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Proverb 103

2006-08-30 | proverb

Ha-ze-ra-n:(Sa-n-ji-so)

Translators, traitors.

It's hard to translate one language to another, because each language has it's own culture and the way of thinking.
So translating one language to another is very difficult.

And a translator stands on both sides,  so he is said to be like a betrayer.

 

 

 

 

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Rice plant

2006-08-28 | rice field (farming)
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Rice plants are growing day by day and they begin to have white flowers.
Thanks to the very hot weather, they are growing very well.
Farmers are busy in watering, weeding, scattering fertilizer and medicine for the harmful insects under the heat of the sun.


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Chestnut

2006-08-25 | plant
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Taking a walk the other day, I saw this tree.
Green chestnuts in bur tell us that fall is around the corner.
I haven't heard the sound of cicadas for a few days.
So it is very quiet in a daytime these days .
But the noise of insects is becoming noisier and noisier day by day at night.
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Proverb 102

2006-08-23 | proverb

Ta-ka-sa-go yu-ri

There is no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.

Even a person who is so moralistic can't defeat a temptation.

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Tangerine

2006-08-17 | plant

  This is a tangerine in my vegetable field.
Though it's green yet,  it'll turn to orange in fall.
There are many tangerines on this tree, so I'm looking forward to having them.
     

 

 

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Evening sky

2006-08-17 | weather

  It's very sultry as the typhoon no.10 is coming to Kyusyu district.
It may land on the district tonight or tomorrow morning.
We must prepare for the strong wind and heavy rain!

 

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Proverb 101

2006-08-16 | proverb

Morning-glory

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

We don't need many leaders.
If there are too many leaders, we won't have a good result.
There are also a saying in Japan ; ' Many captains lead the ship to the mountain.' 

 

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Preparation for Bon Festival

2006-08-11 | diary
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Hya-ku-ni-chi-so-u

As you know, Bon festival is from August 13 to August 15.
We are preparing for that now, so we set an altar at To-ko-no-ma and put Go-ho-n-zo-n-sa-ma, O-i-ha-i, etc. on them the day before yesterday.
And yesterday morning, I went to our grave to weed and clean with my husband.
Our grave is in the bamboo grove, so there are many mosquitoes in summer.
So I hate visiting there in summer.
On getting there, I burnt the incense sticks to drive away the mosquitoes.
It took about an hour and a half to clean there.
We offered Shi-ki-bi, rice, water and the incense sticks and prayed after that.
We also set Mi-zu-ta-na-sa-ma in the yard.
Our priest is coming to my house to recite sutras for our ancestors tomorrow morning.
This is one of the big events in Japan !


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Proverb 100

2006-08-09 | proverb
Ha-tus-yu-ki-sou

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Truth is stranger than fiction.

There are many things that are beyond our imagination in our world.
So our life is interesting.
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Hot day !

2006-08-06 | weather
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It's very hot these days.

Please take care !

I saw this beautiful sky this evening.
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Proverb 99

2006-08-02 | proverb

Fringed pink; (Na-de-shi-ko)

There is no rule without exception.

Every rule has some exceptions.
For instance, we need not follow the rule when emergency occurs.

 

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