Following is what an elderly lady says who I respect deeply: “When you look up and see the sky, and if you have a bed to sleep on tonight, everything about your life is OK”
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私が尊敬してやまない年配の女性の言葉です：「上を見上げたら空が見えて、今晩寝るところがあればそれで良いのよ」
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Today I went to my late mother’s hometown, Hirakata, Osaka to visit her family grave, which I regularly do twice a year. It is a good old place that brings me fond memories, however, I am afraid it is moving away from me little by little. For, I think, people I used to see there have all left me.
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今日は、年に2回の亡母の枚方の実家の墓参りに行ってきました。懐かしい思い出を呼び起こしてくれる場所ですが、段々と遠ざかっているようにも思います。多分、そこにまつわる人たちが全部いなくなったからだと思います。
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Light flows through the/
Hometown to/
Be a river in spring/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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My important friend who brought many delicacies to the party the other day, also gave me some Sauerkraut. I think this was not exactly the first time for me to taste it, but it was definitely the first time to have a substantial amount. I surely enjoyed it!
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先日の女子会にたくさんご馳走を運んでくれた友人がこのザワークラウトもくれました。全く初めて食べた訳ではないと思いますが、こんなにしっかりいただいたのは初めてで、美味しかったです！
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Heard a noise of a cabbage/
Tighten up swirling/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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〜Copying the calligraphy by my teacher 快活さ〜
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I have done this many times before and I am determined to continue this way of practicing as long as my life lasts. Then, once again, I practiced copying my first teacher had left. “It is desirable to spend days with the flow of spirits of the young.”
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こういう稽古は何度もしていますし、今後も命ある限り続けるのだと思いますが、そこで初めの師匠が遺してくれた書の臨書です。『青年の朗らかな快活さをもって日を送るということこそ相応わしい』
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I was gazing into this painting for some time at an acquaintance’s place, and she gave it to me. I was moved and felt very happy, because it must have been given to her by her important friend. I had a feeling it looked like a faraway place both spaciously and timewise. And I was inspired to write “Light flows”.
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知り合いの家でこの絵に見入っていたら、プレゼントしてもらえました。きっと大事なご友人からの贈り物だったでしょうに。遥かなる時空の風景のように見えましたので、『光流れて』と書きたくなりました。
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I received a huge bouquet on a beautiful spring day. I just put the flowers in a vase, which looked so small, indeed! I offer my deepest thanks.
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綺麗な春の日に大きな花束が届きました。とりあえず、そのまま花瓶に入れましたが、いかにも花瓶が小さく見えました。感謝。
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Packed into a bundle are/
So many gerbera flowers of different colors/
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Today marks Jingzhe, the season when wintering insects come out of hibernation. I searched a poem from ancient China by this keyword and found this interesting one. It is only a passage of the whole poem that expresses “wondering in fields inadvertently to find myself at your door”, which I think a poor excuse.
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今日は啓蟄なので、これをキーワードにして古い漢詩を探したら、この面白いのが見つかりました。これは全体の中の一節ですが、「何の気なしに歩いていて、気づいたら君の家の戸口にいた」ということらしいですが、下手な言い訳だと思います。
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This is the first seasonal phrase for March, which means “as the weather gets warmer, vegetation begins to bud”. The last Chinese character means “to move”. I feel this is the most suitable character for the phenomenon.
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三月の初めの七十二候の名称で、暖かくなるにつれて、草木が芽吹き出すという意味だそうです。「動」という字がぴったりだなと思います。
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A very good, longtime friend of mine came with a lot of homemade delicacies and quality booze; and precious antique cups for tea from ancient China around four hundred years ago, which we used as saké cups. Despite all those good things to eat and drink; and to see and use; on the girls’ dolls festival day, our conversation was the best thing we had.
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大切な古い友人がたくさんのお手製のご馳走と上等のお酒と、そして貴重な骨董品（康熙年製）の茶器を持ってきてくれました。尤もそれを酒器に使いましたが。それでも、雛祭りの日の女子会としては、何よりも会話が尊いご馳走でした。
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Cold days of lilacs/
Nothing moves/
In the antique shop/
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O the month of February/
A dreamer/
At the antique market/
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I collected many forms of letters for only one character 寿, that means “happy longevity” for my future productions. The letter寿has lots of variations, among of which this one looks definitely the most intriguing to me.
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今後の作品制作のために色々の形の「寿」という字をたくさん集めてみました。そんな中でこれが私には断然最も面白いものでした。
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