📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

Japanese Language Reading
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Feb 8, Wed of Week 7 of Winter Q1 2023 :snowman::snowflake:

  • ふしぎの国のバード Vol.1 Ch.4-5 日光(にっこう) (end volume)

Foreigners and sightseeing.

  • うたわれるもの

Candy time, then deforestation.

Words of the day
  • あどけない = childlike
  • トンボ = dragonfly. Kanji form is 蜻蛉(とんぼ).
  • コック(.) = a chef. It is also called this way in my native tongue.
  • しがらみ = ties of obligation = 柵(しがらみ). I see as 仕(し)絡(がら)み.
  • おめかし(.) = putting on makeup. Verb form is めかす.
  • あぶる = to roast; to grill / to warm (hands); to dry (clothes). Kanji form is 炙(あぶ)る / 焙(あぶ)る.
  • しおれる = to be dejected; to droop down. Kanji form is 萎(しお)れる.
  • 衰(おとろ)える = to die down; to decline. 劣(おと)る is just to be inferior to
  • 負(お)ぶう = to carry child on one’s back
  • ～銭(ぜに) = 1/100 of yen (円(えん))
  • 九谷焼(くたにやき) = Kutani porcelain
  • 芥子坊主(けしぼうず) = a children hairstyle. Probably looks like opium fruit (芥子(けし)の果実(かじつ)).
  • 髷(まげ) = top knot hairstyle. Has Furigana.
  • 簪(かんざし) = ornamental hairpin. Has Furigana.
  • 幾何学(きかがく) = geometry. First Kanji usually means how many.
  • 過多(かた) = excessive; too much
  • 殺生(せっしょう) = cruel. Unexpected Kanji reading for 殺 too.
  • 至福(しふく) = extreme bliss
  • 存亡(そんぼう) = life or death
  • 悪戯心(いたずらごころ) = desire to make mischief. First part is just 悪戯(いたずら), but I failed to recognize without Furigana.
  • 維新(いしん) = reformation, e.g. 明治維新(めいじいしん).
  • 厚意(こうい) = kindness; favor
  • 温厚(おんこう) = gentle; mild-mannered
  • 悲壮(ひそう) = tragic but brave
  • 重責(じゅうせき) = heavy responsibility = 重大(じゅうだい)な責任(せきにん)
  • 悲恋(ひれん) = disappointed love
  • 初潮(しょちょう) = first menstruation; menarche
  • 結髪(けっぱつ) = hairdressing; hairdo = 髪(かみ)を結(ゆ)うこと
  • 蝉退(せんたい) = powder made from roasted cicada (蝉(せみ)). Also, 蝉退(ぜんたい).
  • 小麦(こむぎ) = wheat
  • 大麦(おおむぎ) = barley
  • 麦(むぎ)こがし = parched ground barley powder = 麦焦(むぎこ)がし, that is, being 焦(こ)がす.
  • 澱粉(でんぷん) = starch
  • 干菓子(ひがし) = dried confectionary. Not dried is 生菓子(なまがし).
  • 集会(しゅうかい) = meeting; assembly
  • 散策(さんさく) = a walk; a stroll = 散歩(さんぽ). 策 means a rod or a cane in this case.
  • 後頭部(こうとうぶ) = back of head; occipital region. 側頭部(そくとうぶ) = side of head; temporal region
  • 真葛(さねかずら) = Kadsura japonica. A creeper plant.
  • 腹(はら)に据(す)え兼(か)ねる = cannot suppress one’s anger

SFX

  • イソイソ = excitedly; cheerfully

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Read at a glimpse. Kanji would be easier. Kana and grammar might be harder. Practically I can do this in English. I haven’t really tested this style in Japanese, nonetheless.

It’s indeed a different kind of reading than usual sequential reading.

Perhaps Wanikani + External Definition script + fast review, would prepare for this.

Probably the first time grammar dictionaries on Yomichan is proven useful. (From a thread in Wanikani Community)

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