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lale-txt · 10 days ago

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𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄, 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐃 (𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐨 𝐱 𝐟!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫) ❦ 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟎𝟑: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞

♫ Soko - See You in the Dark

Pull you closer just to feel you breathing, try to memorize the lines // Of your skin and your heart beating, two fragile lives collide // Wanna see you in the darkness when I close my eyes

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✰ 𝐜𝐰: brief mention of non-sexual nudity (bathing together)

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Kuroo learned to love the rain. It reminded him of the day he met her.

Now, on this night a few months later, it is pouring again. The weather bureau urged everyone to stay home if they could to avoid getting caught in the monsoon, therefore the antique shop didn’t open its heavy wooden doors and Kuroo’s job at the delivery service called everything off for today as well. It was a blessing in disguise because it meant a rare day off for both of them around the same time. It’s not as if they’re not spending every free minute they got together, but there was something special about having a day off all responsibilities.

They didn’t get up until noon, listening to the pitter-patter of the rain and Jiji’s soft purrs at their feet (after he woke Kuroo at 5AM for a can of wet food–an unfortunate habit he established with the cat), sharing kisses and secrets in her canopy bed. It was rare for them to sleep alone these days, most of the time they did so only when one of them got sick, and even then they’d often prioritize comfort and shared warmth over not catching the other’s bug. They’ve become inseparable over time and lately Kuroo found himself struggling to remember what his life was like before her. He takes it as a good sign.

While Kuroo’s apartment was somewhat neat and tidy, paired with the struggle to fill up all the empty space and the high ceilings, hers seemed like an extension of the antique store below them. It’s lived in, an almost sacred space to be invited into. There’s bookshelves up to the ceiling, stacked with heavy and old art books and poetry in languages he doesn’t know, dried flowers in vases and hanging from the walls, a story attached to each. The wooden floor has uneven colors from ornamental carpets that barely get moved around, the sun and time working together to create unique patterns. Withered lines adorn the door frame from a time when her grandmother inhabited this space and carved a mark every time her granddaughter grew an inch or two.

It’s as if he’s discovering a new secret in every corner, like turning a page in his favorite book.

Jiji rubs against Kuroo’s legs when they’re in the kitchen together, meowing up at him till he puts him on his shoulders while he stirs the pot on the stove. The cat seems to enjoy the view from so high above and Kuroo gets to bask in her soft laughter every time she sees them like this.

“This cat is manipulating you to no end and you let him,” she huffs with a smile and looks back down at the broken fragments of a plate in front of her on the old kitchen table. Some parts of them are already glued back together, the former cracks now filled and held together by gold. Kuroo never gets tired of watching her work, of fixing things others would’ve thrown out by now. Not her though. Never her. Her hands hold all the patience of the world, tending to the shards as she pours love back into them.

Sometimes Kuroo catches himself thinking that maybe–maybe that’s exactly what she did to him, too.

The faint rumble of a thunder in the distance causes both of them to look out of the kitchen window. It is only early evening but the sky is pitch black, the storm and rain picking up and rattling against the old windows. Spooked out by the sounds of it, Jiji leaps down from Kuroo’s shoulders and retreats to the safety of his cave underneath the bed, eager to sit this one out. She seems calm though, which rubs off on Kuroo as well. He places a steaming bowl on an empty spot on the table close to her before pulling out a chair for himself, watching how she puts her work aside to pick up the spoon. She pauses as a thought crosses her mind, a small frown on her face.

“Did we remember to bring the laundry inside this time?”, she asks, already halfway up to check. Kuroo reaches for her wrist and gently pulls her back, urging her to sit. He smiles gently, his thumb brushing over her soft skin.

“Already did that earlier when you were absorbed in puzzling the pieces together,” he reassures her. The heavy laundry basket sits on the stairs connecting their apartments. Kuroo vividly remembers the last time it was pouring and they both ran outside to grab the clothes from the line in the backyard, already too late and getting soaked just as much in return. They sat an hour in his clawfoot bathtub together afterwards, trying to warm up again so they wouldn’t catch a cold. Her laughter was still ringing in his ears when she leaned back against his chest, nestled between his legs with her eyes closed as the hot water engulfed them, his hand splayed across her stomach. He remembers thinking that this might be the closest he ever got to heaven.

The storm outside picks up by the time they’re finished with dinner and the dirty dishes are left to soak in the sink for later. They find themselves huddled together in bed again. All the attempts of coaxing Jiji out from underneath it failed, but he seemed content with knowing they were closeby. He’d get his fair share of cuddles and treats once this passes.

“You still have gold dust on you,” Kuroo points out and brings one of her hands to his lips, kissing the shimmery fingertips gently.

“No way,” she protests with a small laugh, her expression softening underneath his caress. She rolls over to her side, head resting against his chest. His heartbeat picks up slightly. “I washed my hands a dozen times.”

“Then I guess you’re just that golden,” he retorts, his arm wrapping around her form and pulling her closer, wanting to feel more of her. He could never get enough of having her like this, her body heat seeping into him, their legs tangled together underneath the covers.

Another crashing thunder drowns out her reply, and then with one last flicker all light in the apartment dies down. The power went out. This was to be expected. Both of them are quiet for a few seconds before Kuroo presses a kiss to her crown, mumbling “want me to check that for you?” against her hair. Always in fix-it mode, like muscle memory to him.

She shakes her head and only inches closer to him, her hand slipping under the hem of his shirt to feel his warm skin. Kuroo lets out a quiet hum in return.

“No use in plugging the power back just now,” she mumbles and for a brief second the bedroom is illuminated from the lightning outside. “We’ll let the storm pass first. Plus, I don’t want to let you get up and go right now. Stay with me.”

Her last words seem to be laced with something else; a silent question and pleading. The unspoken desire to let the world spin without them for a while, enjoying these dead hours of the day when it can be just the two of them in perfect unison.

Kuroo tips her chin up with one finger. In the dark he can barely make out the silhouette of her but it doesn’t matter, he has memorized every inch of her with his fingertips alone a long time ago. He catches her lips with his, a gentle kiss exchanged between them, lasting for a few heartbeats.

“You don’t even have to ask”, he mutters against her lips, smiling when she steals another kiss from him. He lets her. She can have them all, all of him, his heart served on a silver platter if she wished for it. It baffles him sometimes, thinking how much of his life has gone by without getting to kiss her, until the sun, the moon and all of the stars set the waves in motion that lead to him finally meeting her.

When he told her back then that it all felt like a dream, one he’s scared of waking up anytime soon, he meant it. Sometimes it felt too good to be true, the way his life turned upside down only a few months ago. It’s in these moments that she’ll cup his face, not letting go until she covers every inch of it in kisses, one reminder at a time that he, too, deserves nice things. Great things, even. And the most miraculous one was right here in his arms, hiding her face in the crook of his neck and mumbling the sweetest words against his skin while the world outside is coming down.

Kuroo loves her.

He hasn’t said it out loud yet, but he feels it with every fiber of his heart and soul. He loves her, more than anything or anyone before. Some days it feels a little too big, a little too overwhelming, quite literally taking his breath away, and then she’ll call out his name and slip her hand into his and it drowns out all these loud thoughts again. She grounds him. She gave home a new meaning.

There’s this warmth about her that draws him to her like a moth to the flame–and he knows it’s not just him. The way she manages to bring people together in the shop never fails to amaze him, her quiet presence a lighthouse in the dark. He always laughs when she describes herself as some kind of hermit, spending hours alone as she sorts and catalogs whichever box of antiques washes up on her threshold that day. It’s almost as if she doesn’t recognize that she’s the center of this universe she built around herself; the bridge between the dead and the living. The one preserving love, till it’s ready to find a new pair of loving hands, cherishing these otherwise forgotten memories.

Then there’s her quirks, adding even more reasons to the endless list of why he fell in love with her. Whether it’s her grumpy expression whenever she has to do something on the computer (an ancient one in her back office which takes twenty minutes to boot up) or her habit of unprompted infodumping about a specific trinket that caught her attention–Kuroo loved all of it. It’s all part of her.

And while the big words still won’t fall from his lips just yet, he has his way of showing her, leaving no doubts that what he feels for her was true, unadulterated love. It’s in the sound of their shared laughter when she rides behind him on the bike, her arms wrapped around his middle and her face pressed against his broad back. It’s in the warm blanket thrown over her form after carrying her to bed when she fell asleep while reading on his couch. It’s in the kisses he trails down the side of her neck after she pushed a strawberry from the backyard between his lips.

He knows it’s only a matter of time till it feels right to put his feelings into actual words. It’s not like there’s a rush or expectations to do so. They do things in their own time, and right now there is not much to do except waiting for the storm to pass, till the sun brings a new dawn and they’ll pick themselves up again, hands intertwined.

Kuroo presses a soft kiss to her temple, one hand in her hair, the other on her thigh, keeping her pressed close to him.

“Sleepy much?”, he mumbles with a quiet laugh, feeling her breathing getting more steady and her body melting more into him. It isn’t late yet and it's not that long ago since they crawled out of these sheets earlier, but he doesn’t mind. His girl deserves all the rest she craves.

“You’re just so warm,” she mutters, her voice drowsy. Her fingertips draw small patterns against his collarbones. “Makes it hard not to doze off. Maybe I’m not so different from Jiji after all.”

This draws another laugh out of Kuroo. He presses a kiss to the top of her head, pulling the blanket up a bit higher to make sure she’s fully wrapped up in it.

“I’m nothing but a fool for both of you, that’s for sure,” Kuroo agrees with a soft chuckle, his head sinking against hers. The sound of the heavy rain drowns out everything else–his greedy heart, the overthinking, the words on the tip of his tongue. He feels content, safe; like he belongs. Like coming home after being on the run for too long.

“You know what they say about the fools,” she whispers back without lifting her head. Her fingertips dance across his chest now, until they find his stumbling heart against his ribcage. Her palm comes to rest right above it and in this moment Kuroo feels as if gold is poured in the cracks of his heart as well. Mending it, putting the pieces back together; not like something broken but something that’s worth being tended to with all the gentleness of the world.

“The fools, they’re the lovers and the lonely, knowing everything and nothing about love except that they’re full of it.”

a/n: i love writing Kuroo POV so much and i'm so excited to write the last two chapters to this

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ensemblesongs · 1 year ago

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⟟ TRIP album directory.

Post will actively be updated...🖋 low quality of certain older uploads to be fixed in due time!

#☆ For navigation purposes and also because it helps me keep track of uploads!#I need to fix this blog's tagging system... urgh.#꒰💭꒱

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starling-song · 1 month ago

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小さな森の人 // Little Forest People

Lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi | Music: Tsuchiya Masami

"I a beast and you a fairy were we born... Just for this one twinkling of a human moment^ tasting each other, we live..."

"Body like willowy torchlight softly cast The color of the lake shadowy but also rather of a deep lamentation"

"Even breath forgetting... Your voice far away... 'You will know I...am not...here...' "

"If there is writhing agony In your heart's depths... 'I have known that you...are not...here...' "

"I a beast and you a fairy were we born... Just for this one twinkling of a human moment tasting each other, we live..."

"No one even knows..."

"On the b e d of the l a k e..."

"If this is a dream I beg to just remain in it...always...forever..."

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Watashi wa kemono ni anata wa yousei ni.....umare Tagai wo ajiwau kono hitotoki^ dake wo.....ikiru

Shizuka ni taoyaka tomoshibi no you na karada.....nageta Mizu-umi no iro wa yami sore yori fukaku.....kanashii

Kokyuu mo wasurete Kimi no koe tooku “Anata wa...shiru deshou.....Watashi...koko ni...inai…”

Kurushimi mogakeba kimi no mune fukaku “Watashi wa...shitteita.....Anata wa...koko ni...inai…”

Watashi wa kemono ni anata wa yousei ni.....umare Tagai wo ajiwau kono hitotoki dake wo.....ikiru

Dare mo shiranai...

Mizu-umi no soko... Yume nara douka kono mama Zutto…zutto…

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^The kanji used here is 一瞬 "hitotoki" which essentially means "moment". There are a few ways to say 'moment' in Japanese, however, so I felt him choosing one that was a homophone with 'hito/person' was significant seeing as how we're talking about fairies and beasts who may only partially exist on the human plane. So to specifically use 'hito-toki', a homophone with 'people-time', seemed like something I shouldn't ignore and that might be obvious to native speakers but overlooked otherwise. So I wrote this as 'human moment' to encapsulate things. It also carries a sort of "in the twinkling of an eye" meaning of quickness so I incorporated that, too.

T/N: This is a translation I did on my main blog over the summer and have decided to finally move here. I have preserved my original text stylizations as a one-time thing.

So to put it simply, this song is poetry. It wasn't written like a regular song at all, and I have done my best to preserve that sense here. It feels to me like a work of art, and one that I spent a lot of time over the summer carefully taking apart between my fingers to get the meanings just right. Atsushi has an insane skill for packing a lot of meaning into very few words and this just may be his crowning achievement in that field and it isn't even a Buck-Tick song (instead written and performed for Tsuchiya Masami's concept album "Mori no Hito"). I have a lot to say about this song and I'm not even sure where to start anymore.

Tsuchiya Masami scored two solo songs for Atsushi- this one, and "Shingetsu" (appearing in 'Ai no Wakusei'/'Spirit'). Tsuchiya is a man who, I like to imagine, saw a lot of the same interesting, intangible qualities in Atsushi as I do (because each of his songs are a big hit with me!), and did everything in his power to bring them out in Atsushi for the two songs he had him solely in his grasp. "Chiisana Mori no Hito" sees Atsushi Sakurai at his absolute most romantic. This song...listening to this song...is like being kissed softly on the mouth by him for the entire thing with such a gentle yearning that I can't even describe it much further than that. The story of the song, too, is intensely compelling- beautiful/ugly, hero/villain- a forbidden love regardless. These unexpected, very tender, lovers are separated and the call and response is heart-wrenching. Is one of them dead? Are they just far apart? Are the voices even real? And then the end with its bittersweet conclusion- reunited but at what cost? Is it a dream? Is it reality? Are they both now dead? Neither of them seem to care- they are together now, and let nothing ever again tear them asunder. The silky beauty of it all, and the absolute chokehold of "誰も知らない..." It's just pure, naked romance.

Considering, too, the reality of having lost Atsushi now, the lines of this song hit so incredibly hard. I've shed a sea of tears listening to it repeatedly. But there is still that reunion at the and- that hope where no matter *how* it happens, being together once more is possible and all that actually counts. This song is, again, the distillation of pure romance.

Anyway we deserved a 20 track album of Atsushi's songs scored by Tsuchiya Masami and I will always consider it criminal that it never happened. (and they could have done it!! Masami said Atsushi sent him around 15 candidate songs. We could have had it all~)

I don't generally do this but, seeing as how this is a rather rare song, >here is a link to the best quality version I've found on yt so far<. Please enjoy. I'm going to go back to softly sobbing in some quiet corner now...

Disclaimers: Please do not use my translations or photos without express permission. 💗

v. 1.0 (1.12.25)

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pikahlua · 2 years ago

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MHA Chapter 393 spoilers translations (no images)

Apparently Horikoshi got a little too horny this week and his art tripped the boob-alert censors, so here’s an image-free transcript of the chapter 393 rough translations.

To view the image version that has been marked by the mature filter, click here.

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1 そういやトガちゃんって souiya Toga-chan tte Come to think of it, Toga-chan,

2 敵名つけねえの？ヴィランめいつけねえの？ VIRAN-mei tsukenee no? can’t you [use] a villain name?

tagline 1 ありし日の敵連合ーーありしひのヴィランれんごうーー arishi hi no VIRAN rengou-- The League of Villains from days gone by--

tagline 2 No.393 少女のエゴ　　堀越耕平ナンバー393 しょうじょのエゴ　　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 393 shoujo no EGO Horikoshi Kouhei No. 393 A Girl’s Ego Kouhei Horikoshi

3 確かにたしかに tashika ni “It’s certainly true.”

4 そーいやおまえとウチのボスくらいだな sooiya omae to UCHI no BOSU kurai da na “That’s right, you and our boss”

5 敵名が無いのヴィランめいがないの VIRAN-mei ga nai no “have no villain names.”

6 つけよーぜ tsukeyoo ze “Use one!”

7 いらねーよ iranee yo “They don’t need it!”

8 やです ya desu “Don’t want one.”

9 あった方が箔つくよあったほうがはくつくよ atta hou ga haku tsuku yo “It’d be more prestigious to have one!”

10 「女吸血鬼カーミラ」…！「おんなきゅうけつきカーミラ」…！「onna kyuuketsuki KAAMIRA」...! “The Woman Vampire Carmilla...!”

11 「血う血う」「ちうちう」「chiu chiu」 “Bloody kiss.” (Note: This is actually a pun on the word “chiu” which is what Toga says as an onomatopoeia for sucking blood. It sounds like “suck” and “smooch.” Twice has squeezed in the kanji for “blood” for the pun.)

12 「ピカちう」「PIKAchiu」 “Pikasmooch!” (Note: Same pun as the previous line.)

13 や ya “NO.”

14 下らねぇくだらねぇ kudaranee “How worthless.”

15 個性届制定前までの名残だろ客喜ばせるだけだこせいとどけせいていまえまでのなごりだろきゃくよろこばせるだけだ kosei todoke seiteimae made no nagori daro kyaku yorokobaseru dake da “It’s only a relic from before the enactment of the Quirk Registry, just to please people.”

16 「荼毘」が言うなよ「だび」がいうなよ「Dabi」 ga iuna yo Literal. “Don’t say that, ‘Dabi.’” Context. “You don’t get to say that, ‘Cremation.’” (Note: The implication is that Dabi’s villain name is pretty uninspired or boring.)

17 本名未だた知らねーほんみょういまだにしらねー honmyou ima da ni shiranee “We still don’t know your real name.”

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1 昔は"ヒーロー""敵"に違いなんかなかったんだってなむかしは"ヒーロー""ヴィラン"にちがいなんかなかったんだってな mukashi wa “HIIROO” “VIRAN” ni chigai nanka nakattanda tte na “Long ago, there wasn’t a difference between ‘heroes’ and ‘villains.’”

2 一説によるといっせつによると issetsu ni yoru to “According to one theory,”

3 得体の知れねぇ敵対者への仮称が始まりだったそうだえたいのしれねぇてきたいしゃへのかしょうがはじまりだったそうだ etai no shirenee tekitaisha e no kashou ga hajimari datta sou da “it seems like they were tentative names given to mysterious adversaries.”

4 そこから素性素性隠しに自ら渾名を名乗る者が現れたと… そこからすじょうがくしにみずからあだなをなのるものがあらわれたと… soko kara sujougakushi ni mizukara adana wo nanoru mono ga arawareta to... “From there, people appeared who gave themselves nicknames to hide their identities...”

5 生き抜く為に被った別人の皮がいきぬくためにかぶったべつじんのかわが ikinuku tame ni kabutta betsujin no kawa ga “while others wore masks in order to survive,”

6 いつしかコミックに倣った"記号"となったいつしかコミックにならった"きごう"となった itsu shika KOMIKKU ni naratta “kigou” to natta “and eventually they became ‘symbols’ that imitated comic books.”

7 世界がコミックになったのは"名乗り"が原因って説させかいがコミックになったのは"なのり"がげんいんってせつさ sekai ga KOMIKKU ni natta no wa “nanori” ga gen’in tte setsusa “It’s said that [those] code names were the cause of the world becoming like comic books.”

8 俺ぁいいやおれぁいいや orea iiya “I don’t need one.” (Note: Literally he’s just saying “Me, no.”)

9 かっこいいと思うけどかっこいいとおもうけど kakko ii to omou kedo “Although I do think they’re cool.”

10 キャッ！ KYA! “Hyup!” (Note: This is really just a nonsense word for Toga to shout as she leaps up.)

11 だから連合入ったの！だかられんごうはいったの！ dakara rengou haitta no! “That’s why I joined the league!”

12 生きにくいです！いきにくいです！ iki nikui desu! It’s hard to live!

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1 私はわたしは watashi wa “I”

2 トガヒミコとして生きるのですトガヒミコとしていきるのです TOGA HIMIKO to shite ikiru no desu “live as Himiko Toga.”

3-4 そっちの尺度で私を可哀想にするな‼︎ そっちのルールでわたしをかわいそうにするな‼︎ socchi no RUURU (kanji: shakudo) de watashi wo kawaisou ni suruna!! “Don’t make me a pitiable person by those rules (read as: standards)!!”

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1-2 同情なんかじゃ…ない…！どうじょうなんかじゃ…ない…！ doujou nanka ja...nai...! “I am not...sympathetic...!”

3 触られたさわられた sawarareta I was touched

4 …でも今浮かされる事自体にリスクはない …でもいまうかされることじたいにリスクはない ...demo ima ukasareru koto jitai ni RISUKU wa nai ...but being made to float now isn’t by itself a risk.

5 耳当たりの良いこと言��たってみみあたりのいいこといったって mimi atari no ii koto itta tte “You have something that’s nice to hear?”

6 結局檻に入れて死刑でしょう…⁉︎ けっきょくおりにいれてしけいでしょう…⁉︎ kekkyoku ori ni irete shikei deshou...!? “In the end, won’t you put me in a cage and sentence me to death...!?”

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1-2 でなければ仁くんのように殺すだけだ！でなければじんくんのようにころすだけだ！ denakereba Jin-kun no you ni korosu dake da! “If not that, then you’ll just kill me like [you did] Jin-kun!”

3 勝つか負けるかかつかまけるか katsu ka makeru ka “Win or lose,”

4 生きるかいきるか ikiru ka “live or”

5 死ぬかしぬか shinu ka “die,”

6 生存競争なんだよこれはもう‼︎ せいぞんきょうぞうなんだよこれはもう‼︎ seizon kyouzou nanda yo kore wa mou!! “this is already a competition for survival!!”

7 ハッ HA “Hah” (Note: This is a sound for panting/gasping.)

8 それ…っ sore... “That...”

9 ハァ HAA “haah” (Note: This is a sound for panting/gasping.)

10 は wa “is”

11 お互いっ"当たり前"だねおたがいっ"あたりまえ"だね otagai “atari mae” da ne “true for us both.”

12 ーー‼︎ 同情じゃないならーー‼︎ どうじょうじゃないなら --!! doujou ja nai nara “--!! If it’s not sympathy,”

13 ただのエゴだ…‼︎ tada no EGO da...!! “then it’s just ego...!!”

14 互いにそうならーーたがいにそうならーー tagai ni sou nara-- “If that’s true for both of us--”

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1 "我我は大勢であるがゆえに"‼︎ "サッドマンズレギオン"‼︎ “SADDO MANZU REGION (kanji: wareware wa taisei de aru ga yue ni)”!! Sad Man’s Legion (read as: We are many, therefore...)!!

2 死ねよしねよ shine yo “die”

3 ヒーロー HIIROO “hero.”

4 こんな…！ konna...! “This...!”

5 こんなのないぜ…‼︎ konna no nai ze...!! “There’s been nothing like this...!!”

6 「世代を経るごとに強く…」「せだいをへるごとにつよく…」「sedai wo heru goto ni tsuyoku...」 “‘Stronger with each generation...’”

7 「そして誰もコントロールできなくなる」「そしてだれもコントロールできなくなる」「soshite dare mo KONTOROORU dekinaku naru」 “‘until no one can control them.’”

8 何年も…何度も囁かれてきた…終末論ーーなんねんも…なんどもささやかれてきた…しゅうまつろんーー nannen mo...nando mo sasayakarete kita...shuumatsuron-- “For years...it’s been whispered over and over...the doomsday theory--”

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1 今日だったんだ… きょうだったんだ… kyou dattanda... “It was today...”

2 それが今日だったんだ…‼︎ それがきょうだったんだ…‼︎ sore ga kyou dattanda...!! “That was today...!!”

3 世界はせかいは sekai wa “The world”

4-5 少女たった一人の気持ちで変えられてしまう…‼︎ しょうじょたったひとりのきもちでかえられてしまう…‼︎ shoujo tatta hitori no kimochi de kaerarete shimau...!! “can be changed by the feelings of a single girl...!!”

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1 圧しおし oshi “Push and”

2 潰れろ!!!! つぶれろ!!!! tsuburero!!!! “crush her!!!!”

3 ガンヘッド GANHEDDO Gunhead

4 マーシャルアーツ‼︎ MAASHARU AATSU!! Martial Arts!!

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1 浮か��るだけだ‼︎ うかせるだけだ‼︎ ukaseru dake da!! “You’re just making us float!!”

2 なんのダメージもない‼︎ nan no DAMEEJI mo nai!! “There is no damage!!”

3 そうだよ… sou da yo... “That’s right...”

4 「ゼログラビティ」は「ZERO GURABITI」 wa “Zero Gravity is”

5 人を…傷つける為の力じゃないもの……‼︎ ひとを…きずつけるためのちからじゃないもの……‼︎ hito wo...kizutsukeru tame no chikara ja nai mono......!! “not...a power for hurting people......!!”

6-7 私は…人を落として幸せを感じたりしないわたしは…ひとをおとしてしあわせをかんじたりしない watashi wa...hito wo otoshite shiawase wo kanjitari shinai “I...would never feel happy about dropping people.”

8 オエエッ OEE “Uegh!”

9 同情じゃないならただのエゴだ…‼︎ どうじょうじゃないならただのエゴだ…‼︎ doujou ja nai nara tada no EGO da...!! If it’s not sympathy, then it’s just ego...!!

10 ……そうかもね…！ ......sou kamo ne...! “......that may be...!”

11 故意に人を殺めた事…‼︎なかった事にはしてあげられない…‼︎ こいにひとをあやめたこと…‼︎なかったことにはしてあげられない…‼︎ koi ni hito wo ayameta koto...!! nakatta koto ni wa shite agerarenai...!! “Deliberately killing people...!! I can’t just act like that was nothing...!!” (Note: Literally she is saying “I can’t do that for you, make killing people into something that didn’t happen.”)

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1 ただ…あなたの顔を見てただ…あなたのかおをみて tada...anata no kao wo mite “It's just...I saw your face”

2 そうならざるを得なかったそうならざるをえなかった sou narazaru wo enakatta “and it couldn’t have just come to be like that...!” (Note: I think Ochako is saying Toga isn’t this way just naturally. Something must have happened to make her like this.)

3 理由があったんじゃないかって…！りゆうがあったんじゃないかって…！ riyuu ga attanja nai ka tte...! “I thought there must be a reason...!”

4 あの日あのひ ano hi “That day,”

5 世界がグチャグチャになった日にせかいがグチャグチャになったひに sekai ga GUCHAGUCHA ni natta hi ni “that day when the world became a mess,”

6 あなたにあまりに悲しい顔をさせたから…‼︎ あなたにあまりにかなしいかおをさせたから…‼︎ anata ni amari ni kanashii kao wo saseta kara...!! “[something] made you make such a sad face, so...!!”

7 あれがお前だろう!⁉︎ あれがおまえだろう!⁉︎ are ga omae darou!!? “Wasn’t that you!!?”

8 あれも私！あれもわたし！ are mo watashi! “That also was me!” (Note: Ochako basically means, “Yes, it was me, but it was more than just me!”)

9 聞いてトガヒミコ！きいてトガヒミコ！ kiite TOGA HIMIKO! “Listen, Himiko Toga!”

10 初めて会った時怖かった…！はじめてあったときこわかった…！ hajimete atta toki kowakatta...! “The first time we met, I was scared...!”

11 わからなかったから…‼︎ wakaranakatta kara...!! “Because I didn’t understand...!!”

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1 あの状況でなんで… あのじょうきょうでなんで… ano joukyou de nande... “In that situation, why...”

2 あなたにも純粋に笑えるんだろうって‼︎ あなたにもじゅんすいにわらえるんだろうって‼︎ anata ni mo junsui ni waraeru darou tte!! “were you able to laugh so genuinely?!”

3 ……っうるさい！ ......urusai! “......Shut up!”

4 トガヒミコとして……か TOGA HIMIKO to shite......ka As Himiko Toga......huh?

5 じゃあ ja Then,

6 好きなだけぶっ殺してすきなだけぶっころして suki na dake bukkoroshite you can kill as much as you like,

7 好きなもんなりまくりゃあいい！すきなもんなりまくりゃあいい！ suki na mon nari makuryaa ii! and become whataver you like!

8 その顔をやめなさい！そのかおをやめなさい！ sono kao wo yamenasai! Stop making that face!

9 死ね！しね！ shine! “Die!”

10 なんで死なないの‼︎ なんでしなないの‼︎ nande shinanai no!! “Why won’t you die!!”

11 一度はつき放したけどいちどはつきはなしたけど ichido wa tsuki hanashita kedo “Although I pushed you away one,”

12 あなたの居心地の良い世界ではないけれどあなたのいごこちのいいせかいではないけれど anata no igokochi no ii sekai de wa nai keredo “and though this world is not one comfortable for you,”

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1 エゴだ…！ EGO da...! It’s ego...!

2 わかってる‼︎それでも私はわかってる‼︎それでもわたしは wakatteru!! sore demo watashi wa I get it!! Because after all, I

3-5 喜ぶ顔をたくさん見てきたからよろこぶかおをたくさんみてきたから yorokobu kao wo takusan mite kita kara have seen so many happy faces.

6 好きなものを好きと言うすきなものをすきという suki na mono wo suki to iu “you tell those you like that you like them.”

7 あなたの顔はあなたのかおは anata no kao wa “Your face”

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1-3 羨ましいくらいに素敵な笑顔だと思うからうらやましいくらいにすてきなえがおだとおもうから urayamashii kurai ni suteki na egao da to omou kara “I think your face has such a lovely smile that I envy you, and that’s why...”

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1 まるで maru de It’s like

2 異常者だいじょうしゃだ ijousha da you’re a deviant!

3 私はわたしは watashi wa “I”

4 あなたの笑顔を見なかった事にはしたくない‼︎ あなたのえがおをみなかったことにはしたくない‼︎ anata no egao wo minakatta koto ni wa shitakunai!! “don’t want to act like I didn’t see your smile!!”

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1 浮いた…⁉︎ ういた…⁉︎ uita...!” “They floated...!”

2 麗日に触られてないにの…！うららかにさわられてないのに…！ Uraraka ni sawararetenai noni...! “But they weren’t touched by Uraraka...!”

3 接してる人に…伝播…してる…⁉︎ せっしてるひとに…でんぱ…してる…⁉︎ sesshiteru hito ni...denpa...shiteru...!? “It’s spreading...to people...[these bubbles] come into contact with...!?”

4-5 少女…たった一人！しょうじょ…たったひとり！ shoujo...tatta hitori! “Just...a single girl!”

6 罪をなかった事にはできない！全てを肯定はしない‼︎ つみをなかったことにはできない！すべてをこうていはしない‼︎ tsumi wo nakatta koto ni wa dekinai! subete wo koutei wa shinai!! “I can’t pretend your crimes never happened! I will not affirm everything!!”

7 でも！ demo! “But!”

8 まだ少しでも私と話してくれる気持ちがあるならまだすこしでもわたしとはなしてくれるきもちがあるなら mada sukoshi demo watashi to hanashite kureru kimochi ga aru nara “If you still feel like talking with me even a little bit,”

9 血なんて一生くれてやる！ちなんていっしょうくれてやる！ chi nante isshou kurete yaru! “I’ll give you my blood for the rest of my life!”

10 あなたと恋バナがしたいのヒミコちゃん‼︎ あなたとこいバナがしたいのヒミコちゃん‼︎ anata to koiBANA ga shitai no HIMIKO-chan!! “I want to talk with you about romance, Himiko-chan!!” (Note: Yes, this is the “koiBANA” word again, which means “gossip, girl talk, talking about crushes, etc.”)

tagline 届け‼︎少女の叫びーー‼︎ とどけ‼︎しょうじょのおもいーー‼︎ todoke!! shoujo no omoi (kanji: sakebi)--!! Deliver them!! The girl’s feelings (read as: shout)--!!

#my hero academia leak translations #mha 393 #bnha 393 #my hero academia manga spoilers #final showdown spoilers

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forest-enchantress · 1 year ago

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Hi,

I make period drama style gifs. If you use gif packs, please like and reblog them. Most of my projects are already ready, but every day I post no more than 190 gifs. Because that was the reason why my previous account was blocked.

I tried to make gif packs in a format more familiar to you with a link to a separate page. However, unfortunately, I did not succeed because of the large format of high-quality gifs.

I want to explain about color processing. Usually, I improve the contrast, brightness and saturation, but leave the naturalness of the film. I don't make the contours too sharp because I like the aesthetic of it looking like a natural image.

Actors in alphabetical order: part 1(A-D), part 2, part 3

Navigation

The arrangement of names may not be alphabetical

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Anne Hathaway Anya Taylor-Joy Asia Argento Astrid Berges-Frisbey Boran Kuzum Camille Rutherford

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Carla Juri César Domboy Callum Turner Cate Blanchett Charity Wakefield Charlie Rowe Chiara Mastroianni Christian Bale Christoph Waltz

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Dagmara Dominczyk Dan Stevens Ella Purnell Emily Blunt Ezra Miller Raffey Cassidy Rebecca Emilie Sattrup Rose Byrne Roxane Duran

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Frances O'Connor Gemma Arterton Hannah Taylor-Gordon Hattie Morahan Hugh Dancy Isabelle Adjani Jude Law Keira Knightley

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Izzy Meikle-Small James Norton Jane Birkin Joanne Whalley Lucy Boynton Jim Caviezel Monica Keena Nicolas Duvauchelle Sally Hawkins

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Adriana Tarábková Dakota Fanning Elle Fanning Gaia Weiss Gwyneth Paltrow Kirsten Dunst Léa Seydoux Pia Degermark Roxane Mesquida Rosamund Pike Samantha Gates Sophia Myles Nell Tiger Free

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Annabelle Wallis Austin Butler Carey Mulligan Guy Pearce James Frain Katie Parker Kate Siegel Olivia Cooke Rachel Hurd-Wood Soko Sujaya Dasgupta Tom Cruise

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Adèle Exarchopoulos Anna Maxwell Martin Charles Dance Emma Williams Gillian Anderson Ian Somerhalder Imogen Poots Matthew Rhys Natalie Press Nina Dobrev Paul Wesley Tamzin Merchant

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Anna Friel Catherine Mouchet Déborah François Dominic West Frédéric Noaille Joséphine Japy Kevin Kline María Valverde Paz Vega

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Ben Whishaw Clémence Poésy Elliot Grihault Emilia Fox Joseph Morgan Lambert Wilson Michelle Dockery Phoebe Fox Sophie Okonedo Tom Hiddleston Tom Hughes Tom Sturridge

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Calista Flockhart Charlotte Gainsbourg Christina Giannelli David Strathairn Felicity Jones Fu'ad Aït Aattou Greta Scacchi Helena Bonham Carter Holliday Grainger Michelle Pfeiffer Rupert Friend Sophie Marceau

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Angela Bassett Brooke Carter Cillian Murphy Danylo Kolomiiets Katie McGrath Keeley Hawes Maria Bonnevie Marta Gastini Miriam Giovanelli Olivia Hussey Oscar Isaac Peter Plaugborg

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Ben Affleck Ben Barnes Ben Chaplin Bill Skarsgård Iben Akerlie Jakob Oftebro Jo Woodcock Josh Hartnett Lily-Rose Depp Reese Witherspoon Ruth Wilson Samantha Soule Taissa Farmiga Tess Frazer Virginie Ledoyen

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Cary Elwes Colin Firth Daniel Day-Lewis Emilia Verginelli Hannah James Jonah Hauer-King Loli Bahia Lorenzo Balducci Rebecca Hall Robin Wright Rupert Everett Willa Fitzgerald

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Annes Elwy Claire Danes Eliza Scanlen Freddie Fox Hugh Jackman Kathryn Newton Louis Partridge Maya Hawke Romola Garai Samantha Mathis Trini Alvarado Winona Ryder

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Douglas Smith Eric Bana Gizem Karaca Jessica Brown Findlay Kenneth Branagh Kit Harington Millie Brady Natalie Dormer Poppy Delevingne Rachel Weisz Rosy McEwen Sam Claflin

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Aubri Ibrag Christina Hendricks Connie Jenkins-Greig Guy Remmers Henry Cavill Imogen Waterhouse Josie Totah Mia Threapleton Olivia Hallinan

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Alex Fitzalan Emma Connell Essie Davis Fahriye Evcen Justine Waddell Natalia Sánchez Monica Bellucci Penelope Cruz Piper Perabo

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Alicia Vikander Alida Baldari Calabria Christopher Abbott Emma Stone Jasmine Blackborow Kim Rossi Stuart Lili Reinhart Louis Cunningham Margaret Qualley Marine Vacth Mark Ruffalo Mélanie Thierry Ramy Youssef Scarlett Johansson Sydney Sweeney

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Antonia Clarke Cameron Monaghan Daisy Edgar-Jones Domhnall Gleeson Heather Graham Isolda Dychauk Kaitlyn Dever Karen Gillan Laoise Murray Madelaine Petsch Olivia Colman Sophie Turner Vanessa Redgrave

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Claire Foy Claire Holt Clementine Nicholson Emily Mortimer Jennifer Beals Kelly Macdonald Lena Headey Perdita Weeks Ruta Gedmintas Sarah Bolger Sting Tom Holland

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Berrak Tuzunatac Burcu Ozberk Cansu Dere Deniz Cakir Melisa Sozen Merve Bolugur Saadet Aksoy Yasemin Allen

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To do list:

Christopher Gorham under development (The Other Side of Heaven 2001) Harry Melling - The Pale Blue Eye 2022 Nora Arnezeder - Angélique 2013 Isabella Heathcote - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Dark Shadows 2012. Beneath Hill 60 2010. Eleanor Worthington-Cox in Gwen (2018) Julie Delpy - La passion Béatrice 1987, Frankenstein 2004, Trois couleurs: Blanc 1994, The Three Musketeers 1993 Nastassja Kinski - Revolution (1985), Tess 1979 Julia Ormond - Young Catherine 1991, First Knight 1995, Legends of the Fall 1994 Laura Donnelly - Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, Britannia, Outlander Morena Baccarin in Stargate Isabella Celani - A Room with a View 1985 Neve McIntosh - Gormenghast 2000 Kate Beckinsale - Much Ado About Nothing 1993 Sarah Felberbaum as Maddalena in Medici Rocco Gottlieb - The Book of Vision 2020 Kate Beckinsale - Alice Through the Looking Glass 1998. Stonehearst Asylum 2014. Haunted 1995. Royal Deceit 1994. Love & Friendship 2016. Van Helsing 2004. Pearl Harbor 2001. Michelle Jenner - La catedral del mar 2018, Isabel Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Anna Karenina 2012. Nosferatu 2024. Oskar McNamara

Volker Bohnet — Ludwig 1973 Romy Schneider — Ludwig 1973, Sissi 1955 Helmut Berger — Ludwig 1973

✦Ethan Erickson

Dorian 2003— under development

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everglowstardust · 5 months ago

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君の空気に触れた瞬間(とき) (Kimi no Kuuki ni Fureta Toki / The Moment I Felt Your Mood)

English Translation:

For some reason, I was admiring the morning rain

My breathing until yesterday, I didn’t know this feeling

No matter what, tomorrow always comes, so I don’t need to look forward to it

Until I met you, I thought that was normal

Since this journey has no destination, I can’t sing about a definite dream

The day I’ll arrive is still unseen, and there are times where I’ll meet with tears

It’s not so bad being all alone, that was me pretending to be tough

I’m sorry for that season, already, wrapped up in your mood

A story that could happen to anyone painfully pierces my heart

I’ll let my selfishness and sadness flow into the river

Everything in this world is necessary, an unneeded wind doesn’t blow

The moment I felt your mood, I decided to walk again

Whether it’s near or far, there’s no road where we can’t stumble across each other

A changing heart is also precious, I've realized that’s freedom

The night you gave me your feelings, I saw the true me

There’s just one thing I understand, I should fly through my own sky

When I’ve disappeared from this world, time will still continue to pass

The passion I want to embrace is etched on the current page

It’s not so bad being all alone, that was me pretending to be tough

I’m sorry for that season, already, wrapped up in your mood

The night you gave me your feelings, I saw the true me

There’s just one thing I understand, I should fly through my own sky

Romaji Lyrics:

ame no asa nantonaku soto wo nagameteita yo

kinou made no boku no kokyuu konna kibun wo shiranakatta

ashita wa itsumo yattekuru machidooshii hazuganai

kimi ni au made sou datta sore ga futsuu to omotteta

yukusaki no nai tabi dakara tashika na yume ga utaenai

tadori tsuku hi ga mienu mama namida ni deau toki mo aru

hitoribocchi wa warukunai chotto tsuyogaru boku ga ita

sonna kisetsu wa mou gomen kimi no kuuki ni tsutsumareru

dare ni demo aru monogatari mune ni itaku tsukisasaru

wagamama sugita kanashimi mo haruka na kawa e nagasou yo

subete kono yo ni hitsuyou sa iranai kaze wa fuitenai

kimi no kuuki ni fureta toki mata aroukou to kimetanda

soko ga tookute mo chikakute mo meguriaenai michi wa nai

kawaru kokoro mo itooshii sonna jiyuu ni kizuita yo

kimi ga kimochi wo kureta yoru hontou no boku ga mietanda

wakatta koto wa tada hitotsu jibun no sora wo tobeba ii

boku ga kono yo kara kietatte sekai wa toki wo kizanderu

dakishimetai jounetsu wa ima no peeji ni yakitsukeru

hitoribocchi wa warukunai chotto tsuyogaru boku ga ita

sonna kisetsu wa mou gomen kimi no kuuki ni tsutsumareru

kimi ga kimochi wo kureta yoru hontou no boku ga mietanda

wakatta koto wa tada hitotsu jibun no sora wo tobeba ii

#see you there #kimura takuya #takuya kimura #木村拓哉 #my translations

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chanoyu-to-wa · 10 months ago

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The Chanoyu Hyaku-shu [茶湯百首], Part I: Poem 14.

〽 Cha wo furu ha tesaki wo furu to omou-na yo, hiji-yori fure yo, sore ga hiji nari

[茶を振るは手先を振ると思うなよ、肘より振れよ、それが秘事也].

“When whisking the tea¹, [we] should not think that [the chasen] is being agitated by the wrist². [Rather] the shaking motion [arises] from the elbow. This is a secret [teaching].”

Furu [振る] is used to express a wide range of meanings today, but its original meaning was to shake or wave. Here it refers to the action of the chasen when whisking usucha. Usucha was the original way³ that matcha was prepared -- not only in Japan, but in China⁴ and Korea, too.

The verb omou [思う] means to think. Omou-na [思うな], which seems to be a contracted form of omou-nashi [思うなし], means do not think.

Hiji-yori [肘より] means from the elbow -- that is, the whisking motion arises from the elbow, rather than the fingers, so the entire forearm is involved in the action.

Hiji [秘事] means a treasured secret.

While this poem was found in neither Jōō’s Matsu-ya manuscript, nor, apparently, in Rikyū’s 1580 manuscript, Katagiri Sadamasa claimed that he found a version that deviated from the traditionally received text in an (otherwise unidentified) Jōō manuscript. That version reads:

〽 cha wo furaba te-saki de furu to omou-na yo, soko ne nu yō ni kokoroete fure

[茶を振らば手先で振ると思うなよ、損こねぬように心得て振れ].

“If the tea is going to be whisked, [one] should not think that the whisking is done with the fingers. Perform the whisking with understanding, so [the tea] is not spoiled.”

This version seems to be talking about the preparation of koicha⁵; and that idea, coupled with its being unknown elsewhere (or found in any existing source, no matter how fragmentary), might suggest that it is spurious, added during the Edo period (when the argument for koicha’s preeminence was again being made by the proponents of certain schools).

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¹In this translation, whisking, as well as shaking and agitating are all used as translations for the verb furu [振る], which literally means to wave, to shake back and forth.

²Tesaki [手先] literally means the upper extremity of the arm. Usually interpreted to mean the fingers, it could also refer to the fingers and wrist as a unit, and this is probably the sense that is intended here. If not moved from the elbow (as this poem intimates), the whisking action would originate from the wrist (not the fingers).

³Sòng period Chinese documents appear to describe the drinking of what we would call usucha.

The Chá jīng [茶經], which describes the drinking of steeped (or boiled) fermented brick tea, does not appear to have been known before the middle of the Qīng cháo [清朝] (the Ching dynasty). Several points associated with this document, which were pointed out to me by Chinese scholars, make its authenticity questionable*: first, rather than a written manuscript, the “original” is a block-printed text that was published during the second half of the eighteenth century; second, this book was published precisely at the point in time when the Manchurian dynasty’s validity was being questioned (as part of the government’s propaganda campaign stating that “we are the preservers of authentic Chinese culture”); third, the document (which purports to reproduce an original document†) begins with a librarian’s stamp indicating that the language is that of Sòng cháo [宋朝] (i.e., the Song dynasty -- not Táng, as traditionally believed), though the language is idiomatically Qīng, not Sòng; and, finally, the assertion that it is a Táng writing, as well as its ascription to Lù Yǔ [陸羽; 733 ~ 804], appear only in an appendix of 5 pages of text that were added by the publisher (Zhào-kuàng-kak [照曠閣])‡. ___________ *Though, given the importance of the Chá jīng to a huge swathe of Chinese business, it is unlikely that any scholar will ever presume to speak out against it. Even though it is described as a late Táng book, copies printed on bamboo slats are now widely available (and these are often represented as actual historical artifacts, or replicas of the same), even though this implies that the Chá jīng dates from much earlier times (authentic books of this sort can be dated no later than the fourth century; paper was invented in China several centuries earlier than that, and universally used for documents by the Táng cháo).

†The story is that the original was extensively damaged during the fire that resulted when the Mongols burned Beijing. While this much could certainly be credible, the fact that it goes on to say that the original was later discarded after a copy had been made must be viewed with absolute suspicion -- since this is simply not the way that the Chinese treat ancient documents.

Furthermore, if the original was that badly damaged in the fire, how was it that the text was restored (or, more likely, recreated) -- since the details of this way of drinking tea are historically unprecedented?

Since at least the Míng cháo [明朝] (the practice is said to have begun during the first year of the dynasty -- which, like many similar assertions regarding matters of cultural identity and importance, is doubtful in and of itself, since these assertions imply that an entire cultural milieu was waiting in the wings, ready to flood across the country en masse once the legacy of the heretical interregnum had been swept under the national carpet), the Chinese had drunk steeped tea (wūlóng-chá [烏龍茶], oolong-cha). But brick tea of the sort that forms the basis of the practices described in the Chá jīng was a regional product associated with the Yúnnán area until the late 20th century (in Hong Kong this kind of tea was used to flavor the hot water at street-side food booths, which hardly indicates that it was traditionally held in any sort of esteem).

‡Again, I was told by Chinese scholars (who were working on this text) that other earlier ascriptions and citations began to appear only in more recent years, seemingly in an attempt to validate the authenticity of the Zhào-kuàng-kak publication.

⁴The Chinese process of sun-drying the leaves means that they can only be used to prepare a very thin beverage (since sun-drying allows for the development of tannins and other byproducts as the cellular constituents begin to break down, which makes for a bitter tea).

The Koreans processed tea leaves in the same way as they traditionally did ginseng roots -- steaming -- followed by rapid drying over relatively mild heat (the leaves were put into a large, rather shallow pot (perhaps 60 or 80 cm in diameter -- this kind of pot was used to steam the rice, and also boil the soup, in the temple kitchen) that was suspended over a low fire, hand stirring the leaves until dry (which insured that the heat would not be too high). The steaming fixed the chemical content of the leaves so they would not begin to break down during the drying process. (Green tea was also produced in a similar way, though the steaming step was left out. The leaves were put into the same sort of large pot, and repeated picked up and rolled between the hands while being dried. Rolling ruptured the cells, so that oxidization of the cell contents could begin to occur.)

⁵Since it is difficult to spoil usucha, especially with regard to the way it is whisked (indeed, while some modern schools encourage whisking that borders on violence, others do little more than stir the usucha vigorously, so only a small island of foam forms in the middle of the bowl).

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tokyonymph · 2 years ago

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i remember you: a playlist inspired by "the invisible life of addie larue" by v.e. schwab

"being forgotten, she thinks, is a bit like going mad. you begin to wonder what is real, if you are real. after all, how can a thing be real if it cannot be remembered?"

[listen on spotify]

tracklist:

i. les mémoires blessées – dark sanctuary ii. adeline – john-robert ft. kathleen iii. devil’s playground – the rigs iv. in the woods somewhere – hozier v. laura palmer – bastille vi. comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi – yann tiersen vii. the night we met – lord huron viii. falling in love at a coffee shop – landon pigg ix. la petite mort – coeur de pirate x. ghost waltz – abel korzeniowski xi. i love you (acoustic) – woodkid xii. turning page – sleeping at last xiii. various storms & saints – florence + the machine xiv. we might be dead by tomorrow – soko xv. primavera – ludovico einauldi xvi. adieu mon homme – pomme xvii. writer in the dark – lorde xviii. i will follow you into the dark – miya folick xix. i remember you – björk xx. together we will live forever – clint mansell

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leremitt · 6 days ago

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International Buyers Website

Here’s a detailed list of websites catering to international buyers website across various categories, including general marketplaces, B2B platforms, trade resources, and directories. While I can't provide a complete list of 500+ websites in this response, I can give you a substantial selection to get started.

General International Marketplaces

Alibaba

Amazon Global

eBay

Global Sources

DHgate

Made-in-China

TradeIndia

ThomasNet

HKTDC

Kompass

B2B Marketplaces

TradeKey

Export Genius

World Trade Organization

BizVibe

Europages

AliExpress

Jungle Scout

Sourcing at Magic

Global Trade

Wholesale Central

Niche Marketplaces

Etsy

Reverb

Artfire

Zibbet

Trade Me

Soko

LightInTheBox

Fruugo

Not On The High Street

Catawiki

Import/Export Services

Freightos

iContainers

ShipBob

Flexport

Easyship

Trade Associations and Resources

U.S. Commercial Service

UK Trade & Investment

Canadian Trade Commissioner Service

European Union Trade Helpdesk

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Directories and Listings

Yellow Pages

Yelp

Angie’s List

Manta

Hotfrog

Online Trade Shows and Events

Virtual Trade Shows

Eventbrite

Meetup

Trade Fair Dates

Expo 2020

International Market Research

Statista

MarketResearch.com

IBISWorld

Research and Markets

Euromonitor International

Social Media and Networking

Facebook Marketplace

Instagram

Blogs and Guides

Import Genius Blog

Trade Ready

Export Academy

The Balance Small Business

Business Networking Platforms

Alignable

Xing

Meetup

Additional Resources

NexTrade

Trade Map

SourcingGuides.comTradeKey

BizTrade

Conclusion

This list includes a range of platforms for international buyers, from general marketplaces to niche sites, trade resources, and networking opportunities. For a complete set of 500+ websites, consider expanding upon this list by including specific regional sites, local marketplaces, and specialized trade directories that cater to various industries. If you need more specific recommendations or have a particular focus in mind, let me know!

#finance

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udoschlot · 19 days ago

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Breaking news. A positive murmur is spreading through the German-speaking literary landscape. In 2025, a crime novel stirs the educational hearts of nations and causes a stir. After months of musical interlude, the literary world has been enriched with a highlight of this special genre. Art Adoro has succeeded in an unusual way in creating a creative novel with subtle tension. He provides insights into the bizarre world of the beautiful and wealthy. All this is garnished and well-measured with ingredients of idle words, embedded in one of Austria's most beautiful landscapes. The newly established Soko Wörthersee, led by Inspector Kramer, gains momentum in a dubious criminal case. The art and culture scene gives its best. A true feast for the senses from the stringing together of words, and even better are the special creations between the lines of word art that border on acrobatics. This opens up to brave readers a new world of literary lateral thinking. Wonder was yesterday; experiencing is what today calls for. The holy grail of crime literature seems to have been found. The missing hand of femininity is a Carinthian crime story of exceptional quality. The Soko Wörthersee discovers a severed right female hand and quickly suspects an extraordinary murder case behind it. Who or what lies behind this bizarre case? Who and what is behind this bizarre case? The investigating inspector Kramer consults his friend and helper, Professor Andrea, a doctor of neurosurgery, in his capacity as a skilled hobby profiler. Together, they track down the perpetrator or perpetrators until the noose tightens around them. With a surprising ending, the reader is presented with a thrilling back-and-forth of emotions, a series of possible events and developments amidst partly bizarre facts. Dive into an exciting world of human fantasies while simultaneously experiencing impressions of the sunniest and most beautiful landscapes in southern Austria up to the northern Adriatic. Murders are limitless; their resolution often requires looking beyond one's own plate. Top reviews from Germany are currently available on amazon.de. Priced at €13.99 by Amelie Müller, who rates it 5 out of 5 stars. It is described as a gripping crime novel rated in Germany on December 16, 2024. The book "The Missing Hand of Femininity," a core crime story from Soko Wörthersee by Art Adoro, is an engaging crime novel that captivates with its cleverly staged mix of suspense, psychological depth, and picturesque settings. The complex plot surrounding a bizarre murder case that transports readers into the world of organized art theft born from jealousy and human abysses is brought to life by unconventional investigators: the charismatic Inspector Kramer and the brilliant hobby professor Andreas Alvivatore create a unique reading experience. The author's style combines precise observations with poetic reflections on the darker sides of human behavior and invites contemplation about morality and societal abysses. The atmospheric backdrop around Lake Wörthersee and beyond lends the story a unique ambiance while enriching its tension-filled narrative—a remarkable crime novel that fascinates until the last page with its intricate play of twists and emotional intensity. See more www.artadoro.de

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rupal2468 · 2 months ago

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Top 6 Best Makeup & skin Care Website :

6 Best Makeup & skin Website :

Whether you are searching for K-beauty products, a good haircare product, an Indian Homemade lip kit, or anything, here are your answers. Stop scouring mindlessly through every website.

Let’s Read the most useful sites

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Makemua is an easy app where you can easily navigate through all the pages with simple designs and layouts giving a detailed description for all the products. The website gets easily downloaded. The site also has a section where you can explore different makeup artists according to location range and preference giving it an extra point for uniqueness.

The product is so simple with a white layout drawing attention only to the product itself, if you are searching for a clean easy to navigate this website serves as the best example.

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Sephora is one of the biggest beauty brands providing a wide range of products from across the globe, this makes us think that making our way into the website can prove to be tricky but that is not the case, it feels like Sephora has been always ahead of it’s time. They have kept everything minimal and easy to focus on. Sephora also provides samples with each purchase which makes user buy more intuitively without wasting their time and money.

3.Maybelline-The forward thinking beauty website

Maybelline is one of the most heard beauty product websites, each one of us has come across a Maybelline advertisement. Their website is trendy and provides high-quality products at trendy prices. They have imparted their core values in such a that makes the digital world even more appealing with its bigger typography expressive banners, and high-quality images.

They have a special trend tab to keep their user updated on their upcoming news and products so that they can gain hands as soon as possible.

4. Soko Glams

In the game of consistency, Soko is the queen, their product page provides clean aesthetics, with hues of blue, green, and yellow making them appeal to the eyes even more. They wishlist items in a very unique way On the right-hand side the heart icon helps to wishlist. Then, on the right side of the navigation menu, you can click the heart to see all of the items you’ve added to your wish list. Not only is this helpful to come back to products you know you’re interested in purchasing later, but you can also share your wish list via email, Facebook, or Twitter.

5. Fenty Beauty

Fenty Beauty is one of the best websites in terms of covering variations. It is famous for its wide range covering eac shades or human flesh depicted in its website, the website is filled with vibrancy, and heavy images as well and the typography is on point. The website depicts its brand value. They have very unique digital content. They have a Unique section for finding shades that will perfectly complement one's skin.

6.Ela+Mila

Ela+Mila is a beautiful website with a simple product page Facebook messenger chatbot in the corner of the page. In Ella + Mila’s conversation, they offer customers a discount for engaging with them on Messenger, and then the customer can type in questions such as “What’s your shipping policy?” to get an immediate response.

Similar to the Messenger chat, Ella + Mila also has a loyalty program widget on the bottom-right corner of the page—powered by Smile—where customers can choose to sign up for the brand’s loyalty program on any product page they’re browsing. Giving customers the ability to join Ella + Mila’s loyalty program from any page helps the brand increase marketing opt-ins from customers signing up to get rewards.

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