Giving a weekly status report plus keeping a Home Post worked really well for me during the last challenge, so Iโd like to continue in the same style going forward.
Plans for this month:
ใฆใผใธใใข (with the ABC)
ๅ่ฝใก (with the ๅ่ฝใก club)
1Q84 Book 1.2 (with the 1Q84 book club)
ไธ็ใใ็ซใๆถใใใชใ (my new sauna book)
ใฆใผใธใใข will run until the end of the month. ๅ่ฝใก just started. Itโs currently on the very slow side with lots of unknown words, but I hope this will improve once the initial world building is done and we know the ranks of all the police officers and the names of all the rooms they have . 1Q84 is something I wanted to continue reading in Japanese for a long time, and I hope I can read it now at a good pace. And then I have ไธ็ใใ็ซใๆถใใใชใ which I plan to read when I chill at the sauna/spa.
Hello all! With the new year Iโve made one of my resolutions to try to read more (in general), and with that includes japanese. Iโd like to try participating in my first read every day challenge. I did participate in the advent reading challenge thread, in which I was bad at making update posts, but perhaps this time Iโll be a bit more consistent.
I will be reading:
Yotsubato!
News articles
Song lyrics (for the lazier days)
Youtube subtitles (again for lazy days)
I am still very new to reading, so I doubt that I will be reading a lot each day, but Iโm determined to see if my skill will improve as I read more!
Card Captor Sakura volume 5 โ progress report Today: Began reading volume 5, finished chapter 19, stopped at page 47.
Happy new year everyone! I hope you started off this new year well.
New year, same old new things to read. Decided to continue reading Card Captor Sakura for this and the coming week until I probably start Aria: the masterpiece volume 3 on Saturday. (My order containing volume 4 and 5 should arrive in 1-2 weeks, I hope).
Iโve already gone a bit overboard and finished one chapter despite not planning to do so today. I wonโt complainโฆbut a โstrongโ start means that itโs only going to be worse from now on which is most likely what will happen because of my change of focus in the coming weeks. Well, Iโll simply continue to enjoy satisfactory progress for as long as it lasts.
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ Word or expression of the day:
ใฆใใ / ใงใฃใใ - huge, big, gargantuan
Honourable mention(s):
้ฟๆ (+ใใ) - (ใฒใใ) - escaping the summer heat, going somewhere cooler during summer
Congratulations on making it through 2022, and I hope 2023 will be bright year for everyone
The New Years tradition I share with my friends (and a relatively small but very dedicated group of indie music fans more generally) is to all raise a glass and sing along to The Mountain Goats - This Year (Video) - YouTube I hope that wherever you all are, and whoever you all are with, you got a chance to celebrate in a way that is meaningful to you!
Unfortunately my ๅๅคข was not full of any good omens (at least that iโm aware of, iโm no oneiromancer), but hopefully yours were/will be!
Read:
NHK News Web Easy: ๆธฉๆณใใใ้ใใใจใใ - My goal last month was to do one of these every day, and I succeed in that. Not sure if I want to keep that up necessarily, but they are so quick to do I might as well if I see something that looks interesting. When I first read this title, I wasnโt sure if the ้ was money or maybe metaphor, but itโs neither! Itโs literal, real ้ that they are extracting from hot springs.
ใใชใใค ch 45, 46, 47 - I know I said I wasnโt in any real hurry to finish this, but it would be nice to get it done by the end of January, especially since I already know I can read most of it quickly. Iโd need to average about 2.5 chapters/day to do that, so hereโs getting a little bit ahead of that
ใใธใใฏใปใใชใผใใฆใน pg 12 โ 16 (end of ch1) - small bites of this, at first. But, as long as Iโm reading at least a couple pages every day, I think the speed will pick up a lot.
Good Words
NHK
ๆบถใใใใจใใใใผ to melt, to dissolve ใฉใณ่ป = ่่ป ใใใใใใใผ cyanobacteria, blue-green algae
ๆง่ณชใใใใใคใใผ nature, property, disposition
ใใชใใค
ๅๅใใใใชใใใใผ sold out, out of stock
ๅซใใใใใใใใใผ to appear uncomfortable
ๅบใใใใฐใใใผ to protect (someone), to look after (something)
ใฉใใงใใใ ใผ inconsequential, not worth worrying about
ๆฟใใใใฏใใใใใผ extreme, intense, strong
็ฝ้ฃใใใใชใใใผ calamity
้จไนใใใใพใใใใผ praying for rain
ๆๆใใใฆใฌใใใผ cutting corners, omitting crucial steps
ๆฟ็ฅใใใใใกใใผ forgiving, excusing (usually negative ๆฟ็ฅใใชใ)
ๅฟๆดใใใใใใใผ cheering
ใใๆฐใใใใใใผ will, motivation (to do something)
ใใธใใฏใปใใชใผใใฆใน
ๆฒใฟ่พผใใใใใฟใใใใผ to sink (into)
ๆขฏๅญใใฏใใใใผ ladder
Happy new year everyone
This is my first post on the forum, Iโm hoping to improve my reading comprehension and general Japanese skills through some reading immersion this winter. I will be reading ้ซๆจใใ volume 1 to start with, this is my first manga volume.
Good luck everyone!
Ch.2 is this mechanism. Someone tried to ่่ฉฆใ, but ่ฝ่ โ I was confused with the two Kanjiโs a little.
Ch.3 is serious business and consequences.
ใใใใใใใฎ
Interesting words
ใใใใ = someday. Kanji form is ่กใ่กใ
ใใใใพใใชใ = feeling like running away. From ๅฑ ใๅ ชใใชใ.
ๅถใ = to run a business
ๅใใ = to be mitigated; to be softened
่ใ = to grow wild. I also recall ๅใพใใ here.
ๆฐใใใ = to have an interest in / to incline towards
่ฆๆฎใใ = to stare fixedly at
็ใใ = feeling conscient; feeling unsure. From ็ ใ.
่ใใผใ = old man
ๆใฎ้ = a brief moment
่ = captive; prisoner. No Furigana.
ๅฟ้ = adoration
็พๆฅ = sense of shame
ๅบๆงใ = storefront appearance
็ด ใฃ้ ็ = freakish. Similar to ้ ็.
ๆๆ็พฉ = important
ๅทๅๅฎค = the office
ๅธไบ = the streets, just like ๅทท. Yet another On reading of ไบ.
ไผ้ = elegantly. Has Furigana.
ๅๅฐ = foundation / the beginning
่ช็บ = inducing
ๅ่งฃ = disassembly
้ ต็ด = enzyme
ไปฃ่ฌ = metabolism
่ๆฑ = bile. Such is On reading for ใๆฑ.
ๅคๅฝฉ = various kinds of
่ต่ = pancreas. Probably this organโs islets of Langerhans are like jade greenery (็ฟก็ฟ )?
้กๆด = sinusoid of liver. Probably from cave of various ends?
I grabbed the first three volumes of Happiness from Bookwalker as freebies a while ago, and over the last three days read them in spare moments or waiting times. Itโs so satisfying to be able to read fast without needing to look up every tenth word! I only looked up about four words in total, and each volume took me about half an hour.
Tomorrow Iโll get back to reading ไธ็ใใ็ซใๆถใใใชใ. I also bought ใใใฟใฎๅญคๅ๏ผไธ๏ผon Bookwalker yesterday so I can read on my phone if out of the house.
January 1st
ๆฐๆธๅคช้ฃ่จ progress: 00.03% // Volume I: 00.38%
Happy new year everyone, and happy new reading challenge!
Iโll be reading (well, attempting at least) ๆฐๆธๅคช้ฃ่จ by ๅๅท่ฑๆฒป (Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa)
I only read the preface today which wasnโt very long, Iโll start the story proper tomorrow when I should hopefully have more time.
Words found under the kotatsu
ๅฃฎๅนดๆใใใใญใใใใผ Prime of life ็ตข็ใใใใใใใผ Gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate ๅกไฟใใผใใใใใผ Mediocrity; the masses ้กๆฌใใใใปใใใผ Similar books ใฆใผใขใฉใน ใผ Humorous (not what I thought itโd end up meaning ) ๅๅฉไธป็พฉใใใใใใ ใใใผ Utilitarianism ๅๅใใฉใใใใใผ Isomorphism; same shape/type/pattern
Character Kanji-Name List
for easy referencing later, because these will take some remembering
Thoughts: I like being able to recognise more kanji as I do more lessons and practice reading them, but thereโs still some difficulty with hiragana only words that I have to look up to be able to understand sentences.
I felt like my brain had a mini workout today, which is great!
In the first I stumbled over ๅฑใชใ once more; the ใชใ at the end makes it sound like it is a negation, but that is not the case. Have to keep this in mind, because it signifies danger! If I were to asume that is says โnot dangerousโ I could be in deep troubleโฆ Instead, to negate this ใใใพใใ was used.
Second story, weโre in London so there are a lot of Katakana (ugh).
First day of the challenge :3! Iโm continuing Honzuki adventures after cracking open the e-book yesterday. I have the suspicion that Iโve read through the best parts of Arc 4 already (book 13-15) but Iโd love to be pleasantly surprised. On another note, I was kinda unfocused today, probably tiredness from doing the speed read challenge from the other day Doesnโt feel like I took the off-month off, hehe whoopsie
Anyway, Iโm looking forward to reading everyoneโs updates! Happy new year, everyone!
Day 1: January 1st
What did I read?: ๅคใฎๅๅใๅผใใง Vol 3
How much did I read?: 32 pages
How long did it take me?: 37 min
Welcome to the first day of the challenge, everyone! Glad to see so many old and new faces Even some first-time-ever posters, Iโm honored that youโve chosen this thread as your first-ever posting place in this community
I decided to start the challenge season off with the last (currently published) volume of my obsession from the previous challenge, ๅคใฎๅๅใๅผใใง. I opened the first page and Iโm already falling in love again because look, Rei braided his hair, how cute is that
Why is he so cute
This was a happy magic times chapter Reiโs roof apparently leaks, so they collected the rainwater and went swimming in the rainwaterโs memories, with the help of Stellaโs magical bubble soap that gives them swimsuits that allow them to breathe underwater (and also makes them resemble the sea creature of their choice Mira chose jellyfish so Rei went with a squid ksjhgksdjhfj I thought that was so very cute)
NHK (new method for extracting gold) BU$TAFELLOWS
Novel in English
Well, they say to do January 1 as you mean to go on for the rest of the year, eh? Only I couldnโt possibly fit everything in, but somehow I absolutely smashed some reading today.
I forgot to mention on my home post that I hoped to try reading some more regular news. Iโve gotten to a stage where NHK easy isโฆeasy I guess. xD So I want to occasionally dip my toes in and read the regular news. It does mean it takes me longer than just a couple of minutes, if nothing else because the articles are longer, but it wasnโt hard (safarikai for the win (safari/mac version of yomichan)).
I also ended up reading in English, Iโm reading an old mystery/heist/caper that is pretty exciting.
And to finish off the day, I read a couple of more scenes of Bustafellows and got my first memorabilia which is why the home screen now shows Iโve read 1%. So percentage is completely tied to memorabilia and not at all to how much have been read. xD
Lastly, the spelling of percentage is one I will never remember and which is why I usually just do % instead, but sometimes I forget just how far off my thoughts on the spelling is and I try typing it. At least all spellcheckers always knows which word Iโm trying to write, which means Iโm not the only one who finds the spelling weird.
Well then, itโs the first day of the challenge and managed to read the second and third mini chapter in the first volume of ๅฎๅดใกใใใฏ้ใณใใ๏ผWas quite surprised at how dense the writing was to be honest so it took me around 30 minutes to fully read only 7 pages but hopefully itโll get faster. Iโve also spotted some words Iโve only recently learned in Wanikani (like ็ไผผ) so that helped ease things along and was quite gratifying.
Iโm not sure it also counts as read every day but I also started Pokemon Scarlet in japanese and they are quite talkative early on. Managed to sustain a full hour of play time. There wasnโt a lot of action but lots of reading and it also went surprisingly well. Much better than I was last year when I started Paper Mario and the Origami King around June.
Today I read the 2nd chapter of volume 10 of Teasing Master Takagi-san.
I had planned to do a lot more reading today, but I got invited over to a friends house to meet their new baby so I did that instead of extra reading! He was super cute and teeny!
Iโm hoping to read more tomorrow though
1/1/23 9 pages Haruiro Astronaut, 3 pages ใใฐใกใใใใกใฎใใใจใใ, 8 pages Cells at Work (finished this weekโs reading)
I started to read over the chapters at the end of each of volumes 2-5 of Orange, having read the first one ages back. Iโm not enjoying them so will probably drop them.
Finished Cells at Work for this week so just the IBC to catch up with.
Iโve been struggling to keep a consistent habit when it comes to reading every day so this challenge is just what I need. (Its been very all in or nothing at all which isโฆ )
the plan
No real rules as long as I finish at least a page.
Read / catch up to the current schedule for ใฏใใใ็ดฐ่ before the eighth (abbc)
Join the beginner book club reading ๆๅๅฐๅฅณ้ๅดใใ and see if its my level.
go though some of the books I have on my shelf and / or play some easy games.
ใฆใผใธใใข (with the ABC)
ๅ่ฝใก (with the ๅ่ฝใก club)
1Q84 Book 1.2 (with the 1Q84 book club)
ไธ็ใใ็ซใๆถใใใชใ (my new sauna book)
. 1Q84 is something I wanted to continue reading in Japanese for a long time, and I hope I can read it now at a good pace. And then I have ไธ็ใใ็ซใๆถใใใชใ which I plan to read when I chill at the sauna/spa.
Decided to continue reading Card Captor Sakura for this and the coming week until I probably start Aria: the masterpiece volume 3 on Saturday. (My order containing volume 4 and 5 should arrive in 1-2 weeks, I hope).
๏ผๆ๏ผๆฅ 
The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den 
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but Iโd love to be pleasantly surprised. On another note, I was kinda unfocused today, probably tiredness from doing the speed read challenge from the other day 
Doesnโt feel like I took the off-month off, hehe whoopsie 
Even some first-time-ever posters, Iโm honored that youโve chosen this thread as your first-ever posting place in this community 
Reiโs roof apparently leaks, so they collected the rainwater and went swimming in the rainwaterโs memories, with the help of Stellaโs magical bubble soap that gives them swimsuits that allow them to breathe underwater (and also makes them resemble the sea creature of their choice 
Mira chose jellyfish so Rei went with a squid ksjhgksdjhfj I thought that was so very cute)
