The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den
January 14th
ๆฐๆธๅคช้ฃ่จ progress: 01.83% // Volume I: 21.21%
Getting some back story now, so things are starting to make more sense
Words found under the kotatsu
่ถไบใใกใใใจใใผ Tea gathering (for a tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family gathering in memory of deceased ancestors
ๆฐๅฏใใใใใผ Refined taste
ๆฟไธใใใใใ / ใ ใใใใผ This corrupt world; this world/life; the world of humans (Buddhism)
้ทๅฃซใใใใใใผ Country samurai
็ด
ๆฏไบบใใใใใใใใใผ Old way of referring to Westerners, especially the Dutch
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: 1534 - 15??
ๆฅๅใใฒใใใ- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nickname: ็ฟใใใใ
Family
ๆจไธๅผฅๅณ่ก้ใใใฎใใ ใใใใใ- Father
็ญ้ฟๅผฅใใกใใใฟใใผ Step-father
ๅคงๆฟๆใใใใพใใฉใใใ// also ใๅฅๅ ใใใชใใใผ Mother
ใใคใฟ - Older sister
ๅฐ็ซนใใใกใใ- Baby brother
ๅ ่คๆธ
ๆญฃใใใจใ ใใใพใใ// also ๅผพๆญฃใใ ใใใใใ- Ojisan (only distantly related (before marriage))
โ Married to: ใใใค (sister of ใๅฅๅ )
Friends & Acquaintances
ไป็ใใซใใใ- Big kid friend
ๆผ็ฆใใใตใใ(Nickname - full name: ็ฆๅคช้ใใตใใใใ) // ๆฅๆฏ็ฆใใใใใใตใใ(Chinese name/birth name) - Timid kid friend (older than Hideyoshi)
โ ไบ้ๅคงๅคซ ใใใ ใ ใใใ// ็ฅฅ็ใใใใใใใ(Chinese name) - Father
โ ๆขจ็ดใใใใใ- Mother
ๆจๆฌก้ใใใฆใใใใ- Previous servant to ไบ้, later the adoptive father of ๆผ็ฆ, and owner of a tea ware shop - and employer of, and master to, Hideyoshi
Others
็น็ฐไฟก็งใใใ ใฎใถใฒใงใ- Daimyo
โ ็น็ฐไธไธ้ใใใ ใใใถใใใ- Younger brother
ไปๅท็พฉๅ
ใใใพใใ ใใใใจใ- Daimyo
ๆฏๆณข็พฉ็ตฑใใใฐ ใใใใญใ- Daimyo (head of the Shiba clan) at Kiyosu castle
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)