Day 43: February 12th 
ひよ恋 Volume 1 (50% ➨ 74%)
YAIBA Volume 1 (16% ➨ 25%)
好きな子がめがねを忘れた Volume 10 (27% ➨ 38%)
Almost got in a decent amount of reading considering I had much free time for it.
It’s amazing how much free time you have when you’re not desperately consuming manga and trying to finish JoJo parts at the same time. Played some persona 5 and read another few pages of 夜は短し歩けよ乙女. Despite how busy I was today it was nice to kind of relax study wise.
But I’m glad I did that while getting used to 夜は短し歩けよ乙女’s writing style and vocab. Will probably do that again.
13th feb
finally went back to shimanami tasogare to finish the final volume! tbf the last volume is a lot chunkier than the other three. all the stories wrapped up fairly nicely and neatly, there were multiple gorgeous double-page spreads, and i’m honestly really looking forward to rereading this series at some point down the line.
words that stood out: ウィーン (vienna, trips me up every time, without fail), 浅はかさ (あさはかさ, superficial, short-sighted, silly. the second time i’ve seen a 浅 adjective that’s not 浅い in this series), 週明け (しゅうあけ, early the following week usu. monday)
this word always catches me out whenever i see it! i think i learned the reading before the kanji and i’ve still not linked the two in my head yet
The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den 
February 13th
新書太閣記 progress: 09.21% // Volume II: 6.33% 
Words found under the kotatsu
無礼講「ぶれいこう」ー Free and easy gathering
仔細「しさい」ー Reasons; particulars; circumstances
Forms
濠 ＝ 堀「ほり」(Moat; ditch)
嗤い ＝ 笑い「わらい」(Laugh/laughter)
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
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阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)
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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)
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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 - 15??
(currently 1555/6)
Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Head of the Oda clan
木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi
浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Military commander
– 寧子「ねね」- Daughter
Maeda Clan
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(childhood name: 犬千代「いぬちよ」) - Military commander
February 13
Home Post
BU$TAFELLOWS 
Short story in English
Haven’t read in English for like a week, so tried to use that to break through my tiredness that made me rather unemotional. Like I don’t seem to feel happy, sad, or anything in between when I’m very tired/exhausted, and since I keep being an idiot when it comes to my sleep, today it was super apparent. So I thought I’d read something that I knew I liked, and it barely managed to tip me into entertainment mode.
I really hope it is just a lack of sleep, and there isn’t something else. Because if I’m numbing out for other reasons, it tends to get messy…
Anyway, I think it is just tiredness, so why worry about the possibility that is less likely?
I also went back to chapter 3 of BU$TAFELLOWS. It is really nice to read this in bigger chunks, and closer together because it makes it more likely that I’ll remember the words I recently looked up for it when they show up again. I actually finally had the experience of a word I’d looked up many times for B$ so far finally seeming to stick, so I didn’t need to look it up again. Yay.
And also looked up multiple words I thought I hadn’t seen before and turns out I’d even looked them up for B$ before. 
Feb 13, Mon of Week 8 of Winter Q1 2023 
- ふしぎの国のバード Vol.3 Ch.11 津川
Pride of Japanese cooking.
- ガラスのうさぎ Ch.1 小さな事件ではない
I have listened to through this once, but now the physical book arrived from shipping. Audio tracks are usually short, so accordingly tolerable chapter lengths.
Also, there are interesting footnotes for each chapter
New Edition! Easy to 1. See 2. Read 3. Understand
おいしいごはんが食べられますように will now primarily be listening to audiobook, so might not be progressed here.
- うたわれるもの
I forgot and didn’t get used to game mechanics yet. (Lose easily.)
Words of the day
- 訝しい = questionable; suspicious. The Kanji is from 怪訝.
- 振り込む = to make a payment via back deposit
- 育む = to nurture; to support. From 羽含む. Has Furigana.
- 捏ねる = to knead. Also 練る. Has Furigana.
- 胡桃 = walnut. Has Furigana.
- 兵糧 = army provisions. The reading for the second Kanji is uncommon. Has Furigana.
- 郷土 = birth place / local. The first Kanji also in 故郷.
- 故国 = one’s native land. For both 故郷 and 故国, the first Kanji can also mean origin / long ago, in addition to circumstance / reason.
- 一味 = a gang
- 焼身自殺 = burning oneself to death; self-immolation
- 裏漉し = a sieve. Has Furigana on second Kanji.
- 山椒 = Japanese pepper
- 寒天 = agar / freezing cold weather
- 天草 = red algae, can be made into 寒天.
- 鼈甲 = tortoise shell. Has Furigana (mostly).
- 鱸 = Japanese sea perch, a kind of fish. Has Furigana.
- 白瓜 = melon cucumber. Has Furigana.
- 鰹節 = shaved dried katsuo fish (bonito). Has Furigana.
- 沢庵 = pickled daikon radish. Has Furigana.
- 糠味噌 = salted rice-bran paste for pickling. 糠みそ in context.
- 花林糖 = a kind of candy. Has Furigana.
- 磯菜卵 = Edo style, looks like porched egg. Has Furigana.
- 庇 = narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building. Has Furigana.
- 添乗員 = a tour guide. 添乗 is escorting.
Kanji
- 訝しい
- suspicious
- ゲン
- 怪訝
- 訝しい, 訝る
February 13th
Card Captor Sakura volume 9 – progress report
Yesterday: Picked up Card Captor Sakura volume 9, read up to page 18.
Today: Read up to page 50, finished chapter 35.
So much for the White day chapter – I couldn’t help but chuckle when Sakura unknowingly kept rubbing salt into Shaolans wounds by telling him that he’s such a friendly and wonderful person and that she hopes that the person he likes will like him back. 
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Word or expression of the day:
どれほど - how much (long, far)
Day 44, 13th of February
Oh wow there is lots more text on today’s page then on previous ones. I’ll do my best!
We learn the name of another city: Nerobi, where a sales person (not the person manning the bar!) comes from. I was a bit lost here, I couldn’t quite parse whether it was this person that was selling tool and buying fish, or if that is something the city is known for. I’m assuming the person, because to indicate the city you would add more paricles to clarify the subject? Maybe??
Apparently no traders come here anymore because the Kiruma village is dangerous. But this particular trader wants to go there, because without competitors the price of wares will go up!
The next sentence I couldn’t parse at all, not even with ichi.moe’s help. It seperated parts strangely and put in two question particles in the middle of the sentence?
Anyway, here's my attempt at figuring out how to even segment this sentence
みんな が 何で こんなに 恐れている かわかって います か？
みんな が: subject, everyone or everything
何で: adverb, why?
こんなに: adverb, like this
恐れて: conjunctive て of fear, so probably forms a compund with いる = to be afraid
かわかって: ??? without the か infront it could be 分かって maybe?
います: that’s just formal いる
か: question particle, pretty sure it’s the only one in this sentence
I think the knight asks the trader if they know what there is that everyone is afraid of.
Aaaaa I’m done. This was a lot. It is way too late. I wanted to go to bed half an hour ago!!!
Yes; you know it’s the person because the implied subject as set by the topic-marking は doesn’t change through the sentence. In the 道具を売って part the subject of ‘to sell’ isn’t stated, and so it’s still the same as it was in the first part of the sentence: 商人. (In practice if you wanted to say the city was doing the trading you’d probably either end the sentence and start a new one about the city, or else you’d use a relative clause modifying ‘city’.)
You got the meaning right. I think the thing you’re missing here is that verbs like 分かる can take an embedded question ending in か to indicate what it is that we are understanding/knowing. To take a simpler example: なんの動物かわかる？ – the inner embedded question is なんの動物か “what animal is it?” and so the whole thing is “do you know what animal it is?”
This is a general way you can express embedded questions with か, and it works with other verbs too, like 教える or 聞く. This page has some examples.
Day 43
For a change I read more of Tsugumomo vol. 4. I was lucky there wasn’t that much text. There aren’t many manga left to read therefore I can focus more on the other things in my backlog soon.
3251 pages read
Home post // Feb 13
・薬屋のひとりごと３ (46% → 47%)
Just a tiny read. I’ve read through a lot of lyrics today though.
February 13th!
Today I read the next chapter of Teasing Master Takagi-san.
I thought this chapter was quite a cute one.
２月１３日 (Home Post Link)
Read:
- 夜カフェ pg 89 → 93 - short lil read today
- 三ツ星カラーズ ch 11
Word of the Day:
一石二鳥「いっせきにちょう」ー killing two birds with one stone. Didn’t think this expression would be so literally incorporated 
There’s a variant of this expression in english that I picked up somewhere but really like: “feed two birds with one scone”. I wonder if you could render that into japanese and have it be recognizable… 一餌二鳥？一飴二鳥？
February 13th
What did I read?: 魔女と猫の話
How much did I read?: 7 pages
(Continued 4th Story )
How long did it take me?: 1 h 23 m
I think this picture really encapsulates their personalities.
February 13 Home Post
A bit better today; I played some more BU$TAFELLOWS but I’m still recovering from busyness so I got tired really fast 
off to bed!
Did some reading from my graded reader and read chapter 2 of Yotsubato (40 minutes in total). Honestly thought that since it’s a kid’s book I would find it hard but boring since I’m just using it for practice before diving into the ones I really want to read. However, it is so darn funny that I may purchase book 2.
Day 44: February 13th
⚔️ YAIBA Volume 1 (25% ➨ 36%)
Considering that 名探偵コナン is fairly easy for me, and まじっく快斗 isn’t too difficult, I figured ＹＡＩＢＡ would be similar in difficulty. As it turns out, it’s quite a bit more effort to get through as it uses many words I don’t know. It seems there’s a vast difference between knowing about 73% of the words in a series (名探偵コナン) versus knowing only about 64% (ＹＡＩＢＡ).
🌞 夢みる太陽 Volume 5 (0% ➨ 19%)
Although I’m sure I’ve seen it earlier in this series, this is the first time I’ve taken notice of this kanji in this font in something I’m reading:
(It’s 私.)
February 13 
狐火の辻, 84-88%
A non-impressive ~10 pages yesterday. My plan had been to finish the book, but in the end I didn’t have time to read that much. I hope I can finish it today, and continue with ユートロニカのこちら側 tomorrow, but both days are expected to be busy, so we’ll see how it goes.
That’s a sweet expression for sure, and much friendlier than the original. But surely a scone would suffice for a dozen birds at least? (or are we talking ostriches? 
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I hadn’t learned about embedded question sentences, thank you! I think I kept coimg acros them in other books, so I’m gonna go back to it and try again with this knowledge.
Harry Potter Book 1 finished!!! I am a little bit proud of myself 
Now I am motivated to jump straight into book 2.
Btw. I notice me doing less WaniKani lessons and reviews since reading that much. But its fine, I guess overall I learn more efficiently that way.
Word of the day:
稲妻 (いなずま) - rice plant wife? It actually means lightning bolt. But why?
Happy reading!