Iโm about 80% done with ้ป้ไปฎ้ข now, still chugging along right on track to finish out my books for the year
Wooo congrats!
Iโm about 80% done with ้ป้ไปฎ้ข now, still chugging along right on track to finish out my books for the year
Wooo congrats!
Day 37 Progress:
ใ้ฃใฎๅคฉไฝฟๆง ๅๅ - 50.92% โ 57.47%
Horrid day for reading. Stumbled over a lot of basic things I thought I knew, and also the book was just awful. Closest Iโve ever gotten to wanting to drop it, or at least take a break.
Hopefully better and less painful reading session tomorrow.
Word of the Day:
December 16 Home Post
Iโve made it through the semester, but I was still pretty busy with social things so just finished up the chapter of ใใซใผใญใใฏ I was on. But now Iโm free! and just in time for BU$TAFELLOWS to start, Iโll have to look into that
December 16th (Home Post Link)
Read:
NHK
้ใใใใใใผ quantity, amount
็ฅไบใใกใใใผ governor
ใใค ใผ apiece
ใใชใใค
็ฒใใใใคใใใใใผ worn-out (as opposed to sleepy)
่ทกๅใใใใจใจใใใผ heir, successor
ใฐใฌใ ใผ to go off the rails, to stray from the right path
ใใกใใ ใผ fig
ใถใฏใญ ใผ pomegranate
็ท็ตใใ ใใใใใใผ baron (was this the same word they used in ่ณใใใพใใฐ? i seem to remember them just using ใใญใณ or something)
December 17th!
Today I finished Volume 9 of Teasing Master Takagi-san. As there are currently 18 volumes, that marks the half way point Though Iโm sure another volume or two will come out before I reach the end!
Dec 17, Sat of Week 12 of Fall 2022
Great Wall of China, and ้ใใ่ .
Yesterday was trickery, and now mask? Noble-acting, and masked guy speak difficult-to-understand all of sudden.
Not counting that the title of first of trilogy says there is a fake mask?
Rather than listing various possible readings, meanings, or representative vocabularies, start to matter more.
20221217 - ๅพ่ผฉใฏ็ธใงใใ progress: 97.52%
Itโs amusing reading these guys predictions of the future from 100 years ago, they somewhat feel exactly the same as peopleโs predictions these days aka: โoh no we be doomed I tell you, society ainโt what it used to beโ
Japanese found under the leaves
ๅ็็ฒพ้ฒใใใใฟใใใใใใใใใผ Someone who practices asceticism and has a dauntless spirit; brave and diligent hero
็ฟ็ถใใใ
ใใใใใผ Coming together as one; unanimously
December 17th
Card Captor Sakura volume 2 โ progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 376, finished chapter 20 and Aria: the masterpiece volume 2.
Today: Started reading Card Captor Sakura volume 2, read up to page 37, finished chapter 6.
My anxiety has passed (for now) and I could read without the intent of distracting myself from it again. Iโll stick to Card Captor Sakura during this and the next week, perhaps even until the end of the month. No idea, how far Iโll get until the 31st but it would be nice if I could finish at least volume 3 by then.
Word or expression of the day:
่ค้ - (ใตใใใค) - complicated, intricate, mixed feelings
Honourable mention(s):
้ๅ็ฅ็ต - (ใใใฉใใใใใ) - reflexes
็บๆ - (ใฏใฃใใค) - (archaeological) excavation, discovery (e.g. a new talent)
December 17
Home Post
Swedish holiday traditions (in Swedish)
Holiday short story (in English)
Yeah, I know neither of those said Japanese. But that is just how it is sometimes.
I did spend a lot of time on Japanese-ish related things. Just not reading. ^^
December 17th (Home Post Link)
Read:
NHK
ๅฐๆฅใใใใใใใใผ future prospects
ใใชใใชใใผ to disappear (of people and animals), to no longer exist
้ฒ้ณใใใใใใใผ audio recording
ใตใใผ feces (esp. animal) (kanji ็ณ)
่จ้ฒใใใใใใผ record, document
ใใชใใค
ๅใกใใใใใใผ abbreviation ๅใกใผใซ, mobile message with picture attached (wonder if thatโs dated)
ๅซใถใใใใถใใผ to shout
้ใใใใใใผ reverse, opposite
็็กใใใใใใผ nonexistent, nil
December 17
ไบบ้ๆค ๅญ -
ใธใงใธใงใฎๅฅๅฆใชๅ้บ57
Start - 115
I finished the whole arc but didnโt want to start the next one because itโs Notorious B I G and I didnโt want it to show up in my dreams lmao. BIG is up there as one of the creepiest stands in my opinion
I read HQ vol 36. This series is so damn good, for real. Iโm kind of sad Iโve only got 9 volumes left.
ๅผใฃ่พผใฟๆๆก (ใฒใฃใใฟใใใ) [noun, ใช-adj., ใฎ-adj.] reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
ๅฒใ (ใใใ) [่ชใขไบ] to laugh; to smile. Iโve seen ๅคใ before, specifically for derisive laughter, but I wonder what nuance using โbloomโ for โlaugh/smileโ has. I mean, I know what I think of (like a beatific smile or something), but considering the context this was used in, Iโm not sure it fits. (Although, Keiโs smile after his successful block a few pages laterโฆ maybe it does.)
ไปใซใชใ (ใใ ใซใชใ) [expression, ใฉไบ] to backfire; to have a harmful result
December 17 Home Post
I didnโt start reading until late so just a chapter of ใใซใผใญใใฏ today, more than I expected to do when I started though so Iโll take it!
Quite a successful day for a change.
17/12 21 pages Spy Family (whole mission), 27 pages ใทใฃใใผใใฆใน (both chapters for this week), 3 pages ๅคใซใใง (finished last weekโs chapter), 8 pages Cells at Work
Ps this was yesterday - power was out when I went to bed
Day 38 Progress:
ใ้ฃใฎๅคฉไฝฟๆง ๅๅ - 57.47% โ 64.08%
Managed to get over the hump of the frustrating portion from yesterday, at least. Still a bit of a frustrating read but a bit better. (Also oh boy, 5 AM!)
Word of the Day:
December 18th
Card Captor Sakura volume 2 โ progress report
Yesterday: Started reading Card Captor Sakura volume 2, read up to page 37, finished chapter 6.
Today: Finished chapter 7, continued up to page 86.
Unfortunately I didnโt understand half of what Sonomi (Tomoyoโs mother) said but I still got the gist of the chapter (partly thanks to my memory of events too).
At least the 7th chapter also cleared one thing up which confused me upon re-reading the 1st volume. It was Tomoyo blushing when looking at Toya because I remembered her being in love with Sakura. This chapter explained her reactions and that the only reason she was blushing was the fact that Toyaโs ears resemble Sakuraโs.
I canโt help but feel bad for Tomoyo because her love is a one-sided one, though she still has a wonderful friend in Sakura. I also respect Tomoyo a lot because she actively helps Sakura pursue her love interests because sheโs not entitled to Sakuraโs reciprocation of her love โ Tomoyo sure is the wing(wo)man we donโt deserve.
And speaking of painful, I sure felt the pain when the next chapter immediately implied the feelings between Rika and the Terada-sensei. Donโt mind me, Iโm just going to fetch my bag over there.
Sigh, okay I canโt let this slide, I have to rant a little bit: CLAMP and their stories have always been a hit and miss for me. There are admittedly only a few works which I could stomach from the oneโs Iโve read and know about in a general sense.
While there is plenty to like in Sakura and their other manga, there are always some things that just put me off quite a bit. And a big one of them are CLAMPโs couples or โsoul matesโ, so to say, because holy cr*** are there a lot of them that โ in my opinion โ should never have existed such Rika and the teacher, for example.
Word or expression of the day:
่ฒฏใใ - (ใใใ) - to save up (money)
Honourable mention(s):
้ฟ้ฃ - (ใฒใชใ) - taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation
20221218 - ๅพ่ผฉใฏ็ธใงใใ progress: 98.01%
The conversation continues.
But it looks like it might end soon.
Japanese found under the leaves
ๅฐๆใใใใฐใใใผ Exhaustion; fatigue
ๅต่ฒฌใใใใใใใผ Blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment
Dec 18, Sun of Week 12 of Fall 2022
Farmerโs revolt.
A little of ใใใใใใใฎ, and also vocabularies also from Tate-Yuusha anime sub.
December 18th!
Today I read the second half of Chapter 4 of God Bless the Mistaken.
Struggled a bit with it this week, but Iโve had a pretty long (but fun!) weekend and Iโm reading quite late at night, so Iโm probably just tired.
I am reading Chapter 4 of ้ใใฟ11 and I am in โChore Modeโ where I am getting enough to get by but my mindset is more on finishing than enjoying it. I am literally about to be done, its interesting, but its just longer than the more recent volumes so the small details of what train station he is at or what food they want to eat is becoming quite the grind.
I have an hour and a half left. I can and probably will finish today. But I am gonna need a break from the series until my vacation.