7th feb
ouran chap 45 down, just one more left in the volume! i donโt know if itโs just this arc but i feel like iโve doing wayyyy fewer look-ups than i used to in the earlier volumes. on the other hand, ็ฃใฎๅฅ่
threw a bunch of bee-keeping terminology at me so ig it balances out 
finished that now, interested in reading more! itโs definitely aimed at a teenage-YA audience (aka not me) but the world-building is interesting and clearly has a lot of thought put into it. might check out the original books too to see the differences (tho iโm betting thoseโll be less accessible). another ten pages or so of the bakumatsu book (will probably translate one later)
todayโs nhk articles were this one and this one, plus the entries on ใฃใฝใ and ๆฅin aDoIJG
words that stood out: bees edition
ๆก่ญ๏ผ
้ ๅฏ - clandestine, stealthy, or (in this case) spy (for a daimyo, shougun etc.)
็ฃ๏ผ
ๅๅฐ - swarming, hiving off
็ๅฐ - queen/royal cell of a bee hive
่ฝใฃใใจใ - to drop, to lose, to fall. ่ฝใจใ but ้ขๆฑๅผ.
thanks! 
iโm mostly used to her handwriting by now but sometimes sheโll throw me a curveball 