| Title | Type | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| うみねこのなく頃に | VN | 6:38:53 116.7k chs | |
| 頭のよさは国語力で決まる | L32? Nonfiction | pg.80 | |
| 螢・納屋を焼く・その他の短編 | L33 短編集 | pg.53 | |
| 愛しさに気づかぬうちに | L26 Novel | pg.210 | |
| Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 1 | L36 LN | pg.70 | |
| 日本語は「空気」が決める | L30 Nonfiction | pg.60 | |
| 継母の連れ子が元カノだった4 | L31 LN | pg.18 | pg.36 |
Still deeply tired
Reading on the train tomorrow if I can muster the energy
２０２５年１１月２８日(金)
 |
Book | Pages |
|---|---|---|
 |
ゆびさきと恋々 ３ | 71 - 82 |
28th november 
slow start but i did get there in the end, doing a bit of relife vol 3 and another ‘episode’ in the bakumatsu book. instead of articles, from now on i’m going to do the reading texts from this textbook instead. it’s the only thing it’s really useful to me for so i might as well make the most of it 
| emoji | book | pages read |
|---|---|---|
 |
超現代誤訳幕末物語 | 76-99 |
 |
relife vol 3 | 0-33 |
 |
steins;gate | ~1hr 30 |
 |
the encyclopedia of japanese pop culture | 164-x |
 |
starling house | 208-261 |
today’s article was x (パラサイト・シングル text in textbook)
November 26
Like nearly every day I played some 英雄伝説 碧の軌跡. I only made a little progress, which is not bad I’m not really in a rush to finish it.
November 28th 
歯車
Didn’t get chance to read at my usual time, but got some in later and finished off chapter 3.
11月28日
1h, Manabi reader app (
slow reader)
| title | type | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|
| デフリンピック ハンマー投げで3つのメダル | NHK easy | strat | end |
| 車を運転するとき 熊に気をつけて | NHK easy | strat | end |
| 浅草の店「中国からの客が少なくなっている」 | NHK easy | strat | end |
| 新潟県の知事 原子力発電所を動かすことを認める | NHK easy | strat | end |
Home Post - 11月28日
I caught a cold, so it is now a bit more difficult to study. But how glad I am the I have it now, not a week later!
Mock grammar tests, 1h39m
Again 12/19 for grammar, plus did a bunch of star questions. Also did vocab part, it was not pretty, but realistic (8/25). Nothing new, my hope is to get high score on listening and reading parts, otherwise I’m doomed.
日本語: 新刊全マスター・文法, 1h3m
Home post // November 28 
・ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖 2 (76% → 77%)
I started reading late, so just a tiny read. Also learned (from wikipedia) that the famous mangaka 手塚治虫 liked bugs so much that he added the 虫 in his name. Good fun fact.
Btw, do you happen to have the answer to this question in particular?
２０２５年１１月２９日(土)
|
Book | Pages |
|---|---|---|
 |
おじさまと猫１ | 41 - 50 |
2025/11/28
About 10 min of Pokemon Moon
| Title | Type | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| うみねこのなく頃に | VN | 6:38:53 116.7k chs | |
| 頭のよさは国語力で決まる | L32? Nonfiction | pg.80 | |
| 螢・納屋を焼く・その他の短編 | L33 短編集 | pg.53 | |
| 愛しさに気づかぬうちに | L26 Novel | pg.210 | |
| Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 1 | L36 LN | pg.70 | |
| 日本語は「空気」が決める | L30 Nonfiction | pg.60 | |
| 継母の連れ子が元カノだった4 | L31 LN | pg.36 | pg.125 |
| 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年 | L32 Novel | pg.0 | pg.35 |
First good reading day this week
Hopefully tomorrow will be good too, last real chance before JLPT..
November 29th
歯車
Completed chapter four and read just over half of five.
That leaves the rest of five and the final chapter for tomorrow. Should be able to get that read as chapter six looks pretty short, though, tbh, my enthusiasm for finishing this one isn’t very high.
I’ve enjoyed the rest of Akutagawa’s works I’ve read so far, some more than others, but they were all interesting to read at least… this one, not so much, I think I just don’t like this style of writing as I had a similar opinion about the second half of I am a Cat by Soseki, I just find it way too meandering with little going on for my taste.
2h ( slow reader) 11月29日
| title | type | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|
| ふらいんぐうぃっち 1 | L19 manga | strat | p.67 |
| 東京都 新しいマンションを買う外国人が増えている | NHK easy | start | end |
Don’t worry, Makoto is struggling with comprehension at that point too - he’s using dialect. Often, in the next panel someone will “translate” him for the benefit of Makoto and the general reader.
29th november
just some pixiv and more starling house, almost there.
| emoji | book | pages read |
|---|---|---|
|
超現代誤訳幕末物語 | 99-x |
|
relife vol 3 | 33-x |
|
steins;gate | x |
|
the encyclopedia of japanese pop culture | 164-x |
|
starling house | 261-280 |
today’s article was x
The order is 3 2 1 4, so the answer is 1
the problem is i tried to read it three times knowing it is a dialect 
I read it once and try to understand it. If I don’t understand it and a translation into standard Japanese is provided (as it often is in Flying Witch), I read that and then try to use it to parse the dialect. If that fails, I move on. One day when my standard Japanese is fabulous, I’ll work on dialect, but not now. Maybe if I lived in that area of Japan, I’d put the work in, but right now I need to prioritise other Japanese skills.
Home Post - 11月29日
Mock grammar and vocab tests, 3h
Got 14/19 for grammar twice, I’m happy. I hope it means that this couple of weeks of cramming is paying off. Vocab was also not bad this time, I’ll stop wasting time on it. I won’t become better anyway. I just wanted to see what score I could have if I did the whole language knowledge section.
日本語: 新刊全マスター・文法, 41m
Reread and repeat.
