘m so nice but I turn everyone into bad people (and maybe I’m aware of it?)“ spiel.

[nyxqueenofshadows]

home post

18th feb

90% sure i’ve got covid (thanks dad ) so my brain is just not with it today. just read a doujin (that was actually probably longer than a normal manga chapter oops) and i’ll go on granblue later.

[Zakarius]

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

February 18th
新書太閣記 progress: 10.72% // Volume II: 22.92%

Words found under the kotatsu

勝手元「かってもと」ー In and about the kitchen; family circumstances
渋団扇「しぶうちわ」ー Fan varnished with persimmon juice
談論風発「だんろんふうはつ」ー Spirited discussion
阿鼻叫喚「あびきょうかん」ー Agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism’s hells

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 - 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 とうきちろう」

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
– – 織田信行「おだ のぶかつ」(Other name: 信成「のぶなり」) - Son (half-brother to Nobunaga (different mother))

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」/ nickname: 佐渡「さどう」) (served under Nobunaga too)
– 美作守「みまさかのかみ」- Younger brother
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」

Retainers (Under Nobunaga rule):
柴田勝家「しばた かついえ」(Nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)

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
浅野又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Military commander
– 寧子「ねね」- Daughter
がんまく - Former worker/servant, friend of Hideyoshi

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)

Volume II: 1555 - 15??
(currently 1556)

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Head of the Oda clan
– 織田 信広「おだ のぶひろ」- Older brother
– 織田 信行「おだ のぶゆき」(also: 信勝「のぶかつ」) - Younger brother

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant

浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Military commander
– 寧子「ねね」- Daughter
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(nickname: 権六「ごんろく」) - Military Commander

山淵 右近「やまぶち うこん」- Magistrate
– 山淵 義遠「やまぶち よしとお」- Father (Chief Vassal)

Maeda Clan
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(childhood name: 犬千代「いぬちよ」) - Military commander

Saito Clan
斎藤 義龍「さいとう よしさつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」) - Military commander
– 孫四郎「まごしろう」- Brother
– 喜平次「きへいじ」- Brother
– 斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Father

Akechi Clan
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」) - Military Commander
明智 光安「あけち みつやす」- Military Commander and adoptive father of Jyubei
– 明智 秀満「あけち ひでみつ」- Son, and retainer to Jyubei

Imagawa Clan
今川 義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo

Takeda Clan
武田 信玄「たけだ しんげん」- Daimyo

Asakura Clan
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」- Daimyo

[Myria]

(Almost) double posting, but I started the fourth chapter of 闇祓 and the stories do seem to be connected after all!

In chapter 2, the child of MC goes to an elementary school that appears again in chapter 4. It’s the setting for this chapter. In chapter 4 there‘s a new 転校生 with the same last name (神原) as ジンさん from chapter 3. And in chapter 3 ジンさん‘s wife (the mother of the 転校生 in chapter 4?) dies because she fell from one of the top floors. In chapter 2 there‘s a mysterious suicide, someone fell from the building. Maybe that was ジンさん‘s wife? (According to chapter 2 lore, she fell because she was haunted / went crazy from living in that building / community).
If the mom of the 転校生 from chapter 4 ends up dying, I’m convinced that it’s the same person from chapter 3 and 2.

Now we only need to somehow tie chapter 1 into this…

[WaniTsunami]

Figured today I wouldn’t be able to focus reading books so I read manga instead. Still listened to the audiobook of 夜は短し歩けよ乙女 but only what I’ve read already.

[ChristopherFritz]

Day 48: February 17th

シャドーハウス Volume 5 (45% ➨ 54%)

Plans for this weekend: book club reading.

[Midnightblue]

February 18th

Home post

Card Captor Sakura volume 10 – progress report
Yesterday: Began reading volume 10, read up to page 16.
Today: Continued up to page 103, finished chapters 39 and 40.

Kudos to both Sakura and Yukito who handled the confession and rejection very nicely even though Sakura didn’t quite agree with Yukito’s comparison that her love towards him was just like the love towards her father.
Can I also give Yukito another heap of praise for rejecting a person much younger than himself in midst of all the (in my opinion) messed up relationship dynamics between minors and adults we’ve had so far? Good job, Yukito, good job! From the little bit I remember, the platonic relationship between Yukito and Sakura becomes purely wholesome from that point on which I liked quite a bit.

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Word or expression of the day:
寿命 - (じゅみょう) - life span

Honourable mention(s):
照れ屋 - (てれや) - shy, a very shy person

[polv]

Feb 18, Sat of Week 8 of Winter Q1 2023

• ガラスのうさぎ Ch.5

• ふしぎの国のバード Vol.4 Ch.17 山形(やまがた)

Forced westernization.

• Ruri Dragon Vol.1

I finished the volume in one go with no lookup in between. Actually, I knew most vocabularies and could guess the rest. Also with some read-aloud (quietly).

Around 1.5 hour, I think. Cute.

• うたわれるもの

Words of the day

• おそるべき = formidable. It is indeed 恐(おそ)る + べき / べし.
• すがすがしい = refreshing = 清々(すがすが)しい
• いせいのよい = cheerful; vigorous; assertive = 威勢(いせい)の良(よ)い = 威勢(いせい)のいい
• かいもく = (not) at all; entirely = 皆目(かいもく)
• ボゾっと(.) = absentmindedly
• ブカブカ(.) = baggy (of clothing)
• ちりぢり = scattered = 散(ち)り散(ぢ)り
• シャベル(.) = shovel
• ソ連(れん) = Soviet Union; USSR = ソビエト連邦(れんぽう)
• わきまえる = to exercise moderation; to bear in mind = 弁(わきま)える
• 引(ひ)っ立(た)てる = to walk someone off (e.g. to police station)
• 連行(れんこう) = dragging some away (e.g. to police station)
• 捕縛(ほばく) = arrest; apprehension (police’s doing)
• 寝(ね)かえる = to put to bed
• 謀(たばか)る = to work out a plan of deception. Has Furigana.
• 残忍(ざんにん) = brutal
• 見目(みめ) = looks = 見(み)た目(め)
• 袂(たもと) = sleeves (e.g. of a kimono). Has Furigana.
• その都度(つど) = each time it happens. Reading is just as in 都合(つごう).
• 蒸発(じょうはつ) = evaporation; disappearance without a trace
• 追憶(ついおく) = recollection; reminiscence = 追想(ついそう)
• 出向(しゅっこう) = relocation (of an employee)
• 車夫(しゃふ) = the worker pulling a rickshaw (力車(りきしゃ))
• 散髪(さんぱつ) = haircut
• 丁髷(ちょんまげ) = topknot (hairstyle). Has Furigana.
• ボサボサ(.) = ruffled (hair)
• 正装(せいそう) = formal dress (uniform)
• 条例(じょうれい) = ordinance; law
• 消息(しょうそく) = tidings; news
• 背任(はいにん) = breach of trust
• 齟齬(そご) = inconsistency; discrepancy. Has Furigana.
• 防空壕(ぼうくうごう) = air-raid shelter. The third Kanji ～壕(ごう) is already enough to mean shelter. Has Furigana and explanation in context, but I find the Kanji interesting.
• 運河(うんが) = waterway
• 罹災(りさい) = suffering (from calamity). 罹災者(りさいしゃ) in context and has Furigana.
• 瘧(おこり) = intermittent fever (often is malaria). Has Furigana and explanation.
• 炊事(すいじ) = cooking. I recalled first Kanji’s reading from 炊飯器(すいはんき).
• 噴霧(ふんむ) = spraying. Second Kanji is 霧(きり) = mist; fog.
• 考察(こうさつ) = deliberate consideration
• ご法度(はっと) = being banned
• 近郊(きんこう) = outskirts
• 罪人(ざいにん) = criminal; lawbreaker
• 栄養失調(えいようしっちょう) = malnutrition
• 酒池肉林(しゅちにくりん) = sumptuous feast; debauchery. A pond of alcohol and a forest of (edible) meat.
• 恐悦至極(きょうえつしごく) = extremely delighted
• 諸肌脱(もろはだぬ)ぎ = being bare from the waist up. Verb form is 諸肌(もろはだ)を脱(ぬ)ぐ. Using 双(もろ) instead in context. Has Furigana.

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@Redglare

Today I noticed that 揶揄(やゆ) and 揶揄(からか)う have the same kanji. Just like 躊躇(ちゅうちょ) and 躊躇(ためら)う. I’m sure there are more examples

Some others I can think of, 狼狽(ろうばい) and 狼狽(うろた)える; and 嘲笑(ちょうしょう) and 嘲笑(あざわら)う.

[MissDagger]

February 17 - 18
Home Post

Yesterday
Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts

Today
Orange
古見さんは、コミュ症です。
ホテル・メッツァペウラへようこそ 3

Yesterday, I spent about 3-4 hours reading the last part of Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts and nothing else.

Today, I read the weekly reading for Orange (30 pages / 2 chapters), the weekly reading for Komi-san (12 pages / 2 chapters), and then just for fun I finally picked up the third volume of ホテル・メッツァペウラへようこそ. I decided to see if I could read that in one day and not have it take too long. Just like this summer when I read volume 1 and 2, I didn’t look up anything, instead I just kept reading and didn’t find myself truly confused anywhere.

I don’t know exactly how long it took me to read the whole volume, but 2-3 hours maybe? I don’t know exactly when I started, so it is a bit of guess, but I don’t think it can be much longer than that.

I think this is the first time I’ve read a whole volume in one sitting (and one day). So that was kinda fun.

[Redglare]

Home post // Feb 18

・薬屋のひとりごと３ (62% → 64%)

Today was busy, but not bad :3

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@polv

Some others I can think of, 狼狽(ろうばい) and 狼狽(うろた)える; and 嘲笑(ちょうしょう) and 嘲笑(あざわら)う.

Yeah!

[Greti33]

February 18th (Day 49)

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この本を盗む者は (10 - 13%)

Decided to tackle a little bit of the week 2 この本を盗む者は assignment today. I’m enjoying the chaos that’s unfolding so far, but finding the protagonist a little obnoxious.

[Twelvewishes]

Day 49, 18th of February

Back to my Home Post

Today’s page shows our two travellers heading out. They once again meet the old man. And I learned that 早々 can be read as 早々(そうそう) (quickly) or 早々(はやばや) (early).

Anyway, seems like the pld man wants to come with. Or he wants to give them something? Right, its これ not 私 or other pronouns, so he wants them to take something with them. Seems to be a box that is supposed to help if they get lost?

[Natsuha]

Day 48
Just read a little bit more of Kindaichi Shounen vol.3. Already looking forward to the ridiculous overdramatic conclusion of the case.

3485 pages read

[lucylavelle]

February 18th!

Today I read the next chapter of Teasing Master Takagi-san, finishing Volume 10.
Then I also read this week’s ABBC assignment of Ruri Dragon. It was very cute, and I’m looking forward to reading more.

(Home Post)

[DIO-Berry]

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February 18th

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険9
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ルリドラゴン 1
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The JoJolands
16 pages (finished chapter)

Demonic Heartbreak
33 pages (whole new chapter)

I thought I would read more of vol 9 until I fell asleep but I just ended up opening and closing it lol

[javerend]

２月１８日 (Home Post Link)

Had a small victory at the arcade earlier! Most of the games are only in japanese, and to prevent people from stalling/prevent the games from getting stuck if there’s an error, the menus have a time limit (usually around 40 seconds to a minute) to pick a song/do options. These menus are also notoriously confusing and weirdly nested, since you are using a rhythm game controller to try to do things you’d normally want a real controller/keyboard for. I finally figured out how to get into the song options menu in wacca and adjust the scroll speed and visual settings even with that tight time restriction!

changed to a readable scroll speed and suddenly i'm pretty good at wacca

Avg ~920k on scroll speed 2.0 (default) to getting ~980k+ and SSS ranks on scroll speed 3.0 … funny how that works most really good players play on 5.0, but i’ll have to work up to that i think

Read:

• 古見さんはコミュ症です ch 1 & 2 - (chanting) book club book club book club
• ルリドラゴン pg 1-17 - (chanting louder) book club book club book club god this manga is so cute, I really miss it and hope it comes back eventually
• will do some more after dinner, feeling unusually motivated today
• 夜カフェ pg 120 → 131 (chapter 10)
• 三ツ星カラーズ ch 16

Still debating whether to also try out the IBC pick, but I think I’d like to finish 夜カフェ first. From the preview it looked like a challenging but still reasonable level for me (especially considering the slow pace and extra support of the clubs)

@NicoleIsEnough my copy of Making Sense of Japanese also got here today! I just went through the preface and introduction, but I already love this book his sense of humor is greatly appreciated when so much of the non-fiction I’ve been reading is super dry, academic stuff

Speaking of! De-mystifying Translation | Introducing Translation to Non-translators ! There’s a new open-source introduction to translation and translation theory book that some people here might be interested in! It’s written by a linguist, but it’s intended to be accessible for broader audiences.

Word of the Day
凡人「ぼんじん」ー ordinary/average/mediocre person

[enbyboiwonder]

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Only had some time for a little bit of ポルティア today. Just one more day of work, and then I’ll have a few days off and hopefully I won’t be so tired…