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shenhou's avatar

Recording 2 new points I learned:

~とみえる --> to seem

(まだ灯している)とみえた --> seemed (still to be alight)

~に過ぎない --> only, merely

(反射しているの)にすぎなかった --> only (reflect)ed

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Bunsuke's avatar

It's always cool to see that there's still so much to learn, even from short passages such as this one!

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auberon's avatar

There's a good movie about mishima's life, he lead an interesting one.

み.しまs

【三美実見参 || 島嶋嶌洲綺】

I wonder why 身 is not there, is it not a common み name part?

花盛り、満開のは

桜は今満開です

公園でバラや百合や今花ざかりです

I saw 憂国 and thought it as purgatory, but it's patriotism. You could hear 'a mi la patria me duele' in spanish, 'homeland hurts'.

In the text, it puzzled me, the very last bit:

〜のにすぎなかった

It wasn't more than〜

It only was〜

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Bunsuke's avatar

Yeah I think I've seen it, it's a cool movie.

But I don't think I've seen 身 in names all that often...

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auberon's avatar

👍👍

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tokonopapa's avatar

What a passage. Great choice, beautiful translation 😭 also, great real-world example of the「にすぎない」pattern!

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Bunsuke's avatar

Thanks so much!

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Victoria's avatar

Beautiful ^^

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Bunsuke's avatar

Really beautiful and elegant writing :)

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