#japanese novel

[dokushoclub]

わたし、定時（ていじ）で帰ります

For the month of October I'm reading the novel わたし、定時で帰ります by Akeno Kaeruko. The main character is Higashiyama Yui and it's her golden rule that she goes home on time. No over time! However she works at a company with very questionable executions of the labor laws and her coworkers seem even excited about giving all their life to this company.

I'm a bit more than 50 pages into the book and love the dark humour. The coworker characters still seem a bit like caricatures at this point, but the main character's struggles to reconcile her own beliefs and her work reality make for a very entertaining read.

I'm familiar with most of the work related vocabulary and also appreciate the fact that Yui's story is mostly told through dialogue between the coworkers. I'm making good progress but in line with the spirit of the book, I'm only able to read it whenever I can make time for it during my lunch break and after I've gone home ^^

#my book reviews #reading in japanese #learning japanese #study japanese #japanese books #わたし、定時で帰ります #japanese novel

[ihayachii]

Review of one of my favorite books 🇯🇵

跡を消す means "Erase the Traces"

But what do they mean by traces? It basically means, erase the existence of what the deceased left behind.. especially if the landlord or the police found out about the dead body weeks or months later... Usually that happens when the dead person dies alone.. with no family or friends around.. they only get divorced when the smell becomes so hard to bear.. the smell of a dead body left to rot makes the whole building stinks and there will be so many worms and naturally.. the waste and the liquids of the dead body.. so that's what they do.. they cleans the houses of the deceaseds and erase their traces.. like these traces weren't here from the very beginning..

I never expected this book to hurt so much yet touch my heart in so many places.

You can see how cruel the world is..the families who don't give a shit about the dead person.. the angry landlords.. and many many more.

And because I don't want to spoil you, I will stop here so you could discover the rest of the book on your own.

This is my first time reading a book by this author and definitely won't be my last time. I absolutely love her writing style and it makes you feel like you are part of the story and feeling every emotion the protagonists feels..

She is also a nurse which isn't surprising because you could tell by reading this book that she has so much knowledge. A Lot of medical information was explained in a really easy way.

Trigger warnings: death (including infants), bodily waste, medical issues, blood, horrific scenes, corpses, suicide, insects

Level: N3-N2

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[miscellaneous-03]

It’s funny. No matter where you go, or how many books you read, you still know nothing, you haven’t seen anything. And that’s life.

- Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

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[222hanna]

reading during golden hour is therapeutic

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[sincericida]

I am still so moved by "All Of Us Strangers" Andrew Garfield did an incredible job in talking to Director Andrew Haigh, Claire Foy and with its lead Andrew Scott, who was so lovely when I shook his hand as I was in bits crying. Yes, this film triggers, but in a way that is healing. Andrew Haigh was so lovely and comforted me when I told him what had triggered me about his work. The film is pure genius. It's spiritual without being corny. It reflects its viewer, who bring their memories to the piece. The film has only four actors who carry the movie for 105 minutes. It's based on a Japanese novel by the late Taichi Yamada called Strangers, but other than its core, it bonds with anyone who grew up in the UK in the 80's. If this film does not move you, then you are already dead!

— Jon Thompson

from Twitter

#opinion #all of us strangers #andrew garfield #andrew haigh #claire foy #andrew scott #screening #moderating #jon thompson #from twitter #taichi yamada #japanese novel

[sundaysays]

“How many Sundays – how many hundreds of Sundays like this – lay ahead of me? “Quiet, peaceful and lonely,” I said aloud to myself.

— Norwegian Wood (Murakami, 1987)

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[minimalist-language-learning]

My first impressions of 『ひと』

I've read the first chapter and would like to share a few thoughts in this post.

The first chapter introduces the protagonist, his difficult life situation, his past and several other characters. Apart from that, there are no special or dramatic events in this chapter. At this point, I'm not sure what this story is about or what to expect. I think this will change with the next chapter.

I like how the story is told. It starts with the focus on the protagonist and introduces gradually more and more details about the protagonist and other characters in a natural way. It’s quite pleasant to read so far. Although nothing special happened during this chapter, I never felt bored. It's interesting to learn more and more about the protagonist and I'm curious how his life will change in the next chapters. 

The level of difficulty is okay. I have to look up a bunch of words and don't understand every detail but most of the time I can follow the story well. Only scenes with descriptions of different kinds of meals and other cooking and work related things are quite difficult because of my lack of vocabulary in these areas. I have to google most of the described meals because I don't know them. 

Apart from that, I think this novel is not too hard to read so far. Compared to other novels, most sentences are surprisingly short. So even though there are words I don't know the sentences are not very complicated. This is a good balance.

These are my thoughts so far. I'm curious how the story will develop.

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[constellationss]

i wanted this to be my first read of april but i couldn’t wait!!! loving it so far🤭💕

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[ninked420]

I may have a problem. These are so good.

#books #kosuke kindaichi #murder mystery #locked room #mystery #crime novel #reading #read in 2023 #pushkin press #japanese novel

[theaskew]

The Box Man, a novel by Kobo Abe, translated by E. Dale Saunders. (First Vintage International Edition, 2001. Originally published in Japanese in 1973.)

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[dokushoclub]

In 2023, I started working full time and thus had less time to read compared to 2022. In addition, I also started preparing for the JLPT N1 and tried to read novels in Japanese that would challenge my reading comprehension accordingly as well.

These are my top 5 Japanese novels of 2023:

5. 余命10年 by 小坂 流加 4. カラフル by 森 絵都 3. ちょっと今から仕事やめてくる by 北川 恵海 2. 少年探偵団 by 江戸川 乱歩 1. 告白 by 湊 かなえ

You can read the full post about my 2023 novels here:

I also joined Tumblr in 2023 and am really happy to have found the Japanese langblr community! Since a lot of what I’m reading comes through recommendations I’m super grateful to have a community again to share resources and reviews with. Thanks for all the great books I was able to read along with you guys!

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[ihayachii]

My February's read is so magical ✨

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[velarhyss]

currently reading: lonely castle in the mirror

#currently reading #the cover is so pretty #reading #books #bookish #read #lonely castle in the mirror #japanese novel #mizuki tsujimura

[booksofdelight]

The Mill House Murders Book Review

Read our book review for The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji!

Today, we will be reviewing the Japanese murder mystery The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji and translated by Ho-Ling Wong. A woman falls off the balcony, a painting is stolen, and a guest has disappeared. Keep reading to find out if you should read this novel next! The Mill House Murders Summary The novel starts off in the year 1986 in an isolated house in the mountains called the Mill…

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[miscellaneous-03]

Perhaps I hadn't taken the wrong path after all. Even if It took time, even if there were detours, this was exactly the right path for me.

- Natsu Miyashita, The Forest of Wool and Steel

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[ravenveenova97]

A few years back I was writing a novel but ended up losing it all as my laptop broke but wile cleaning yesterday I found the drawing I did of the MC Shinrai and it got me thinking 🤔 I should try writing it all out agen as seeing the drawing brought back so meany memories of what happened in it, so after the Paldea romance is done I think I’m going back to try re writing it so I did a little art of the two boys and Shinrai

High school based romance

The Heart that Whispers 

#romance #novel #high school #japanese novel