Went to the gym today to attend an ab toning class only to find out that they were all girls. I was lucky that I showed up a few minutes late cause watching them exercise, I knew I didn’t belong there 🙂 Instead I worked out on my own and I’m feeling pretty sore.
I picked up a book on Game Engines called Game Engine Architecture by Jason Gregory. The author was actually a customer of mine at Havok. He is a generalist programmer at Naughty Dog. The book covers the basics of game engines without going too deep into any particular topic. The book is still over 800 pages with plenty of references and extra material to cover.
As for Kanji, I feel good about the 10 I learned yesterday. I don’t remember all the examples, but I can read them without any problems. Writing them is not bad but I think once I pile up more characters, things will get tricky. I need to stay on top of it by reviewing every day. Looking at the blog is a good way to review. So the 10 Kanjis for today are:
Character | Meaning | On yomi | Kun yomi | On example | Kun example |
僕 | I a servant a menial |
ボク | *しもべ | それで僕はどうな るんだ?(それでぼくはどうなるんだ)/ Then, what will happen to me? (僕 is man’s word used on friendly terms.) |
神の僕(かみのしもべ)/ the servants of God |
俺 | I | 【エン】 | おれ | 俺達(おれたち)/ we (俺 is man’s word used on friendly terms.) 俺だよ俺!!だれだよそれ?! |
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己 | Self you |
コ *キ |
おのれ | 利己的(りこて き)/ selfishness, self-interest, egoism, selfish, self-interested, egoistic 自己主張(じこしゅちょう)/ self-assertion 知己(ちき)/ an acquaintance, a friend |
己(おのれ)/ self, you, You swine! 己の敵を倒すことに、・・専念すべし (おのれのてきをたおすことにせんねんすべし)Should devote oneself to killing one’s enemy. I wrote about this sentence before here |
記 | Write down note down put down record inscribe describe an account a description a record |
キ | しる・す | 日記に書き記す(にっきにかきしるす)/ write down in one’s diary
記念(きねん)/ commemoration, commemorative, memorial 記念日(きねんび)/ a memorial day, an anniversary 下記の(かきの)/ the following, the undermentioned, mentioned below ☆⇔上記の(じょうきの)/ the above, the above-mentioned, the aforesaid 下記の通り(かきのとおり) / as follows ☆=以下の通り(いかのとおり) |
日記に書き記す(にっきにかきしるす)/ write down in one’s diary |
動 | move stir shift work go run waver vacillate be touched be influenced transfer |
ドウ |
うご・く うご・かす うご・き |
運動(うんどう) / exercise, a movement 動作(どうさ) / action, movements, motions, demeanor ☆=動き(うごき) 夜行性の動物(やこうせいのどうぶつ) / a nocturnal animal |
そこを動くな!(そこをうごくな) / Hold it there!, Freeze! 動かぬ証拠(うごかぬしょうこ) / hard evidence, incontestable proof 机を動かす(つくえをうごかす) / move a desk 世論の動き(せろんのうごき) / the trend of public opinion |
運 | luck fortune chance destiny fate lot carry convey transport go well |
ウン | はこ・ぶ |
運動(うんどう) / exercise, a movement 飲酒運転(いんしゅうんてん) / drunken driving 運転手(うんてんしゅ) / a driver ☆=ドライバー 運が良い(うんがいい) / be lucky, be fortunate, be in luck ☆⇔運が悪い(うんがわるい) / be unlucky, be unfortunate |
自転車で運ぶ(じてんしゃではこぶ) / carry ~ on the bicycle ☆自転車=ちゃり(slang),ちゃりんこ (slang) |
習 | learn be taught take lessons study practice the custom tradition a habit |
シュウ | なら・う なら・い なら・わし |
自動車教習所(じどうしゃきょうしゅうじょ) / a driving school 習性(しゅうせい) / a habit, one’s way, behavior |
スキーを習う(すきーをならう) / take lessons in ski 習い事(ならいごと) / lessons by a master 先祖伝来の習わし(せんぞでんらいのならわし) / an ancestral custom ☆習わし=風習(ふうしゅう),しきたり |
幸 | happiness good fortune good luck happy lucky fortunate natural products |
コウ | さいわ・い さち しあわ・せ |
不幸(ふこう) / unhappiness, misfortune, miserable, unhappy, unfortunate, bereavement, fatality ☆⇔幸福(こうふく),幸せ(しあわせ) / happiness |
幸いにも(さいわいにも) / mercifully, fortunately ☆=幸運にも(こううんにも),お陰様で(おかげさまで)☆⇔不運にも(ふうんにも) / unfortunately 海の幸(うみのさち) / seafood 幸せ者(しあわせもの) / a lucky (blessed) person ☆=果報者(かほうもの) |
連 | take with bring with range line up |
レン | つら・なる つら・ねる つ・れる |
連日連夜(れんじつれんや) / day and night くしゃみを連発する(くしゃみをれんぱつする)/ sneeze in succession 知らせ(しらせ) / news, a notice, a report, information ☆=連絡(れんらく),通知(つうち) 連続的に(れんぞくてきに) / continuously, successively, consecutively 連載小説(れんさいしょうせつ) / a serial novel, a serialized story (fiction) |
連なる山脈(つらなるさんみゃく) / a range of mountains 名を連ねる(なをつらねる) / enter one’s name 連れて来る(つれてくる) / bring ~ (humans, animals) with ~ 私も連れて行って!(わたしもつれていって) / Take me with you! ☆=私も連れてって (colloq) |
絡 | entwine twine around get entangled get caught involve |
ラク | から・む
から・まる |
脈絡のない(みゃくらくのない) / incoherent, disjointed | 知らせ(しらせ) / news, a notice, a report, information ☆=連絡(れんらく)
絡繰り(からくり) / mechanism, a contrivance, a trick 糸が絡まった(いとがからまった) / The thread has got tangled. |
The Kanji for 己(おのれ)may be easily confused with the Kanji for bow 弓(ゆみ) and pull 引.く(ひく)
弓 | a bow | キュウ | ゆみ | 弓道(きゅうどう) / archery ☆=アーチェリー | 弓矢(ゆみや) / a bow and arrow |
引 | pull draw haul tug drag attract cite quote subtract reduce cut down discount deduct withdraw retreat fall back retire go down subside |
イン | ひ・く ひ・ける |
引退表明(いんたいひょうめい)/ declaration of retirement, manifestation of retirement ☆=引退宣言(いんたいせんげん) 引力(いんりょく) / gravitation, gravity, attraction, attractive force |
引っ繰り返す(ひっくりかえす)/ upset, overturn, reverse 10引く2(じゅうひくに)/ ten minus two 気が引ける(きがひける)/ be daunted, be diffident ☆=気後れする(きおくれする) 引き算(ひきざん) / subtraction ☆=減法(げんぽう) 値段を負ける(ねだんをまける) / reduce the price, discount ☆=値引きする(ねびきする) |