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Week 5
Start Date: Jan 29th
Previous Part: Week 4
Next Part: Week 6
Reading:
Week | Start Date | Chapter Names | Page Count |
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Week 5 | Jan 29th | 「二通の手紙」、「墓をあばいて」 | ~25.5 |
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Proper Noun Readings
Previous Proper Nouns
Name | Reading | Notes | Proof |
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井上 英三 | いのうえ えいぞう | Narrator’s friend (Chapter 1: 三本指の男) (Week 1) | |
一柳 賢蔵 | いちやなぎ けんぞう | Head of the family, eldest son, 40 yo, philosopher, lives with his parents | |
一柳 糸子 | いちやなぎ いとこ | Kenzou’s mother, widow, 57 yo (Chapter 2: 本陣の末裔) | |
一柳 妙子 | いちやなぎ たえこ | Second child, eldest daughter, lives in Shanghai | |
一柳 隆二 | いちやなぎ りゅうじ | Third child, second son, 35yo, doctor in Osaka | |
一柳 三郎 | いちやなぎ さぶろう | Fourth child, third son, 25yo, lives with his parents | |
一柳 鈴子 | いちやなぎ すずこ | Fifth child, second daughter, 17yo, lives with her parents | |
一柳 良介 | いちやなぎ りょうすけ | Cousin of the five children, 38yo | |
一柳 秋子 | いちやなぎ あきこ | 良介’s wife | |
久保 克子 | くぼ かつこ | 賢蔵’s fiancé | |
久保 林吉 | くぼ りんきち | 克子’s father, deceased, fruit farmer | |
玉 | 鈴子’s cat | ||
久保 銀造 | くぼ ぎんぞう | 克子’s uncle and the one who raised her/supports her (Week 2) | |
源七 | げんしち | 作男 | |
週吉 | しゅうきち | The miller/小作 | |
磯川 常次郎 | いそかわ つねじろう | 警部 | |
木村 | きむら | 刑事 | |
川田 | かわた・かわだ | The お主婦, or at least the 飯屋 she runs |