ใใ or ใใใ ? IME ้ in names usually comes out as ใใ.
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Jan 3, Tue of Week 2 of Winter Q1 2023 
- ใฏใใใ็ดฐ่ Black Vol.2 Ch.6 (start volume)
It appears that I glide pretty well with Kanji. Cruel nature makes it interesting so far.
- ใใใใใใใฎ
Interesting words
- ใใใพใ = composed and proper. From ใๆพใพใ = clear
- ใพใฉใใฃใใใ = sluggish; slow. From ้ๆ ใฃใใ.
- ใใฉใใ = to crack a joke. Also ๆฏใใ. (Just how many Kun readings does this Kanji have? Also, this one is unlisted.)
- ๅ = fault; blame; offense. I only have see ๅใใ before.
- ็ชถใใ = to become emaciated. Actually I saw this Kanji very early on (in Tae Kim?) but long time no see.
- ๆ็ดใ = to complain. ๆ็ด getting conjugated confuses me a little.
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ๅใใ = to be sharp-minded. Also the same ใญใฌใ = to snap; to get mad.
- ้ ญใๅใใ
- ๆฉ่ปขใๅฉใ
- ่ฌใใใ = enigmatic. From ่ฌใใ = to be enigmatic
- ๅงใใ = to encourage; to urge. Compare ่ฆใใ = to recommend. (The former can also be, to recommend.)
- ่ใใ = to be hesitant; to be timid. The Kanji from ่็ .
- ไปฐใๅใ = to be taken aback; to bend backwards
- ่บซใซไฝใ = to be more than one deserves
- ็ดใกใซ = at once. Without ใก would be either ็ดใซ or ็ดใซ.
- ใ่ถ่ซใ = snack served with tea
- ๅฌใ = joyfully
- ไบๆฌ ใใชใ = having plenty
- ๆฏๆใ = taking a breather
- ้ป่ฒใๅฃฐ = a sharp squeaky voice, like of a child or a girl = ใใใใๅฃฐ
- ไธ็ฅ = a glance. Somehow, I continue to forget the reading, and no Furigana.
- ๆขๆฐ = carefree = ๅๆฐ. The Kanji is from ๆตๆข.
- ่ชฟๅบฆๅ = furnishings
- ่ง่ณช = keratin = composition of ่ง.
- ไธ่ก็ = unsanitary conditions
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็ฝ็ฌ = ringworm; tinea. Inside the second Kanji is ๆฐ้ฎฎ, I donโt know why. ่ตค่ก็ said ้้ญ.
- Depending on the location, can be ๆฐด่ซ, ย ย ็ฐ่ซ, ย ย ้ฐ้, ย ย ็ฝ้ฒ ย (supposed to be ็ฝ็ฌ ?, but the manga put in the former)
- ็่ = true fungus. Also, ่้ก = fungi, but ่ can be both bacteria and fungi.
- ๆฝฐ็ = ulcer. ่ๆฝฐ็ = stomach ulcer = ่ใฎๆฝฐ็.
- ้ๅญๆฆใ = being bound hand and foot. Being bound (็ตกใ) in a group of wild geese (้).
- ็ฏ็ฉด = bad eyes (canโt see well) / a hole in a thin board
- ๅๆงไธๅฃ = of low character
- ่ฆๆฅฝใๅ ฑใซใใ = to share joys and sorrows with
- ่จใใใใใใคใใ = to accuse someone falsely
SFX
- ใฎใใฎใ = greasy
- ใใทใใจ = cleanly; sternly; flatly
Kanji
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็ฌ
- ringworm; tinea
- ใปใณ
- ็ฝ็ฌ่, ย ย ็ฎ็ฌ, ย ย ้ญ้ฑ็ฌ
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ๆฝฐ
- crush
- ใซใค ย (ๅฃ)
- ๆฝฐ็, ย ย ่ๆฝฐ็
- ๆฝฐ่ตฐ
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ๆฝฐใ
- ๆฝฐใใ, ย ย ่ธใฟๆฝฐใ, ย ย ๆๆฝฐใ
- ๆฝฐใใ
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I thought itโd be ใใ but the furigana given is just ใ
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I decided to try digging into this a little bit today, and discovered that this phrase itself is based on an older phrase ไบๅ ญๆไธญ, which also meant around the clock (a full day). I was like โthereโs no way this makes any sense unless japan used to have some really messed up clocks that no one has told me about.โ
Japan had some really messed up clocks that no one had told me about. A full day was divided in to 12 โhoursโ, 6 day and 6 night (hence the 2x6 = full day), but the length of those hours was based on the actual length of the day/night periods. So in the winter, the 6 night hours were longer, and the 6 day hours were shorter, and reverse in the summer. (Edit for clarification: this time system existed before the clocks, they clocks were made in a super funky way to try to capture the existing dominant way of measuring time in tokugawa/edo japan, but it was still 2x6 = one full day)
During the meiji restoration (at least, according to jp wiktionary ๅๅ ญๆไธญ - ใฆใฃใฏใทใงใใชใผๆฅๆฌ่ช็ ), this existing expression was altered to make it make a little bit more sense with a Western 24 hour day
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day 3 
home post
Read: Yotsubato!
Progress: 25/224 โ 35/224
Thoughts: This has definitely been a lot lighter of a read now that I got past the first part, just like @javerend said! To be fair there were a lot of panels without any dialogue, but where there was I was able to understand much better than the first 20-ish pages. I am enjoying it more now.
(I donโt know how to quote people on the forums yet, so I just pinged you lol)
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Day 3, 3rd of January
In todayโs first DrDru story we talk about Harry Potter. Once again too many Katakana names for my liking.
In the second itโs movie time. We guess which movie it is based on the emoji presented, so there isnโt too much content to read here. Which is good because Iโm a bit dizzy today.
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January 3rd (Day 3) 
Today, I finished reading chapter 8 of ๆตท่พบใฎใซใใซ, and I finally feel like Iโm slowly starting to get a hang of this :3 I am considering reading a little bit more though, because Iโve been scrolling through the bookclubโs discussion on the following chapters and got a little curious 
As for my side quest, I only had the energy to read the next short story from the collection about Milton and Bulka titled ะงะตัะตะฟะฐั
ะฐ (The Turtle). The story was, to my surprise and delight, complete with some turtle facts - so I got a little refresher on my turtle knowledge as a bonus 
Sometimes I forget just how cool turtles are.
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Thereโs a little one-room private museum in Tokyo with a collection of those โdaimyo clocksโ. Recommended for clock nerds, especially if you can make a stab at reading the only-in-Japanese exhibit labels.
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absolutely putting this on my travel wishlist thank you 
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January 3 
ใใฐใกใใใใกใฎใใใจใใ , 53-62%
Today I read this weekโs two stories from ใใฐใกใใใใกใฎใใใจใใ. And this concludes the book clubs for this week. I need to think what to read tomorrow. Continue with my mountain ghost stories book, or read something new?
Thatโs so cool! I knew about the uneven six hours of day and six hours of night, but had no idea there were actual clocks that could measure such a crazy time!
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January 2-3
Home Post
English reading (The Hot Rock by Donald E Westlake) 
Have I mentioned how busy Iโd be for the first half of this month? If youโve missed it, then apparently I forgot to mention it in this thread because I sure have said in a number of places.
So yeah, no actual Japanese reading. Probably a sentence here or there while reading the forum, but nothing on my (Japanese) priorities.
I did however finish a novel in English Iโm reading for a workshop, so it was a prioritized read, and I do have another one of those. Which might be the only thing I read for the next two weeks, more or less. 
Iโm gonna be sooo behind on both VN clubsโฆ
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Day 2
I have finished the third volume of U12. Even though there are still six more volumes left, letโs pretend that the manga ends with volume 3. The girls board a subway and drive to safety while running over all the pedos. What a beautiful ending.
After that I read three pages of ใผใฃใกใใ.
262 pages read 19738 to go
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01ๆ03ๆฅ
9-nine-
Finished week 1 for the club, seems pretty nice so far. I get the feeling Iโm going to like it. I have to be responsible and not read more so ใใใใใใใฎ until Friday.
I might start NieR:Automata again. And I say again because I did play many hours of it until the first ending back in some previous challenge but I didnโt continue for some reason even though I was adoring the game. Iโve seen that an anime is about to release and it got me curious but I donโt want to watch it without finishing the game first. So Iโll restart it soon, maybe.
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January 3rd!
Today I read this weeks ABBC portion of Cells at Work.
I had to look up a lot of vocab, but thats to be expected when it includes words like ่ก็ฎกๅ
็ฎ vascular endothelium
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I was planning to wait to start volume 5 of ใทใฃใใผใใฆใน, but decided to let myself read 2 chapters since it was my birthday. So I read 6โฆ
3/1 3 pages ใใฐใกใใใใกใฎใใใจใใ (finished story 7), 70 pages ใทใฃใใผใใฆใน (chapters 51-56)
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่ช็ๆฅใใใงใจใใใใใพใ๏ผ
Iโm still only half way through Volume 4 of Shadows House but Iโm really enjoying it so Iโm hoping it stays as interesting through volume 5 too.
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Itโs entertaining and easy reading - so far not as many major revelations as volume 4, though I think something interesting is about to happen where I paused.
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Home post // Jan 3
ใป ๆฌๅฅฝใใฎไธๅ ไธ 16 (22% โ 25%)
Was busy packing stuff today, but got to read a bit while waiting for the train. โฆAh, train wifi is as spotty and unstable as always. I wonder how online lecture tomorrow will be Good thing classmates take audio recordings.
Happy birthday! 
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Well, today was largely and unexpectedly successful on the reading front. I spent a good hour trying to figure out how to buy books online and ended up going through basically the entirety of Book Walker JP in Japanese without realizing that a lot of the pages are also available in English haha. By the time I ended up buying the mangas and light novels I wanted, I felt as though I got in enough reading for the day but I didnโt stop there. I read:
- ~ 3 pages of ใใฉใคใณใฐใใใฃใก๏ผ1๏ผ
- ~ 5 pages of ใฌใณใฟใซใใซใใกใใ๏ผ1๏ผ
Huge success for me. Iโm glad I now have easy access to a few different series so that I can read something every day~
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Day 3: January 3rd
What did I read?: ๅคใฎๅๅใๅผใใง Vol 3
How much did I read?: 28 pages
How long did it take me?: 41 min
My heart 
This chapter is like bursting with cuteness. Goat Boy (whose actual name is Capri) comes back again because he needs some medicine for his mom - however, he came for it on the wrong day, so he has to wait around for a bit while Rei makes it. Sorry idk why but I thought this panel of Rei rushing to answer the door was adorable so Iโm putting it here, heโs just so cute with the little toothbrush hanging out of his mouth
Rei makes Capri wait around as Goat Boy because Mira is too shy around him as a human but loves him in his tiny goat form He and Mira have such a cute little time together They start talking about this book that Mira was reading, and then they start having imaginary adventures, and itโs just- 
PERFECT.
Rei clearly agrees with me, look at him getting all mushy 
THIS IS LITERALLY THE CUTEST PANEL IN THE WORLD IโM SORRY BUT LOOK AT THEM, THESE SQUISHY LITTLE BEANS
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YAAAAAS This makes me so happy, I hope you love them when you get to them
I love this, thank you for bringing this to my attention
I love that the day and night hours actually corresponded to the actual day and night all the time though, like honestly that logic makes it my new favorite time system. Also love that it basically acknowledges that time is made up, like the idea of the hours literally just being longer sometimes is so fascinating to me. I want to experience this time system just to see what it would be like, I canโt decide if I would hate it or love it in practice My sense of time passing is so wonky anyway, idk if variable hour lengths would help me or confuse me more xD
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