February 16th!
Today I read chapter 56 of Shadow’s House, so I’ve caught up with the book club before the next week starts 
A lot has happened in the last few chapters, so I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next.
Been having a lot of big breakthroughs reading 夜は短し歩けよ乙女. Since the book changes perspectives, I have had to really focus on not just what is being said, but who it’s being said by. For example, First we get the perspective of 乙女さん doing the 友達パンチ to 東堂さん on the 三階電車. Then we get 東堂さん’s perspective in the next chunk because he uses 己 and uses some older sounding Japanese conjugation
２月１６日 (Home Post Link)
uhhg i stayed up waaaaay too late last night 
Ah! didn’t even notice today was 5 months of reading at least 1 ch of manga a day! something something pebbles something something mountains
Read:
- 三ツ星カラーズ ch 14 - i’ve seen memes of this chapter for so long, it’s nice to finally see it for real
- 夜カフェ pg 106
Word of the Day:
微塵「みじん」ー little bits, particle, atom (here, 微塵になる)
Got to Chapter 2 of 夜は短し歩けよ乙女. I think I was too excited to reach the end of the chapter so I am gonna reread that tonight, but I made it through the first chapter! I would like to maybe try and get through the remaining chapters a little faster pace, but not to where I am speed running through the book. I am still enjoying my time with it, so I would like to continue to do so.
February 16th
What did I read?: 魔女と猫の話
How much did I read?: 7 pages
(Finished 4th Story )
How long did it take me?: 46 m
I finished the 4th story! 
It was quite nice! Ginger had a pretty fun personality to read about, heh, heh. And it was fun to see the cats from earlier stories interacting with everyone. The next story is going to be about the fourth witch in the group of four friends the stories have mostly focused on. So I guess the next two stories after that are going to be about completely new characters.
And interestingly enough, it took me half the time it took yesterday to read the same number of pages! But that’s probably not about my ability, and more just about my luck with the proportion of new vocabulary and confusing grammar. 
February 16 
Home Post
More BU$TAFELLOWS again! It continues to be a wild time; I can’t tell if it actually feels like this chapter is running longer or if I’m just not sitting down and playing it enough, but either way progress is progress. Onward!
February 16
Played BU$TAFELLOWS about 1h, definitely lots of fun at the moment, too bad I had to like… sleep.
home post
17th feb
and that’s 呪術廻戦0 finished! not gonna say i understood that last chapter as well as previous ones, but i got there. might go through the thread and find an english translation to compare some stuff.
words that stood out: 拡散 (かくさん, disseminating, spreading, diffusion), しぶとい (tenacious, stubborn, unyielding), ノルマ (quota, assignment. will probably never see this again but i don’t see russian loanwords often so), plus a bonus shoutout to miguel who uses katakana instead of hiragana
名探偵コナン Volume 14 (0% ➨ 9%)
からかい上手の高木さん Volume 10 (74% ➨ 85%) 
The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den
February 17th
新書太閣記 progress: 10.26% // Volume II: 17.85% 
10%!
Words found under the kotatsu
修築「しゅうちく」ー Repair; restoration; renovation
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 1556)
Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Head of the Oda clan
– 織田 信広「おだ のぶひろ」- Older brother
– 織田 信行「おだ のぶゆき」(also: 信勝「のぶかつ」) - Younger brother
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
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(nickname: 権六「ごんろく」) - Military Commander
山淵 右近「やまぶち うこん」- Magistrate
– 山淵 義遠「やまぶち よしとお」- Father (Chief Vassal)
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
Akechi Clan
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」) - Military Commander
明智 光安「あけち みつやす」- Military Commander and adoptive father of Jyubei
– 明智 秀満「あけち ひでみつ」- Son, and retainer to Jyubei
Imagawa Clan
今川 義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo
Takeda Clan
武田 信玄「たけだ しんげん」- Daimyo
Asakura Clan
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」- Daimyo
Feb 17, Fri of Week 8 of Winter Q1 2023 
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ガラスのうさぎ Ch.4
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ふしぎの国のバード Vol.4 Ch.16 越後街道
Diligent native.
- うたわれるもの
Official grant.
Words of the day
- きわどい = risqué; questionable / dangerous; hair-breadth = 際疾い
- 麗しい = lovely; charming; beautiful
- 蒸す = to steam; to be hot and humid (in a hot day). 蒸す can be written similarly (excluding Furigana), or just 蒸かす = to steam (food).
- 天晴れ = praise-worthy
- 豪奢 = luxurious
- 数奇 = vicissitudes of fortune; full of ups and downs
- 柱石 = pillar (e.g. of a country; of society)
- 磁器 = hard-paste porcelain (as opposed to 陶器)
- 扇情的 = sensational; suggestive
- 乱入 = barging in
- 勅命 = imperial command
- 腰痛 = back pain. On reading of 腰.
- 芳名 = your honored name (saying humbly). Has Furigana.
- ご老体 = (humbly) elderly person
- 方便 = means; method
- 従順 = docile; obedient
- 所管 = jurisdiction; rights and power to govern. Like 所有権 with 管轄, I think.
- 隠蔽 = concealment. Has Furigana.
- 整合性 = consistency; coherence
- 非開示 = non-disclosure
- 就活 = job hunting = 就職活動. Like getting into sustainable living.
- 赴任 = moving to a new job. First Kanji in Level 55. Also used in 赴く.
- 語弊 = misleading statement
- 土砂降り = downpour; raining. 土砂 is earth and sand; so the place rain falls to. 土砂崩れ would rather be landslide.
- 農耕 = farming; agriculture. Second Kanji from 耕す.
- 水呑百姓 = poor peasant = 水呑み百姓. Perhaps called so, because no money to buy alcohol.
- 遠来の客 = visitor for afar
- 他人の空似 = accidental resemblance
- 箝口令を敷く = to impose a gag order; to give an order not to mention something. Has Furigana.
- 逆鱗に触れる = to infuriate one’s superior. Second Kanji in 麒麟 which is both a Qilin / Kirin or a giraffe.
Finished reading 「世界から猫が消えたなら」 today! 
- Reading time: 221 pages in 20 days = average 11 pages / 5% per day
Honestly loved this book and I also ended up highlighting way too many quotes that I liked 
Next one will probably be ちょっと今から仕事やめてくる, but I will decide tomorrow 
Uh well the past few days I mostly just played some more きみのまち ポルティア, but somewhere in there I also read xxxHOLiC③, and the last chapter and atogaki of 夜カフェ③. Yesterday I read 13 pages of この本を盗む者は, leaving off on pg 20.
February 17th
Card Captor Sakura volume 9 – progress report
Yesterday: Continued up to page 158, finished chapter 37.
Today: Read up to page 187, finished chapter 38, and with that volume 9.
Began reading volume 10, read up to page 16.
Thanks to Toya’s intervention Yue and Yukito are still alive and kicking. Never mind that this plot point took like 4 volumes to get resolved… 
Back then and today I still don’t know what to make of the ‘you resemble Yukito a lot/in everything’ lines both Toya and Sakura say to Yue. Sure, they’re the same being but as far as I’m concerned Yukito is like a chill and friendly dog/cat whereas Yue comes off as grumpy cat’s cousin.
Ah well, whatever. Let’s see if I can finish volume 10 during the weekend.
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Word or expression of the day:
不公平 (ふこうへい) - unfairness, injustice
February 17th (Day 48) 
1Q84 Book 1 前編 (73 - 82%)
I’ve read chapter 10 today, and damn… That was a long monologue. Interesting, but very exhausting to read. I really hope the next chapter is a little lighter. Only two more to go though! And let’s just ignore the fact that I’m already falling behind with my この本を盗む者は reading… (Not to mention I’ve completely forgotten about my Russian reading… 
Day 47
I felt sick the whole day just read some pages of Tsugumomo vol.5 and played Bloody Roar 3 in Japanese. In Bloody Roar 3 the text scrolls super fast its impossible for me to read that fast. 
3450 pages read
February 17th!
Today I read Chapter 44 of Happiness. It was very tempting to read ahead to finish the volume… but I have house guests coming for the weekend so I did some cleaning instead…
Home post // Feb 17
・薬屋のひとりごと３ (56% → 62%)
Today I noticed that 揶揄 and 揶揄う have the same kanji. Just like 躊躇 and 躊躇う. I’m sure there are more examples, can’t recall from the top of my head.
Spoilery story/character comment: After reading the chapter where Maomao joins the emperor go through an emperor-selection-by-choosing-the-correct-door maze, I’m getting the sense that 任氏 might actually be the emperor’s younger hikikomori brother 
Emperor’s younger brother never participate in events due to being a shut-in and that’s a very convenient excuse, isn’t it? I hope I’m not misremembering anything about this “emperor’s younger brother” character, I literally can’t remember any scenes where he appeared other than being mentioned briefly for the sole reason of pointing out that he was not attending.
Yes! Those flavor words. They typically don’t have an entry in Jisho (or Takoboto, ie. JMdict), and google images often returns Chinese or irrelevant/obscure(?) results.
Example 1: 吊帯の長裙
吊帯 → google images: some kind of strap for fastening your guns/swords and for lifting horses? Also for climbing electric power line poles 
Epitome of “no sleeve” outfit, mhm 
長裙 → actual Chinese word for long skirt!? (disclaimer: did not consult any Chinese dictionaries)
Example 2: 爪紅 → flowers! 
