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Jan 28, Sat of Week 5 of Winter Q1 2023

• はたらく細胞 Black Vol.5 Ch.28-30

Leave it to master, or not?

• うたわれるもの

Words of the day

• うごめく = to wiggle like worms. Kanji form is 蠢(うごめ)く. Probably like 動(うご)く, but with 芽(め).
• むくみ = edema; swelling. Kanji form is 浮腫(むく)み.
• モロに = directly; all the way. Kanji form is 諸(もろ)に.
• 姐(ねえ)さん = elder sister. Has Furigana in context. I have noticed this choice of Kanji for a while now, which is a similar choice to 姐姐 (elder sister) in Mandarin.
• 投(な)げやり = irresponsible. Full Kanji is 投(な)げ遣(や)り. Similar sounding 投(な)げ槍(やり) appears to be a lance or a javelin.
• まとわり付(つ)く = to follow around and cling to. Full Kanji form is 纏(まと)わり付(つ)く, but the first half is otherwise usually read 纏(まつ)わる.
• 肩肘張(かたひじは)る = to put on a bold front
• 打開策(だかいさく) = a plan to break out of deadlock
• 翻弄(ほんろう) = having at one’s mercy (toying around). Like being flipped over and over, and played around.
• 蹂躙(じゅうりん) = trampling; violation
• 境目(さかいめ) = boundary
• 他人事(ひとごと) = other people’s affairs. Has Furigana in context. Also written 人事(ひとごと) (but IME doesn’t have this form), so it appears that 他(ほか) appears out of nowhere? (becoming 他人(たにん)).
• 重篤(じゅうとく) = critical illness. No Furigana here; maybe there was Furigana earlier?
• 上皮(じょうひ) = epithelium (e.g. of bowel, skin). Related is 内皮(ないひ) = endothelium (of blood vessels, 血管内皮(けっかんないひ)). It works similarly to (technical) English, it seems.
• 電解質(でんかいしつ) = electrolyte
• 栄養失調(えいようしっちょう) = malnutrition. 失調(しっちょう) is usually lack of coordination, like ataxia; but the base meaning is, disharmony.
• 絶食(ぜっしょく) = fasting. 絶飲食(ぜついんしょく) = fasting, but also no water.
• 腱鞘炎(けんしょうえん) = tenosynovitis
  • 腱(けん) = tendon. Also seen as a standalone vocabulary. A tendon is as meaningful and powerful as a sword (剣(けん)), perhaps.
• 巣窟(そうくつ) = nest
• 歯(は)ブラシ = toothbrush. 電動歯(でんどうは)ブラシ is electric toothbrush.
• 歯(は)ぐき = gingiva; gum. Full Kanji form is 歯茎(はぐき).
• 歯肉(しにく) = gingiva; gum = 歯(は)ぐき. シ is preferred over 歯(は), Level 12 Kanji with useful On reading.
• 歯垢(しこう) = dental plaque
• 歯牙(しが) = tooth (歯(は)); tooth and claw (歯(は)と牙(きば))
  • Can also mean gossip; speaking : 歯牙(しが)にも掛(か)けない = taking no notice; making light of; disdain
• 象牙質(ぞうげしつ) = dentin layer of a tooth, responsible for most of the color. 象牙(ぞうげ) is ivory, or tusks of an elephant.
  • Enamel layer is just エナメル質(しつ).
• 歩(ふ) = a pawn (in 将棋(しょうぎ))
• 桂馬(けいま) = a knight. バ in 競馬(けいば) would be horse racing.
• 飛車(ひしゃ) = a rook
• 王手飛車(おうてびしゃ) = forking the rook while checking the king
• 王手(おうて) = checkmate
• 如実(にょじつ) = realistically; vividly

SFX

• ジャンジャン = incessantly; continuously
• ベトベト = being sticky. Somewhat similar to ベタベタ.

Kanji

• 腱(けん)

  • tendon
  • 腱(けん)
    • 腱鞘炎(けんしょうえん),     腱炎(けんえん)

• 鞘(さや)

  • sheath; scabbard of a sword / price margin
  • ショウ
    • 腱鞘炎(けんしょうえん),     鞘翅類(しょうしるい)
  • 鞘(さや)
    • 値鞘(ねざや),     利鞘(りざや),     逆鞘(ぎゃくざや),     鞘取(さやと)り
    • 鞘当(さやあ)て

• 唾(つば)

  • saliva
  • ダ
    • 唾液(だえき)
    • 唾棄(だき)すべき
  • 唾(つば)
    • 唾(つば)する,     生唾(なまつば)
    • 眉唾(まゆつば)
  • つ
    • 固唾(かたず)
    • 虫唾(むしず)   (虫酸(むしず))

• 垢(あか)

  • dirt
  • コウ
    • 歯垢(しこう)
  • ク
    • 無垢(むく)
  • 垢(あか)
    • 手垢(てあか),     耳垢(みみあか)
  • 垢離(こり)
  • 頭垢(ふけ)

• 牙(きば) (Level 36)

  • fang
  • ガ
    • 歯牙(しが),     毒牙(どくが)
    • 牙城(がじょう)
  • ゲ
    • 象牙(ぞうげ)

• とつ如(じょ) (Level 47)

  • likeness
  • ニョ
    • 如実(にょじつ),     不如意(ふにょい)
  • 如(ごと)く