
Translating the Iroha Karuta 9.2: Good Medicine Tastes Bitter
In my last blog post about the Iroha Karuta I talked about one of the proverbs that is used to illustrate the 9th card in the series, which is “Ri,” (り) the ninth hiragana in the traditional hiragana syllabary. That proverb was, “Richigi mono no ko dakusan.” An honest person [Read more…]