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

Began my focus on ๅคœใฏ็Ÿญใ—ๆญฉใ‘ใ‚ˆไน™ๅฅณ and got 25 pages down, but started to lose focus on the last couple pages. Iโ€™m gonna reread them on my lunch. I donโ€™t know if I will finish chapter 2 today, but I will probably get really close. As motivated as I am to read, I still have my own physical/mental limits I need to respect. I donโ€™t want to push myself to finish over enjoying the book. While I put 3-4 books as my finishing goal, the goal has always been quality reading > quantity reading.

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:performing_arts: Home :it:

February 19th

ใ‚ธใƒงใ‚ธใƒงใฎๅฅ‡ๅฆ™ใชๅ†’้™บ9
110 - 127

ใƒซใƒชใƒ‰ใƒฉใ‚ดใƒณ 1
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That was more than I thought I read, but there were more dialogue light pages than I had expected iirc. The party is headed to Switzerland! I was really surprised by the changes the anime made- they cut out the post office shakedown scene AND Suzie calling Joseph an ass but added content to the guys in the car who almost hit a dog? wth

Iโ€™m hoping I finish this volume tonight because Iโ€™m quickly falling behind on my reading and Iโ€™m 75% sure that I will be more motivated when reading other JoJo Parts lol.

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Just read a couple pages of ใ“ใฎๆœฌใ‚’็›—ใ‚€่€…ใฏ and played a bit of ใใฟใฎใพใก ใƒใƒซใƒ†ใ‚ฃใ‚ข.

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February 17th
February 18th
Just Aomi Japanese these days.

February 19th
What did I read?: ้ญ”ๅฅณใจ็Œซใฎ่ฉฑ
How much did I read?: 7 pages
(Started 5th Story )
How long did it take me?: 1 h 27 m

For the first time ever, the meeting between witch and cat actually went well! Mary (this chapterโ€™s witch) was just momentarily taken aback that her cat is an ใŠใ˜ใ„ใ•ใ‚“, and, thankfully, Snow (the cat) didnโ€™t feel insulted at all!

Kitty Pictures

Snow, not showing his age in the slightest~ (And he has heterochromia eyes! Iโ€™ve only seen a cat with eyes like that once.)

I feel like he shows his age a bit here, though, eheh!

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Iโ€™ve not kept up with the daily threads as late, but Iโ€™m slowly getting back into my routine. In the past few days Iโ€™ve caught up on my missed readings for ใ“ใฎๆœฌใ‚’็›—ใ‚€่€…ใฏ and ไธƒๅ›žๆญปใ‚“ใ ็”ท, tomorrow I need to dig into all my missed ๅŠ่ฝใก readings, although I doubt Iโ€™ll finish them in one night. Iโ€™m low mental energy today so I might try for a few pages of the newly due readings for the two other clubs.

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Summary post

Whoops, meant to post an update like well over a week ago :sweat_smile:. I had a couple pretty big milestones! I finished Minna no Nihongo, then took (and passed) a full length N4 practice test, so Iโ€™m considering myself officially having graduated out of the beginner phase!

I also finished ๅฐ่ชฌ ใƒŸใƒฉใƒผใ•ใ‚“, so I guess Iโ€™ve technically finished my first novel in Japanese, though since itโ€™s for learners, it probably only half counts.

I started Tobira, which marks the first book on my Natively profile to have a higher level than the first manga I ever read in Japanese, haha. Tobira is going well so far, but Iโ€™m not counting it for this challenge, despite it being fairly reading-heavy.

I finished two Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling translations! The first was for their February 4 show, and then their February 11 (part 2) Korakuen Hall show, which was about as heavy of a workload as the Korakuen shows tend to have.

The day before the Korakuen show, they did TWO press conferences, which I extremely was not able to translate in time, haha. One of them was for Miyu Yamashita announcing that she was going on a three month long excursion in the US after TJPWโ€™s America show next month. I tried to jump on translating that one as soon as I could, fearing that something in the announcement would get machine translated wrong and then more false rumors would make the rounds in the English-speaking wrestling world, but so far things seem to be going alright.

I think Miyu has already gotten contacted for more bookings in America (despite not remembering how to say โ€œplease contact me for all bookingsโ€ in English and causing TJPWโ€™s ring announcer Sayuri Namba to worry about her ability to survive here, haha), so Iโ€™m hoping that everything goes well for her and the trip is a success!

Hereโ€™s a photo from the Korakuen show, featuring Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh after they won the tag team tournament that TJPW just had:

After the match, Itoh got annoyed at Miyu for calling her her โ€œbusiness partnerโ€, and Miyu said, โ€œWhether weโ€™re business partners or not, now and forever, no matter how many decades or hundreds of years that I live, you are my only partner.โ€ Miyu had tried telling Itoh she loved her, but her public professions of love made Itoh uncomfortable, so she had recently gone too far in the other direction. Maybe sheโ€™ll finally figure out the right way to express how she feels about Itoh when they win the tag beltsโ€ฆ

Reading in Spanish

So, funny story: I thought the book I was reading was titled Sรญ, sรญ es contigo because that is what it says on the amazon page and the kindle file, but I got to the climax of the book, which had the title drop, and it said โ€Sรญ, si es contigoโ€! I was like, hey, wait a moment, wasnโ€™t it sรญ and not si? So I googled the book, and I found out that the amazon page is wrong! The title is actually Sรญ, si es contigo! Itโ€™s a small change, but makes for a much better title, I think, haha.

My reading pace picked up a lot as I got further into the book and more invested in the story. Iโ€™ve been trying to fix my terrible sleep schedule, but havenโ€™t had a whole lot of luck, haha. One night, I started reading at 5:30am, telling myself that Iโ€™d just read a few pages and then go to bed, then ended up reading for TWO MORE HOURS :pensive:โ€ฆ I think thatโ€™s the first time this has ever happened to me with a non-English book? So on the one hand, itโ€™s really cool that my Spanish has gotten good enough for a book to pull me in like that! On the other handโ€ฆ itโ€™s not exactly good for fixing my sleep schedule :sweat_smile:.

I ended up finishing the book much sooner than I expected, thanks in part to reading like 20% of the whole book that one night. Next, I tried picking up En el jardรญn de lirios, which is an academic study of GL media. I got through the prologue and am still interested in reading the rest of the book, but I had to do so many vocab lookups, Iโ€™m not sure itโ€™s really worth trying to read it now. Iโ€™d look up words like โ€œeje temรกticoโ€ and the dictionary would give me โ€œthematic axisโ€, reminding me that I sure am reading academic theory :sweat_smile:. I ended up deciding to put it aside until my vocab is better.

I chose to read Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis instead, which was another book I had discovered on recommended lists of LGBTQ Spanish books when researching possible books to add to the library collection. I tried to look for an amazon preview so that I could see if the writing style looked to be at a good level for me, but they only had an audiobook preview. I listened to that and was able to understand a surprising amount, so I figured it was probably a safe purchase.

So far, I think that was a correct assumption! The book uses a lot of more literary words that I donโ€™t know, but I found out the incredible benefit of reading it as a (properly formatted) kindle book is that I can use my kindleโ€™s built-in dictionary to do instant look-ups, which is way quicker than having to look up words manually by typing them out. Currently, this is the most convenient media format Iโ€™ve found for reading in Spanish, and Iโ€™m really happy with it.

So, in sum, things have been going very well with the challenge so far!

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February 19 :snowflake: Home Post

Been thinking about ใƒ–ใƒซใƒผใƒญใƒƒใ‚ฏ again after getting caught up on the anime, so I started the ๅ‡ช spinoff manga! Itโ€™s just the one volume at the moment so shouldnโ€™t derail me too hard :joy: Itโ€™s fun so far, but somehow I feel really out of practice reading manga, too much VN time lately I suppose :stuck_out_tongue:

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Been there.

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:chocolate_bar: :love_letter: ๏ผ’ๆœˆ๏ผ‘๏ผ™ๆ—ฅ :love_letter: :chocolate_bar: (Home Post Link)

Ended up working on a bunch of stuff today and not a whole lot of time for reading, oh well

Read:

  • ไธ‰ใƒ„ๆ˜Ÿใ‚ซใƒฉใƒผใ‚บ ch 17

Word of the Day:
็‹ฉใ‚‹ ใ€Œใ‹ใ‚‹ใ€ใƒผ to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms); to pick (berries)โ€‹

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For the first time in ever I read for an hour in Japanese. Cherry Magic of course. Since i have watched it about 3 or 4 times I could follow the story very well. There were ofcourse vocabulary I didnt know and grammar thats above my level but I just love this story. I will be reading through without look ups on the first go round then I will tackle it intensively. It really is accurate when they say read something that youre familiar with when youre just starting out with native material. Way better than Yotsuba to.

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:open_book: :desktop_computer: :snowman_with_snow: :snowflake: February 17

Read some ใ“ใฎๆœฌใ‚’็›—ใ‚€่€…ใฏ and played BU$TAFELLOWS for an hour.

:open_book: :desktop_computer: :snowman_with_snow: :snowflake: February 18

A little ใ“ใฎๆœฌใ‚’็›—ใ‚€่€…ใฏ

:open_book: :desktop_computer: :snowman_with_snow: :snowflake: February 19

Read some more ใ“ใฎๆœฌใ‚’็›—ใ‚€่€…ใฏ

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:spiral_calendar: Day 50: February 19th :snowman:

spacer:mag: ๅๆŽขๅตใ‚ณใƒŠใƒณ Volume 14 (16% โžจ 30%)

spacer:tangerine: orange Volume 7 (7% โžจ 15%)

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This February has been a bit annoying so far, I canโ€™t wait it to be over. I havenโ€™t updated for ages, but not much has happened. I even missed two days :rage: ! And the days I did read, I didnโ€™t read as much as Iโ€™d want to. Anyway, hereโ€™s a formal update, to keep things tidy:

February 15 :heavy_check_mark: :zzz:

ๆญปไฝ“ใฏ็œ ใ‚‰ใชใ„ , 51-57%

February 16-17 :heavy_multiplication_x:

February 18-19 :heavy_check_mark: :cityscape:

ใƒฆใƒผใƒˆใƒญใƒ‹ใ‚ซใฎใ“ใกใ‚‰ๅด , 21-29%

Today Iโ€™ve read a bit more of ใƒฆใƒผใƒˆใƒญใƒ‹ใ‚ซใฎใ“ใกใ‚‰ๅด to finish the chapter, and Iโ€™m now between continuing this or starting the next chapter of ๅŠ่ฝใก. Hope I get to do at least one of those.

I wasnโ€™t expecting that! Very intrigued. I must say I almost dismissed the book again after your report on the first chapter (Iโ€™m not impressed by vampires generally), but then it started looking very promising again. Looking forward to your updates, and will keep it in mind for the Halloween club. Weโ€™re still many months away from Halloween, but Iโ€™ve come across enough candidates that Iโ€™m afraid I will forget about them if I donโ€™t make a thread soon. Maybe I will.

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Todayโ€™s final page count for ๅคœใฏ็Ÿญใ—ๆญฉใ‘ใ‚ˆไน™ๅฅณ today was 37 pages. This is one of my favorite parts but I can barely keep my eyes open now. Goodnight!

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:raccoon: :books: The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den :snowflake: :raccoon:

February 20th
ๆ–ฐๆ›ธๅคช้–ฃ่จ˜ progress: 11.30% // Volume II: 29.22% :email:

Words found under the kotatsu

่ถณๅ ดไธธๅคชใ€Œใ‚ใ—ใฐใพใ‚‹ใŸใ€ใƒผ Scaffolding pole
็„ฆๅœŸใ€Œใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใฉใ€ใƒผ Scorched earth

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 :thinking:

Volume I: 1535 - 1555

ๆ—ฅๅ‰ใ€Œใฒใ‚ˆใ—ใ€- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nicknames: ็Œฟใ€Œใ•ใ‚‹ใ€/ ้‡ๅฃฒใ‚Šใ€Œใฏใ‚Šใ†ใ‚Šใ€
Name serving Nobunaga: ๆœจไธ‹ ่—คๅ‰้ƒŽใ€Œใใฎใ—ใŸ ใจใ†ใใกใ‚ใ†ใ€

Family
ๆœจไธ‹ๅผฅๅณ่ก›้–€ใ€Œใใฎใ—ใŸ ใ‚„ใˆใ‚‚ใ‚“ใ€- Father
โ€“ โ€“ ไน™่‹ฅใ€ŒใŠใจใ‚ใ‹ใ€- Old friend (serves under ็น”็”ฐ)
็ญ‘้˜ฟๅผฅใ€Œใกใใ‚ใฟใ€ใƒผ Step-father
ๅคงๆ”ฟๆ‰€ใ€ŒใŠใŠใพใ‚“ใฉใ“ใ‚ใ€// also ใŠๅฅˆๅŠ ใ€ŒใŠใชใ‹ใ€ใƒผ Mother
ใŠใคใฟ - Older sister
ๅฐ็ซนใ€Œใ“ใกใใ€- Baby brother
ๅŠ ่—คๆธ…ๆญฃใ€Œใ‹ใจใ† ใใ‚ˆใพใ•ใ€// also ๅผพๆญฃใ€Œใ ใ‚“ใ˜ใ‚‡ใ†ใ€- Ojisan (only distantly related (before marriage))
โ€“ Married to: ใŠใˆใค (sister of ใŠๅฅˆๅŠ )

Friends & Acquaintances
ไป็Ž‹ใ€ŒใซใŠใ†ใ€- Big kid friend
ๆ–ผ็ฆใ€ŒใŠใตใใ€(Nickname - full name: ็ฆๅคช้ƒŽใ€ŒใตใใŸใ‚ใ€) // ๆฅŠๆ™ฏ็ฆใ€Œใ‚ˆใ†ใ‘ใ„ใตใใ€(Chinese name/birth name) - Timid kid friend (older than Hideyoshi)
โ€“ ไบ”้ƒŽๅคงๅคซ ใ€Œใ”ใ‚ ใ ใ‚†ใ†ใ€// ็ฅฅ็‘žใ€Œใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใšใ„ใ€(Chinese name) - Father
โ€“ ๆขจ็ดใ€Œใ‚Šใใ‚“ใ€- Mother
ๆจๆฌก้ƒŽใ€Œใ™ใฆใ˜ใ‚ใ†ใ€- Previous servant to ไบ”้ƒŽ, later the adoptive father of ๆ–ผ็ฆ, and owner of a tea ware shop - and employer of, and master to, Hideyoshi

Hachisuka Clan
่œ‚้ ˆ่ณ€ๅฐๅ…ญใ€Œใฏใกใ™ใ‹ ใ“ใ‚ใใ€(also ๆญฃๅ‹ ใ€Œใพใ•ใ‹ใคใ€) - Head of the Hachisuka clan
โ€“ ไธƒๅ†…ใ€Œใชใชใ„ใ€- Younger brother
โ€“ Married to ๆพๆณขใ€Œใพใคใชใฟใ€
โ€“ โ€“ ไบ€ไธ€ใ€Œใ‹ใ‚ใ„ใกใ€- Son

Retainers:
็จฒ็”ฐๅคง็‚ŠๅŠฉใ€Œใ„ใชใ  ใŠใŠใ„ใฎใ™ใ‘]
้’ๅฑฑๆ–ฐไธƒใ€Œใ‚ใŠใ‚„ใพ ใ—ใ‚“ใ—ใกใ€
้•ทไบ•ๅŠไน‹ไธžใ€ŒใชใŒใ„ ใฏใ‚“ใฎใ˜ใ‚‡ใ†ใ€
ๆพๅŽŸๅ†…ๅŒ ใ€Œใพใคใฐใ‚‰ ใŸใใฟใ€

Others:
ๅ›ฝๅ‰ใ€Œใใซใ‚ˆใ—ใ€- Gunsmith/blacksmith
ๆธก่พบๅคฉ่”ตใ€Œใ‚ใŸใชใน ใฆใ‚“ใžใ†ใ€- Deserter - Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
้›ฃๆณขๅ†…่จ˜ใ€Œใชใ‚“ใฐ ใชใ„ใใ€- Spy disguised as a Komuso
ไป็”ฐๅฝฆๅใ€ŒใซใฃใŸ ใฒใ“ใ˜ใ‚…ใ†ใ€- Subordinate

(่œ‚้ ˆ่ณ€ๆญฃๅˆฉใ€Œใฏใกใ™ใ‹ ใพใ•ใจใ—ใ€- previous head of the Hachisuka clan)

Saito Clan
((questionable) Alliance with the Hachisuka clan)
ๆ–Ž่—ค ้“ไธ‰ใ€Œใ•ใ„ใจใ† ใฉใ†ใ•ใ‚“ใ€- Head of the Saito clan
โ€“ ๆ–Ž่—ค็พฉ้พใ€Œใ•ใ„ใจใ† ใ‚ˆใ—ใŸใคใ€(also: ้ซ˜ๆ”ฟใ€ŒใŸใ‹ใพใ•ใ€) - Son

ๆ˜Žๆ™บ ๅ…‰็ง€ใ€Œใ‚ใ‘ใก ใฟใคใฒใงใ€(common name: ๅๅ…ต่ก›ใ€Œใ˜ใ‚…ใ†ในใ„ใ€) - serves under Dosan
โ€“ ๅˆๅธ‚ใ€ŒใพใŸใ„ใกใ€- Underling / foot soldier

ๅ €็”ฐ ้“็ฉบใ€ŒใปใฃใŸ ใฉใ†ใใ†ใ€- Chief retainer
ๅผฅๅนณๆฒปๅ…‰ๆ˜ฅใ€Œใ‚„ใธใ„ใ˜ ใฟใคใฏใ‚‰ใ€- Retainer (cousin to Jyubei)
โ€“ ๆ˜Žๆ™บๅ…‰ๅฎ‰ใ€Œใ‚ใ‘ใก ใฟใคใ‚„ใ™ใ€- Father
ๆ˜ฅๆ—ฅไธนๅพŒใ€Œใ‹ใ™ใŒ ใŸใ‚“ใ”ใ€- Military commander

Oda Clan
็น”็”ฐ ไฟก้•ทใ€ŒใŠใ  ใฎใถใชใŒใ€- Leader of the Oda clan (Married to the daughter of Saito Dosan)
โ€“ ๅฏๆœˆใ€Œใ†ใฅใใ€- Nobunagaโ€™s faithful, old horse :horse:
โ€“ ็น”็”ฐไฟก็ง€ใ€ŒใŠใ  ใฎใถใฒใงใ€- Father and previous leader of the Oda clan
โ€“ โ€“ ็น”็”ฐไธŽไธ‰้ƒŽใ€ŒใŠใ  ใ‚ˆใ•ใถใ‚ใ†ใ€- Younger brother
โ€“ โ€“ ็น”็”ฐไฟก่กŒใ€ŒใŠใ  ใฎใถใ‹ใคใ€(Other name: ไฟกๆˆใ€Œใฎใถใชใ‚Šใ€) - Son (half-brother to Nobunaga (different mother))

Retainers (Under Nobuhide rule):
ๅนณๆ‰‹ ๆ”ฟ็ง€ใ€Œใฒใ‚‰ใฆ ใพใ•ใฒใงใ€
โ€“ ไบ”้ƒŽๅทฆ่ก›้–€ใ€Œใ”ใ‚ใ†ใ–ใˆใ‚‚ใ‚“ใ€(nickname: ไบ”้ƒŽๅทฆใ€Œใ”ใ‚ใ†ใ–ใ€) - First son
โ€“ ็›ฃ็‰ฉใ€Œใ‘ใ‚“ใ‚‚ใคใ€- Second son
โ€“ ็”šๅทฆ่ก›้–€ใ€Œใ˜ใ‚“ใ–ใˆใ‚‚ใ‚“ใ€- Third son
โ€“ ้›จๅฎฎๅ‹˜่งฃ็”ฑใ€Œใ‚ใ‚ใฟใ‚„ ใ‹ใ’ใ‚†ใ€- Servant
ๆž— ็ง€่ฒžใ€Œใฏใ‚„ใ— ใฒใงใ•ใ ใ€(common name: ๆ–ฐไบ”้ƒŽใ€Œใ—ใ‚“ใ”ใ‚ใ€/ nickname: ไฝๆธกใ€Œใ•ใฉใ†ใ€) (served under Nobunaga too)
โ€“ ็พŽไฝœๅฎˆใ€Œใฟใพใ•ใ‹ใฎใ‹ใฟใ€- Younger brother
้’ๅฑฑ ไฟกๆ˜Œใ€Œใ‚ใŠใ‚„ใพ ใฎใถใพใ•ใ€(common name: ไธŽไธ‰ๅณ่ก›้–€ใ€Œใ‚ˆใใ†ใˆใ‚‚ใ‚“ใ€)
ๅ†…่—ค ๅ‹ไป‹ใ€Œใชใ„ใจใ† ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ™ใ‘ / ใ‹ใคใ™ใ‘ใ€

Retainers (Under Nobunaga rule):
ๆŸด็”ฐๅ‹ๅฎถใ€Œใ—ใฐใŸ ใ‹ใคใ„ใˆใ€(Nickname: ๆจฉๅ…ญใ€Œใ”ใ‚“ใ‚ใใ€)

Others:
ๅธ‚ๅทๅคงไป‹ใ€Œใ„ใกใ‹ใ‚ ใ ใ„ใ™ใ‘ใ€- Archery master/instructor
ๅนณ็”ฐไธ‰ไฝใ€Œใฒใ‚‰ใŸ ใ•ใ‚“ใฟใ€- Master of military strategy
ๆต…้‡Žๅˆๅณ่ก›้–€ใ€Œใ‚ใ•ใฎ ใพใŸใˆใ‚‚ใ‚“ใ€- Military commander
โ€“ ๅฏงๅญใ€Œใญใญใ€- Daughter
ใŒใ‚“ใพใ - Former worker/servant, friend of Hideyoshi

Shiba Clan
ๆ–ฏๆณข็พฉ็ตฑใ€Œใ—ใฐ ใ‚ˆใ—ใ‚€ใญใ€- Head of the Shiba clan, at Kiyosu castle
โ€“ ๆ–ฏๆณข็พฉ้Š€ใ€Œใ—ใฐ ใ‚ˆใ—ใ‹ใญใ€- Son

Imagawa Clan
ไปŠๅท็พฉๅ…ƒใ€Œใ„ใพใŒใ‚ ใ‚ˆใ—ใ‚‚ใจใ€- Daimyo

Retainers:
ๆพไธ‹ไน‹็ถฑใ€Œใพใคใ—ใŸ ใ‚†ใใคใชใ€(common name: ๅŠ ๅ…ต่ก›ใ€Œใ‹ใธใ„ใ€)
้ฃฏๅฐพ่ฑŠๅ‰ใ€Œใ„ใฎใŠ ใถใœใ‚“ใ€
ๅคš่ณ€่ƒฝๅ…ซ้ƒŽใ€ŒใŸใŒใฎใ† ใฏใ—ใ‚ใ†ใ€(nickname: ่ƒฝๅ…ซใ€Œใฎใ†ใฏใกใ€)

Takeda Clan
ๅคช้ƒŽ็พฉไฟกใ€ŒใŸใ‘ใ  ใ‚ˆใ—ใฎใถใ€- Commander
(Married to the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto to tie the clans)

Non-affiliated
ไธŠๆณ‰ ไฟก็ถฑใ€Œใ‹ใฟใ„ใšใฟ ใฎใถใคใชใ€(also: ไธŠๆณ‰ ไผŠๅ‹ขๅฎˆใ€Œใ‹ใฟใ„ใšใฟ ใ„ใ›ใฎใ‹ใฟใ€) - Founder of the ๆ–ฐ้™ฐๆตใ€Œใ—ใ‚“ใ‹ใ’ใ‚Šใ‚…ใ†ใ€school of Kenjutsu
โ€“ ็–‹็”ฐๅฐไผฏใ€ŒใฒใใŸ ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใฏใใ€- Disciple
โ€“ ็ฅžๅพŒไบ”ๅ…ญ้ƒŽใ€Œใ‹ใ‚“ใ” ใ”ใ‚ใใ‚ใ†ใ€- Disciple

ๅกšๅŽŸ ๅœไผใ€Œใคใ‹ใฏใ‚‰ ใผใใงใ‚“ใ€- Kensei; legendary swordsman

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

  • ็™ฝๆฅฝๅคฉใ€Œใฏใ ใใ‚‡ใ„ใ€ใƒผ Chinese poet (Bai Juyi / Bo Juyi) also known as: ็™ฝๆฅฝๅคฉใ€Œใฏใ ใ‚‰ใใฆใ‚“ใ€in Japan. (Late 700s)

  • ้“ๅ…ƒใ€Œใฉใ†ใ’ใ‚“ใ€(or ้“ๅ…ƒ็ฆ…ๅธซใ€Œใฉใ†ใ’ใ‚“ ใœใ‚“ใ˜ใ€ใƒผ Japanese Buddhist Priest, writer & poet (also known as ๆ „่ฅฟ็ฆ…ๅธซใ€Œใˆใ„ใ•ใ„ ใœใ‚“ใ˜ใ€) (Early / mid 1200s)

  • ็ฉบๆตทใ€Œใใ†ใ‹ใ„ใ€ใƒผ The one and only Kukai or Kobo Daishi - a Buddhist monk. Posthumously given the title of: ๅผ˜ๆณ•ๅคงๅธซใ€Œใ“ใ†ใผใ† ใ ใ„ใ—ใ€born as: ไฝไผฏ ็œž้ญšใ€Œใ•ใˆใ ใฎ ใพใŠใ€(late 700s / early 800s)

  • ๆบ้ ผๆ”ฟใ€Œใฟใชใ‚‚ใจ ใฎ ใ‚ˆใ‚Šใพใ•ใ€ใƒผ Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)

  • ๅนณ ้‡็››ใ€ŒใŸใ„ใ‚‰ ใฎ ใ—ใ’ใ‚‚ใ‚Šใ€ใƒผ Military commander and court noble, claimed to be an ancestor of Oda Nobunaga (Mid-1100s)

  • ๆก“ๆญฆ๏ผˆๅคฉ็š‡๏ผ‰ใ€Œใ‹ใ‚“ใ‚€๏ผˆใฆใ‚“ใฎใ†๏ผ‰ใ€ใƒผ 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
็น”็”ฐ ไฟก้•ทใ€ŒใŠใ  ใฎใถใชใŒใ€- Head of the Oda clan
โ€“ ็น”็”ฐ ไฟกๅบƒใ€ŒใŠใ  ใฎใถใฒใ‚ใ€- Older brother
โ€“ ็น”็”ฐ ไฟก่กŒใ€ŒใŠใ  ใฎใถใ‚†ใใ€(also: ไฟกๅ‹ใ€Œใฎใถใ‹ใคใ€) - Younger brother

ๆœจไธ‹ ่—คๅ‰้ƒŽใ€Œใใฎใ—ใŸ ใจใ†ใใกใ‚ใ†ใ€- Hideyoshi
โ€“ ๆœจ่‚ก ๆจฉไธ‰ใ€ŒใใพใŸ ใ”ใ‚“ใžใ†ใ€(Nickname: ใ”ใ‚“ใž) - Servant

ๆต…้‡Ž ๅˆๅณ่ก›้–€ใ€Œใ‚ใ•ใฎ ใพใŸใˆใ‚‚ใ‚“ใ€- Military commander
โ€“ ๅฏงๅญใ€Œใญใญใ€- Daughter
ๆŸด็”ฐ ๅ‹ๅฎถใ€Œใ—ใฐใŸ ใ‹ใคใ„ใˆใ€(nickname: ๆจฉๅ…ญใ€Œใ”ใ‚“ใ‚ใใ€) - Military Commander
ไฝไน…้–“ ็››ๆ”ฟใ€Œใ•ใใพ ใ‚‚ใ‚Šใพใ•ใ€(nickname: ็Ž„่•ƒใ€Œใ’ใ‚“ใฐใ€) - Retainer
ๅฑฑๆทต ๅณ่ฟ‘ใ€Œใ‚„ใพใถใก ใ†ใ“ใ‚“ใ€- Magistrate
โ€“ ๅฑฑๆทต ็พฉ้ ใ€Œใ‚„ใพใถใก ใ‚ˆใ—ใจใŠใ€- Father (Chief Vassal)
ๆˆธ้ƒจ ๆ–ฐๅทฆ่ก›้–€ใ€Œใจใน ใ—ใ‚“ใ–ใˆใ‚‚ใ‚“ใ€- Castle commander

Maeda Clan
ๅ‰็”ฐ ๅˆฉๅฎถใ€Œใพใˆใ  ใจใ—ใ„ใˆใ€(childhood name: ็Šฌๅƒไปฃใ€Œใ„ใฌใกใ‚ˆใ€) - Military commander

Saito Clan
ๆ–Ž่—ค ็พฉ้พใ€Œใ•ใ„ใจใ† ใ‚ˆใ—ใ•ใคใ€(also: ้ซ˜ๆ”ฟใ€ŒใŸใ‹ใพใ•ใ€) - Military commander
โ€“ ๅญซๅ››้ƒŽใ€Œใพใ”ใ—ใ‚ใ†ใ€- Brother
โ€“ ๅ–œๅนณๆฌกใ€Œใใธใ„ใ˜ใ€- Brother
โ€“ ๆ–Ž่—ค ้“ไธ‰ใ€Œใ•ใ„ใจใ† ใฉใ†ใ•ใ‚“ใ€- Father

Akechi Clan
ๆ˜Žๆ™บ ๅ…‰็ง€ใ€Œใ‚ใ‘ใก ใฟใคใฒใงใ€(common name: ๅๅ…ต่ก›ใ€Œใ˜ใ‚…ใ†ในใ„ใ€) - Military Commander
ๆ˜Žๆ™บ ๅ…‰ๅฎ‰ใ€Œใ‚ใ‘ใก ใฟใคใ‚„ใ™ใ€- Military Commander and adoptive father of Jyubei
โ€“ ๆ˜Žๆ™บ ็ง€ๆบ€ใ€Œใ‚ใ‘ใก ใฒใงใฟใคใ€- Son, and retainer to Jyubei

Imagawa Clan
ไปŠๅท ็พฉๅ…ƒใ€Œใ„ใพใŒใ‚ ใ‚ˆใ—ใ‚‚ใจใ€- Daimyo

Takeda Clan
ๆญฆ็”ฐ ไฟก็Ž„ใ€ŒใŸใ‘ใ  ใ—ใ‚“ใ’ใ‚“ใ€- Daimyo

Asakura Clan
ๆœๅ€‰ ็พฉๆ™ฏใ€Œใ‚ใ•ใใ‚‰ ใ‚ˆใ—ใ‹ใ’ใ€- Daimyo

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home post

20th feb

still full of covid but feeling better enough that today wasnโ€™t as much of a struggle, a couple of days and iโ€™ll be back to normal. went back to ่Ÿฒๅธซ and was reminded how much i missed it! this one was another odd one (island where the dead get reborn if certain conditions are met) but i enjoyed it. it also had some colour pages! which wouldnโ€™t normally be too much to note but where the other colour pages are all of a different, shinier paper, these were just normal manga paper.

words that stood out: ใฏใ‚‹ใฐใ‚‹ (from far away, over a great distance), ๆตทใปใŸใ‚‹ (ใ†ใฟใปใŸใ‚‹, sea firefly. was in the manga as ใ‚ฆใƒŸใƒœใ‚ฟใƒซ which iโ€™m assuming is a regional pronunciation?), ๆœ›ๆœˆ (ใ‚‚ใกใฅใ, full moon, moon on the fifteenth day of the month by the lunar calendar)

there was also a bookmark hidden in there!


canโ€™t imagine this is an up to date map anymore (are all of these places even still open???) but fun to find all the same!

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Feb 20, Mon of Week 9 of Winter Q1 2023 :snowman::snowflake:

  • ใ‚ฌใƒฉใ‚นใฎใ†ใ•ใŽ Ch.7

  • Komi Canโ€™t Communicate Vol. 1 Ch.4-6

  • ใตใ—ใŽใฎๅ›ฝใฎใƒใƒผใƒ‰ Vol.5 Ch.20-21 ้‡‘ๅฑฑ(ใ‹ใญใ‚„ใพ) (start volume)

MC is dying, and recently Vol.10 came out.

  • ใ†ใŸใ‚ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ‚‚ใฎ

It now feels like itโ€™s gonna end someday.

Words of the day
  • ใ„ใใ˜ใชใ— = coward; good-for-nothing = ๆ„ๆฐ—ๅœฐ(ใ„ใใ˜)ใชใ—. ๆ„ๆฐ—ๅœฐ(ใ„ใใ˜) is the will to carry through = ๆ„ๅœฐ(ใ„ใ˜).
  • ใ‚ขใƒ˜ใƒณ = opium. Kanji form is ้˜ฟ็‰‡(ใ‚ใธใ‚“).
  • ใ—ใ‚ƒใฃใใ‚Š(.) = hiccup
  • ใ”ใฃใŸ(.) = confusion; mess; huddle = ใ”ใŸใ”ใŸ
  • ใฉใใฉใ(.) = (on-mim) copiously; in a steady steam
  • ใ“ใ‚ใ‹ใฟ = temple (on the sides of head) = ่Ÿ€่ฐท(ใ“ใ‚ใ‹ใฟ). ใ€”็ฑณ(ใ“ใ‚)ใ‚’ๅ™›(ใ‹)ใ‚€ใจๅ‹•ใๆ‰€๏ผŒใฎๆ„ใ€• = the part the moves when biting rice.
  • ๆ€ฅๆ‰€(ใใ‚…ใ†ใ—ใ‚‡) = vitals of the body
  • ๅฝข่€ŒไธŠๅญฆ(ใ‘ใ„ใ˜ใ˜ใ‚‡ใ†ใŒใ) = metaphysics
  • ๅพŒ(ใ‚ใจ)ใšใ•ใ‚Š = stepping back = ๅพŒ้€€(ใ‚ใจใšใ•)ใ‚Š
  • ไป‹ๆทป(ใ‹ใ„ใž)ใˆ = helper
  • ็ช˜(ใŸใ—ใช)ใ‚ใ‚‹ = to warn; to rebuke = ๆˆ’(ใ„ใพใ—)ใ‚ใ‚‹. No Furigana. Compare with ๅ—œ(ใŸใ—ใช)ใ‚€, which can be both, to be fond of, and to be modest; to be careful.
  • ๅพฎ็ก(ใพใฉใ‚)ใฟ = a short sleep; a doze
  • ็ก้ญ”(ใ™ใ„ใพ) = drowsiness
  • ่ตทๅบŠ(ใใ—ใ‚‡ใ†) = getting up from bed
  • ๅญค้ซ˜(ใ“ใ“ใ†) = proudly independent
  • ็››ๅคง(ใ›ใ„ใ ใ„) = grand; magnificent
  • ๅ…ˆๅคฉๆ€ง(ใ›ใ‚“ใฆใ‚“ใ›ใ„) = congenital
  • ้†้†ๅ‘ณ(ใ ใ„ใ”ใฟ) = the real pleasure; the true charm. Has Furigana, and probably unique Kanjiโ€™s.
  • ่ฑŠ็ฉฃ(ใปใ†ใ˜ใ‚‡ใ†) = good crops. Has Furigana. Second Kanji practically only used in this word.
  • ็™พ่ถณ(ใ‚€ใ‹ใง) = centipede. Has Furigana, and I have seen the word before.
  • ่›ž่“(ใชใ‚ใใ˜) = slug. Has Furigana. I have seen the word, but not the Kanjiโ€™s.
  • ่™ป(ใ‚ใถ) = horsefly; gad fly. Has Furigana.
  • ่š‹(ใถใ‚†) = black fly; gnat. Has Furigana.
  • ๅฝขไปฃ(ใ‹ใŸใ—ใ‚) = paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object
  • ๅœฐๅฝข(ใกใ‘ใ„) = terrain; geographical features
  • ่ˆช็ฉบๆฏ่‰ฆ(ใ“ใ†ใใ†ใผใ‹ใ‚“) = aircraft carrier
  • ่–„็€(ใ†ใ™ใŽ) = being lightly dressed
  • ๅˆถ่ฃ(ใ›ใ„ใ•ใ„) = punishment (by regulations, rules)
  • ่ญท่บซ็”จ(ใ”ใ—ใ‚“ใ‚ˆใ†) = for self-protection
  • ไธ€ๆ„ๅฐ‚ๅฟƒ(ใ„ใกใ„ใ›ใ‚“ใ—ใ‚“) = single-mindedly
  • ๆป…็งๅฅ‰ๅ…ฌ(ใ‚ใฃใ—ใปใ†ใ“ใ†) = selfless devotion; sacrificing oneโ€™s personal interest to public good
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February 20th

:snowman: Home post :snowflake:

Card Captor Sakura volume 11 โ€“ progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 185, finished chapters 41 and 42 & volume 10.
Today: Began reading volume 11, read up to page 16.

Iโ€™m not feeling much better, unfortunately. Had to force myself to read and didnโ€™t have the energy nor the patience to read the whole explanation, so I stopped after a few pages.

Reply

@nyxqueenofshadows
I totally missed your situation โ€“ I hope you will recover soon! :crossed_fingers:


โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“โ€“

No words of note today.

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Currently trying to catch up with ๅŠ่ฝใก and I also wanted to start ใƒฆใƒผใƒˆใƒญใƒ‹ใ‚ซใฎใ“ใกใ‚‰ๅด before you and Nicole finish it, but on the other hand thereโ€™s only one chapter of ้—‡็ฅ“ left, itโ€™s titled ๅฎถๆ—, and Iโ€™m 99 % sure itโ€™s about the ็ฅžๅŽŸ family. I remembered that the ๅ…ˆ่ผฉโ€™s name from chapter 1 was also ็ฅžๅŽŸ, so we have all the chapters connected now. And their โ€ženemy familyโ€œ, the ็™ฝ็Ÿณโ€˜s, were mentioned in chapter 1 and chapter 3 as well. Iโ€˜m looking forward to the big reveal / showdown!
But itโ€™s still 100 pages, thatโ€™s at least two reading days :smiley:

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:snowflake: Day 51, 20th of February :snowflake:

:open_book: Back to my Home Post

In yesterdayโ€™s page the two soldiers readied their weapons in order to fight off any dangers that might appear on the road. Today, they do actually meet an enemy! Itโ€™s of course a really big wolfโ€ฆ who. Talks??? Anyway, he laughs at them trying to save the princess and proclaims they have to get through him first.

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