| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Japanese term or phrase: | 若葉風子規庵に聴く上野の鐘 | | English translation: | Breeze on verdure, whilest at Shiki's resting place, I hear the bell from Ueno Station. | | Entered by: |  Yumico Tanaka |
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Japanese term or phrase: 若葉風子規庵 | In the context of the line:
若葉風子規庵に聴く上野の鐘 |
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New Zealand
| Local time: 18:21
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| | Breeze on verdure… | Explanation:
Cinefil san is right. This is Haiku.
It's maybe something like this...
わかばかぜ Breeze blowing on the verdure
しきあんにきく While staying at the resting place of Shiki Masaoka
うえののかね。 I hear the bell from Ueno station.
Shiki Masaoka is a Japanese famous poet, linguist in Meiji era.
わかばかぜ is a season word, indicating it's the late spring ~ beginning of summer time.
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Ueno may or maynot be the Ueno station, but often times "Ueno" appears on poems as crowds passing by near the busy Ueno station.
I don't know if the station had a bell telling the time, but I suppose in old times stations had clocks or bells.
I didn't search about しきあん but supposed it is a resting place which is related to the famous poet.
The author may be imagining what the famous poet would have been thinking in this place |
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Yumico Tanaka
Australia
Local time: 15:21
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4 hrs confidence:   peer agreement (net): -1 | The Shiki-style temple Wakaba
Explanation:
That seems to be a title of a visual movie or game.
Shiki is the name of a video game character, but also of a location.
Wakaba is a Japanese word and name meaning "young leaf".
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