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- January 14th, 2021, 12:02 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: To get to know you better (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17316
Re: To get to know you better (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて)
[Year of the Ox (うしどし, or 丑年)] The year 2021 is a Year of the Ox in Japan. I was born in a Year of the Horse (うまどし, or 午年). The 12 animals are assigned to the signs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox_%28zodiac%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthly_Branches I was born in 1966. The year is a Hinoe U...
Re: 花 (hana)
Hi, KevinS-san. by KevinS » Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:24 pm I like these poems. Thank you very much. These poems are from Manyoushuu (まんようしゅう, 萬葉集, or 万葉集). It is the oldest anthology in Japan. Scholars have translated it into English and the translations must be correct as a study. But, are they enough a...
- January 9th, 2021, 9:17 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Limericks on me brain
- Replies: 18
- Views: 478
Re: Limericks on me brain
You can use LibriVox.
It's your treasure box.
Many fairytales are stored.
The mermaid makes you be poured.
Now you are on the back of the magic fox!
It's your treasure box.
Many fairytales are stored.
The mermaid makes you be poured.
Now you are on the back of the magic fox!
Re: 花 (hana)
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I can't see my wife afar.
Isn't that because Mt. Izami is mortally high?
I can't see Yamato, why?
Isn't that because Yamato is very far?
I can't see my wife afar.
Isn't that because Mt. Izami is mortally high?
I can't see Yamato, why?
Isn't that because Yamato is very far?
- January 7th, 2021, 9:46 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: One Book a Week Club 2021
- Replies: 13
- Views: 533
- January 7th, 2021, 9:35 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Shimura Ken Passes Away Of SARS (志村けん新型肺炎で逝く)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3908
Re: Shimura Ken Passes Away Of SARS (志村けん新型肺炎で逝く)
[Breaking News: COVID-19 gets a glorious victory from Hakuhou (白鵬コロナで入院)] Hakuhou (白鵬) is the greatest Yokozuna in Sumo history. I like him. He was a Mongolian. Now he is a Japanese. I welcome him sincerely. By the way, COVID-19 got a Kinboshi (きんぼし, or 金星), a win from Yokozuna, from Hakuhou with it...
- January 3rd, 2021, 2:41 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Foreign Languages
- Replies: 228
- Views: 73349
Re: Foreign Languages
Take it easy. You have 80 days and more and more.
A snail goes faster than a bullet at rest.
A snail goes faster than a bullet at rest.
- January 3rd, 2021, 2:02 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: [TRANSL. NOT PD] Journey to The West - Wu Cheng'en
- Replies: 5
- Views: 323
Re: [TRANSL. NOT PD] Journey to The West - Wu Cheng'en
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Puppet Play: https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E5%BF%97%E3%80%80NHK%E4%BA%BA%E5%BD%A2%E5%8A%87&hl=ja&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig57etsf_tAhXidt4KHfjCDKQQ_AUICCgB https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E5%BF%97%E3%80%80NHK%E4%...
- January 2nd, 2021, 1:37 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: [TRANSL. NOT PD] Journey to The West - Wu Cheng'en
- Replies: 5
- Views: 323
Re: [TRANSL. NOT PD] Journey to The West - Wu Cheng'en
Don't feel the pity. Tang Sanzang tried the journey to the West to take the Budda's scripures nine times. But he got eaten nine times by Sha Wujing. (This story is Tang Sanzang's the tenth atempt.) (Sandy's neckless is Tripitaka's nine skulls.) So, I can promise you you can enjoy the free audiobook ...
- January 2nd, 2021, 1:12 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: [USA ONLY]Newly PD J.R.R. Tolkien (Non-Fic) The Devil's Coach Horses
- Replies: 3
- Views: 196
Re: [USA ONLY]Newly PD J.R.R. Tolkien (Non-Fic) The Devil's Coach Horses
Tolkien is alive in mightyfelix-san's mind. So his works never fall into Public Domain. (In short, he cann't die because of you and you.) So, you had better buy his audiobooks. Now, his works rush into commercial audiobook market.
Oh, I'm drunken because of the New Year...
Oh, I'm drunken because of the New Year...
- January 1st, 2021, 11:01 am
- Forum: Book Suggestions
- Topic: [TRANSL. NOT PD] Journey to The West - Wu Cheng'en
- Replies: 5
- Views: 323
Re: Journey to The West - Wu Cheng'en
Hi,
The unabridged translations into English are very young.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West#Notable_English-language_translations
The unabridged translations into English are very young.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West#Notable_English-language_translations
- January 1st, 2021, 6:12 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: One Book a Week Club 2021
- Replies: 13
- Views: 533
Re: One Book a Week Club 2021
A Happy New Year to you all! I have no goal. I will read steadily. HALF FINISHED: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Story of O by Pauline Réage [Translator: Sabine d'Estree] もつれっ話 (A Tangled Tale) by Lewis Carroll [Translator: Yanase] アエネーイス (The Aeneid) by Virgil [Translator: Izui] ニルスのふしぎな旅 (The Wonderfu...
- December 30th, 2020, 6:55 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: To get to know you better (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17316
Re: To get to know you better (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて)
[New Year's Eve (おおみそか, or 大晦日)] "Chick, I drew one billion yen in a lottery! I'll never work again! I'll have funs with you everyday! I'll give you whatever you want!" "Congratulations! Give me a gold ring! Raise your glass first! This is yours! " "I can't drink such a lot!!" In Edo era, only a tem...
- December 22nd, 2020, 12:21 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: To get to know you better (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17316
Re: To get to know you better (あなたを・もっと・知りたくて)
[Christmas in Japan (日本のクリスマス)] When I was a kid, we Japanese people would eat a roast turkey leg at Christmas Eve. (At that time, a butter cream cake was usual. A fresh cream cake was for the rich.) Today we eat a roast chicken leg at Christmas Eve. I suppose a chicken leg from Thailand has a large...
- December 21st, 2020, 1:49 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: 2021 Reading Challenge
- Replies: 13
- Views: 731
Re: 2021 Reading Challenge
KevinS-san, please take good care of yourself.
Saint Paul leads you hand in hand.
Saint Paul leads you hand in hand.