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Mim

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  1. Hello sacer.drak!

    kasokeki (adjective, basic form is kasokeshi/幽し)is an old word. It means: dim, muzzy, hazy, bleary, blurred, ephemeral. It describes something exists, but very weak or vague.

    Kawabe means a riverside or riverbank. Same as 川辺.

    If I translate it:

    From a hanging bridge on fire, the rip off hand was falling into the hole on the riverbank with ineffective prayer.

    Hmmm, what an interesting image... Is it a part of a novel??  :vampire:

  2. Thanks for your tip!

    When I was a child, I read "Jim Knopf" and "Die Unendliche Geschichte". I LOVED them. I've read only their translations, but now I realize that I can read them in German!!!

    My suggestion would be „Krabat“ von Otfried Preussler. It's also a children's book, I think. When I was a child I read it and (I think) loved it. Lately I heard that a Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki is inspired from this book and created a movie "Spirited Away“. So I want to read it again, maybe this time in German :)

  3. The most famous (modern) authors would be the novel prize winners; Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成)and Kenzaburo Oe (大江健三郎).

    I find the works of Kawabata fine. "Snow Country (雪国: Yukiguni)" is stylistic and thematically very "Japanese".

    Oe's Novels are idealistic and emotional, but don't move me well. I prefer to read his essays on music or politics. "Hiroshima Note (広島ノート: Hiroshima Noto)" is worth reading for everyone.

    Haruki Murakami (村上春樹) is also famous. Honestly I'm not a big fan of his works, especially new ones, but they are the best selling in Japan.

    I can't say who the best, but my favorite famous authors are Soseki Natsume (夏目漱石) and Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫).

    Soseki has been loved in Japan for almost 100 years. In the most of his works happens nothing dramatic, but novels such as "Sanshiro (三四郎: sanshiro)" describe humanity well in the modest and honest way.

    Because of the suicide etc. his life could be more famous than his works, but Mishima pieces, like a short story "Patoriotism (憂国: yukoku)" are sensual, crazy and mind blowing.

  4. ところでしばらく前のことのようですが、Miyaさんの中間試験はいかがだったのでしょうか。

    私は明日から新しい学期が始まるので少々気が重いです。

    13vinylinfantsさん、気持ち伝わるとのこと、その通りだと思います。そしてはじめましてですね、どうぞよろしくおねがいいたします。

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