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Belly full of sap, head full of sky
Brood X certainly has wings, and they fly like they’re drunk, but I wouldn’t call them immortal. 羽化登仙u.ka.tou.sen Literally: wing – change – climb – hermit Alternately: Feeling as if one has grown wings and ascended into the skies… often … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Yojijukugo
Tagged brood X cicadas, 登仙, 羽化, drunk, eclosion, 苏轼, 蘇軾, soaring feeling, Su Shi, 前赤壁賦
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Blue sea, Red Cliffs, pale blue dot
滄海の一粟 (Soukai no ichizoku; “A single grain of millet in the deep blue sea”) Definition: Something incredibly small in the middle of something something incredibly big. A needle in a haycontinent. Metaphorically, the trifling, ephemeral existence of humans within the … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Kotowaza
Tagged 粟, evanescence, 蘇軾, millet, Red Cliffs, Sagan, scale, small, Su Shi, 前赤壁賦, 滄海
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