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So this is a thing that I've wanted to do for a long time and just couldn't figure out the best way to do. Still not super satisfied with this set up, but it's the best I can come up with for now! This is going to be frequently updated, any time there's a new term that shows up in the story (and it will be caught up with only the rewrites, so terms from later on - even in the one shots - are not here, sorry. Mostly because some are spoilers). Whenever the dictionary updates, I'll actually link to it at the end of the chapter in google drive with the new words. So this is probably a good document to bookmark or save or something for reference?

And 'dictionary' is probably kind of misleading, because it's not going to provide entire lists of words and their definitions (like just a list of nouns or verbs). It's just going to be terms that are frequently used or 'don't translate'. More like a reference guide then anything, but it will also provide way more info than just a definition.  It includes words from both languages also, which is specified in each definition. Some words might only be used once or twice so they're not all super important, either.

At some point I might actually do a more legit dictionary dictionary, which would just be lists of nouns, verbs, pronouns, articles, etc. but that will take a verrrrry long time to set up.

Oh, and if I forgot to include a word that's been used in the rewrites, please let me know and I'll add it! It's a little difficult to keep track of what's been used/introduced between the drafts, rewrites, and one-shots, and this is meant to adhere to the rewrites only.

Isji and Ebai Dictionary 

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Nicky Silber

Hey! So I'm super excited about the ongoing dictionary, which is something I've been looking forward to for a while. Taking a look at it, I thought it might be helpful to share with you something I worked on over the summer while I was bored at my job ^^; I made an Isji dictionary! It's as complete as I could make it based on the Tenebrism and Chiaroscuro rewrites and Obscura (I haven't read Skiagraphia cause I never read the drafts and I don't want spoilers!). So if you're looking to start a more complete dictionary, maybe you can use this as a jumping off point?? Lemme know what you think! <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVsmbUyr-QGfQb-_11UPB0UmpWOCX4iDUxbGfTqqnhs/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVsmbUyr-QGfQb-_11UPB0UmpWOCX4iDUxbGfTqqnhs/edit?usp=sharing</a>

Teromain

Wow oh my gosh you really put a lot of stuff together here! You had to crawl through a lot of commentary and random comments and old tumblr posts and things for some of this stuff! And really pay close attention to the language too, since most of the guesses and conclusions about grammar aspects look correct (without going to look at my own notes to confirm). I feel kind of bad because I do already have a huge dictionary and conjugation tables and all kinds of stuff laid out and organized , I'm just never sure of the best way to share it! Those pronoun tables were kind of useful sort of I think. Then again I'm never sure who's interested in the tiny little details like this! I'm really impressed though, this is amazing!