Day 15: January 15th
365日にっぽんのいろ図鑑
Time spent: 13 min
Today’s color: 小豆色 (あずきいろ) - reddish brown
It’s azuki bean color! Apparently in ancient times, red was considered a color to ward off evil spirits, so on celebratory occasions, it was good to eat 赤飯 (rice steamed with azuki beans so it gets red) and ぜんざい (red bean soup with azuki beans).
A good word harvest today
- 食用 (しょくよう) - for use as food; edible
- 主流 (しゅりゅう) - (the) mainstream
- 魔除け (まよけ) - charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
- 厄除け (やくよけ) - warding off evil; protecting against misfortune (basically what I took from looking these up on Jisho is that anything X除け is like…repelling/warding off X, it’s pretty cool how many words there are that appear to work like that lol)
- 定着 (ていちゃく) - becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; taking root
- 欠かせない (かかせない) - indispensable; vital; fundamental; imperative; crucial; critical
まいにち暦生活 日本の暮らしを楽しむ365のコツ
Time spent: 4 min
Actually both of my daily reads today had something to do with azuki beans lol. Today is 小正月 (こしょうがつ) - Little New Year. Apparently the Thing to Do on this day is eat 小豆粥 (あずきがゆ) and get some info on the weather/crop yields for the coming year via 粥占 (かゆうら) - rice porridge divination.
What else did I read?
じじ猫くらし
Amount read: 25 pages
Time spent: 30 min
Finished off this manga today the ending made me kind of sad because kitty is showing signs of aging Apparently the irl cat it’s based on turned 13 while the author was writing this book (there was a little afterword note in the back wishing him a happy birthday, it was cute :3)
My favorite word today is 神々しい (こうごうしい) - divine, sublime, solemn
And here are some more good words
- 心なしか (こころなしか) - somehow; somewhat; seemingly
- ふかふか - soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato
or kitty) - 出しっ放し (だしっぱなし) - leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on) (LOL this is definitely a word I need in my life)
- 歳をとる (としをとる) - to grow old; to age
What manga will I start next??? I have too many choices because I bought too many and yet the one I want the most is still not here It’s literally not even published yet lol, I’m just impatient. I preordered it but it probably won’t be here until next week at least
I do not need a third “daily” book right now but this sounds amazing and I would probably buy it if it existed xD I like plants~
It is this one, 365日にっぽんのいろ図鑑! It’s a very pretty book, I like it a lot
Yeah I agree with @natarin! Seems like she’s basically like “how about that? how would that be? what do you think about that idea?” - that sort of feel.