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#rain

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雨は人を慰む、人の心を医す、人の気を和平ならしむ。真に人を哀ましむるものは、雨にあらずして風なり。(後略)

[Ame wa hito wo nagusamu, hito no kokoro wo isu, hito no ki wo odayaka narashimu. Shin ni hito wo kanashimashimuru mono wa, ame ni arazushite kaze nari. (Kōryaku)]

Rain soothes people, heals people's hearts, calms people's spirits. What truly saddens people is not rain, but wind. (The rest omitted)

From 風[Kaze](The Wind) by 徳冨 蘆花[Tokutomi Roka]
Source: dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1243642/1/39

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#Japanese
#literature
#quotes
#rain

国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション蘆花全集 第3巻 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション著者:徳富蘆花 著, 出版者:新潮社, 出版年月日:昭和3-5
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The sweet is named after a famous poem by Yosa Buson (与謝蕪村 1716-84). Caught in a downpour on his way to the city, he borrowed an umbrella at Konpuku-ji (金福寺)...

it may transform itself,
this umbrella lent by a temple,
in the winter rain
化けそうな傘借す寺の時雨かな
(Trans. Blyth)
#haiku #poem #umbrella #rain

Old #rain magic, tested for you: People used to say ‘If I lay out #laundry to #bleach now, the missed rain will come after all!’ I washed white clothes and hung them up. Now they're getting wet again. Yeah! 🌧️

Traditional #bleaching: On sunny days, people laid down wet white laundry on grass, and waited that the sun did its work tashamillergriffith.com/2012/0 (never use chlorine bleach if you want to keep the fabrics for a long time. It has a somewhat corrosive effect

Tasha Miller Griffith · Sun Bleaching – Yup, It Still Works  One of the things I love about having this blog is that it encourages me to do my homework.  I know that I hang clothes out in the sun to bleach them, and that it works, but what’s the…