📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

[DIO-Berry]

I didn’t understand the reasoning when I read it the first time, but now I see lol. 313

The 11th was life day because of the Tohoku Earthquake.

[polv]

Mar 13, Mon of Week 12 of Winter Q1 2023

• 古見さんは、コミュ症です。 Vol.1 Ch.7-13

Katakana practice.

• 夢十夜 Night 6

• うらら迷路帖 Vol.2 (0-28%)

Words of the day

• 直球(ちょっきゅう) = straight pitch; direct
• 切(き)れ長(なが) = long and slim (of an eye; sliming out at outer canthus)
• 常軌(じょうき)を逸(いっ)する = to defy social norms; being eccentric. Second Kanji is from 軌道(きどう).

[Zakarius]

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

March 13th
新書太閣記 progress: 17.88% // Volume III: 1.33%

Volume III starts with bath time for Oda Nobunaga, but oh no the water is too cold
(this is starting to seem like some slice of life anime for Sengoku-era warlords)

Words found under the kotatsu

近習「きんじ」ー Attendant
苦諫「くかん」ー To criticize a superior with the harsh truth; to give advise to a superior knowing that it’ll hurt their feelings
初鴉「はつがらす」ー Crow cawing on New Year’s Day
迂回「うかい」ー Detour

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 - 1562

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
– 織田 お市「おだ おいち」- Younger sister

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi (Married to Nene)
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant

Military Commanders
浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」
– こひ - Wife
– 寧子「ねね」- Oldest Daughter (Married to Hideyoshi)
– おや屋「おやや」- Youngest Daughter
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(Common name: 勝三郎「かつさぶろう」)
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」
佐久間 盛重「さくま もりしげ」(also know as: 大学「だいがく」)
山口 守孝「やまぐち もりたか」(also known as: 海老丞「えびのじょう」)
柘植 友顕「つげ ともあき」(also known as: 玄蕃「げんば」)
梶川 一秀「かじかわ かずひで」
佐久間 信辰「さくま のぶとき」
佐々 政次「さっさ まさつぐ」
岩室 重休「いわむろ しげやす」
簗田 政綱「やなだ まさつな」(also known as: 弥二右衛門「やじえもん」)
毛利 良勝「もうり よしかつ」
中川 重政「なかがわ しげまさ」

Retainers
佐久間 盛政「さくま もりまさ」(nickname: 玄蕃「げんば」)
森 可成「もり よしなり」(Other name: 三左衛門「さんざえもん」)
– 蘭丸「らんまる」- Son
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます」(Common name: 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)

Others
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)
道家 清十郎「どうけ せいじゅうろう」- Wealthy farmer and lord

戸部 新左衛門「とべ しんざえもん」- Castle commander
水野 帯刀「みずの たてわき」- Castle Guard
服部 一忠「はっとり かずただ」(also called: 小平太「こへいた」) - Samurai

Maeda Clan
Military Commanders
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(childhood name: 犬千代「いぬちよ」)
– 佐脇 良之「さわき よしゆけ」(also known as: 藤八郎「とうはちろう」) - Younger brother

Saito Clan
Military Commanders
斎藤 義龍「さいとう よしさつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」)
– 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
Military Commanders
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
明智 光安「あけち みつやす」- Also the 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
– 今川 氏真「いまがわ うじざね」- Son, and heir to the Imagawa clan
– 太原 雪斎「たいげん せっさい」- Uncle, military advisor and monk

Military Commanders
伊丹 康直「いたみ やすなお」(also known as: 権阿弥「ごんあみ」)
庵原 忠縁「いはら ただより」(also known as: 将監「しょうげん」)
斎藤 利澄「さいとう としずみ」(also known as: 掃部介「かぶのすけ」)
関口 氏経「せきぐち うじつね」
富永 氏繁「とみなが うじしげ」(also known as: 伯耆守「ほうきのかみ」)

Others
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」(Childhood name: 竹千代「たけちよ」// Other name: 元康「もとやす」) - Retainer
– 築山「つきやま」- Wife
– 榊原 忠政「さかきばら ただまさ」- Vassal
– 石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」- Loyal follower
朝比奈 主計「あさひな かずえ」- Samurai
井伊 直盛「いい なおもり」- Retainer

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

Sakai Clan
Military Commanders
酒井 正親「さかい まさちか」(also known as: 与四郎「よしろう」)

Matsudaira Clan
Military Commanders
松平 親俊「まつだいら ちかとし」(also known as: 左馬助「さまのすけ」)
杉浦 吉貞「すぎうら よしさだ」(also known as: 八郎五郎「はちろうごろう」)

Miyoshi Clan
三好 長慶「みよし ながよし」- Head of the Miyoshi clan

Retainers
松永 弾正 久秀「まつなが だんじょう ひさひで」

Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
足利 義輝「あしかが よしてる」- 13th Shogun of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
細川 晴元「ほそかわ はるもと」- 34th Kanrei of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate

Non-affiliated
鵜殿 甚七「うど (の) じんしち」- Mountain priest (Yamabushi)

Volume III: 1562 - 15??
(Currently 1562/3)

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Leader of the Oda Clan
– 織田 信秀「おだ のぶひで」- Father (previous leader of the Oda Clan)

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi

Military Commanders
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」

Matsudaira Clan
松平 元康「まつだいら もとやす」- Leader of the Matsudaira Clan

[NicoleIsEnough]

@DIO-Berry

but now I see lol. 313

Haha that’s hilarious

[NicoleIsEnough]

Uh I think I forgot to report last week, so here are two weeks of reading:

Home Post

Was so busy that I skipped three days of Japanese reading Will keep being busy for some more time but I’ll try to fit in some more reading as well.

Plans for the week:

•   ユートロニカのこちら側 (with the Compulsive Readers club)
•   Flesh&Blood Bonus Material for Vol. 9 (with the F&B club)
•   1Q84 Book 1.2 (with the 1Q84 book club)
•   夢十夜 by 夏目蒼石

[javerend]

３月１３日 (Home Post Link)

I ended up doing a bunch of academic english reading today that was kind of exhausting… if you find yourself struggling to read a paper at some point, just know that even for academics, reading academic stuff can be a real challenge

My books got here today and… idk what i was expecting but seeing them in person there is a lot more material here than I was anticipating. This is like a ridiculous amount of manga to have come in a single box and I don’t entirely know what i’m going to do with it all

Read:

• イジらないで、長瀞さん ch 124
• 三ツ星カラーズ ch 35, 36, volume 4 done!

Word of the Day:
買いだめ「かいだめ」ー stocking up on; hoarding​

@pocketcat

Small typo: ないぞう

Good catch! My eyes don’t quite work as well as they used to, especially when i’m juggling between screens and books

[lucylavelle]

March 13th!

Today I read chapters 8-10 of Komi Can’t Communicate.

(Home Post)

[DIO-Berry]

Home

March 13th

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険10
76 - 108

不可解(ふかかい)なぼくのすべてを 2
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季節(きせつ)を愉(たの)しむ366日(たのしむ)
3/14

Seasons celebrated Math Day (Pi Day) and White Day.

I realized I haven’t read JoJo in about 3 weeks, wow/yikes lmao. I don’t think I would have been able to re pick it up as easily if not for being at one of the stupidest deaths in the whole series.

I’m thinking of finishing volume 10 and hopefully starting Fukakai vol 2, but Amazon says that the new Ultra Jump is arriving on Friday. I’ll probably be obsessed with the new chapters in it. Depending how timing works out, I might take a break from Part 2 of JoJo and Fukakai in order to properly read the Crazy Diamond Spinoff in order.

[pocketcat]

I read one of the two chapter assignment for this week’s 七回死んだ男 (might finish the second chapter after this) and all I can say is: wow. I will never read this author again. It’s so tedious for such a good concept. It’s a perfectly interesting story and yet he just keeps repeating himself and drilling the same points home for the reader over and over again. The first ~4 pages of this chapter felt like an episode recap of the chapter I’d just finished.

西澤保彦. Never again.
…except I totally have another book of his in my 積読 pile and I have the audiobook So probably again. Just like this poor grandpa that keep dying.

[enbyboiwonder]

Home

Yesterday I didn’t actually feel the effects of the time change terribly much until the evening, but today I’ve been feeling it from the moment I woke up…

But in good news, I found out what happened to my DJs!

It turns out they didn’t go to a residence, but got mixed in with the mail for some business facility? It seems they go through the mail and send back the stuff that accidentally got mixed in weekly and I got lucky that mine arrived soon before they send the weekly batch back, because it got here today! Oh thank goodness it’s not lost forever.

Also the freebie that Otaku Republic included this time was a Kageyama Tobio can badge!

Certainly beats the clear protective covers I’ll never use that they’ve sent with nearly every Manga Republic order lmao. I’m still not sure what to do with those. eBay?

This is one of the ones where if you tip it side to side and/or up and down it gives the illusion of being 3D. Can’t remember what that’s called. I kinda wanna say holographic, but also I think that’s that type of shiny paper that’s like it’s got big pieces of glitter in it or something…

I wonder if I got this one because I got a kagehina DJ. If I hadn’t gotten that DJ, I wonder what character they woulda sent, and if I woulda been lucky enough that it was a character I liked. (Something tells me no lol. With my usual luck, I pry woulda gotten Bakugou… But maybe they’ve got MP100 ones too and I woulda been fine; I did get that Reigen & his sister DJ)

Also I am not normally this lucky, so I guess I’ll be preparing for a string of bad things to happen now.

This wasn't even the only lucky thing to happen recently.

Thursday before last (the 2nd), there was a pretty bad storm that evening that set off the tornado sirens for like two minutes. The next morning, we find that the utility pole right outside the doughnut shop I work at is now severely leaning toward it. It’s at an angle, so if it falls, it won’t hit the store straight on, but it will hit the employee-only part behind the counter. Also, the line that connects to the store from the pole is now drooping low enough that it’s caught underneath the corner of our sign. Apparently it’s only telephone, not power, but I’m pretty sure that’s not good either. So the baker calls the city and informs them of it. A guy comes down to take a look, and he says not to worry about it, it’ll be fixed in a few days.

Fast forward a week, to Thursday the 9th. There’s more rain that evening—not as bad as the last time, but enough to make the telephone pole (this one’s shorter and only has telephone, as opposed to telephone and power) connected across the store entrance from the severely leaning utility pole in front of the shop—which, might I add, has not been fixed as promised—lean just that bit more. On Friday morning, the milk truck comes with our delivery. Now, he has been here twice since the last storm, and the sausage truck which is taller has been here once, and they’ve had no problem driving under the telephone line to get out (they drive in on the other side, where the drive-thru lets out onto the highway, and drive around the back; yes, we’re a small-business doughnut shop with a drive-thru). Either the telephone line doesn’t look any lower than when he was last here on Tuesday, or it does but not too low for the truck. He is not expecting trouble getting out today either. The line gets caught on the front of his truck at the top and pulls down the telephone pole. Not the utility pole in front of our store, which could have been very, very bad depending on exactly which angle it fell (it wouldn’t have been pulled 180° from where it was leaning… maybe more like 110°? Could definitely have still hit the store, especially considering how far it was leaning and I’m pretty sure it’s also bent), but the telephone-only pole where all there is there is just grass.

Oh, and when the pole actually goes down, rather than is just a potential concern, the cops are there within minutes, and someone comes down later that same day to put in a new utility pole right next to the severely leaning one. As of yesterday, they haven’t done anything with the mostly-downed telephone poles or that downed/snapped line, and I don’t think they’ve transferred the lines from the old pole to the new pole either, but yeah. Funny how that works. Also if they’d fixed it at any time during that week like they’d said, this wouldn’t have happened.

• おおきなおおきな花屋さん (Jumbo/tou-chan DJ)
• いちにち花屋さん (sequel to the previous) They’re both pretty adorable. I hadn’t read them scanned but I figured they’d be fine since they’re not R-18, and I was right! I definitely don’t regret buying them. (I’d less like to take bets with DJs than books since they’re more expensive lol)
• 22 pages of この本を盗む者は, leaving off on pg 189. I won’t be finishing any of the books I’d wanted to finish this challenge since my attention went elsewhere, but I’m hoping I’ll be able to finish this one!
• ねこ島物語

Some vocab of note:

臨時休業 (りんじきゅうぎょう) [n.] temporary closure (of a shop, etc.)
力仕事 (ちからしごと) [n.] physical work; manual labor

[DIO-Berry]

Congratulations on the djs making their way home to you! How lucky.

Also, wow on the pole. That sounds anxiety generating.

[natarin]

March 13 Home Post

Ended up a bit busy again today, but I got in some BU$TAFELLOWS! I’ve just barely started Shuu side A and I already have more questions than ever very intrigued to see where it goes!

[MissDagger]

So, I didn’t read yesterday because I procrastinated and then there was no time… Ops…

But I wanted to post because I posted the Ouran thread:

Ouran High School Host Club Book Club // Polls for Stuff

Welcome to the Ouran High School Host Club Book Club! Obs! Polls for starting time and reading schedule is in the post after this! The very popular anime only covers until the end of volume 8 of this 18 volume long manga series. This is your chance to get the full story! Haruhi is a scholarship student at the expensive Ouran High School. Soon after starting there, Haruhi stumbles on the school’s host club, and life was never quite the same again. (I made up this description, …

Also, @enbyboiwonder, I’m so glad your books got unlost! Gotta wonder how they got that lost to begin with… Anyhow, also glad that all the pole stuff didn’t turn out bad. Might be that the utility pole was planned to be changed that day the smaller one went down anyway. Otherwise how likely would it be they did anything about it the same day the smaller one went down? Maybe I’m just cynical. xD

[Cathm2]

13/3 12 pages Spy Family (finished volume 5), 9 pages Orange
14/3 9 pages Orange, 6 pages 古見さん

This week seems to be going better. I can see things going downhill reading wise as I end up in a last minute panic for my next trip. But then I can read on the flights.

[polv]

Mar 14, Tue of Week 12 of Winter Q1 2023

• うたわれるもの

• 残月記 : そして月がふりかえる Ch.4-5

Ch.1-3 was read on Fri, Sat, Sun respectively, and yesterday was skipped. Also listened to audiobook.

Quite a scene just ahead, as I have looked.

• うらら迷路帖 Vol.2 (28-39%)

Words of the day

• くねくね(.) = (on-mim) twisting; swaying. Also is the verb, くねる.
• ミシミシ(.) = (on-mim) with a creak. Also, みしり. Perhaps something stuck together too much.
• ブラブラ(.) = (on-mim) swinging around (e.g. legs) / loitering; aimlessly / keeping of chronic illness
• どっかり(.) = (on-mim) plunking down something heavy (e.g. drop your butts on the floor to sit). Indeed, not related to 徳利(とっくり).
• 開(ひら)き直(なお)る = to turn defiant
• 野次(やじ)を飛(と)ばす = to jeer at. Another verb is 野次(やじ)る. First two Kanji are also recognized in 野次馬(やじうま) (= curious onlookers).
• 鉢合(はちあ)わせる = to bump into; to encounter by chance
• 色(いろ)めき立(た)つ = to grow lively; to be energized
• 深手(ふかで)を負(お)う = to sustain a severe (mortal) wound
• 侍(はべ)る = to serve. No Furigana. Maybe I have seen the word before. First Kanji is 侍(さむらい).
• 一理(いちり)ある = to have a point in that
• 左様(さよう) = just like that; That’s right
• 回(まわ)れ右(みぎ) = right about face; turning back 180 degrees.
• 物見櫓(ものみやぐら) = watchtower. 櫓(やぐら) is a watchtower of a fort; from a warehouse (倉(くら)) to stock arrows (矢(や)).
• 猛者(もさ) = a tough fighter. No Furigana, but I have a hunch… It’s an old forgotten vocabulary with exceptional reading.
• 所作(しょさ) = movement; behavior
• 誇示(こじ) = ostentatious display; display of confidence. First Kanji from 誇(ほこ)る.
• 麾下(きか) = under commands of. Has Furigana. Perhaps 麾 feel like commandeering, with an army flag fluttering in the wind (靡(なび)く).
• 寵愛(ちょうあい) = favor. Probably being under the same roof of a dragon (龍) is just being a favorite.
• 伴奏(ばんそう) = musical accompaniment; playing an accompaniment
• ～隻(せき) = counter of ships (large boats). I mentioned about ～艘(そう) the other day; while of course I am more used to the former (just forgot).
• 係留(けいりゅう) = mooring; taking a rope to hold a boat in place (also advertising balloons). The equipment is 舫(もや)い, perhaps.
• 路肩(ろかた) = shoulder of a round (on a mountain; cliff)
• 髣髴(ほうふつ) = close resemblance / vivid recollection = 彷彿(ほうふつ). Only if I remember the sound / Kana…
• 五月人形(ごがつにんぎょう) = Boy’s May Festival Dolls. In context alongside 雛人形(ひなにんぎょう).
• 駄法螺(だぼら) = bragging; bullshit. A big 法螺(ほら). Has Furigana.
• 框(かまち) = frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity. Has Furigana.
• 臥薪嘗胆(がしんしょうたん) = going through hardship to attain objectives (vengeance). Has Furigana. Third Kanji also in 嘗(かつ)て.
• 沈思黙考(ちんしもっこう) = being lost in deep thought

[Zakarius]

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

March 14th
新書太閣記 progress: 18.17% // Volume III: 4.49%

Words found under the kotatsu

榊「さかき」ー Sakaki (sacred Shinto tree)
主賓「しゅひん」ー Main guest; guest of honour

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 - 1562

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
– 織田 お市「おだ おいち」- Younger sister

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi (Married to Nene)
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant

Military Commanders
浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」
– こひ - Wife
– 寧子「ねね」- Oldest Daughter (Married to Hideyoshi)
– おや屋「おやや」- Youngest Daughter
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(Common name: 勝三郎「かつさぶろう」)
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」
佐久間 盛重「さくま もりしげ」(also know as: 大学「だいがく」)
山口 守孝「やまぐち もりたか」(also known as: 海老丞「えびのじょう」)
柘植 友顕「つげ ともあき」(also known as: 玄蕃「げんば」)
梶川 一秀「かじかわ かずひで」
佐久間 信辰「さくま のぶとき」
佐々 政次「さっさ まさつぐ」
岩室 重休「いわむろ しげやす」
簗田 政綱「やなだ まさつな」(also known as: 弥二右衛門「やじえもん」)
毛利 良勝「もうり よしかつ」
中川 重政「なかがわ しげまさ」

Retainers
佐久間 盛政「さくま もりまさ」(nickname: 玄蕃「げんば」)
森 可成「もり よしなり」(Other name: 三左衛門「さんざえもん」)
– 蘭丸「らんまる」- Son
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます」(Common name: 彦右衛門「ひこえもん」)

Others
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)
道家 清十郎「どうけ せいじゅうろう」- Wealthy farmer and lord

戸部 新左衛門「とべ しんざえもん」- Castle commander
水野 帯刀「みずの たてわき」- Castle Guard
服部 一忠「はっとり かずただ」(also called: 小平太「こへいた」) - Samurai

Maeda Clan
Military Commanders
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(childhood name: 犬千代「いぬちよ」)
– 佐脇 良之「さわき よしゆけ」(also known as: 藤八郎「とうはちろう」) - Younger brother

Saito Clan
Military Commanders
斎藤 義龍「さいとう よしさつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」)
– 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
Military Commanders
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」)
明智 光安「あけち みつやす」- Also the 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
– 今川 氏真「いまがわ うじざね」- Son, and heir to the Imagawa clan
– 太原 雪斎「たいげん せっさい」- Uncle, military advisor and monk

Military Commanders
伊丹 康直「いたみ やすなお」(also known as: 権阿弥「ごんあみ」)
庵原 忠縁「いはら ただより」(also known as: 将監「しょうげん」)
斎藤 利澄「さいとう としずみ」(also known as: 掃部介「かぶのすけ」)
関口 氏経「せきぐち うじつね」
富永 氏繁「とみなが うじしげ」(also known as: 伯耆守「ほうきのかみ」)

Others
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」(Childhood name: 竹千代「たけちよ」// Other name: 元康「もとやす」) - Retainer
– 築山「つきやま」- Wife
– 榊原 忠政「さかきばら ただまさ」- Vassal
– 石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」- Loyal follower
朝比奈 主計「あさひな かずえ」- Samurai
井伊 直盛「いい なおもり」- Retainer

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

Sakai Clan
Military Commanders
酒井 正親「さかい まさちか」(also known as: 与四郎「よしろう」)

Matsudaira Clan
Military Commanders
松平 親俊「まつだいら ちかとし」(also known as: 左馬助「さまのすけ」)
杉浦 吉貞「すぎうら よしさだ」(also known as: 八郎五郎「はちろうごろう」)

Miyoshi Clan
三好 長慶「みよし ながよし」- Head of the Miyoshi clan

Retainers
松永 弾正 久秀「まつなが だんじょう ひさひで」

Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
足利 義輝「あしかが よしてる」- 13th Shogun of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate
細川 晴元「ほそかわ はるもと」- 34th Kanrei of the Muromachi/Ashikaga Shogunate

Non-affiliated
鵜殿 甚七「うど (の) じんしち」- Mountain priest (Yamabushi)

Volume III: 1562 - 15??
(Currently 1562/3)

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Leader of the Oda Clan
– 織田 信秀「おだ のぶひで」- Father (previous leader of the Oda Clan)

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi
– 寧子「ねね」- Wife
( – – 浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Father)
( – – おや屋「おやや」- Younger sister)

Military Commanders
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」
佐久間 信盛「さくま のぶもり」
林 秀貞「はやし ひださだ」
滝川 一益「たきがわ かずます」
菅屋 長頼「すがや ながより」

Matsudaira Clan
松平 元康「まつだいら もとやす」- Leader of the Matsudaira Clan

Military Commanders
石川 数正「いしかわ かずまさ」
酒井 忠次「さかい ただつぐ」

[enbyboiwonder]

Although actually I kinda forgot about the pole since looking out the drive-thru window, it just looks like it’s leaning slightly to the left, you can’t see it leaning toward the shop at all. It was really only Saturday after the other one came down that I realized it coulda been the one in front of the shop and that coulda been bad

I guess it’s good being dumb sometimes because every time it’s real windy I get anxiety that the pecan tree right outside my bedroom window will fall on me, even knowing full well it’s leaning away from the house so if it does come down on anyone it’s likely to be the across-the-street neighbors (though actually I dunno if it’s tall enough to do any damage to their house itself), so I’m surprised this didn’t give me anxiety too

[javerend]

３月１４日 (Home Post Link)

I am still slowly working through Teaching and Researching Reading (Grabe & Stoller). It’s pretty comprehensive and I keep getting distracted by the studies they’re talking about and in one of the chapters on L2 reading research, they mention the results of this study https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1362168809341508 (not open access, sorry ) that tried to control for differences in exposure time between intensive and extensive reading programs. As a side effect of readers being able to choose what they wanted to read in the extensive reading groups, they also measured what kinds of books people were reading relative to their starting measured reading level and they found something super super super super surprising that I thought might be interesting to people in this thread (they mention using graded readers, but that means something a little different for EFL classrooms than most other languages):

It really does seem to be as long as you are reading, pretty much no matter what it is, no matter how hard or easy it is for your level, you are still getting benefits that are at least in the same ballpark. So read what you enjoy reading and what you want to read!

Read:

• 三ツ星カラーズ ch 37

Word of the Day:
短冊「たんざく」ー tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)​

[omk3]

March 13

ユートロニカのこちら側 , 80-94%

March 14

ユートロニカのこちら側 , 94 - end
水たまりで息をする , 23-31%

I finished ユートロニカのこちら側 today! This makes it the second book to finish this month, and the 8th book to finish this year.

I liked it a lot. It describes a world not so far removed from ours, and poses some quite difficult questions. With each chapter following a different character, we get the opportunity to look at this world from various angles, and through a different set of values each time. Language-wise, it was mostly straightforward, but the included news articles and some philosophical ruminations upped the difficulty quite a lot at times. It’s interesting that it took me 14 (non-consecutive) days to read it, exactly as long as 半落ち, another rather difficult book but for different reasons.

Then today I also continued reading 水たまりで息をする a little. I’m detecting some possible echoes of 地球星人 in the themes it’s exploring, but it’s still early. Curious to see where it goes from here.

@javerend

It really does seem to be as long as you are reading, pretty much no matter what it is, no matter how hard or easy it is for your level, you are still getting benefits that are at least in the same ballpark.

I love this, and it confirms what I’ve observed in myself. Reading gives me a feel for the language and the way it works. It doesn’t matter if it’s easy or hard, full of unknown vocabulary or a walk in the park. Any reading increases exposure, and exposure helps the brain make and solidify connections, and even start, very tentatively, sometimes think in the target language, even for a little bit. But then I love reading anyway, so I’d be doing it even if it wasn’t so beneficial.

[javerend]

@omk3

But then I love reading anyway, so I’d be doing it even if it wasn’t so beneficial.

And that’s really the trick! The authors of both this study and a few others on reading motivation have all mentioned that even if really rigorous intensive reading ends up working better than extensive reading in some capacities (which current research seems to indicate is not the case), extensive reading might still be more effective in the long run because it turns out that if you let people enjoy reading what they want to read… they just end up reading more!

It’s actually a problem in some studies for comparing intensive and extensive reading: when they introduce l2 learners to strategies for independent extensive reading, some students end up enjoying it so much they just go home and keep reading! Great for their learning, but not so great for getting metrics to compare the two different reading strategies