ウィンターミュート/Cyberpunk/ Retro-futurism/おたく

nasa:

A sextant is a tool for measuring the angular altitude of a star above the horizon and has helped guide sailors across oceans for centuries. It is now being tested aboard the International Space Station as a potential emergency navigation tool for guiding future spacecraft across the cosmos. The Sextant Navigation investigation will test the use of a hand-held sextant that utilizes star sighting in microgravity. 

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aidoku:

Originally posted by house-of-the-moon

I’ve made a post on this before, but these are words that have pronunciations that don’t line up with the readings of the kanji they use. 

明日「あす」　Tomorrow (formal)

大人「おとな」 Adult

母さん「かあさん」  Mother

父さん「とうさん」Father

兄さん「にいさん」Older brother

姉さん「ねえさん」 Older sister

河原「かわら」River bed

昨日「きのう」 Yesterday

今日「きょう」Today

果物「くだもの」 Fruit

今朝「けさ」 This morning

景色「けしき」Scenery

今年「ことし」 This year

清水「しみず」Spring water (also used as a surname)

上手「じょうず」skillful

下手「へた」unskilled

七夕「たなばた」 Star Festival

一日「ついたち」 First day of the month

時計「とけい」Watch

博士「はかせ」Doctor (PHD)

二十日「はつか」Twentieth day

二十歳　「はたち」Twenty years old

一人「ひとり」 One person

二人「ふたり」 Two people

二日「ふつか」 Second day, two days

部屋「へや」Room

迷子「まいご」Lost child

真面目「まじめ」Diligent

真っ赤「まっか」Bright red

真っ青「まっさお」Deep blue

眼鏡「めがね」Glasses

八百屋「やおや」Greengrocer

可愛い　「かわいい」Cute

お土産　「おみやげ」Souvenir

小豆　「あずき」Adzuki beans

白髪　「しらが」White/grey hair

田舎　「いなか」Rural

五月雨　「さみだれ」 Early summer rain

足袋　「たび」Japanese-style socks

煙草　「たばこ」Tobacco (from dutch)

馴鹿　「となかい」Reindeer (from Ainu)

(via ohitoyoshi)