Category Archives: Daily Sketch

About 3 days after I arrived in Florianopolis, when my mom, my sister, and I were still staying in a hotel, I plugged in my Xbox 360 and my Gaems G155 (a portable xbox 360, tv, and case I got … Continue reading →

漢文や漢詩の和訳あるいは和風読みはしばしば眼にします。眼にするどころか、高校時代の漢文の授業では多い鍛えられたものですが、和歌の漢訳なるものを今回はじめて知りました。遣唐使の一人安倍仲麿の詠んだ和歌が漢訳されて、現在の西安（かっての長安）の中心にある公園に建つ仲麿公の記念碑に刻まれているとのことです。 その和歌とは百人一首でもおなじみの 『天の原ふりさけみれば春日なる三笠の山にいでし月かも』 記念碑に刻まれている漢訳は 『翹首望東天　神馳奈良辺　三笠山頂上　想又皎月円』 それを更に和訳すると 『首（こうべ）を翹げて（あげて）東天（とうてん）を望む 神（こころ）は馳す（はす） 三笠　山頂の上 又、皎月（こうげつ）の円（まどか）なるを想う』 元となった和歌とその漢訳を和風読みにしたものを比較して直ぐにわかるのは、漢訳には『天の原』の語句がない事です。つまり、和歌を詠む上で大切な約束事であるかかりことばは和歌が日本語以外の言語に訳されると消えてしまうということですね。

Our Word in Action Ministry that feeds meals 5 nights every week had been low on food. We were completely out of canned fruit and low on hamburger meat. Even though we had ordered some (only allowed to order once … Continue reading →

Last month I adopted a guinea pig from the Honolulu Humane Society. I later found out my co-worker also had a guinea pig named Bun Bun. So now I take her to the beach with me on Saturdays so they … Continue reading →

I had a plan for a long time to get up early and go to Ala Moana beach park. Last weekend, I finally succeeded in waking up and jogging to the beach. On Magic Island, there were many jogging trails … Continue reading →

For the last 3 months I have been taking new supplement to help me lose weight. I take 2 pills before lunch and 2 pills before dinner. In 3 months i loss 10 lbs. everyone says that I am too … Continue reading →

I recently made an awesome discovery. You might think it’s goofy but I swear you wont be disappointed. Believe it or not, motorcycle gloves make out to be better gardening gloves than gardening gloves. I kid you not. With their … Continue reading →

We have been busy preparing for home schooling. Bought some storage carts with plastic drawers to put our school supplies in. This way we can roll it into another room after school and in the mornings we roll it out … Continue reading →

Aleria and I went to the children’s museum today.  We had lots of fun.  She got to play around in the tots room.  They had balls, puzzles, sand, and lots of other cool toys.  She ran around chasing a little … Continue reading →

Last night we were able to have some family time after our teenager got off work from her job at the grocery store. We went to Joplin, MO to do some shopping. We are thankful that some of the stores … Continue reading →