January 24
I keep not being able to dedicate as much time as Iโd like. Read ใฆใผใธใใข (73 โ 75%).
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Day 24: January 24th
รรใงใ้ญๆณๅฐๅฅณใซใชใใพใใ? Volume 1 (43% โจ 44%) (Backstory exposition can be exhausting to read.)
ๅคขใฟใๅคช้ฝ Volume 4 (79% โจ 91%)
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Jan 25, Wed of Week 5 of Winter Q1 2023 
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ใใใใใใใฎ
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ใฏใใใ็ดฐ่ Black Vol.4 Ch.23-24 + extra (end volume)
Reason for being a Chibi-chan.
Words of the day
- ใใใฐใใ = ticklish. Perhaps like ็ใ.
- ใใใถใใ = to become shabby
- ใใใใ = to get complicated. Like making into a knot, perhaps. Kanji form is ๆใใ.
- ใกใใฃใใ = making a pass at someone / meddling
- ใคใฏ = shabby; weak. ใคใฏใค is also valid. A Kanji form is ๆ / ๆใ.
- ใขใใฟ = aphtha; aphthous ulcer; aphthous stomatitis
- ๆปใ = to stagnate. Kanji for stagnant. Reading of ็ใพใ + ๅใ.
- ้ฝงใ = to nibble. Has Furigana.
- ่ฒชใ = to crave for. No Furigana in context. I also saw this one in Kanken quiz a while ago.
- ็ ๅค = lesion; pathological change
- ็ ดๅฑ = sad ending
- ไฝฟๅฝน = setting someone to work
- ไผ็ฅจ = order slip
- ๅบๅผต็ = branch-off edition (of a series). ๅบๅผต itself only means = a business trip.
- ๆขๅญ = existing. Second Kanji doesnโt Dakuon this time.
- ๅชไฝ = advantageous position. Opposite is ๅฃไฝ.
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้ญๆป = whipping; urging person to do something. First Kanji from ้ฃดใจ้ญ.
- Used in ใๆๅฐใใ้ญๆปใฎใปใฉใใใใใ้กใใใพใ.
- ไฝฟใ้ = utility
- ็ดไผ = direct handing-down of skills/secrets
- ๆๅ = behavior. Similar to ่กๅ, perhaps.
- ๆ ผ่จ = maxim; proverb
- ็ฉไพฟ = peaceful; amicable
- ๆนๆญๅฃ = ticket inspection gate. It seems to be special case here, that the Kanji ๆน means, to examine; to inspect.
- ้ใใใ = weather-beaten = ้ๆใ. Being bleached (by weather) in the field
- ็ฎ็งปใ = being drawn to many things; distraction
- ไธ็จๅฟ = unsafe; careless
- ๅคฑๆ = loss of eyesight
- ๆๆ = light and darkness / shade. Same reading as ๅๆก.
- ๅผทๅผฑ = strength and weakness / intensity
- ้ไฝ = cone-shaped. In context as ้ไฝ็ดฐ่.
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ๆฐดใผใใใ = chickenpox = ๆฐด็ฑ็ก = ๆฐด็.
- Causing ็ฑ็น = herpetic lesion.
- ๅธฏ็ถ็ฑ็น = herpes zoster.
- ไธๅ็ฅ็ต = trigeminal nerve
- ๆ็น = speckles
- ็ธๅฎนใใชใ = inconsistent; incompatible
- ่ใๅ ็ญใ = not having long to live. Too old, and having too short in front.
- ไธ็ฒๆใชใ = good-for-nothing; weak-minded; cowardly. Also, ่ ็ฒๆใชใ.
- ใใกใๅคใ = to act without restraint. Full Kanji is ็พฝ็ฎใๅคใ.
SFX
- ใธใใงใธใใง
- ใใใใ = moving rapidly (walking; making progress)
Many Kanji's today
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้ญ
- whip; lash
- ใใณ
- ้ญๆฏ, ย ย ้ญ่ซ็
- ้ญๆป, ย ย ๆ้ญ, ย ย ๅ ้ญ
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้ญ
- ไน้ฆฌ้ญ, ย ย ้ญๆใก็
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้
- a drill; conical shape
- ในใค
- ่ง้, ย ย ๅ้, ย ย ้ไฝ
- ็ซ้
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้
- ้ๆใฟ, ย ย ๅขไธญใฎ้
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ใใ็ฑ
- blister
- ใใฆ
- ๆฐด็ฑ, ย ย ่ฟ็ฑ, ย ย ็ฑ็ก, ย ย ๆฐด็ฑ็ก
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็ก
- pustular scab
- ใฝใฆ
- ็ฑ็ก
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็ก
- ็ก่ ย (็)
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ใฏใฃ็น
- rash
- ใทใณ
- ็บ็น, ย ย ๆนฟ็น, ย ย ่ฌ็น, ย ย ่้บป็น
- ็ฑ็น, ย ย ้ขจ็น
- ๆฑ็น
- ้บป็น
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็ใใ
- pox; smallpox
- ใใฆ
- ็็ก, ย ย ๅคฉ็ถ็
- ๆฐด็, ย ย ็จฎ็
- ็็
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ๆใฆใ
- dots; speckles
- ใใณ
- ๆ็น, ย ย ๆ็ด
- ็ด ๆ, ย ย ็ดซๆ, ย ย ้ปๆ, ย ย ็ฝๆ, ย ย ่ๅคๆ
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ๆ
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ๆ
- ๆๆฐ
- ๆ
- ๆ้ณฉ
- ้ๆ ย (่้บฆๆป)
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Home post // Jan 25
ใป ๅฐๅฐๅๅบฆ (59% โ 63%)
Finished week/chapter 6, started a bit on chapter 7.
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home post
25th jan
chapter 4 down! this one was thankfully much easier than the last two, both in theme and writing style. much more fantastical too, with an inkstone thatโs actually the dormant body of a ่ฒ that usually lives in the clouds and eats precipitation. also (tw: body horror? ig?) some children end up vomiting smoke out of their ears and mouth at one point.
words that stuck out: ็กฏ (ใใใ, inkstone. ever want to learn this word, read this chapter), ๅ็ณ (ใใใ, fossil), ๅทฅๆฟ (ใใใผใ, workshop, studio)
yeah! that was the vibe i got, but i was also sleepy and my brain wasnโt working 
thanks for taking the time to reply!
congrats!! 
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The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den
January 25th
ๆฐๆธๅคช้ฃ่จ progress: 04.26% // Volume I: 49.39% 
Pretty much halfway through the first volume now, I had hoped to read a volume a month, but I think that might have been a tad too ambitious of a goal.
Words found under the kotatsu
้กๅฏใใใใฟใคใใผ Combination of Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism
ๆๆทใใณใใใใใใผ Nimble; quick; agile
่ๅผใใใใฆใใใผ Younger brother; underling (Yakuza); junior male peer
ๆๅชใใใใณใใผ Picturesque
่ฆๅฎณๅ
ๅบใใใใใใใใใใผ Impregnable/unassailable fortress
Forms
ๅฐ็ฆฝ ๏ผ ๅฐ้ณฅใใใจใใ(small bird)
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 
Main
Hideyoshi: ่ฑ่ฃ็งๅใใจใใจใฟ ใฒใงใใใ
โ โ โ Childhood name: ๆฅๅใใฒใใใ
โ โ โ Childhood nickname: ็ฟใใใใ
Volume I: 1535 - 15??
ๆฅๅใใฒใใใ- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nickname: ็ฟใใใใ
Family
ๆจไธๅผฅๅณ่ก้ใใใฎใใ ใใใใใ- Father
โ โ ไน่ฅใใใจใใใ- Old friend
็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
Hachisuka Clan
่้ ่ณๅฐๅ
ญใใฏใกใใ ใใใใ(also ๆญฃๅ ใใพใใใคใ) - Head of the Hachisuka clan
โ ไธๅ
ใใชใชใใ- Younger brother
โ Married to ๆพๆณขใใพใคใชใฟใ
โ โ ไบไธใใใใใกใ- Son
Retainers:
โ โ ็จฒ็ฐๅคง็ๅฉใใใชใ ใใใใฎใใ]
โ โ ้ๅฑฑๆฐไธใใใใใพ ใใใใกใ
โ โ ้ทไบๅไนไธใใชใใ ใฏใใฎใใใใ
โ โ ๆพๅๅ
ๅ ใใพใคใฐใ ใใใฟใ
โ ๅฝๅใใใซใใใ- Gunsmith/blacksmith
โ ๆธก่พบๅคฉ่ตใใใใชใน ใฆใใใใ- Deserter - Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
โ ้ฃๆณขๅ
่จใใชใใฐ ใชใใใ- Spy disguised as a Komuso
โ ไป็ฐๅฝฆๅใใซใฃใ ใฒใใใ
ใใ- Subordinate
(่้ ่ณๆญฃๅฉใใฏใกใใ ใพใใจใใ- previous head of the Hachisuka clan)
Saito Clan
(Alliance with the Hachisuka clan)
ๆ่ค ้ไธใใใใจใ ใฉใใใใ- Head of the Saito clan
โ ๆ่ค็พฉ้พใใใใจใ ใใใใคใ(also: ้ซๆฟใใใใพใใ) - Son
Oda Clan
็น็ฐไฟก็งใใใ ใฎใถใฒใงใ- Daimyo
โ ็น็ฐไธไธ้ใใใ ใใใถใใใ- Younger brother
Shiba Clan
ๆฏๆณข็พฉ็ตฑใใใฐ ใใใใญใ- Head of the Shiba clan, at Kiyosu castle
Others
ไปๅท็พฉๅ
ใใใพใใ ใใใใจใ- Daimyo
Historical People
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้ฟๅไปฒ้บปๅใใใน ใฎ ใชใใพใใใผ Japanese scholar & poet (700s)
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็ฝๆฅฝๅคฉใใฏใ ใใใใใผ Chinese poet (Bai Juyi / Bo Juyi) also known as: ็ฝๆฅฝๅคฉใใฏใ ใใใฆใใin Japan. (Late 700s)
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้ๅ ใใฉใใใใ(or ้ๅ ็ฆ ๅธซใใฉใใใ ใใใใใผ Japanese Buddhist Priest, writer & poet (also known as ๆ ่ฅฟ็ฆ ๅธซใใใใใ ใใใใ) (Early / mid 1200s)
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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 / early 800s)
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ๆบ้ ผๆฟใใฟใชใใจ ใฎ ใใใพใใใผ Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)
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Congrats on graduating!!
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January 25th
Card Captor Sakura volume 8 โ progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 130, finished chapter 32.
Today: Read up to page 162, finished chapter 33.
While itโs too early in real life, the current chapter is about Valentineโs dayโฆwith a hint of Eriol and liar-kun teaming up to tell even bigger lies. 
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Word or expression of the day:
ใใฏใคใใใงใณใฌใผใ - white chocolate
I was not aware that the loanword โwhiteโ is written like this in Japanese
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Day 25, 25th of January
In the story today weโre still following along with our travelers. Last time two of them were flirting over the cooking fire, now theyโre flirting while playing dartsโฆ it turns out these two are the couple we read about in another story, where Kim fought a wolf to protect Jack and then they got married. Itโs the story which made me build the mnemonic for babies โ ่ตคใกใใ โ little red riding hood.
In the next story we meet a ใใผใซใไบบ(???). I guess ใใผใซใ is a place? We learn what different rooms in a home are called. I especially like the living room: ๅฑ ้. The sitting room. Pretty self-explanatory, right? There is a pretty nice illustration in this one.
Next story has some very abrupt change to a searing red color background. The king we meet is just as dreadful. Was a bit confused about his name, is it ใฌใ ใน (Remus) or ใฌใใน (Remas)? Or is one of them the prince? Itโs really unclear.
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Sounds like a bard to me, though, but could be totally off here - did not check anywhereโฆ
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I thought that too at first, be he said he was a farmer, so Iโm not so sureโฆ
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That would be ใใผใ. ใใผใซใ has no dictionary entries and basically no relevant Google hits, so I lean towards โtypoโ (though I have no idea what for).
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Day 22-24 Progress: ในใญใผ ใซใผใ - 34-37่ฉฑ ไบๅทปๅฎๆ!!!
Feels like itโs been ages since I last posted. Still pretty sick and still going to work but getting better. Iโve been backsliding these last few days regarding studying, reading, and even making regular posts on the thread unfortunatelyโฆ itโs been a pretty demoralizing feeling for sure.
Word of the Day:
Shimeji Simulation!! Probably my favorite manga series of the last few years (and one Iโve unsuccessfully shilled to a few friends), hope you enjoy!
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Ah hm good point
Seems plausible. At first I thought maybe Barbados? (I would expect a country name in that sentence.) But that would be ใใซใใใน - that would make for one hell of a typoโฆ
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After looking around the site a bit, I think ใใผใซใ็ๅฝ is just a fictional setting.
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Iโm looking forward to it:) Iโm really drawn to the art style and I enjoy surreal comedy, but Iโm hesitating a bit since it doesnโt have furigana for all the kanji (aslo, infering meaning from context might be harder given the surrealism? Thoughts?). I donโt think โ that will be too much of a problem but around this time last year I started my first manga, Yotsuba vol1, and spent months struggling through it, and besides Satori Reader I havenโt read too much since then so my confidence isnโt the greatest. But now Iโm somehow reading a couple manga volumes a week with tolerable comprehension so Iโm sure Iโll get around to it soon enough (gonna read all the ones with furigana first though 
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Youโre right thatโs the country name. Iโll make it clearer. Thanks for the feedback!
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If only their school play was ใในใใผใใฏใคใใ, you could have encountered it sooner =D
Also seen when it snows for Christmas.
From another comic:
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Unfortunately, Iโve only read Shimeji Simulation in English so I canโt really comment on its difficultyโฆ but I just checked and actually WK has had a book club regarding the series semi-recently.. Itโs listed as beginner but it definitely seems like people have had trouble with comprehension due to how bizarre the series can get so yeah might be worth shelving until you feel a bit more prepared for it.
As for no furigana I think the biggest effect of that is honestly it just takes you a bit longer to look up words you donโt know. Which can definitely end up causing fatigue to accumulate but itโs definitely more tedium than challenge!
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Luckily the book club maintained a vocab sheet which gives you the unknown words in order, so that should help you get sorted on the kanji. For the contents, yes itโs not that straightforward I thought, and itโs 4koma so the storytelling is also a bit differentโฆ
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Oh wow! I somehow skipped right over this. And itโs so detailed, too. Seems like a great resource to use then.
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