July 25, 2020
Hills of Silver Ruins (1/11)
Taiki's journey to Ren is described in "Winter Splendor," published in Dreaming of Paradise.
A meishoku is a small shoku triggered by a kirin in distress. Natural shoku occur almost imperceptibly. Otherwise, even small shoku have destructive side effects. Kirin and shirei can travel back and forth to Japan and China without causing a shoku. But bringing a human being with them will trigger a massive shoku.
Esui is an invented word that combines the kanji for "contamination" (穢) and "fatigue" (瘁). In Taiki's case, the primary cause was consuming animal products, especially food containing blood, while in Japan. Kirin are strict vegetarians. Being a strict vegetarian in Japan is surprisingly difficult.
Kyouryou is an introvert in an extrovert's world. I can identify.
A meishoku is a small shoku triggered by a kirin in distress. Natural shoku occur almost imperceptibly. Otherwise, even small shoku have destructive side effects. Kirin and shirei can travel back and forth to Japan and China without causing a shoku. But bringing a human being with them will trigger a massive shoku.
Esui is an invented word that combines the kanji for "contamination" (穢) and "fatigue" (瘁). In Taiki's case, the primary cause was consuming animal products, especially food containing blood, while in Japan. Kirin are strict vegetarians. Being a strict vegetarian in Japan is surprisingly difficult.
Kyouryou is an introvert in an extrovert's world. I can identify.
Labels: 12 kingdoms, black moon, fantasy, japanese, translations
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I too, identify with the introvert. Speaking of which, Would Taiki also be considered as an introvert as well, though?
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Thank you so much for the translation! I've been looking forward to it since news about the new book broke last year but hadn't realised you'd already started translating it until now.
