📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

DIO-Berry · March 14, 2023, 5:04am

Congratulations on the djs making their way home to you! How lucky.

Also, wow on the pole. That sounds anxiety generating.

natarin · March 14, 2023, 5:19am

Ended up a bit busy again today, but I got in some BU$TAFELLOWS! I’ve just barely started Shuu side A and I already have more questions than ever very intrigued to see where it goes!

MissDagger · March 14, 2023, 7:59am

So, I didn’t read yesterday because I procrastinated and then there was no time… Ops…

But I wanted to post because I posted the Ouran thread:

Also, @enbyboiwonder, I’m so glad your books got unlost! Gotta wonder how they got that lost to begin with… Anyhow, also glad that all the pole stuff didn’t turn out bad. Might be that the utility pole was planned to be changed that day the smaller one went down anyway. Otherwise how likely would it be they did anything about it the same day the smaller one went down? Maybe I’m just cynical. xD

Cathm2 · March 14, 2023, 12:47pm

13/3 12 pages Spy Family (finished volume 5), 9 pages Orange
14/3 9 pages Orange, 6 pages 古見さん

This week seems to be going better. I can see things going downhill reading wise as I end up in a last minute panic for my next trip. But then I can read on the flights.

polv · March 14, 2023, 4:12pm

Mar 14, Tue of Week 12 of Winter Q1 2023

うたわれるもの
残月記 : そして月がふりかえる Ch.4-5

Ch.1-3 was read on Fri, Sat, Sun respectively, and yesterday was skipped. Also listened to audiobook.

Quite a scene just ahead, as I have looked.

うらら迷路帖 Vol.2 (28-39%)

Words of the day

くねくね(.) = (on-mim) twisting; swaying. Also is the verb, くねる.
ミシミシ(.) = (on-mim) with a creak. Also, みしり. Perhaps something stuck together too much.
ブラブラ(.) = (on-mim) swinging around (e.g. legs) / loitering; aimlessly / keeping of chronic illness
どっかり(.) = (on-mim) plunking down something heavy (e.g. drop your butts on the floor to sit). Indeed, not related to 徳利(とっくり).
開(ひら)き直(なお)る = to turn defiant
野次(やじ)を飛(と)ばす = to jeer at. Another verb is 野次(やじ)る. First two Kanji are also recognized in 野次馬(やじうま) (= curious onlookers).
鉢合(はちあ)わせる = to bump into; to encounter by chance
色(いろ)めき立(た)つ = to grow lively; to be energized
深手(ふかで)を負(お)う = to sustain a severe (mortal) wound
侍(はべ)る = to serve. No Furigana. Maybe I have seen the word before. First Kanji is 侍(さむらい).
一理(いちり)ある = to have a point in that
左様(さよう) = just like that; That’s right
回(まわ)れ右(みぎ) = right about face; turning back 180 degrees.
物見櫓(ものみやぐら) = watchtower. 櫓(やぐら) is a watchtower of a fort; from a warehouse (倉(くら)) to stock arrows (矢(や)).
猛者(もさ) = a tough fighter. No Furigana, but I have a hunch… It’s an old forgotten vocabulary with exceptional reading.
所作(しょさ) = movement; behavior
誇示(こじ) = ostentatious display; display of confidence. First Kanji from 誇(ほこ)る.
麾下(きか) = under commands of. Has Furigana. Perhaps 麾 feel like commandeering, with an army flag fluttering in the wind (靡(なび)く).
寵愛(ちょうあい) = favor. Probably being under the same roof of a dragon (龍) is just being a favorite.
伴奏(ばんそう) = musical accompaniment; playing an accompaniment
～隻(せき) = counter of ships (large boats). I mentioned about ～艘(そう) the other day; while of course I am more used to the former (just forgot).
係留(けいりゅう) = mooring; taking a rope to hold a boat in place (also advertising balloons). The equipment is 舫(もや)い, perhaps.
路肩(ろかた) = shoulder of a round (on a mountain; cliff)
髣髴(ほうふつ) = close resemblance / vivid recollection = 彷彿(ほうふつ). Only if I remember the sound / Kana…
五月人形(ごがつにんぎょう) = Boy’s May Festival Dolls. In context alongside 雛人形(ひなにんぎょう).
駄法螺(だぼら) = bragging; bullshit. A big 法螺(ほら). Has Furigana.
框(かまち) = frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity. Has Furigana.
臥薪嘗胆(がしんしょうたん) = going through hardship to attain objectives (vengeance). Has Furigana. Third Kanji also in 嘗(かつ)て.
沈思黙考(ちんしもっこう) = being lost in deep thought

Zakarius · March 14, 2023, 5:01pm

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

March 14th
新書太閣記 progress: 18.17% // Volume III: 4.49%

Words found under the kotatsu

榊「さかき」ー Sakaki (sacred Shinto tree)
主賓「しゅひん」ー Main guest; guest of honour

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 - 1562

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
– 織田お市「おだおいち」- Younger sister

木下藤吉郎「きのしたとうきちろう」- Hideyoshi (Married to Nene)
– 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」
– こひ - Wife
– 寧子「ねね」- Oldest Daughter (Married to Hideyoshi)
– おや屋「おやや」- Youngest 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」)
山口守孝「やまぐちもりたか」(also known as: 海老丞「えびのじょう」)
柘植友顕「つげともあき」(also known as: 玄蕃「げんば」)
梶川一秀「かじかわかずひで」
佐久間信辰「さくまのぶとき」
佐々政次「さっさまさつぐ」
岩室重休「いわむろしげやす」
簗田政綱「やなだまさつな」(also known as: 弥二右衛門「やじえもん」)
毛利良勝「もうりよしかつ」
中川重政「なかがわしげまさ」

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
滝川一益「たきがわかずます」(Common name: 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)

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)
道家清十郎「どうけせいじゅうろう」- Wealthy farmer and lord

戸部新左衛門「とべしんざえもん」- Castle commander
水野帯刀「みずのたてわき」- Castle Guard
服部一忠「はっとりかずただ」(also called: 小平太「こへいた」) - Samurai

Maeda Clan
Military Commanders
前田利家「まえだとしいえ」(childhood name: 犬千代「いぬちよ」)
– 佐脇良之「さわきよしゆけ」(also known as: 藤八郎「とうはちろう」) - Younger brother

Saito Clan
Military Commanders
斎藤義龍「さいとうよしさつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」)
– 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
Military Commanders
明智光秀「あけちみつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
明智光安「あけちみつやす」- Also the 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」)
関口氏経「せきぐちうじつね」
富永氏繁「とみながうじしげ」(also known as: 伯耆守「ほうきのかみ」)

Others
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」) - Retainer
– 築山「つきやま」- Wife
– 榊原忠政「さかきばらただまさ」- Vassal
– 石川数正「いしかわかずまさ」- Loyal follower
朝比奈主計「あさひなかずえ」- Samurai
井伊直盛「いいなおもり」- Retainer

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

Sakai Clan
Military Commanders
酒井正親「さかいまさちか」(also known as: 与四郎「よしろう」)

Matsudaira Clan
Military Commanders
松平親俊「まつだいらちかとし」(also known as: 左馬助「さまのすけ」)
杉浦吉貞「すぎうらよしさだ」(also known as: 八郎五郎「はちろうごろう」)

Miyoshi Clan
三好長慶「みよしながよし」- Head of the Miyoshi clan

Retainers
松永弾正久秀「まつながだんじょうひさひで」

Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
足利義輝「あしかがよしてる」- 13th Shogun of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
細川晴元「ほそかわはるもと」- 34th Kanrei of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate

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

Volume III: 1562 - 15??
(Currently 1562/3)

Oda Clan
織田信長「おだのぶなが」- Leader of the Oda Clan
– 織田信秀「おだのぶひで」- Father (previous leader of the Oda Clan)

木下藤吉郎「きのしたとうきちろう」- Hideyoshi
– 寧子「ねね」- Wife
( – – 浅野又右衛門「あさのまたえもん」- Father)
( – – おや屋「おやや」- Younger sister)

Military Commanders
柴田勝家「しばたかついえ」
佐久間信盛「さくまのぶもり」
林秀貞「はやしひださだ」
滝川一益「たきがわかずます」
菅屋長頼「すがやながより」

Matsudaira Clan
松平元康「まつだいらもとやす」- Leader of the Matsudaira Clan

Military Commanders
石川数正「いしかわかずまさ」
酒井忠次「さかいただつぐ」

enbyboiwonder · March 14, 2023, 5:45pm

Although actually I kinda forgot about the pole since looking out the drive-thru window, it just looks like it’s leaning slightly to the left, you can’t see it leaning toward the shop at all. It was really only Saturday after the other one came down that I realized it coulda been the one in front of the shop and that coulda been bad

I guess it’s good being dumb sometimes because every time it’s real windy I get anxiety that the pecan tree right outside my bedroom window will fall on me, even knowing full well it’s leaning away from the house so if it does come down on anyone it’s likely to be the across-the-street neighbors (though actually I dunno if it’s tall enough to do any damage to their house itself), so I’m surprised this didn’t give me anxiety too

javerend · March 14, 2023, 7:40pm

３月１４日 (Home Post Link)

I am still slowly working through Teaching and Researching Reading (Grabe & Stoller). It’s pretty comprehensive and I keep getting distracted by the studies they’re talking about and in one of the chapters on L2 reading research, they mention the results of this study https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1362168809341508 (not open access, sorry ) that tried to control for differences in exposure time between intensive and extensive reading programs. As a side effect of readers being able to choose what they wanted to read in the extensive reading groups, they also measured what kinds of books people were reading relative to their starting measured reading level and they found something super super super super surprising that I thought might be interesting to people in this thread (they mention using graded readers, but that means something a little different for EFL classrooms than most other languages):

It really does seem to be as long as you are reading, pretty much no matter what it is, no matter how hard or easy it is for your level, you are still getting benefits that are at least in the same ballpark. So read what you enjoy reading and what you want to read!

Read:

三ツ星カラーズ ch 37

Word of the Day:
短冊「たんざく」ー tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)

omk3 · March 14, 2023, 9:22pm

March 13

ユートロニカのこちら側 , 80-94%

March 14

ユートロニカのこちら側 , 94 - end
水たまりで息をする , 23-31%

I finished ユートロニカのこちら側 today! This makes it the second book to finish this month, and the 8th book to finish this year.

I liked it a lot. It describes a world not so far removed from ours, and poses some quite difficult questions. With each chapter following a different character, we get the opportunity to look at this world from various angles, and through a different set of values each time. Language-wise, it was mostly straightforward, but the included news articles and some philosophical ruminations upped the difficulty quite a lot at times. It’s interesting that it took me 14 (non-consecutive) days to read it, exactly as long as 半落ち, another rather difficult book but for different reasons.

Then today I also continued reading 水たまりで息をする a little. I’m detecting some possible echoes of 地球星人 in the themes it’s exploring, but it’s still early. Curious to see where it goes from here.

I love this, and it confirms what I’ve observed in myself. Reading gives me a feel for the language and the way it works. It doesn’t matter if it’s easy or hard, full of unknown vocabulary or a walk in the park. Any reading increases exposure, and exposure helps the brain make and solidify connections, and even start, very tentatively, sometimes think in the target language, even for a little bit. But then I love reading anyway, so I’d be doing it even if it wasn’t so beneficial.

javerend · March 14, 2023, 10:00pm

And that’s really the trick! The authors of both this study and a few others on reading motivation have all mentioned that even if really rigorous intensive reading ends up working better than extensive reading in some capacities (which current research seems to indicate is not the case), extensive reading might still be more effective in the long run because it turns out that if you let people enjoy reading what they want to read… they just end up reading more!

It’s actually a problem in some studies for comparing intensive and extensive reading: when they introduce l2 learners to strategies for independent extensive reading, some students end up enjoying it so much they just go home and keep reading! Great for their learning, but not so great for getting metrics to compare the two different reading strategies

lucylavelle · March 15, 2023, 12:12am

March 14th!

Today I read Chapter 32 of Orange. I might need to reread the last few pages though, because my cat came to sit on me and went to sleep while I was reading, and it made me really sleepy - so I’m not sure I fully took in those last few pages!

(Home Post)

DIO-Berry · March 15, 2023, 3:34am

Home

March 14th

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険10
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不可解(ふかかい)なぼくのすべてを 2
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季節(きせつ)を愉(たの)しむ366日(たのしむ)
3/15

Yesterday was long in a good way, but I ran out of time to read. I did get a page of seasons though! Although I forget what it said lmao

pocketcat · March 15, 2023, 4:31am

I’m trying to finish this week’s reading of 七回死んだ男 but it’s so. incredibly. boring.

How can reading about two people plotting to make a natural death look like a murder be so dull? I’m probably going to end up skimming the rest. I think if this weren’t a book club book I would have chucked it already. Thankfully only 40ish pages left in the book overall.

I’m honestly excited to be done with both this and この本を盗むものは (although I’m enjoying that one!) because it will free up time for me to read whatever I want Book clubs are fun, but there’s something to be said for choosing a book to fit my mood.

enbyboiwonder · March 15, 2023, 5:02am

Home

It’s Pi Day! Did not have any pie today, but for lunch I did have porcupine balls (made with beef and rice, and covered with tomato sauce), which are more or less spherical, so that sort of counts?

初恋コンバット (kagehina DJ) It was hilarious and also adorable
37 pages of この本を盗む者は, leaving off on pg 226. Very close to finishing ch 3! It’s killing me not to finish it, so I’m gonna stay up long enough to read those last 3 pages (they just won’t count for today since it’s midnight already). This book just keeps getting more interesting!
ねこ島物語

natarin · March 15, 2023, 5:11am

March 14 Home Post

A bit busy again today, but still got in some more BU$TAFELLOWS! It’s been interesting to find out more about Shuu, I have many questions

polv · March 15, 2023, 4:36pm

Mar 15, Wed of Week 12 of Winter Q1 2023

うたわれるもの
夢十夜 Night 7-8
うらら迷路帖 Vol.2 (39-47%)

Words of the day

ジリジリ(.) = (on-mim) bit-by-bit; little-by-little / sizzling; irritatingly
グリグリ(.) = (on-mim) grinding against / rolling (eyes) / hard lump under the skin.
～モドキ = -like. A mind (気(き)) that makes me return (戻(もど)る)? Somewhat similar include 似非(えせ)～ and 疑似(ぎじ)～.
こそばゆい = ticklish; awkward. Something like こすり + 痒(かゆ)い?
めりこむ = to sink in; to get caught in = 減(め)り込(こ)む. Nothing related to Merry Christmas.
囃(はや)す = to play an accompaniment. Has Furigana. I confused the Kanji with お伽噺(とぎばなし) (= おとぎ話(ばなし)).
攻(せ)めあぐねる = to be a loss of how to be offensive. ～あぐねる appears to be a grammar point.
一騒動(ひとそうどう) = a trouble
蘇枋(すおう) = sappan wood; Indian redwood; ฝาง / dark-red color = 蘇芳(すおう). Has Furigana. Painted on a ship in context.
腰巾着(こしぎんちゃく) = a follower. 巾着(きんちゃく) is a hand purse (and can also mean 腰巾着), while イソギンチャク is sea anemone (磯(いそ) = rocky sea shore).
士気(しき) = morale (of a troop)
橋頭堡(きょうとうほ) = bridgehead, a position in enemy area to land an army. Has Furigana.
本陣(ほんじん) = troop headquarters
幕舎(ばくしゃ) = barracks. First Kanji uses the same reading as in 幕府(ばくふ).
杵(きね) = a mallet to pound mochi; a pestle. Has Furigana. A pestle? I think of 乳棒(にゅうぼう) or 擂(す)り粉木(こぎ) first.
- Also presented with a verb, 搗(つ)く = to pound soft things, e.g. mochi (餅(もち)). Has Furigana.
喇叭(らっぱ) = trumpet, a brass wind musical instrument. Has Furigana.
祝詞(のりと) = (reciting of) a prayer. Has Furigana.

Zakarius · March 15, 2023, 4:50pm

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

March 15th
新書太閣記 progress: 18.47% // Volume III: 7.67%

I discovered the ultimate creation in all of food today: chocolate mochi with ganache filling.

I had meant to eat one and save the other for later, but… that didn’t happen.

Words found under the kotatsu

無理押し「むりおし」ー Pushing through; doing something by force; bulldozing
難渋「なんじゅう」ー Hardship; distress; suffering; misery
臨機応変「りんきおうへん」ー Playing it by ear; adapting to the situation at hand