📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

[maykeye]

Felt sick last week, so barely read anything. Finished chapter 12 of 魔女の旅々. Damn, witches are crazy

[ChristopherFritz]

Day 54: February 23rd

くノ一ツバキの胸の内 Volume 7 (13% ➨ 24%)

[alygator]

Home post

2 月 24 日
ルリドラゴン Volume 1
p. 18 - 26

I did my first take of the second week’s pages! Just a very quick run down without using the vocab sheet or looking up any grammar on bunpro or ichi.moe to get the feel of it. A new character has been introduced! Is that considered a spoiler? I’m not too sure. Will reread again over the weekend!

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@DIO-Berry

I was late to bed again and I remembered the next section of Ruri should be open to discuss today, so I figured I’d read it until the absolute latest I can get 6h of sleep. Spoiler thoughts:

So I mistakenly read the spoiler cause I skipped the first few lines of your post and I didn’t see the pages you had read above hahaha. I assumed you were reading for the upcoming week (p18-26). Lesson learned: read the headlines first!

[nyxqueenofshadows]

home post

24th feb

with chapter five and the 後書き that’s volume 5 of 蟲師 complete! this was a really good one all round, both with the individual stories and the wider character development we got for ginko. i’m also quite happy chapter 5 ends the way it does without a solution unlike most of the other stories do. given that it dealt with memory loss it would have felt a bit strange to have ginko wander in with a cure for something that functions an awful lot like dementia.

words that stood out: いびき (snoring), 更ける (ふける, to get late, to advance, to wear on), 老ける (ふける, to age, to grow old, to show signs of age. wonder if this and 更ける were once the same word, in pre-kanji times)

@natarin

mine

belated happy birthday!

@maykeye

Felt sick last week

hope you’re feeling better now!

[polv]

Feb 24, Fri of Week 9 of Winter Q1 2023

• ガラスのうさぎ Ch.12

• ふしぎの国のバード Vol.6 Ch.27 十文字(じゅうもんじ)

紙漉(かみす)き, that is, making of 和紙(わし). The ink is barely mentioned, perhaps see in TIL thread.

• うたわれるもの

Words of the day

• ぽっかり(.) = (on-mim) wide open (e.g. of a mouth)
• ほかほか = (on-mim) steaming hot (food). It follows after 蒸(ふ)かす (to steam [potato]) in context.
• よろよろ(.) = (on-mim) totteringly
• まごつく(.) = to be at a loss (of what to do); to be confused. From まごまご (on-mim).
• しもやけ = frostbite; chilblains = 霜焼(しもや)け
• きのことり = mushroom gathering = 茸採(きのこと)り
• たきぎ = firewood = 焚(た)き木(ぎ)
• あけび = fiveleaf akebia, a kind of plant = 木通(あけび)
• ノリウツギ = panicled hydrangea, a kind of plant = 糊空木(のりうつぎ)
• 楮(こうぞ) = paper mulberry, a kind of plant. Has Furigana.
• むらなく = evenly; uniformly = 斑(むら)なく. Yet another isolated reading of the Kanji. (Other readings are ふ, ぶち, まだら, はん, and perhaps some others. On reading is ハン.)
• いいつける = to be ordered to do = 言(い)い付(つ)ける
• 諭(さと)す = to admonish; to dissuade; to persuade; to advise. I feel like it is related to 悟(さと)る and 敏(さと)い. Kanji also in 教諭(きょうゆ) = teacher.
• 恥(は)じる = to feel ashamed. Compare with 恥(はじ) and 恥(は)じらい.
• へっぴり腰(ごし) = stooped back, a bad posture = 屁(へ)っ放(ぴ)り腰(ごし)
• 収納(しゅうのう) = storage / a receipt
• 木(こ)の実(み) = fruit of a tree. An alternate reading is 木(き)の実(み). Uses a different reading for 木(き), just like yesterday’s 木陰(こかげ).
• 木(こ)の葉(は) = tree leaves. Sounds like a village
• 低木(ていぼく) = shrub; bush (of low trees). Opposite is 高木(こうぼく), though there is also 大木(たいぼく).
• 天日(てんぴ) = heat of the sun
• 上出来(じょうでき) = good work. The opposite seems to be 不出来(ふでき) (not 下).
• 強靭(きょうじん) = tough; strong = 強靱(きょうじん). Second Kanji has an alternate form (靱()). Has Furigana.
• 攪拌(かくはん) = stirring; whipping. First Kanji has an alternate form (撹()), which is also used in 攪乱(かくらん)   (撹乱(かくらん)).
• 凄絶(せいぜつ) = gruesome; fierce
• 勘気(かんき) = disfavor; displeasure
• 蹂躙(じゅうりん) = trampling; violation
• 兵站(へいたん) = war logistics
• 恭順(きょうじゅん) = submission; allegiance. Has Furigana.
• 垂涎(すいぜん)の的(まと) = object of avid desire. The second Kanji is 涎(よだれ) = saliva.

[Zakarius]

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

February 24th
新書太閣記 progress: 12.59% // Volume II: 43.24%

Words found under the kotatsu

微酔い「ほろよい」ー Slightly intoxicated; tipsy
灯影「とうえい」ー Flicker of light
望蜀「ぼうしょく」ー Insatiability

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 1561)

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

Military Commanders
浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」
– 寧子「ねね」- Daughter
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(Common name: 勝三郎「かつさぶろう」)
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」
佐久間 盛重「さくま もりしげ」(also know as: 大学「だいがく」)

Retainers
佐久間 盛政「さくま もりまさ」(nickname: 玄蕃「げんば」)
森 可成「もり よしなり」(Other name: 三左衛門「さんざえもん」)
– 蘭丸「らんまる」- Son

Others
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)
戸部 新左衛門「とべ しんざえもん」- Castle commander

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
– 今川 氏真「いまがわ うじざね」- Son, and heir to the Imagawa clan
– 太原 雪斎「たいげん せっさい」- Uncle, military advisor and monk

Military Commanders
伊丹 康直「いたみ やすなお」(also known as: 権阿弥「ごんあみ」)
庵原 忠縁「いはら ただより」(also known as: 将監「しょうげん」)
斎藤 利澄「さいとう としずみ」(also known as: 掃部介「かぶのすけ」)

Others
朝比奈 主計「あさひな かずえ」- Samurai

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

Matsudaira Clan
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」(Childhood name: 竹千代「たけちよ」// Other name: 元康「もとやす」) - Soldier
– 築山「つきやま」- Wife
– 榊原 忠政「さかきばら ただまさ」- Vassal

Non-affiliated
鵜殿 甚七「うど (の) じんしち」- Mountain priest (Yamabushi)

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@natarin

mine

Birthday spotted!
Happy (belated) birthday!!

[Twelvewishes]

Day 55, 24th of February

Back to my Home Post

Last time some rumbling was going on, today we see it was these six wolfes. Apparently they came sprinting at top speeds or something, it’s unclear how they appeared. It’s pretty much impossible to fight six of them at once, so fleeing into the woods it is.

[Midnightblue]

February 24th

Home post

Card Captor Sakura volume 11 – progress report
Yesterday: Continued up to page 103.
Today: Read up to page 141, finished chapter 44.

One chapter left. Sakura has finally changed all the cards into her own and Eriol is finally about to explain his schemes. But that will have to wait for tomorrow as I’m tired already.

On another note: happy (belated) birthday, @natarin !

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Word or expression of the day:
大騒ぎ - (おおさわぎ) - clamour, uproar, tumult

[Greti33]

February 23rd & 24th (Days 54 & 55)

Home post

23/02/23: この本を盗む者は (13 - 16%)
24/02/23: 1Q84 Book 1 後編 (0 - 11%)

I took a day’s rest from reading 1Q84 yesterday to catch up with the この本を盗む者は book club but… I am really struggling. Don’t think this is my cup of tea. But also hesitant to drop it because maybe chapter 2 gets better?

Anywas, today I started the second part of 1Q84 Book 1 - read chapter 13, and itching to read more :3

@natarin

mine

Happy (belated) birthday!

[lucylavelle]

February 24th

Today I read Chatpers 3-5 of Komi Can’t Communicate. Its interesting so far.

(Home Post)

[Redglare]

Home post // Feb 24

・薬屋のひとりごと３ (80% → 81%)

I keep falling asleep

[Natsuha]

Day 54
I read more Tsugumomo vol.5. Nearly done with this volume after that I only have one more volume of Tsugumomo to read in japanese.

3852 pages read

[ekuroe]

Feb 24 & 25

世界から猫が消えたなら pg45-pg51

Read three pages last night and the rest this morning.

[WaniTsunami]

Started Chainsaw Man Buddy Stories. It’s fun reading and hearing the anime characters voices. That was actually a reason why I waited to read it for so long.

[pocketcat]

I’m about halfway through this week’s reading of 半落ち, seeing if I can get through the remaining 25 pages today. Luckily I really like this book so I’m not bored, but it’s not a fast read for me. Too many unknown idioms and a decent scattering of sentences I have to think about to make sense of, although fewer than in the beginning.

I quite liked this two sentence set, which without context is not a spoiler and is a minor thing anyways:

マンションの最上階の部屋も、美しい妻も、自分に相応しいものとして手に入れた。目に見える成功の証で、目に見えない心の空白を埋め続けていた。

Excellent summing up of a character in just two brief sentences. I definitely want to read more 横山秀夫 after this book as well.

@Greti33

But also hesitant to drop it because maybe chapter 2 gets better?

Chapter 2 isn’t magic realism, so it’s probably a lot easier for people to keep track of what’s happening because it follows more normal story conventions rather than “crazy thing happened!”. I enjoyed ch 1 but I can see why it wasn’t too popular.

So I guess it depends on what you’re not liking, but I will say the genre of chapter two is more or less gritty noir detective drama. I’m really digging it, which probably isn’t surprising

[Ptscan]

I always feel very inspired reading your guys comments here and specially @WaniTsunami . I hope I’ll soon be able to read as much as you guys. The other day I struggled hard with Conan Volume 6 the second case (File 5). It was devastating. I’m of course used to encounter many kanjis and words that I don’t know but this one, boy it was a struggle, maybe I was also tired that night… anyway… I kept pushing, re-read it the next night and the gist of it sunk a bit better. Reading is indeed challenging but I believe in consistence. It’s worthy to mention that I’m well aware that Conan is above my level, but I think overall it’s making me read better things that are around my level (lvl 18 right now).

Comparing to my previous endeavors (back in 2015) I feel like I’m reading way more than that time and understanding also way more of it. Looking forward to be able to read more “advanced native materials”. I’ll be happy when I manage I can finally read my lvl 30 light novel collection.

[natarin]

February 24 Home Post

Thank you all for the birthday wishes Got in a more solid reading day today and finished off the Limbo route! Finishing a first route is always an exciting prospect, I look forward to seeing how the next one will go

[WaniTsunami]

Consistency is key! I remember being so jealous seeing people finish manga volumes in one sitting and honestly the secret was just doing it more.

I started with my hero and remember one chapter being a challenge. Then I started getting time to read 3, 4, 5 chapters a day, then that turned into a volume, then 2. Not quite at 3 yet (I gotta do stuff for my family at some point). But I did move to books which take me about 2-4 weeks depending on my drive.

Level doesnt matter as long as you enjoy the process of reading! Good luck!

[Ptscan]

That’s exactly my feeling. I’m so jealous of you guys reading manga and novels within a week. Watching anime and drama, listening to podcast and understanding it all… I’ll get there!

[WaniTsunami]

The secret is accepting ambiguity. I don’t understand everything but I know enough to not be lost. That’s the sweet spot for learning.