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Month: November 2022

Translating the Iroha Karuta 6: Unskilled Speakers Say Too Much

November 7, 2022 David Hurley 0

Well, the title of this post says it all so I’d better not go on for too long about this, the sixth proverb in the Japanese Iroha Karuta series… The Japanese proverb goes like this: Heta no naga dangi ( 下手の長談義 ) To make grammatical sense of it in English [Read more…]

Translating the Iroha Karuta 5: Don’t Break Your Bones For Nowt!

November 3, 2022 David Hurley 0

Look at that bloke trying to catch a scroll in the wind! He’s busting a gut trying to catch it, but all he gets for his efforts is exhaustion: Take another look at that bloke. With his eyes fixed on the scroll he’s totally unaware that he’s about to break [Read more…]

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