Quotes Tagged With :japanese

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.

I was living for one thing only, and that was to confirm my own lack of feeling.

May I live to see the day when I long for the agony I feel now. /ながらへば またこのごろや....

As you can imagine, those who had fallen this far had been so worn down by their tortures in the seven....

A faint tear wet Meiko's eye, so slight a bit of moisture that it passed unseen by Yasuko. Yet all the....

My Japanese isn’t much better today, but at least now I appreciate my duality more than when I was....

She's still quite fit at ninety, fit enough to chew her food with her own teeth. Apparently she grew....

Tea followers were among the earliest converts to the Christian faith. Takayama Ukon, a daimyo turned....

Yes," I continued, "I discovered this model recently and her style never fails to be mathematically perfect.....

Whereas, in the west, individuality and drive are considered positive qualities, they are not seen the....