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Squirrel Attacks Dog!
via youtube.com
Poor squirrel but l like the ninja moves.
My eyes! They bleed!
Well okay, I exaggerated a bit. But today I went to my eye doctor for my forth visit about my always-dry left eye, and again like the first time I went he gave me the dreaded 'dry eye' test. It's so uncomfortable! They start by telling you they're going to put drops in your eyes that will make your eyes hurt, and thus make you cry. And then if that's not bad enough they get paper strips and hang them over your bottom eyelids. Not pheasant, er I mean pleasant.
If you look closely you can see that my left eye has released 16mm of tears, whereas my right eye is at 34mm; more than double! But on my first visit a few months ago my left eye produced even less, so at least it seems slightly better than it was. And certainly my left eye hasn't been quite so dry throughout the day recently. When I explained that we were off back to England he kindly wrote a note out in English explaining my treatment so far, and then dispensed ten 5ml bottles of the eye medicine I've been using. That should tide me over until I can see an eye doctor in the UK.
Worm T-Shirt from Zazzle.com
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You all should go buy this shirt, and all of the others I made at http://zazzle.com/ktownegghead*
I'll love you forever. Really.
Day 293 Notes 186: Random Vocabularies
Additions to my Anki deck:
5844 - 彼氏 【かれし】 (pn,adj-no) boyfriend; (P)5845 - 氏
heisig no.: 1828
keyword: family name
english meaning: family
on reading: シ
kun reading: うじ
5846 - 氏 【うじ】 (n) family name; lineage; birth; (P)
5847 - 暖かい人 【あたたかいひと】 (n) warmhearted person
5848 - 目薬 【めぐすり】 (n) eye drops; eyewash; (P)
5849 - 小便 【しょうべん(P); しょんべん】 (n,vs,adj-no) (col) urine; piss; pee; (P)
5850 - 立ち小便 【たちしょうべん】 (n) urinating outdoors
5851 - 常用 【じょうよう】 (n,vs,adj-no) habitual use; daily use; (P)
5852 - 生きる道 【いきるみち】 (n) way of life
5853 - 有り難く頂く 【ありがたくいただく】 (exp) to accept (a thing) with thanks
5854 - 化け物(P); 化物 【ばけもの(P); ばけもん(ik); バケモン】 (n) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter; (P)
5855 - くたくた(P); ぐたぐた; ぐだぐだ (adj-na,adj-no) (1) (on-mim) exhausted; tired; (2) withered; worn out; (n) (3) boiling until shapeless or mushy; (4) (esp. ぐだぐだ) (See くどくど) tediously; repetitively; wordily; (P)
5856 - さっぱり (adj-na,adv,n,vs,adv-to) (1) (on-mim) feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; (2) neat; trimmed; (3) plain; simple; (4) (See さっぱり分らない) completely; entirely; (5) not in the least (in sentence with negative verb); not at all; (n) (6) completely ignorant; not doing at all; (P)
5857 - さっぱり分らない 【さっぱりわからない】 (exp) (uk) have no inkling of
5858 - 女優 【じょゆう】 (n,adj-no) actress; (P)
5859 - 男優 【だんゆう】 (n) actor; (P)
5860 - 気にする 【きにする】 (exp,vs-i) to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
5861 - 気にするな 【きにするな】 (exp) Never mind!; Don't worry about it
5862 - 自分自身 【じぶんじしん】 (n,adj-no) oneself; myself; (P)
5863 - 自身 【じしん】 (n) by oneself; personally; (P)
5864 - 地震 【じしん(P); ない(ok); なえ(ok)】 (n) earthquake; (P)
5865 - 震
heisig no.: 2010
keyword: quake
english meaning: shudder
on reading: シン
kun reading: ふる（う）、ふる（える）
5866 - 冗談(P); 笑談 【じょうだん】 (n,adj-no) (笑談 is an ateji created by 夏目漱石) jest; joke; (P)
5867 - 冗
heisig no.: 300
keyword: superfluous
english meaning: redundancy
on reading: ジョウ
kun reading:
5868 - 冗談じゃない 【じょうだんじゃない】 (exp) (1) It's no joke; (2) Gimme a break!; Sod that!
5869 - 冗談抜き 【じょうだんぬき】 (n) seriously; joking aside
5870 - 哲学 【てつがく】 (n) philosophy; (P)
5871 - 哲
heisig no.: 1131
keyword: philosophy
english meaning: philosophy
on reading: テツ
kun reading:
5872 - 哲学者 【てつがくしゃ】 (n) philosopher
5873 - 哲学的 【てつがくてき】 (adj-na) philosophical
5874 - 下駄 【げた】 (n) geta (Japanese footwear); wooden clogs; (P)
5875 - 誠(P); 実 【まこと】 (adv,n) (1) truth; reality; (2) sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity; (3) (arch) that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.); (P)
5876 - 誠
heisig no.: 363
keyword: sincerity
english meaning: sincerity
on reading: セイ
kun reading: まこと
5877 - 誠に(P); 実に(P); 真に; 寔に; 洵に; 實に(oK) 【まことに(P); じつに(実に)(P); げに(実に); しんに(真に)】 (adv) (実に is usu. じつに, and 誠に is usu. まことに) indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite; (P)
5878 - 確り者 【しっかりもの】 (n) person of firm character; person of stability
5879 - 任せる(P); 委せる(oK) 【まかせる】 (v1,vt) (1) to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; (2) (See 想像に任せる) to passively leave to someone else's facilities; (3) (See 成り行きに任せる) to leave to take its natural course; (4) to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); (5) (See 力任せ) to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done; (P)
5880 - 任
heisig no.: 1003
keyword: responsibility
english meaning: responsibility
on reading: ニン
kun reading: まか（せる）、まか（す）
5881 - 想像に任せる 【そうぞうにまかせる】 (exp,v1) to leave something to someone's imagination (e.g. I'll leave that to your imagination)
5882 - 成り行きに任せる 【なりゆきにまかせる】 (exp,v5r) to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
5883 - 力任せに 【ちからまかせに】 (adv) with all one's might
5884 - 任す 【まかす】 (v5s,vt) to entrust; to leave to a person; (P)
5885 - 負かす 【まかす】 (v5s,vt) to defeat; (P)Total of 42 cards.WWWJDIC: Online Japanese Dictionary
Yamasa Online Kanji Dictionary
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