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gsx1100s
04-02-2005, 11:18 AM
After the thread on Hari-Kiri I thought people might find this link interesting. It has some beautiful poetry on it.

http://japanese.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2F Tokyo%2FFlats%2F1120

cheers Michael
Ninjujinkaku
04-02-2005, 12:44 PM
Thanks for the link
Musha
04-02-2005, 04:49 PM
Harry Kiry? A film star? :D. I don't understand why people like to make there own pronunciation for Japanese words :rolleyes:. Even my English dictionary does it :mad:. Look for a pre 1950s English dictionary, modern ones are total crap..
gsx1100s
08-02-2005, 02:05 PM
Harry Kiry? A film star? :D. I don't understand why people like to make there own pronunciation for Japanese words :rolleyes:. Even my English dictionary does it :mad:. Look for a pre 1950s English dictionary, modern ones are total crap..
Sorry if I offended , my Japanese is bad my English is worse.

cheers Michael
Twobitmage
08-02-2005, 03:51 PM
hara kiri bro :wink:

no big deal. I dont think any of us are expected to be masters of the japanese language
nalogg
09-02-2005, 12:19 AM
wednesday practices,
a wafting scent arises:
your farts in sonkyo
Chook
09-02-2005, 05:00 PM
The worst pronounciation I've heard is "hurry curry" :D
Vortex
12-02-2005, 01:31 PM
wednesday practices,
a wafting scent arises:
your farts in sonkyo

Thats awesome!!! I gotta write that one down... too funny!
Kingofmyrrh
14-02-2005, 07:37 AM
Once it becomes english then it's pretty much a free for all when it comes to pronunciation. I don't see anyone getting upset over tycoon or typhoon, and it's not as if the Japanese extend the same courtesyto English words. BTW, many of the translations of those death poems seem to miss the point of the original entirely... seems a pity to give people such a poor impression of people's lyrical skill.
[Kensei 剣の聖者]
17-02-2005, 01:59 AM
Toko (1795)

Jisei to wa
sunawachi mayoi
tada shinan

Death poems
are mere delusion-
death is death.
nothing
17-02-2005, 03:09 AM
']Toko (1795)

Jisei to wa
sunawachi mayoi
tada shinan

Death poems
are mere delusion-
death is death.


There is a book available (the name escapes me) that i once gave as a gift. It is a compilation of Poema written by Japanese Buddhist monks as they were dieing. Really interesting reading. it also offers the philosophy and tradition behind writing a hikau on your death bed.
MINAMOTO YOSHI
25-02-2005, 05:02 AM
Ahh. It's a very beutiful and romantic idea to write poetry for people to ponder on long after your death.