But do we need the sea?

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Confanity

天地無用
ten.chi.mu.you

Literally: heaven – earth – nothing – use

Alternately: “This side up.” As in, “Please don’t turn this box upside-down.” In this case, 天地 simply refers to “up and down,” and 無用 expresses prohibition.

TenChiShikatanai

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About Confanity

I love the written word more than anything else I've had the chance to work with. I'm back in the States from Japan for grad school, but still studying Japanese with the hope of becoming a translator -- or writer, or even teacher -- as long as it's something language-related.
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1 Response to But do we need the sea?

  1. Pingback: It’s mondo useless! | landofnudotcom

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