粉雪 powder snow apparently this is also the name of an old song? I heard it for the first time the other day and it was a nice ballad type thing. I don’t remember the name of the band though, it was a lot of katakana
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Hello everyone
This weeks word brought to you by a very unique kind of permanent stain.
Ink
墨/インク (it’s usually kana but I like the kanji)
Ready, Set, Associate!
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墨汁 ( ぼくじゅう) ink (used in school bottles for example)
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雪舟 等楊 is a 墨絵 artist who painted this:
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That looks really cool. I picked ink as the word this week because I’m trying to get started in traditional illustration with ink as a watercolor mix. I think that medium is sometimes called ink wash.
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I love ink drawings like that! They are so striking, and the skill to not mess up on the whole page is so impressive. I hope you enjoy the course!
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入れ墨 いれずみ tattoo. I know it’s low hanging fruit, but it’s the first thing I think of when it comes to 墨.
Those paintings look so cool!! I hope the class goes well and you can learn a lot form him!
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It’s not low hanging fruit, it’s pretty common in English to call tattoos ink as a kind of slang or shortening. I don’t think I’ll ever get a tattoo but it’s kind of cool to have something permanently part of you.
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Hullo again,
This week’s word is going to be … be …be…
echo
響
Ready, Set, Associate!
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ヤギ
Because of these guys:
Technically シロイワヤギ, but I did not know that word until I looked it up right now.
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叫び shout its the best way to test out!
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Salutations! The word prompt for this week is
knight
騎士
Ready, Set, Associate!
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I’m quite familiar with hearing the word because it is often used in anime shows, but I was not previously aware of the spelling.
When I looked up the meaning of the first character 騎 (horseman) it immediately brought the following to mind:
人馬一体
It’s a saying that supposedly represents the Mazda design philosophy - Jinba Ittai - essentially describing a goal of having the horse and the rider act in perfect harmony effectively acting as one single body, as reflecting the goal of producing a sports car that achieves perfection by emulating that strong bond and sense of connection between the driver and the vehicle.Of course, I sometimes prefer my alternate, WK-learner’s interpretation of that phrase, reading it instead as ‘A man, a horse, what the heck?’
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I’m a week late AA
天使 てんし angel
this is a very uh… specific association because my partner and I have pet names for each other and mine for him is 騎士 and his for me is 天使 so… 
It also is kinda like a knight in the sky?
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Oh, that’s cute, they both end with し sounds even though it’s different kanji.
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Good afternoon,
I’m a little late with this one, didn’t think of one for a bit but today’s weather decided for me.
rain
雨
Ready, Set, Associate!
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読む because reading in a comfy chair by a window when it’s raining is euphoric.
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霧雨
We had this kinda rain recently.
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小雨 こさめ light rain
I remember when this word came up on Satori reader and Brian the developer pointed out the special reading and that he thought it was a beautiful word. At the time I didn’t know what should make one word beautiful or not but in the meantime maybe Japanese has changed my ear. I also think it’s a beautiful word and much more deserving of its meaning than drizzle which sounds harsh to me now
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Maybe during the readathon or something, it’ll rain some?
These seem to mean the same thing, but I guess there’s some difference or there wouldn’t be separate words.
We don’t get a lot of rain most of the time but I prefer light rain over hurricane weather or intense downpours.
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