My Kanji Kakitori-Log – Day 7

今日の漢字は「草」と「虫」です。

草【くさ】 Grass
草花【くさばな】 Flowering plant (grass + flower)
草原【そうげん】 Grasslands (grass + plains)

虫【むし】 Insect
昆虫【こんちゅう】 Bug (insect + insect/elder)
青虫【あおむし】 Cabbageworm (blue + insect)

My Kanji Kakitori-Log – Day 6

今日の漢字は「林」、「木」、そして「名」です。

林【はやし】 Wood
森林【しんりん】 Woods/forest (forest + wood)
山林【さんりん】 Mountain forest (mountain + forest)

木【き】 Tree
木立【こだち】 Tree Grove (tree + stand)
木目【もくめ】 Grain of wood (tree + eye)
大木【たいぼく】 Large tree (big + tree)

名【な】 Name
名手【めいしゅ】 Expert (reputation + hand)
名字【みょうじ】 Last name (family name)(name + character)
名人【めいじん】 Master (reputation + person)

Definitions from Jim Breen and prior knowledge.

Late Night Aru 2 – 11:28PM

Well, school’s back, and a new semester is here.

We get a fresh start all over again…hopefully I’ll do my best, thanks to this resolution of actually DOING something.

My Kanji Kakitori-Log – Day 5

今日の漢字は「立」と「気」です。

立つ【たつ】 Stand/rise
町立【ちょうりつ】 Town-established (town + stand)

大気【たいき】 Atmosphere (big + spirit/mind)
本気【ほんき】 Serious (book + spirit/mind)
火の気【ひのけ】 Trace of fire (fire [of] + spirit/mind)

A mixture of definitions between prior knowledge and Jim Breen.

My Kanji Kakitori-Log – Day 4

今日の漢字は「十」、「一」、「女」、「王」、「右」、そして「左」です。それは多【おお】いの漢字だ～～～！

十【じゅう】 Ten
十日【とおか】 Ten days/10th day in a month (ten + day)

一【いち】 One
一円【いちえん】 Throughout/One yen/Whole district (one + circle)
一人【ひとり】 One person (one + person)
一目【ひとめ】 Glance/Look/Glimpse (one + eye)

女【おんな】 Female
女子【じょし】 Little girl (female + child)
男女【だんじょ】 See Day 3

王【おう】 King
王子【おうじ】 Prince (king + child)
王女【おうじょ】 Princess (king + female)

右【みぎ】 Right
左右【さゆう】 Left and right/control (left + right)
右手【みぎて】 Right-handed (right + hand)

左【ひだり】 Left
左右【さゆう】 Look above
左手【ひだりて】 Left-handed (left + hand)
左利【ひだりきき】 Left-handedness (left + benefit)

Some definitions synthesized from prior knowledge. Others from Jim Breen.

My Kanji Kakitori-Log – Day 3

今日の漢字は「百」、「人」、「男」、「村」、そして「八」です。

百人【ひゃくにん】 100 people (hundred + person)
百出【ひゃくしゅつ】 Rising in great numbers (hundred + leave)

人【ひと】 Person
人生【じんせい】 Life (person + life)
人気【にんき】 Popular (person + spirit/mind)
人出【ひとで】 Crowd (person + leave)

男【おとこ】 Man
男女【だんじょ】 Man and Woman (man + woman)
男子【だんし】 Young man/youth (man + child)

村【むら】 Village (not to be confused with 町)
村立【そんりつ】 Powered by a village (village + stand)
村まつり【むらまつり】 Muramatsuri

八【はち】 Eight
八つ【やっつ】 Eight (in counting)
八日【ようか】 Eight days/8th day of a month (eight + day)

Used definitions from Jim Breen. If I get something wrong in definitions or anything, please let me know.

My Kanji Kakitori-Log – Day 2

今日の漢字は「字」、「九」、「町」、そして「七」です。

文字【もじ】 See Day 1
漢字【かんじ】 Chinese characters (Sino-/China + character)

九【きゅう】 Nine
九つ【ここのつ】 Nine (in counting)
九九【くく】 Multiplication table (think 9 x 9)
九日【ここのか】 Nine days/9th day of a month (nine + day)

町【まち】 Town/Block/Neighborhood/Street/Road (mostly relating to towns)

七【なな】 Seven
七つ【ななつ】 Seven (in counting)
七五三【しちごさん】 Seven-five-three (seven + five + three)
七日【なのか】 Seven days/7th day of a month (seven + day)
七夕【たなばた】 The Star Festival (July 7th) (seven + evening)

Used definitions from Jim Breen. If I get something wrong in definitions or anything, please let me know.

My Kanji Kakitori-Log – Day 1

今日の漢字は「玉」と「文」です。

Note: Anything in bold is sort of a reminder on what to watch out for in my pronunciation.

玉【たま】 A round thing of sorts.
水玉【みずたま】 A polka dot. (Think water + round)
目玉【めだま】 A round eye. (eye + round)
お年玉【おとしだま】 A new year’s gift. (year + round)
玉石【ぎょくせき】 Gems and stones (round + stone)
玉手ばこ【たまてばこ】 Tamate (a proper noun) box (round + hand)

文字【もじ】 A letter of the alphabet/character (character + character?)
文学【ぶんがく】 Reading/literature (character + study)
本文【ほんぶん】 Writings on a document/paragraph (book + character)
作文【さくぶん】 Composition in writing (production + character)

If I get something wrong in definitions or anything, please let me know.

New Leap Year 2008!

My New Years resolution is to stop being lazy and to be more productive.

This post here is a sign of my fulfilling my resolution because this has been the FIRST post since the last time I played MapleStory! THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST POST ON MY BLOG FOR 2008!

Also, the other part of my resolution is to start doing my homework again, so that means I have some make-up sentences to do before anything else!

MapleDays (returns) with Yoshida, Q-neko, and iKibou!

Today’s character: 石川吉田 (YoshidaIkawa)

レベル２７です。もっと３レベルから３０へ！

I had so much fun at Jipangu! Even though it took some time for the errands and Hanako-BOKE’s frustrating Foxtail Wardrobe, I still had a great time…until I DIED.

But anyways, I’m headed off to Orbis! TOMORROW.
- Yoshida Ishikawa

Ouch. Losing experience and, thus, power really IS a pain. Even though quests aren’t all that reliable, it’s all about the TRAINING that goes into the job anyway! And I think I’m pretty used to it by now.

[MapleTip 1] Please don’t spend your “free” NX Cash on smegas. Get NX Cash from the stores for that.
[MapleTip 2] Even though MapleStory is a GAME, treat it as if it was your own story.
[MapleTip 3] Levelling up once per day is efficient enough for the average player.
[MapleTip 4] You don’t NEED to follow guides from websites. Your maple being is YOURS.