Sometimes when I see apples in the supermarket produce sections, I suddenly feel like buying one.  I am well aware that they become very sweet and tasty if I cook them a little, but I usually eat them fresh.

Now that it’s come to this/

Winter apple/

Fell in love/

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スーパーの食品売り場などで見かけると、ふと買いたくなるのが林檎です。ちょっと煮ればとても甘く、美味しくなるのは分かっていますが、大抵そのまま食べてしまいます。

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As it gets warmer, it seems as though the river water is loosening up, just as this haiku describes.

It is now lovely spring weather/

On the soft spring river surface/

Bridge’s reflection is slowly dissolving away/

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暖かくなってくると、この句にあるように川の水も解けていくように思われます。

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This haiku is about an ark, but I am not quite sure how to interpret it.  Is the “ark” here referring to “Noah’s Ark?”

Trees should be/

Ark/

Oh, spring rain/

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方舟が詠まれている俳句ですが、解釈がよく分からないのです。方舟はやはりノアの方舟でしょうか。

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When I was a child, I used to pick horsetails with my grandfather near the rice paddies and fields close to my mother’s family home.

The sun sets in the west/

After giving horsetails/

Complimentary words/

To the horsetails/

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幼い頃、母の実家の近くの田んぼや畑の近くで、祖父と土筆摘みをしました。

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