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[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...

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...

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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?

[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...

Take it easy. You have 80 days and more and more.

A snail goes faster than a bullet at rest.

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%...

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 ...

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...

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The unabridged translations into English are very young.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West#Notable_English-language_translations

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...

[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...

[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...

KevinS-san, please take good care of yourself.
Saint Paul leads you hand in hand.