From the Man'yo shu MYS X:223
*hagi #waka #manyoshu
Hagi no hana hagi flowers
sakitaru nobe ni blooming continously spreading
Higurashi no while higurashi cicadas
Naku naru naheni are singing together with
Aki no kaze fuku the wind of autumn blowing
word for word hagi = bush clover of flowers verb saku = taru suffix nobe spreading extending higurahi a kind of cicada that sings early morning or evening or when its overcast and cloudy
naku sing naru being naheni adverb aki autumn kaze wind fuku verb again
A Gwailo's View of Han Zi ! A Blog featuring my experiments with Han Zi and digital typographic art and articles on Chinese derived characters. Also some articles on Chinese characters in general and their use of multiple Asian languages.
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