Day 2: April 2nd
What did I read?: ふしぎ駄菓子屋銭天堂 Vol 2
How much did I read?: 4 pages
How long did it take me?: 33 min
I did read this again today xD We got the classic intro list of some of the various items for sale in the shop, and I think my favorite has to be ピノキオポッキー 
I forgot how much I like the tone of these books. It feels comfy, like I’m reading a book from my childhood. I would have read this when I was younger.
Does anyone else accidentally learn cool new words while looking stuff up in Jisho? Like today, I was looking up とうとう, which in this case meant “finally; at last; ultimately; in the end,” but right below that was another とうとう (滔々), which is an adverb or adjective that can mean either “torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); voluminously flowing,” “(speak) eloquently; fluently; spout forth (a torrent of speech),” or “flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times.” What a cool word? I feel like this happens to me a lot.
Good words that were actually in the reading lol
- 息が上がる (いきがあがる) - to run out of breath; to get breathless
- 耳をすます (みみをすます) - to listen carefully; to strain one’s ears
- 逃げきる (にげきる) - to make good one’s escape; to get away; to outrun
- 入りくむ (いりくむ) - to become complicated
- ゼーゼー - gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
- こびりつく - to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
- ぞっと - shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
- 古びる (ふるびる) - to look old; to get old
- たたずまい - appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
- うらめしい - reproachful; hateful; bitter
- 仮病 (けびょう) - feigned illness
- ぎょっと - being startled
- うってつけ - ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
I remember the first time I ever laughed out loud at a dumb joke like that in “real time” (meaning I “got it” without having to pause and try to look something up). It’s such a fun feeling! I’m not much for that kind of wordplay in English but it’s so fun in Japanese xD
It’s so cute 