Boardwalk Sign ©2020 George Nobechi
Dear Grief,
Hello old friend, it has been a while. I guess you have been in the waiting room all along and I just didn’t see you while I’ve been busy. But I’ve looked around now and spotted you in the corner, sitting quietly in the soft, winter light coming through the lace curtains hanging from the window.
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Late winter morning light in a living room, Tokyo ©2017 George Nobechi
Much of Japanese descriptive language is like this in that it is a far more expressive language, in my opinion, than is English. Translations of words thus consistently fail to grasp the true possible meanings behind the words. So then what is nukumori ? Well, first of all it is not piping hot; it is, at most lukewarm. So what are some examples? The warmth of the…
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