Day 21: January 21st
365日にっぽんのいろ図鑑
Time spent: 17 min
Today’s color: 檳榔子黒 (びんろうじぐろ) - a rich black with a hint of blue
Another really pretty color. Named for 檳榔子 - betel nuts. Fun fact (or un-fun fact, I guess): chewing these nuts can turn your teeth black and give you cancer 
Some good words
- 熱帯 (ねったい) - tropics
- 煎じる (せんじる) - to boil; to decoct; to infuse
- 呈する (ていする) - to show; to display; to exhibit
- 下染め (したぞめ) - preliminary dyeing
- 厳か (おごそか) - solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately; impressive
まいにち暦生活 日本の暮らしを楽しむ365のコツ
Time spent: 7 min
Today’s reading talked about キンカン - kumquats! I don’t know that I have ever actually eaten a kumquat 
But apparently they are full of vitamin C and good for your cough/throat pain.
What else did I read?
お前、タヌキにならねーか? Vol 1
Amount read: 8 pages
Time spent: 18 min
Just a tiny read today because I have a not-very-tiny headache 
But today I learned that cute tanuki man’s name is こがね丸
I would have known this if I had bothered to read the back cover, but who has time for that lol