Status Updates From Making Sense of Japanese: W...

62 pages in and I’ve learned why the author’s original name for the book is “Gone fishin’”

本日は休ませていただきます
Literal translation is something along the lines of “humbly receive letting rest today”. Contextually, some shopkeepers are receiving from the exalted customer the letting them rest today.

In other words, shop is closed. Gone fishin’.

Pg. 101 -> 129
1h8m18s (5h3m26s)

Final reading time: 5h3m26s

Pg. 75 -> 101
1h2m29s (3h55m8s)

Oh, so that's what gives with the Johnny Carson ほど...but also, I'm still making the mistake of reading this whilst not entirely awake. I'm wasting this book's potential; once I've finished it tomorrow, I'll need to give this a re-read when I'm actually properly awake.

Pg. 50 -> 75
1h3m41s (2h52m39s)

We went into a bit of a ride over how much of a mess things like causative and passive conjugations can be and how complicated it all is if you're not remotely close to grasping them. I'm getting the impression that I'm going to have to refer back to this book every once in a while to ensure I get the most out of it.

Pg. 31 -> 50
56m4s (1h48m58s)

It was not a good idea to read this whilst tired. I'm not sure what I read properly sunk in, although I think I somewhat get what the idea is between は and が. I'll just need more in-context examples to work with, although I suppose that's what reading is for...so maybe I should do that, ideally when I'm not tired.

Pg. 7 -> 31
52m54s (52m54s)

I'm not entirely sure if I'm reading this way too soon for where I am with my Japanese comprehension, but if nothing else, it ought to help calcify some of the concepts that I already have some familiarity with but don't fully understand yet, whilst also giving me an idea of what to look out for.