At times, things like passcodes won’t come to mind immediately, indeed. I used to have a very good memory in passed days.
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確かに、暗証番号などはときとしてすぐに思い出せなかったりします。若い頃は記憶力がとても良かったのですが。
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For a moment/
Passcode got out of memory/
End of summer/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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During the Obon period, usually in mid-August, it is believed that the ancestral spirits come back to their family. Today I bought some offerings to the ancestors including sweets, fruits and vegetables. I heard a story that goes fruits of a plant called “Chinese lanterns” should serve to guide the deceased to their house safely.
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今日はお盆のお供えの用意をしました。鬼灯はご先祖さまが迷子にならずに帰れるように提灯の役をすると聞きました。
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O, Chinese lanterns/
Ready to welcome dad and mom/
Brand new tatami mats/
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It is so hot that it is almost impossible to wonder when the happy times of life are or think of enjoying refreshing evening breeze. Because of this weather, however, I thought the haiku should be all the more pleasant to my feeling.
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とにかく、暑くて、暑くて、人生の幸福な時期も夕涼みもあまり考えられませんが、だからこそ、心持ちの良くなる句だと思いました。
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When are the happiest days in life/
Summer evening breeze/
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It may often happen that the clouds in the sky look like something to eat. I found this idea of covering the cloud in syrup very intriguing but not just eating it.
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空に浮かぶ雲が食べ物に見えるというのはよくあることかもしれません。この句ではただ食べるのではなくて、『シロップを掛ける』という想像が面白いと思いました。
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Bank of clouds/
I want to taste it/
After covering in syrup/
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If forgetting should be people’s gentleness, I may not be very gentle.
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忘れることが優しさだったら、私はあまり優しくないのかもしれないのです。
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Gentleness called “to forget”/
Shaved ice/
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It has been so very hot since early morning, and I found out today falls on Dashu (solar term), literally, great heat, which means today is the day of extreme heat according to solar term.
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朝からずいぶん暑いと思ったら、今日は二十四節気の大暑のようです。
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Crystalline Buddhist rosary/
Feels cold/
Dashu (solar term) or the summer day of extreme heat/
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I saw little cucumber flowers in a home vegetable garden in a neighbor’s and remembered this one.
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ご近所さんの家庭菜園のキュウリが花を付け出したので、これを思い出しました。
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One good elderly/
In one house/
Flowers on gourds/
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I cooked some wheat noodle（素麺）after a long interval. It is known to many people that cooking it is rather time-consuming, however, it is so easy to eat it fast.
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久しぶりにお素麺を作ってみましたが、これって作るのは面倒だけれども、食べるのは時間がかからないんですよね。
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Oh, thin wheat noodles/
Finally, only one is/
Drifting about in the bowl/
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