๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 โ˜ƒโ„

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January 3rd
ๆ–ฐๆ›ธๅคช้–ฃ่จ˜ progress: 00.12% // Volume I: 01.44% :mountain:

I am so glad for furigana. So many place names. I forgot how hard it is to start a new book and you get bombarded with piles of new vocab until you get used to the authorโ€™s vocab usage.

Words found under the kotatsu

้šฃ้‚ฆใ€Œใ‚Šใ‚“ใฝใ†ใ€ใƒผ Neighbouring country
ๅ›ฝๅทใ€Œใ“ใใ”ใ†ใ€ใƒผ Name of a country
ๅ›ฝ้‹ใ€Œใ“ใใ†ใ‚“ใ€ใƒผ National fortunes; destiny of a country
้ง†ใ‚‰ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ€Œใ‹ใ‚‰ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ€ใƒผ To be driven byโ€ฆ (emotions / impulse / feelings); to be seized by; to be stricken with; to be spurred on by; to succumb to
ๆฐ—้ฃใ„ใ€Œใใฅใ‹ใ„ใ€ใƒผ Consideration; concern; worry
ๆ—ฆ้‚ฃๆง˜ใ€Œใ ใ‚“ใชใ•ใพใ€ใƒผ Husband (honorific); master (of a house/shop etc.)
่‡ฅๅบŠใ€Œใตใ—ใฉใ€ใƒผ Bedroom; bedchamber (seems to use ่‡ฅๆ‰€ now)
ๆฆปใ€Œใƒˆใƒณใ€ใƒผ Ceramic bench
ๅฎตใ€Œใ‚ˆใ„ใ€ใƒผ Evening; early hours of the night
็ชฏๆฅญใ€Œใ‚ˆใ†ใŽใ‚‡ใ†ใ€ใƒผ Ceramics; ceramic industry
ๅฎ˜็ชฏใ€Œใ‹ใ‚“ใ‚ˆใ†ใ€ใƒผ (Government owned) porcelain furnace // with ็ชฏใ€Œใ‹ใพใ€meaning: kiln; furnace; stove
้™„้šใ€Œใตใšใ„ใ€ใƒผ being accompanied by; being collateral with
ๆฎท่ณ‘ใ€Œใ„ใ‚“ใ—ใ‚“ใ€ใƒผ Prosperity
่พ›่‹ฆใ€Œใ—ใ‚“ใใ€ใƒผ Hardship; toil

Places in China & Dynasties
ๆšๅญๆฑŸใ€Œใ‚ˆใ†ใ™ใ“ใ†ใ€ใƒผ Yangtze river (also: ้•ทๆฑŸใ€Œใกใ‚‡ใ†ใ“ใ†ใ€)
ๆฑŸ่ฅฟ็œใ€Œใ“ใ†ใ›ใ„ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ€ใƒผ Jiangxi Province
้ฅ’ๅทžใ€Œใ˜ใ‚‡ใ†ใ—ใ‚…ใ†ใ€ใƒผ Raozhou (old prefecture, now part of Poyang county (in Jiangxi))
ๅ”ใ€Œใ‹ใ‚‰ใ€ใƒผ China (also used to sometimes refer to other neighbouring countries of that area) (Archaism) // also: ใ€Œใจใ†ใ€ใƒผ the Tang dynasty (618-907)
ๅฎ‹ใ€Œใใ†ใ€ใƒผ Song dynasty
ๅปฌๅฑฑใ€Œใ‚‹ใ–ใ‚“ใ€ใƒผ Mt. Lushan


Character Kanji-Name List
for easy referencing later, because these will take some remembering

|| P E O P L E ||
Main
Hideyoshi: ่ฑŠ่‡ฃ็ง€ๅ‰ใ€Œใจใ‚ˆใจใฟ ใฒใงใ‚ˆใ—ใ€// ่ฑŠๅคช้–คใ€Œใปใ†ใŸใ„ใ“ใ†ใ€

Side?
ไบ”้ƒŽๅคงๅคซ ใ€Œใ”ใ‚ ใ ใ‚†ใ†ใ€
ๆจๆฌก้ƒŽใ€Œใ™ใฆใ˜ใ‚ใ†ใ€
ๆขจ็ดใ€Œใ‚Šใใ‚“ใ€

Historical People
้˜ฟๅ€ไปฒ้บปๅ‘‚ใ€Œใ‚ใน ใฎ ใชใ‹ใพใ‚ใ€ใƒผ Japanese scholar & poet (around 700AD)

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