📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

enbyboiwonder · March 22, 2023, 5:03am

Huh, this is the first time I’ve had CDJapan email me an item availability update, especially when it was just informing me that they would take 1-3 weeks to come available, which is exactly what the site said before/when I ordered them. I was afraid they’d say they weren’t available after all. Well, I guess I can take this as confirmation that I do have time to try and finish another of the novels I have started before this order gets here?

preview of パティシエさんとお嬢さん. It looks adorable
月刊少女野崎くん issue 14. I probably spent more time laughing than reading lmao I love these idiots so much
ch 2-3 of 夜カフェ, which is about 30 pages of text
7 pages of 2.43, leaving off on pg 204. The part where everything starts going wrong! I’ve watched the episode that this subchapter is part of I have no idea how many times, but it’s still so exciting. Ah, I should rewatch soon, even just this ep. It’s the best one.
ねこ島物語

DIO-Berry · March 22, 2023, 7:12am

Home

March 21st

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険10
160 - 185 (end)

季節(きせつ)を愉(たの)しむ366日(たのしむ)
Whoops

Finally done with vol 10 of JoJo. I’m going to take a break from the main storyline. lol

polv · March 22, 2023, 3:57pm

Mar 22, Wed of Week 13 of Winter Q1 2023

うらら迷路帖 Vol.3 (20-51%)

Pass the exam or not?, so until pass.

うたわれるもの
残月記 : 月景石 Ch.3

Words of the day

スカスカ(.) = (on-mim) insubstantial; without mass; hollow / smoothly
ハチマキ = headband = 鉢巻(はちま)き. I have never thought of a head as a bowl (鉢(はち)), which apparently can mean so (鉢(はち) = skull cap, 頭蓋骨(ずがいこつ)).
はてしない = boundless = 果(は)てし無(な)い
とんだ = absurd; unthinkable / terrible. Attached to 災難(さいなん) (= misfortune; accident) in context. (「飛(と)んだ」で、飛び離れている意か)
ほざく = to babble. I think of 吠(ほ)える + 裂(さ)く.
なじる = to tell off; to reproach; to press questions = 詰(なじ)る
見(み)え見(み)え = obvious at a glance. So, 見(み)える. Compare with 見(み)る見(み)る (= before one’s eyes; very moment) from the other day.
孕(はら)む = to be filled with (e.g. grudge). It also means being pregnant (containing a child).
現(うつ)し世(よ) = this present world. Has Furigana, and no Okurigana in the middle.
- 夢現(ゆめうつつ) = in-between dream and reality. Has Furigana.
- Maybe the 現(うつつ) part shares root with 映(うつ)す?
位相(いそう) = phase (of a wave)
羽交(はが)い締(じ)め = crossing arms behind someone’s back, a move. 羽交(はが)い is two wings of a bird folding together.
輾転反側(てんてんはんそく) = tossing and turning in bed. Has Furigana. Looks like foul (反則(はんそく)) turning (転々(てんてん))? Well, 反側(はんそく) is also valid by itself.
ブリキ缶(かん) = tin can. 錻力(ぶりき) (a Dutch loanword, represented by Kokuji) appears to be a tin plate (flattened tin), but the actual tin mineral (Sn) is 錫(すず).
藍染(あいぞ)め = indigo dye
八面六臂(はちめんろっぴ) = 8 faces and 6 arms; competent in all fields. The last Kanji is for upper arm or elbow (臂(ひじ)).

Zakarius · March 22, 2023, 5:12pm

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

March 22nd
新書太閣記 progress: 21.04% // Volume III: 36.53%

To the mountains!

Words found under the kotatsu

粗茶「そちゃ」ー Low-grade tea
隠士「いんし」ー Hermit; recluse
筧「かけひ」ー Open water pipe; conduit
虚飾「きょしょく」ー Ostentation; show; affectation

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 1563)

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」(Nickname: 猿「さる」) - 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)
– 木股権三「きまたごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant

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」
織田広良「おだひろよし」(cousin to Nobunaga)
前田利家「まえだとしいえ」(also called: 犬千代「いぬちよ」)
川口宗勝「かわぐちむねかつ」(Common name: 久助「きゅうすけ」)
日比野六大夫「ひびのろくだゆう」
梶田直繁「かじたなおしげ」(also called: 隼人「はやと」)
松原内匠「まつばらたくみ」

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」

Hachisuka Clan
蜂須賀正勝「はちすかまさかつ」(also called: 小六「ころく」// new name because it’s a new year so why not, let’s have a new name: 彦右衛門正勝「ひこえもんまさかつ) - Leader of the Hachisuka clan
– 松波「まつなみ」- Wife
– 亀一「かめいち」- Eldest son
– 又十郎「またじゅうろう」- Cousin

渡辺天蔵「わたなべてんぞう」- Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
長井半之丞「ながいはんのじょう」- Retainer

Mino Province
大沢次郎左衛門「おおさわじろうざえもん」(nickname: 虎「とら」) - Lord of Unuma Castle
斎藤龍興「さいとうたつおき」- Daimyo

Military Commanders
不破光治「ふわみつはら」(also called: 平四郎「へいしろう」)
安藤定治「あんどうさだはる」(also called: 範俊「のりとし」)
竹中重治「たけなかしげはる」(also called: 半兵衛「はんべえ」)
– 竹中善左衛門「たけなかぜんざえもん」- Subordinate

Ujiie Clan
氏家直元「うじいえなおもと」- Military Commander

Unaffiliated
恵瓊「えけい」- Travelling monk
尾州風客「びしゅうふうきゃく」- Mountain Hermit

Cathm2 · March 22, 2023, 6:54pm

22/3 10 pages 夜カフェ(finished ch 2, started ch 3), 7 pages Spy Family, 9 pages Orange

That was the last plane ride for a bit. I have a long bus journey in the morning but may be chatting rather than reading - first day of my tour.

Redglare · March 22, 2023, 8:31pm

Home post // March 22

・この本を盗む者は (45% → 50%)

Now I’m halfway :3 Sometimes my mind starts thinking about other things while my eyes and inner voice are still reading the book, then I’ll have to reread because my attention was elsewhere. Was a bit easier to notice today and then continue reading.

javerend · March 22, 2023, 9:52pm

３月２２日 (Home Post Link)

I was reading some 久保さんは僕を許さない (kubo wont let me be invisible) today in english, and noticed that some of the chapters have these short poem-y things on the title pages. Decided to try looking at them in japanese, since poetry usually doesn’t translate very well (imo), and I really enjoyed this one from chapter 24:

新恋はレモンの味がするらしい
私はまだ、シャンプーと消臭剤の香りしかしらない

Read:

三ツ星カラーズ ch 47

Word of the Day:
消臭剤「しょうしゅうざい」ー deodorant

lucylavelle · March 22, 2023, 11:06pm

March 22nd!

Today I read chapter 66 of Shadows House.

(Home Post)

enbyboiwonder · March 23, 2023, 3:20am

Home

クールドジ男子 ch 25-28. I love these idiots so much.
16 pages of 2.43, finishing 2-3 and 2-4 and thus all of ch 2, and leaving off on pg 222. Yeah in the anime we still got that convo where Yuni says that he and Chika together just need to become like Subaru and Chika tells him to catch up to and surpass Subaru on his own, and in this match the next ep we see him decide to and start to actually become the team’s reliable ace, but in the book it’s clear that in doing so he’s trying to emulate Subaru and become a reliable ace the way that he is. “It’s like looking at me from two years ago,” indeed. Ahhh this was such a good chapter. And the next one should be all new content since it’s an Ibara chapter!
ねこ島物語

Some vocab of note:

老若男女 (ろうにゃくなんにょ) [四字熟語, n.] people of all genders and ages. This one’s notable because of the interesting reading. Only one of those kanji are pronounced the way I expected.
カチューシャ [n.] headband made of metal or plastic and often covered with cloth. Named after the character Katyusha in Leo Tolstoy’s novel “Resurrection.”
喊声 (かんせい) [n.] battle cry
二の句を失う (にのくをうしなう) [expression, ア五] to be at a loss for words; to go speechless (lit. “to lose one’s next spoken word”)
鬱積 (うっせき) [n., する verb (自)] accumulation (of discontent, frustration, etc.); buildup; suppression (e.g. of anger)

sddsdd · March 23, 2023, 4:13am

Home Post

Welp. I kept telling myself I was going to come back and make another post at some point and then suddenly almost two months have passed by.

Day 33-81 Progress (aka what I’ve finished over the last two months)

お隣の天使様にいつの間にか駄目人間にされていた件第六ー八冊
彼なんかより、私のほうがいいでしょ？
推しに熱愛疑惑出たから会社休んだ
踊り場にスカートが鳴る第一、二巻

The biggest update here is that I have finally caught up on お隣の天使様 and defeated the evil… well, almost. I still have a side story volume I’ve been pretty loath to work through because it’s somehow longer than the main volumes. At the very least though, I now have an opportunity to focus on another longer series to tackle.

I’ve opted for a change of pace and have started reading a visual novel, Monkeys!¡, a fast-paced comedy about a crossdressing delinquent boy trying to make it in a school tailored for お嬢様. And boy, is it fast, a non-stop barrage of jokes mixed in with both delinquent and high-class speech have made this a continual headache to read so far. Though, reading something voiced for once is pleasant for sure.

My reading speed still hasn’t really improved over the last few months unfortunately and even a (relatively) short visual novel like this one will probably take me several weeks at least, but I really would like to try one of the longer games I’ve been dying to read since starting Japanese in the first place…

I would like to try posting more regularly again though whether I can motivate myself to do it or not is still up in the air.

Word of the Day: 今宵こよい - this evening, tonight. Nothing particularly interesting about it, just a pleasant word.

natarin · March 23, 2023, 6:12am

March 22 Home Post

Today was a busy day actually, so just counting some reading for class! Hopefully I can get up to more chaos soon

Hantsuki · March 23, 2023, 11:29am

It’s been a while since I’ve last posted here and after the challenge ended no less. But I feel I should document completing my first ever novel (in Japanese) 世界から猫が消えたなら.

It feels good because I’ve started a lot of novels and only get as far as the first few chapters before starting a new book. The only thing I’ve consistently read and finished are manga and 夜カフェ, but the latter is very child friendly including furigana and a very easy to read writing style, so despite it being a book, it’s just a step up from a manga for me.

With 世界から猫が消えたなら, I read the physical copy so lookups took a little extra effort, and furigana isn’t very common. The nice thing was the language of the book is very accessible to readers of all ages I think. Some technical words were a pain to look up but a lot of kanji was repetitive so it actually worked out as a good learning opportunity to pick up new kanji and vocab.

Since this is an update post, I might as well add I finished the following manga/books during this challenge as well.

D・N・ANGEL 第6巻
絶叫学級 4
D・N・ANGEL 第5巻
orange 7 ―大切なあなたへ―
夜カフェ 3
orange 6 -未来-

MissDagger · March 23, 2023, 4:57pm

March 23
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Komi-san

March is turning into a very on-off month for reading. I guess it isn’t that bad to take it a bit cool for a while and then focus in again in April for the spring challenge. I read slightly less than half of Komi-san vol 1 today, the second half, so finishing the volume.

What I really should read is VNs, because I’m about to get horribly behind, AGAIN. *le sigh*

At least, my heavy book club duties are kinda over. Now I’ll go back to only doing weekly threads for the grammar dictionary, and the last one for Orange. Everything else is kinda squared away.

Greti33 · March 23, 2023, 5:05pm

March 7th-23rd Days 66-82

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Missed days: March 9th & 10th
Progress: 1Q84 Book 1 後編 (46 - 77%)

So, I got ill and had little to no energy and motivation to post an update. Missed a couple of days, too But I am back now.

Anyways, for the past two weeks I’ve been slowly chipping away at 1Q84 Book 1 後編. Despite feeling under the weather, I found it easy to get myself to read a little every day - really enjoying the book :3 I am a little behind the schedule though - just about to finish last weeks assignment. Got some catching up to do.

I’ve also joined (and nearly completed) a bookmeter event mentioned in the extensive reading challenge thread. I chose to read Solomon Gursky was here by Mordecai Richler. It was refreshing to read something without needing a dictionary for a change

Zakarius · March 23, 2023, 5:15pm

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

March 23rd
新書太閣記 progress: 21.41% // Volume III: 40.60%

It’s amusing how you can find a really obscure and niche kanji, only to have to look it up once and you memorize it forever, even if the next time you see it is a year or so later, it’s still easy to read. And yet, some kanji that you see all the time just do not sink in whatsoever.

Words found under the kotatsu

赫々「かくかく」ー Brilliant; bright; glorious
小康状態「しょうこうじょうたい」ー Lull; state of reduced activity; stable condition