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I knew ものの could mean “but” at the end of a phrase, but I just learned it can also mean “only ..., no more than ..., a matter of”!

Fewer crafty words this time, but lots of onomatopoeia!

目の敵にする, 目の仇にする, 目のかたきにする めのかたきにする to hate the very sight of, to hold a grudge against, to treat like an enemy, to bear constant enmity, to be gunning for, to have it in for

じゅうじゅう, ジュージュー sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.), frizzling

お高くとまる, お高く止まる, お高く留まる おたかくとまる to assume an air of importance, to be self-important, to put on airs / creerse por encima de los demás, darse aires, actuar ex-cátedra, hacerse el importante, mear colonia

じりじり, ジリジリ, ぢりぢり, ヂリヂリ slowly (but steadily), gradually, bit-by-bit, irritatedly, impatiently, scorchingly (of the sun), sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil), sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc., oozing out (oil, sweat, etc.), seeping out / acabarse la paciencia, avanzar lento pero sin pausa, ser implacables los rayos de sol, sonido de alarma del reloj

手際よく, 手際良く てぎわよく efficiently, skillfully, cleverly / hábilmente, eficazmente

繋ぎ つなぎ, ツナギ link, connection, tie, bond, contact, filler, stopgap (job, budget, etc.), thickener (e.g. in cooking), thickening, liaison, hedging, hedge, overalls, coveralls, boiler suit, intermission (in kabuki), interval

咄嗟に とっさに at once, right away, promptly, on the spur of the moment / al acto, al instante, al momento

臆する おくする to be hesitant, to feel timid / acobardarse, arredrarse, temer

吹きかける, 吹き掛ける, 吹掛ける ふきかける to blow upon, to breathe on, to spray, to pick (a fight), to force (unreasonable terms), to exaggerate, to overcharge

鈍感 どんかん thickheaded, insensitive, dull, thick-skinned / insensibilidad, impasibilidad, apatía

装う, 粧う よそう to serve, to dish up, to dish out, to dress (oneself in), to attire oneself in, to adorn, to decorate

物の ものの only ..., no more than ..., a matter of

育ち盛り そだちざかり growth period (in children) / crecimiento (niño, etc.)

調子者, 調子もの ちょうしもの person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.), person who readily chimes in with others, person who gets carried away easily

立ち込める, 立ちこめる, 立ち籠める, 立込める たちこめる to hang over, to shroud, to enshroud, to envelop, to screen

うっとり, ウットリ ecstatically, spellbound, with rapt attention, abstractedly, absentmindedly, absorbedly, vacantly / estar encantado, contentísimo

ぼそっと, ボソッと, ボソっと, ぼさっと, ボサッと, ボサっと absent-mindedly, vacantly, idly, lazily, in a whisper

目がない, 目が無い めがない being extremely fond of, having a weakness for, being a sucker for, having no eye for, being a poor judge of, lacking insight, having no chance (of succeeding) / estar muy encariñado con, tener debilidad por, tener buen ojo para, no tener posibilidad

梔子, 巵子, 山梔子, 梔 くちなし, クチナシ, しし, さんしし Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), Cape jessamine, gardenia

どんより dark, gloomy, overcast, gray, heavy, leaden, dull, lackluster, glazed

矢先に やさきに just when (one is about to ...), just as, the very moment when, on the point of

ぞろぞろ, ゾロゾロ in a crowd, in droves, in a stream, in succession, crawling (of insects), swarming, dragging (e.g. along the ground), trailing, stretching out / en filas, arrastrando

たじたじ overwhelmed, recoiling, cringing

意味深 いみしん, いみぶか with profound (often hidden) meaning, pregnant with significance, meaningful, suggestive, interesting / con profundo (frecuentemente oculto) significado, ser sugestivo, significativo

蹌踉めく よろめく to stagger, to misconduct oneself, to have a love affair, to waver, to feel some inclination / tambalearse, bambolearse, caer (en una relación extramarital)

的中, 適中 てきちゅう hitting the target, striking home, proving to be right, coming true, being on the mark / dar justo en el blanco, acierto, atino

木べら, 木ベラ, 木箆 きべら, きベラ wooden spatula

中火 ちゅうび medium flame (cooking), medium heat, medium fire

書き足す かきたす to add to, to insert

萼 がく, うてな calyx / cáliz (de una flor)

合い挽き肉, 合挽き肉, 合いびき肉, 合挽肉 あいびきにく (mixture of) ground beef and pork

ぽろぽろ, ポロポロ in large drops / llorar a grandes lágrimas, a lagrimones, en migas, desmigado y seco

煮崩れ, 煮くずれ にくずれ falling apart while cooking

笊 ざる draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo), colander, strainer, sieve, something full of holes, zaru soba, strong drinker, someone who can drink like a fish

ブイヨン bouillon / caldo

ひらひら, ヒラヒラ fluttering, flapping, waving, flickering (light, flame, etc.), frill, piece of thin material / revoloteando, parpadeando

形見 かたみ memento (esp. of a deceased person), keepsake, heirloom, remembrance, souvenir / recuerdo (objeto), suvenir

紛らわす まぎらわす to divert, to distract

御河童, お河童 おかっぱ, オカッパ bobbed hair

もぐもぐ, もごもご mumbling, chewing one's words, chewing (food), squirming, wriggling

笑み えみ smile / sonrisa

早とちり はやとちり jumping to a wrong conclusion

カッと, かっと flaring up, burning hotly, suddenly becoming bright, flying into a rage, losing one's cool, opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth), acting resolutely

不束者, ふつつか者 ふつつかもの incompetent person, ignoramus

すっぽり, ずっぽり, ずっぽし entirely, completely, cleanly, snugly

あっけらかん quite indifferent, looking blank, looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

吸い寄せる, 吸寄せる すいよせる to draw in, to attract

クロックムッシュ, クロックムッシュー, クロック・ムッシュ, クロック・ムッシュー croque-monsieur

ダボダボ, だぼだぼ loose (of clothing), loose-fitting, plenty (of pouring a liquid), sloshing about (e.g. of water in one's stomach)

鏡台 きょうだい dresser / cómoda, tocador, vestidor

名目 めいもく, みょうもく name, title, appellation, (something) nominal, (under the) pretext (of), pretense / nominación, pretexto

大事, 大ごと おおごと serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis / importante, valioso, asunto grave

げんなり, ゲンナリ to be weary, to be worn out, to be tired, to be fed up (with), to be sick of, to be dejected, to be dispirited, to be disheartened

こき使う, 扱き使う, 扱使う こきつかう to work (someone) hard, to push (someone) around

戯ける, 戲ける おどける, たわける to jest, to joke, to play the fool, to act indecently, to be silly over, to talk foolishly

見せびらかす みせびらかす to show off, to flaunt / lucir, presumir

ほくほく, ホクホク soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.), fluffy, crumbly, fresh-baked, fresh from the oven, being pleased with oneself, beaming happily, chuckling to oneself / caminar en silencio, desmenuzado, deshecho, cara de alegría, rostro risueño

頬張る, 頬ばる ほおばる, ほうばる to stuff one's cheeks, to fill one's mouth (with food)

先っぽ さきっぽ tip, end / punta, final (e.g. parte final)

ふっくら fully, luxuriantly, fluffy, plump, soft and full

炭火 すみび charcoal fire

熱々, 熱熱 あつあつ piping hot, scalding, madly in love, passionately in love

追い打ちをかける, 追い打ちを掛ける おいうちをかける to attack a routed enemy, to sink the boot into, to pour salt on a wound

黒焦げ, 黒こげ くろこげ charred, burnt black, scorched black

宥める なだめる to soothe, to calm, to pacify / calmar, apaciguar, seguirle la corriente a alguien

到頭 とうとう finally, at last, ultimately, in the end / después de todo, al final, finalmente

ぶつぶつ, ブツブツ grunt, grumble, complaint, mutter, pimples, spots, eruption, rash, cutting into small pieces, simmering / quejas, inconformidad

プリプリ, ぷりぷり, ぶりぶり angrily, in a huff, in anger, high on marijuana, tender (to chew) / estar enfadado, estar de mal humor

ぷりぷりして in an angry mood, in anger, angrily, in a huff

ぐいぐい, グイグイ without hesitation, with great optimism, vigorously, with great vigor, positively, (pushing or pulling) strongly, (drinking) heavily

うじうじ, ウジウジ irresolute, hesitant

素っ気ない, 素っ気無い, 素気ない, 素気無い そっけない cold, short, curt, blunt / frío, indiferente, apático, indolente, poco amable, rudo, brusco, breve, seco, lacónico, displicente, desabrido, soso, frío, seco, de trato frío, frío, indiferente, apático, indolente, poco amable, rudo, brusco, breve, seco, lacónico

淡々, 淡淡, 澹々, 澹澹 たんたん uninterested, unconcerned, indifferent, dispassionate, matter-of-fact, detached, plain, light, simple, bland, flowing gently / desinteresado, despreocupado, indiferente, franco

もやもや, モヤモヤ hazy, misty, foggy, murky, fuzzy, hazy feeling, uncertain feeling, feeling gloomy, feeling depressed, pent-up feelings, ill feeling / poco claro, vago, turbio, atontado, borroso, neblinoso, difuso, apasionarse, excitarse

しかめっ面, 顰めっ面 しかめっつら frown, scowl, grimace / mueca, gesto

尖った, 尖がった, 尖んがった とがった, とんがった pointed, sharp, sharp (e.g. voice), on edge (e.g. nerves), outstanding, cutting edge, superior

ムカムカ, むかむか feeling sick, feeling queasy, feeling nauseated, being angry, being offended, being disgusted / con náusea, con disgusto

合わさる, 合さる, 併さる あわさる to join, to be put together, to combine, to unite, to fit, to close (e.g. of a wound) / aunarse, acoplarse, armonizar

敢えて, 敢て あえて purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.), daringly (doing something), deliberately, intentionally, not necessarily, not particularly, not especially, definitely not / si me permito (hacer, decir)

靴底, 沓底 くつぞこ sole (of a shoe), sole (fish)

予鈴 よれい bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly, first bell, warning bell

血相を変える けっそうをかえる to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

持て余す, 持てあます, もて余す もてあます to be too much for one, to find unmanageable, to be beyond one's control, to not know what to do with / ser demasiado para uno, encontrar inmanejable, estar más allá del control de uno, no saber qué hacer con

上擦る, 上ずる うわずる to sound shrill (of a voice), to sound high-pitched and excited, to sound hollow, to get excited, to become restless, to be thrown too high, to come in high

取り柄, 取柄, 取りえ, 取り得, 取得 とりえ worth, merit, value, good point, redeeming feature, saving grace / virtud, cualidad

副音声 ふくおんせい second (supplementary) sound channel

沸々, 沸沸 ふつふつ simmer, bubble out, flow out

刺々, 刺刺 とげとげ, トゲトゲ sharply, harshly, stingingly

刺々しい, 刺刺しい とげとげしい sharp, harsh, stinging, thorny, snappy

立ちはだかる, 立ち開かる たちはだかる to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out), to block the way, to stand in the way (e.g. of progress), to obstruct

すやすや (sleeping) peacefully, quietly, soundly / plácidamente

はけ口, 捌け口, さばけ口 はけぐち, さばけぐち outlet (e.g. for water or gas), market (for something), outlet (e.g. for excess energy), vent (e.g. for emotions)

叩く, 敲く たたく to strike, to clap, to knock, to beat, to tap, to pat, to play drums, to abuse, to bash, to flame (e.g. on the Internet), to insult, to consult, to sound out, to brag, to talk big, to call, to invoke (e.g. a function) / golpear, dar palmadas, desempolvar, tocar tambor, ofender, insultar

ゴタゴタ, ごたごた trouble, difficulties, dispute, quarrel, discord, dissension, confusion, disorder, mess, muddle / liado, confuso, embrollado, desordenado, en desavenencia, con disputa

言いよどむ, 言い淀む, 言淀む いいよどむ to hesitate to say / vacilar

思いを馳せる, 思いをはせる おもいをはせる to think about, to send one's heart out to, to give more than a passing thought to, to think of something far away, to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown) / pensar en alguien lejano, traer a la mente recuerdos o pensamientos de alguien o algo lejano, añorar

追い返す, 追返す おいかえす to drive away, to turn away, to send away, to repel, to repulse / mandar de vuelta

バクバク, ばくばく thumping (heart), banging, pounding, racing

とぼとぼ totteringly, trudgingly / caminar sin ánimo, andar afligido, caminar con cansancio

かぶり付く, 噛り付く, 齧り付く, 齧りつく, かじり付く, 噛りつく かぶりつく, かじりつく to bite into, to sink one's teeth into, to stick to, to cling to, to hold on to / morder, aferrarse, agarrarse

曇らせる くもらせる to cloud, to make dim or dull, to frown

ポタポタ, ぽたぽた, ボタボタ, ぼたぼた, ぼとぼと, ボトボト, ポトポト, ぽとぽと dripping, trickling, drop by drop, in drops, wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.), (moving) slowly / gotear constantemente, gordo, rollizo, sonido sordo al golpear algo, gotear, caer grandes gotas, gordo, rollizo, pesado, a gotas, goteando

プンプン, ぷんぷん (smelling) strongly, pungently, furiously, indignantly, fuming, in a huff / estar indignado, estar furioso

ぶるぶる, ブルブル trembling (with fear, anger, etc.), shivering (with cold), shaking, quivering / temblor, sacudida, temblar, afección, agitación

赤らめる, 赧らめる あからめる to blush, to redden / ponerse colorado, ruborizarse

かき鳴らす, 掻き鳴らす かきならす to thrum, to strum

思い立つ, 思いたつ おもいたつ to set one's mind on doing, to get the idea of doing, to make up one's mind / idear, planear, tener una ocurrencia

週明け, 週あけ しゅうあけ beginning of next week (usu. Monday), early next week

きんきん, キンキン shrill, strident, piercing, tinkling, metallic-sounding, sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache), ice-cold, very cold / ruido metálico molesto, voz aguda y estridente, dolor agudo, punzada

くしゃくしゃ, クシャクシャ crumpled, rumpled, wrinkled, creased, tousled, disheveled, dishevelled, to be annoyed, to be irritated, to be upset, noisily (chewing) / arrugar, fruncir, rizar

鍵盤ハーモニカ けんばんハーモニカ melodica, pianica, blow-organ, keyboard harmonica

ボコボコ, ぼこぼこ, ポコポコ, ぽこぽこ with a burble, hollow (sounding), holey, full of holes or dents, lumpy, bumpy, viciously beating, hitting and kicking repeatedly, here and there, (sound of) walking slowly / que suena a hueco, burbujeante, espumoso, agujereado, abollado

音階 おんかい scale / escala musical

積む つむ to pile up, to stack, to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack, to acquire, to accumulate / intensificar, apilar

号令をかける, 号令を掛ける ごうれいをかける to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice), to give an order

頑な, 頑 かたくな obstinate, stubborn, mulish, die-hard, bigoted / obstinado, terco

揉みくちゃ, 揉み苦茶 もみくちゃ jostling, being jostled, being mobbed, (in a) crush, crumpling

突進 とっしん rush, charge

我武者羅 がむしゃら, ガムシャラ reckless, daredevil, frantic, foolhardy

放く こく to let loose (e.g. a fart), to utter (e.g. a lie), to do

調子こく ちょうしこく to be elated, to be excited, to be caught up in the moment, to be carried away, to get cocky

鉢合わせ, はち合わせ, 鉢合せ はちあわせ bumping of heads, running into, coming across, encountering

ふとした impulsive, unexpected, accidental, casual, inadvertent, on a whim

絃 げん string (of a shamisen, etc.), stringed instrument / cuerda (de instrumento musical)

鉄琴 てっきん metallophone, carillon, glockenspiel

せっせと diligently, assiduously, industriously, beavering away / con diligencia

強張る, 強ばる こわばる to stiffen, to become stiff / endurecerse, atiesarse

素振り, 素振 そぶり behavior, behaviour, manner, attitude, bearing

伴奏 ばんそう (musical) accompaniment

波打つ, 波うつ なみうつ to dash against (of waves), to billow, to roll, to wave (e.g. in the wind), to heave, to pound (of a heart), to undulate

耽る, 耽ける ふける to indulge in, to give oneself up to, to be obsessed by, to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be absorbed in / abstraerse, enajenarse, extasiarse

いても立ってもいられない, 居ても立ってもいられない, 居ても立っても居られない いてもたってもいられない unable to contain oneself, itching to do something, cannot sit still / no poder parar quieto, estar nervioso, estar intranquilo, estar muy ansioso

駆け下りる, 駆け降りる, 駈け降りる, 駆下りる, 駆降りる, 駈降りる かけおりる to run down (stairs, etc.)

せめぎ合う, 鬩ぎ合う, 鬩ぎあう せめぎあう to fight each other

刻々, 刻刻 こっこく, こくこく moment by moment, hour by hour / momento a momento, hora a hora

甲斐がある, 甲斐が有る かいがある to be effective, to be fruitful, to be worthwhile, to be worth, to be rewarded, to pay off / merece la pena

出だし, 出出し, 出々し でだし start, beginning

変梃, 変てこ へんてこ, ヘンテコ strange, weird, odd, strange thing, strange person

サビ, さび hook (high point of a song), (at a sushi shop) wasabi

あたふた, アタフタ in a hurry, hastily, in feverish haste

締めくくる, 締め括る しめくくる to bring to a finish, to bind firmly, to superintend

濛々, 濛濛, 朦朦, 朦々 もうもう dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.), thick, vague (as in being unable to think clearly), dim / ensombrecido por la niebla o el humo, distraído, despistado

愚痴る ぐちる, グチる to grumble, to gripe, to complain

書き下ろし, 書下ろし かきおろし writing something on commission, newly written text

「スモアっていうお菓子よ。」

愛子さんは明るい声で言い、庭に出ている全員に、長い竹ぐしを一本ずつわたす。そして、大きなマシュマロを一つずつみんなにくばり、竹ぐしの先っぽにさすよう指示をした。

So far, I am about halfway through Vol. 3 of Yotsuba (15 volumes in total). I'm planning on using that to satisfy my "complete a series" task.

I'm still struggling working my way through 夜カフェ (Yoru Cafe) to complete my "a book over 150 pages" task. I say struggling because the book itself isn't extremely difficult for me, but it's moving slowly. I think that because I'm an adult, I feel like a lot of info and resolution is missing from the story because it's focusing on different things. So I find myself wanting to put it down. However, I do acknowledge that it's doing a great job getting in those kanji for children. It delves quite deeply into what her hobbies are and even describes how she's doing these particularly hobbies, so I have learned some specialized vocab lol.

If you're interested in reading either series or wanting to have some company to talk about them with, come join our server! It's linked on my profile (and everywhere else on this blog).

Ch. 5 vocab from vol 1 of 夜カフェ. lol everyone else is ahead of me, but I took a brief break from reading to read Yotsuba as a lighter read. Now I'm back to 夜カフェ!

Hanabi actually irritated me a bit in this chapter and I had to remind myself that she's a middle schooler 😂 Her aunt is a well-needed voice of reason. Come join us in the server to trashtalk share our sentiments about the chapters, characters, misunderstandings of grammar and to see the shared vocab list.

•同居人 (どうきょにん) - flatmate; roommate; housemate

•翌日 (よくじつ) - next day

•相変わらず (あいかわらず) - as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

•近づく (ちかづく) - to approach

•拾い上げる (ひろいあげる) - to pick up

•泥塗れ (どろまみれ) - covered with mud; muddy

•見回す (みまわす) - to look around; to survey

•真新しい (まあたらしい) - brand new [we're talking like brand, spanking new here--✨FRESH✨]

•接する (せっする) - to attend to, to serve, to deal with, to take care of

•順番 (じゅんばん) - one's turn (in line)

•目を向ける (めをむける) - to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

•促す (うながす) - to prompt, to urge, to draw (attention to)

•合いカギ (あいかぎ) - duplicate key

•暗い気がする (くらいきがする) - to get a bad feeling

•不満 (ふまん) - dissatisfaction, displeasure, discontent

•責める (せめる) - to blame; to criticize

•精一杯 (せいいっぱい) - the best one can do; one's best effort

•添える (そえる) - to garnish, to accompany (as a card does a gift)

•閉店時間 (へいてんじかん) - closing time

•悔しがる (くやしがる) - to seem bitter (over), to appear vexed, to be resentful; to appear to regret

•~ふうに - this way; that way; in such a way; how [n2 grammar; click here]

•なっとくする - to understand, to comprehend

•あかの他人 (あかのたにん) - total stranger

•顔を覗く(かおをのぞく) - to examine someone's expression

•再婚 (さいこん) - second marriage

•比べる (くらべる) - to compare; to make a comparison

•後悔 (こうかい) - regret; repentance; remorse

•しょんぼり - downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently [can also be a する verb]

Vocab from Ch 4 of vol 1 of 夜カフェ. Come join us in the Seitokai discord to read along, discuss, and check out the entire vocab list.

In this chapter, Hanabi changed a little bit--she stated her case to her parents and made a decision for herself.

• 腹ごしらえ (はらごしらえ) - having a meal (before doing something), fortifying oneself with a meal [する verb]

• 驚く (おどろく) - to be surprised; to be astonished

• 自然 (しぜん) - occurring naturally (without human influence); naturally; spontaneously; automatically

• 手先が器用 (てさきがきよう) - skillful with one's hands

• 沸かす (わかす) - to boil; to heat

• すべり落ちた (すべりおちた) - to slip off

• 押さえる (おさえる) - to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand), to clutch (a body part in pain), to press (a body part)

• ギロッと - staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring​

• にらむ - to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at

• 怒る (おこる) - to get angry, to get mad

• かえって - on the contrary, rather, all the more, instead

• それにしても - nevertheless, at any rate, even so, all things considered, be that as it may

• 許す (ゆるす) - to permit, to allow, to approve, to consent to

• 関する (かんする) - to concern, to be related

• 息が合う (いきがあう) - to (work, talk, etc.) together smoothly

• 釣られる (つられる) - to be lured, to be enticed, to be drawn in, to be caught up in

• 綻ぶ (ほころぶ) - to smile broadly; to begin to open, to come out

• 待ち合わせる (まちあわせる) - to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

• 手にする (てにする) - to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand)

• 自由 (じゆう) - freedom; liberty

• ありそう - probable; likely

• 波風立てる (なみかぜたてる) - to make trouble, to make waves, to cause discord

• せっとく - persuasion [する verb]

• 頑として (ガンとして) - firmly, stubbornly

• 押し通す (おしとおす) - to persist in, to have one's own way, to push through

• とんとん拍子 (とんとんびょうし) - easy, smooth, without a hitch, quick