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The famous buckwheat-noodle restaurant, Kurumaya, open since Edo Period, in Kisofukushima (Photo by TF) (中山道木曽福島の江戸時代からの蕎麦屋「くるまや」 : 撮影 TF) |
ピロピロと出会ひ求むる発信のあまねく満つる瀬戸の青空 (ぴろぴろと であいもとむる はっしんの あまねくみつる せとのあおぞら) 携帯電話の普及はすさまじい。今や若者のみならず小学生や高齢者までが使っている。電話から発信される無線信号が、この青空にもひしめき合っている筈だ。莫大な通信費用を支払って、どんな美濃ある会話がそこには・・・。(二〇〇〇年、NHKBS列島短歌大会) Young "Feep, prr..," digital signals looking for partners are hovering in the azure sky over the Seto archipelago |
夢になほ英語を言へり外資系に三十年余吾は勤めし
The English-speaking man still appears in a dream, that's myself having worked at a foreign affiliate for more than thirty years
名も知らぬ野菜果物ならべられ異国の朝の市ぞはなやぐ
Carrying unfamiliar vegies and fruits, the morning market on foreign soil looks lively
木々茂るライン河畔の公園に深く入り来て石に坐りぬ
Entering deep into the clump of trees in a park by the Rhein, perch alone on a rock
滞在も三月越すいま新しき友と連れ立つ初夏のアルザス
Staying now for three month on foreign soil, go on a drive to Alsace-Lorraine in early summer choosing my local company
かかる地をいづれは共にたづねむと思ひをりしにはや妻は逝く
Although wished to visit again these lovely spots someday with my wife, she's meantime hastened to end her life
職引きし男らの立つ交差点「緑のおばさん」もはや世に見ず
Only retired men look after children these days at school crossings, the lollipop women are not seen in the street any longer
食パンにとろけるチーズ挟み焼き男やもめがけふを始むる
Preparing two pieces of toast sandwiching sliced cheese, the widower starts the day with no special task
Commentary: Journalistic integrity
Its regular readers would be most disappointed that the Asahi Shinbun, the most reliable liberal newspaper in Japan, repeats blundering.
「ーより一枚上である、ーを出し抜く、ーの裏をかく」に outfox ー と言う表現が使われます。
★ 重要語句 / /Words & Phrases/
中仙道六十九次板橋の宿駅にして菜の花にほふ
幸福はささやかなるかなさざめ雪ふり積む音す夜の炬燵に
はしかの子ね床に坐り遊び居り春のほほじろ遠きへに鳴く

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