I learned the phrase meant family members get together for the dinner on New Year’s Eve. In our case, “family members” indicates only my old mother and I. We, however, had grilled spareribs that must be popular among young people.
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大晦日の夜に家族がそろって食事をする、という意味らしいです。うちは老母と私の二人だけですが。でも、若者っぽいスペアリブをいただきました。
“Isn’t it great when friends visit from distant places?”
I chose this phrase by Confucius because I had a great time with a friend from far just like it mentions the other day.
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そのまんまの出来事が最近ありましたので。
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Controlling breathing and moving the brush is so hard, it is difficult to feel secure.
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呼吸が難しくて心安らかになりません。
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Since a young friend of mine with a little interest in calligraphy came to our place, my mother, the visitor and I practiced together. I am sorry for my friend because my mother and I sort of forced her to help my mother kill great amount of free time.
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書に興味のある若い知り合いが来てくれたので、一緒にちょっとお稽古しました。母の暇つぶしに付き合ってもらったようなものなので、申し訳なかったかも知れませんが。
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As today falls on midwinter, I chose a poem by Bai Juyi which is believed to be written when he missed his love living far away, and something like a catch-phrase of the day, “swinging from the negative to the positive” or “return of spring”.
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白居易が冬至に詠んだと言う詩と、冬至の合い言葉を書きました。詩の方は、遠く離れている初恋の人を恋しく思っているという内容らしいですが。
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I am now busy writing New Year’s cards. In Japan, to be sure the cards delivered on January 1st, which is still considered to be a polite manner especially to your seniors, we need to drop them into a post box at least several days before the end of the year.
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ひたすら書いていますが、間に合うのか？
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Cherry leaves that had turned red (or brown) have almost fallen. However, you can easily and clearly see new buds coming out.
Daytime moon is/
Hanging from the/
Branches of defoliated cherry trees/
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紅葉した桜の葉は落ちてしまいましたが、新芽が出ているのははっきりと見て取れます。
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(Even after memories of the scenes disappeared.)
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（エピソードがなくなっても）
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The glittering surface of the Takano River that has been so familiar since my childhood strikes me as something very new when viewed with my mother in a wheel chair. In other words, it is a sequel of this.
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子供の頃から見慣れた風景ですが、車椅子の母と見ると、ちょっと新鮮かも知れません。これの続編のようなものです。
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To contemplate profoundly focusing on one target.
As my mother is suffering mentally, she seems to have difficulty concentrating her mind on one thing.
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一つの対象に心を集中して深く考察すること。
心を病んでいる母には一つのことに集中することは難しそうです。
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