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My Kanji Kakitori-Log – Day 7

studioaru — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:15:42 +0000

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

studioaru — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:47:17 +0000

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

studioaru — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:30:01 +0000

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

studioaru — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:45:15 +0000

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

studioaru — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:22:42 +0000

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

studioaru — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:47:26 +0000

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

studioaru — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:58:18 +0000

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

studioaru — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:02:20 +0000

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!

studioaru — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:17:08 +0000

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!

studioaru — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:49:39 +0000

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.