あけおめ！ There’s also a customary response, ことよろ, short for 今年もよろしくお願いします, with the classic impossible-to-translate Japanese word, yoroshiku. Here I see it as a “looking forward to our continued friendship/relationship/partnership this year.”

I’m back on the textbook trail this week. Still spending more time on listening and it’s…okay. Just trusting the process that it’ll get smoother. I guess I do have a focus issue with listening, so gonna do my best to work with it.

Also started the Dragon Quest III Remake. It doesn’t have full furigana support, which is a little annoying, but it’s workable. Already feeling pretty good about it after my first session.