The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den
January 10th
ๆฐๆธๅคช้ฃ่จ progress: 01.20% // Volume I: 13.93%
Finished this chapter and onto the next, start chapter:
ๅคง้ตฌ
I was a little confused as to how some characters fit in, but itโs all starting to come together!
Words found under the kotatsu
็้ใใกใใกใใใใผ Prizing; valuing highly
ๅค้ใใใฉใใใผ Tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; unorthodox; heresy; demon; devil; type of fish that you didnโt intend to catch
ไธธๆฑใใพใใฐใใใใผ Column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar // (Also: ๅๆฑ which can be read the same, or: ใใใกใ
ใ)
็ฝตใใใฎใฎใใใใผ To verbally abuse; to curse at; to shout at
ๆไปใใใใคใใใผ Printing; dyeing; blue & white porcelain/ceramics (from China) // (can also be written like: ๆใไปใ)
ๅฑ
ๅฟๅฐใใใใใกใใผ Comfort
ๅงไพถใใใใใใใผ Priest; monk
Forms
ๆใ ๏ผ ๆใใใใใใ(Sorrow; grief; anguish)
Character Name List
for easy referencing later, because these will take some remembering
Also probably some spoilers, but this is a historic novel, so can spoilers really exist for things that have (for the most part) actually happened
Main
Hideyoshi: ่ฑ่ฃ็งๅใใจใใจใฟ ใฒใงใใใ
โ โ โ Childhood name: ๆฅๅใใฒใใใ
โ โ โ Childhood nickname: ็ฟใใใใ
Volume I Characters
ๆฅๅใใฒใใใ- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nickname: ็ฟใใใใ
Friends
ไป็ใใซใใใ- Big kid friend
ๆผ็ฆใใใตใใ- Timid kid friend
Family
ๆจไธๅผฅๅณ่ก้ใใใฎใใ ใใใใใ- Father
็ญ้ฟๅผฅใใกใใใฟใใผ Step-father
ๅคงๆฟๆใใใใพใใฉใใใ// also ใๅฅๅ ใใใชใใใผ Mother
ใใคใฟ - Older sister
ๅ ่คๆธ
ๆญฃใใใจใ ใใใพใใ// also ๅผพๆญฃใใ ใใใใใ- Ojisan (only distantly related)
Others
็น็ฐไฟก็งใใใ ใฎใถใฒใงใ- Daimyo (Foreshadowing drum noises)
โ ็น็ฐไธไธ้ใใใ ใใใถใใใ- Younger brother
ไปๅท็พฉๅ
ใใใพใใ ใใใใจใ- Daimyo
ไบ้ๅคงๅคซ ใใใ ใ ใใใ// ็ฅฅ็ใใใใใใใ(Goroโs Chinese name)
โ Servant of Goro: ๆจๆฌก้ใใใฆใใใใ
โ Mother of Goroโs child: ๆขจ็ดใใใใใ
โ Rikinโs & Goroโs child: ๆฅๆฏ็ฆใใใใใใตใใ
Historical People
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้ฟๅไปฒ้บปๅใใใน ใฎ ใชใใพใใใผ Japanese scholar & poet (around 700AD)
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็ฝๆฅฝๅคฉใใฏใ ใใใใใผ Late 700s Chinese poet (Bai Juyi / Bo Juyi) also known as: ็ฝๆฅฝๅคฉใใฏใ ใใใฆใใin Japan.
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้ๅ ใใฉใใใใ(or ้ๅ ็ฆ ๅธซใใฉใใใ ใใใใใผ Japanese Buddhist Priest, writer & poet (Early to mid 1200s) (also known as ๆ ่ฅฟ็ฆ ๅธซใใใใใ ใใใใ)
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็ฉบๆตทใใใใใใใผ The one and only Kukai or Kobo Daishi - a Buddhist monk. Posthumously given the title of: ๅผๆณๅคงๅธซใใใใผใ ใ ใใใborn as: ไฝไผฏ ็้ญใใใใ ใฎ ใพใใ(late 700s to early 800s)
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I donโt make any personal notes, so all the words I learn, and anything else, are all in my daily posts - under the spoiler tag.