16. Kyouiku/Oshie
Isao aru Hito wo oshie no Oya to shite Oboshi tatenamu Yamato nadeshiko
Education
For gracious Japanese ladies, please choose meritorious people for role model and learn your lifelong lesson from them.
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Isao (merit) Aru (posses) Hito (people) wo Oshie (lesson) no Oya (master) to shite Oboshitatenamu (grow up) Yamato (Japan) Nadeshiko (pink flowers/women)
17. Mizu no ue no Ochibana
Ike no omo
Ni nozomeru hana
No ureshiki
Wa chiretemo mizu
Ni ukabu narikeri
A Flower on the Water
It’s wonderful to see flowers that grow over the pond. It’ll float on the water and still beautiful even after fell off from the stem.
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Ike (pond) no Omo (surface) ni Nozomeru (be sighted) Hana (flower) no Ureshiki (pleasurable) wa Chirite (fell off) mo Mizu (water) ni Ukabu (float) narikeri
18. Tsukimae Hotaru
Ike no omo
Wa tsuki ni yuzurite
Ashi no ha no
Shigemi gakure ni
Yuku hotoro kana
The Moon and the Firefly
The moon reflects so beautifully over the pond, a humble firefly compromises its existence by flying behind the bushes of reed leaves.
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Ike (pond) no Omo (surface) wa Tsuki (moon) ni Yuzurite (surrender) Ashi no ha (Reed leaves) no Shigemi (bush) Gakure (hide) ni Yuku (going) Hotaru (firefly) kana
19. Tama
Isasaka no Kizu naki tama mo Tomosureba Chiri ni hikari wo Usinai ni keri
Jewell
Even a perfect scratch-less jewel could lose its beauty and brightness by a little dust. Human heart and soul needs constant polishing in order to be kept clear.
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Isasaka (a little) no Kizu (scratch) Naki (none) Tama (Jewel) mo Tomosureba (tendency of) Chiri (dust) ni Hikari (shine, brightness) wo Ushinai (lose) ni keri
20. Ori ni Furete
Ichihayaku
Susuman yorimo
Okotaruna
Manabi no michi ni
Tateru warawabe
Occasional thought
For youthful students, do not hurry to get ahead. Do not neglect your work. True leaning take a long and constant studying.
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Ichihayaku (faster, ahead of others) Susuman (progress) yorimo (rather) Okotaruna (do not neglect) Manabi (learning) no Michi (path) ni Tateru (standing) Warawabe (children)
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26. Mizu
Utsuwa niha shitagai nagara iwagane mo tosu ha mizu no chikara narikere
Water
Water does not oppose any vessels and it is stayed as the vessel form. Water seems to be obedient, flexible, and not self-assertive. However, water can break rocks with its consecutive concentrated drops. So people should also have flexibility for any situation such as thought and human relationship, and have consecutive concentration to do something important.
Evening
Today I had nothing to do and I find that now is evening. I felt sorry for that at first, but I changed my mind that this is not so bad, is it? Yes, it is BAD because any moment is very precious for people and I waste my precious time today. Well, however, I should not regret my passed day for so long. Now I try to live my new day without regret.
88. Hito
Nanigoto mo omouga mamani narazaru ga kaerite hito no mi no tameni koso
People
No one can always live at his/her own will. People get disappointed and feel discontent when things do not go as they expected. The expectation and desire, however, cannot be satisfied completely but grow more if a desire is satisfied, and at last, it will result in ruin. So I think that reality with much unintentional XXXXX
106. Kami
Me ni mie nu ka- mi ni mukaite haji- zaru wa hito no kokoro no mako- to nari keri
God
You have a right pure soul if you have nothing to be ashamed of in front of God, whom you cannot see, who knows you all. I wish everyone had such soul.
111. Matsu
Yuki ni tae arashi ni taeshi nochi ni koso matsu no kurai mo takaku miekere
Pine Tree
People have been liked pine tree because it is said that pine tree bring good luck. And people evaluate the shape and balance of pine tree, but the real worth is different. When the coldest winter came after the lapse of many years, pine trees could survive deep snow and storm though other trees died all. Pine trees showed their toughness and people evaluated the great pine trees.
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121. ?
Hito no koko- ro o kagami ni hashite
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A person's feeling is flowing out through a looking glass or mirror.
122?
Yo watari no michi no toutome ni okotaru na kokoro ni kana fu-asobi aritemo
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The path that we follow in the world and the task we try not to do, do we have to turn pur back, though in our heart they don't give us pleasure.
123?
Waga kokoro ware to o ri o ri- ka e ri miyo, shirazu-shirazu mo mayofu koto mo ari
O ri ni furete Ware mo mata sara ni migakamu
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The self-centered and we have reasons, and these reasons we think about yet you don't know, yet you don't know, you'll still get lost. Yet you'll feel the reasons and truth. We will still improve
124?
Yo mono umi mina hara hara to omo fu yo ni
nado nami kaze no
tachi sawagu ramu
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In this world all, from the sea to the plain,
and the rest, the waves
and nature have their own noise, sound.
125. Kagami
Ware mo mata sarani migakamu kumorinaki hitono kokorowo kagami ni ha site
Mirror
I wish my mind clear like great people unknown but have great mind and soul. Though I am the Emperor, I am not a great as a human.
