#130　遠藤周作『生き上手　死に上手』

長さがなければ短さも成りたたぬ。短いということがあるからこそ長いという意味もありうる。

Vocabulary:

遠藤周作　えんどうしゅうさく　Endo Shusaku (author, 1923-1996)
成りたつ　なりたつ　　　　　　to be valid, to hold true
意味　　　いみ　　　　　　　　meaning

Translation:

If there were no such thing as length, we would not have the concept of shortness. Precisely because there exists the idea of short, there can be such a thing as long.

Link for the text I used:

遠藤周作『生き上手　死に上手』

#130 - Long and short.

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