📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

[Midnightblue]

February 14th

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Card Captor Sakura volume 9 – progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 50, finished chapter 35.
Today: Continued up to page 84.

Mostly smooth sailing but I didn’t allow myself to read more than a set amount of minutes because I have to do other tasks now.

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Word or expression of the day:
消滅 - (しょうめつ) - extinction, extinguishment, disappearance, vanishing; annihilation

[pm215]

@Laser

稲妻 (いなずま) - rice plant wife? It actually means lightning bolt. But why?

I found a web page that suggests it’s because (a) there’s typically often lightning storms at the time when rice is ripening, so there was a folk belief that the lightning caused the grain to ripen and (b) つま used to be a word used for your lover or partner whether they were male or female, rather than being specifically ‘wife’.

(Probably worth taking with the usual grain of salt for found-on-the-internet etymologies :-))

[Sylph]

Long time no update

February 10

Read some この本を盗む者は

February 11

Finished the Week 1 reading for この本を盗む者は

February 12

Played BU$TAFELLOWS ~1h

February 13

A bit of everything: finished オレンジ Vol. 6 for the bookclub, read a little この本を盗む者は and played B$ for like 15 min. Would have been even better if I’d had more time but it was still fun.

[WaniTsunami]

Been listening to the audiobook for 夜は短し歩けよ乙女 and am able to do tasks around the house and keep up with the story which is kind of a first for me. I think that’s mostly credit to having read it beforehand though. So I’m gonna keep reading of course but I think I’m starting to get an idea of mixing reading and listening. However I don’t think reading with the audiobook is good unless I’m trying to just finish or something.

[alygator]

Home post

2 月 14 日

コナの大冒険 第 42 & 43 話

I decided to do two episodes today cause they were quite short! And so the beginning of the end. It’s so funny imagining a cat on an eagle’s back!

Vocab from 第 42 話

• 旋回 revolution, rotation
• 叫ぶ to shout, to scream, to yell, to exclaim
• 影 shadow, silhouette, figure
• シャーっ sound of a cat hissing - weird… would not have guessed that as hissing of a cat…
• 間違いなく unmistakably, certainly, without a doubt

Vocab from 第 43 話

• 舞い降りる to swoop down
• 降ろす to drop off
• 迷子 lost child, lost person, stray child
• やがて before long, soon
• ガミガミ nagging, griping, snarling
• 懐かしい dearly, missed,
• 着地 landing

[omk3]

February 14

狐火の辻, 88-100%

Well, I finished the book with time to spare. It was an okay read, but nothing spectacular. My main problem was that I ended the book knowing very little about the characters, so I didn’t really care much about what was happening. The mystery was intriguing at first, but strangely got less so as clues were gradually revealed. I did guess some parts of the (a little too neat) solution, but I didn’t feel much satisfaction. In any case, it wasn’t the kind of mystery you could put together on your own without extra information.

As for the famous “man using あたし” issue, I ended the book none the wiser. It really was a man and he really did use あたし, but unless there were subtle clues in the way he spoke that I missed, no other character commented on the fact, and no explanation was given in the narration. I read in the atokagi that the character appears in another book before this one ( 涙香迷宮), but I’m not about to go read it just in case it solves the あたし mystery.

[Cathm2]

14/2 23 pages Orange (finished ch 25, started 26), 2 pages おばちゃんたちのいるところ

And I’m now back to this week’s reading of Orange!

[nyxqueenofshadows]

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14th feb

figured i’d go for something less emotionally/philosophically taxing after my last couple of reads and went with 呪術廻戦0 cos it’s four chapters and wraps up in one volume nicely (ish). first chunk was a bit of a struggle but once things got going i found it easier.

words that stood out: 首謀 (しゅぼう, plotting, planning, ringleader. 無謀 now makes a lot more sense to me), 語彙 (ごい, lexicon), 全容 (ぜんよう, full story, whole aspect). also considering how often they turn up i’ll have 呪い and 祓う sorted before the volume’s even over

[polv]

Feb 14, Tue of Week 8 of Winter Q1 2023

• ふしぎの国のバード Vol.3 Ch.12 阿賀野川(あがのがわ)

Boatman show, but do not clap the hands.

• うたわれるもの

Words of the day

• ひと悶着(もんちゃく) = a small quarrel = 一悶着(ひともんちゃく). Has Furigana.
• 胡乱(うろん) = suspicious-looking. Has Furigana.
• 大尽(だいじん) = rich person = 大臣(だいじん)
• 川瀬(かわせ) = rapids at shallows of a river = 瀬(せ)
• 浅瀬(あさせ) = shallows of river, but not rapid
• 鉄則(てっそく) = iron-clad rules
• 忌(い)み言葉(ことば) = taboo words. First Kanji in 禁忌(きんき) and 忌(い)まわしい, Level 59.
• 難破(なんぱ) = shipwreck. Somehow sounds similar to 軟派(なんぱ) / ナンパ = hitting on women.
• 稼業(かぎょう) = occupation. First Kanji in 稼(かせ)ぐ.
• 寛容(かんよう) = open-mindedness. First Kanji in 寛大(かんだい).
• 板材(いたざい) = a wooden plank

[Zakarius]

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

February 14th
新書太閣記 progress: 09.50% // Volume II: 9.53%

So far, out of this and the two other books I’ve read in Japanese, I think that Yoshikawa has my favourite writing style. He gets to the point but will take the time to set the scene with great imagery at times. All the characters feel very alive too.

Words found under the kotatsu

戛々「かつかつ」ー Clopping; clicking; clacking
鏘々「そうそう」ー Lively; active; energetic; enthusiastic

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

• 阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)

• 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)

• 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 1556)

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
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant

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

Saito Clan
斎藤 義龍「さいとう よしさつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」) - Military commander
– 孫四郎「まごしろう」- Brother
– 喜平次「きへいじ」- Brother
– 斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Father

[Twelvewishes]

Day 45, 14th of February

Back to my Home Post

Okay, today I’m not gonna spend as much time on this page. I want to go to bed at a more reasonable time.

Today we’re still at the bar, but the old man from before joins us. If I understood it right, he’s a researcher of old magic, and he’s worried about the thing(s) happening in the woods. He tells them that nobody goes into the forest, and that there’s a lot of magic wolves. The leader (I think that’s what he wanted to say with リーダー?) has red eyes. Thanks for the info, old man!

[Redglare]

Home post // Feb 14

・薬屋のひとりごと３ (47% → 50%)

Read a bit in the morning. Has been staying up a bit late the last few days so I’ll turn in early tonight.

[Greti33]

February 9th-14th (Days 40-45)

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1Q84 Book 1 前編 (44 - 66%)
この本を盗む者は (4 - 10%)
(I was planning to write out how much I read on each individual day, but I didn’t keep track of that so this will have to do )

I’ve been diligently reading every day (and lurking around), I just didn’t feel like engaging much.

In terms of reading, I managed to read week 1 of この本を盗む者は on time before the start of week 2. Also I’m pretty sure my reading speed on 1Q84 Book 1 前編 has improved quite a bit - though I have no data to support this. Maybe I should start timing myself. And maybe I should also start engaging a little more with the book club threads again (so much to talk about).

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@windupbird

it was just a very “don’t look at me” sort of week

I’ve been looking for the words to describe how I’ve been feeling lately, and this is so accurate. Ah

[Natsuha]

Day 44
I just finished volume 4 of Tsugumomo . Rereading a manga in japanese is not as fun as reading it for the first time.

3312 pages read

[lucylavelle]

February 14th!

Today I read a chapter of Mitsuboshi Colors, and then a few pacges of Chapter 54 of Shadows House.

(Home Post)

[Roxcell]

What grammar level are you at approximately? Reading something as difficult as HP is so darn impressive!!!

[DIO-Berry]

Home

February 13th

ルリドラゴン 1
start - 13

February 14th

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険9
86 - 91

I actually had about 30 min to read last night but I accidently wasted it on social media and then only had 5 min… Hopefully tonight will go better

[windupbird]

Summary post

Day 44: February 13th
Missed
Working late strikes again…and might strike again tomorrow tbh, I need to get some stuff done So many deadlines

Day 45: February 14th
What did I read?: ペンギン・ハイウェイ
How much did I read?: 3 pages
How long did it take me?: 20 minutes

Why did this feel so difficult today I wanted to make sure I read at least a little, but I stopped kind of early because I was struggle times.

[javerend]

２月１４日 (Home Post Link)

Read:

• 三ツ星カラーズ ch 12
• 夜カフェ pg 93 → 106 (finished ch 8)

Word of the Day:
露店「ろてん」ー street stall, booth. I just really like any kanji with the 雨 radical, i think they look pretty

[WaniTsunami]

JJK was stupidly frustrating to read because there were just so many words/kanji that I don’t see in any of my other reading and I feel my brains coming out of my ears every time I try to read it. Ultimately it was the manga that pushed me to finally get back to doing some sort of guided study routine because I was just kind of skating by reading the other shonen titles I was.